 Happy sabbath. Happy day. Happy sabbath. I can't hear you. Happy sabbath. Happy day. Happy sabbath. I want to welcome all of us to this blessed sabbath day, to this morning service. I welcome all our online audience, wherever you're tuning in from, you feel at the feet of Jesus. I'd like to invite the congregation in the sanctuary to be upstanding for a word of prayer before we begin this session of praise. Let's believe and pray. Our Father who art in heaven, we come before your presence this morning. We are grateful for the gift of life you've given unto us this day. Thank you for the week that has been you have led us up to this time. And Lord as we come together to share in our experiences of how you have worked in our lives. May your presence be in our midst. May we be uplifted by the worship of this day. O God and may our hearts be drawn closer to you. I pray all this trusting and believing in Jesus name. Amen. So I'd like to invite all of you to this session of music. Before we start, we'd like to introduce ourselves as the choristers for the day starting with my left. Happy Sabbath. My name is Davin. I'll be singing soprano. My name is Sullivan Kiprotish. I'll be doing the bass. God is good. And all the time, the Lord is good. My name is Eric Kawiti. Happy Sabbath and welcome to the worship. And our pianist for the day is Eric Ntembe. Eric, you can play a tune to introduce yourself. Thank you Eric. This morning we are going to start our session of praise through the use of him number 492 like Jesus. 492 like Jesus. I will be taking you through the mission and the title of this week's mission is the Scythe Attack. 13-year-old Nancy was walking to school with a sharp sight in the West African country of Ghana. Teacher had asked the children to help cut the grass around the school so Nancy had borrowed the sight from her father. She was ready to cut grass then tragedy struck. On the way to school, Nancy met a 16-year-old relative, Akuba and the two girls got into a quarrel. Akuba accused Nancy of spreading an untrue rumour and Nancy angrily defended herself. As the argument heated up, Akuba snatched the sight from Nancy and waved it threateningly. At that moment, Nancy's father appeared. Someone had seen the girls fighting and rushed to alert him. Just as Akuba lunged toward Nancy and swung the sight at her, father stepped between the two girls. The sight sliced off the tip of father's nose. Nancy was in tears. She felt devastated. Father was rushed to the hospital. Nancy tried to go to the hospital with him but someone held her back. She tried to retaliate against Akuba but someone took the girl away. Unfortunately, the physician couldn't reconnect the tip of father's nose. He treated the wound and placed father under the care of a nurse named Esther at the hospital. Father spent some time in recovery at the hospital. He was impressed with Esther and he introduced her to Nancy. She's a good nurse, father said. I've always wanted you to become a nurse. Nancy saw the care that the nurse gave father. She also was impressed. She resolved to become a nurse. Several years passed and Nancy graduated from high school. She looked for a nursing school and found the seventh day Adventist nursing and midwifery training college. At first, she thought that only Adventists could live here. She wasn't an Adventist but the college accepted her application. Once she began her studies, she realized that many students were not Adventists. Some even weren't Christians. Nancy had always considered herself a Christian but she had second thoughts when she attended a week of spiritual emphasis at the college. A pastor taught from the Bible how to live a Christian life and she realized that she hadn't been living a Christian life. She wanted to be a real Christian. At the end of the week of spiritual emphasis, she decided to surrender her life to Christ and be baptized. Today Nancy is 22 years old and a new woman. Her life has changed completely since she gave it to Jesus. She used to only read her Bible in church and weekends but now she has personal devotions and reads the Bible in her room every day. She also prays. People as a nurse, she may even continue her education and become a physician. My father was happy when I said that I wanted to be baptized. Nancy said he knew my past life. He was happy to hear that I have changed through the college and have a new life. Your 13th Sabbath offering that will help the 7th, your 13th Sabbath offering that will help the 7th Adventist nursing and midwifery training college and the construction of new classrooms and dormitories. The college opened with 22 students in 2015 and now has 770 students. Demand is high and the school lacks the capacity to admit additional students. This is a real mission school where only 30% of the students are Adventists. A number of students like Nancy join the church every year. Thank you for considering a generous 13th Sabbath offering on December 30th. I hope that you've learnt something and that you're blessed by the mission. Have a blessed Sabbath. Happy Sabbath. Happy Day. I can't hear you. Happy Sabbath. Happy Day. It is indeed another wonderful Sabbath that the Lord has allowed us to fellowship and today we'll be looking at a mission to the Unriched. A very interesting lesson that is drawn from the experience of Paul in the city of Athens. A very interesting lesson on how we can be able to reach those people who have different beliefs from ours. Just to emphasise this, one thing that caught my eye on the further thought part is that Paul's words contain a treasure of knowledge for the church. He was in a position where he might easily have said that we should have irritated his powd listeners and brought himself into difficulty. Had his oration been a direct attack upon their gods and the great men of the city he would have been in danger of meeting the fate of Socrates. But with attack born of divine love he carefully drew their minds away from heathen deities by revealing to them the true God who was to them unknown. A beautiful lesson and I hope today as we study this we will get practical tips on how we can be able to reach those who are yet to be reached. Are there any teachers with us in church today? Might you stand up? Teachers present in church? Okay. So we will break into various classes and the baptism class will be held behind here and may we pray as we split into our classes? Let us pray. Kind and loving father in heaven we come before the throne of Marsi this morning thanking you for the wonderful gift of the Sabbath that you've given us. We thank you for the can protection that you've afforded us throughout the entire week and you've enabled us to see this day. As we break into our different lesson classes we ask you to be with us may you send your spirit to be with us that he might fill us with grace wisdom and understanding of these words that we may be able to apply them in our lives. We ask you to hurry the maps that we can fellowship together and those who are watching us from wherever they are we also ask you to be with them and may you bless them. In Jesus name I pray. Amen. Wonderful lesson discussion again today. To my right is brother John Linn and to my left is sister Eileen and before we begin I'd like to ask brother John to give us a word of prayer. Let's pray. Father in heaven we come before you this morning thanking you for the gift of life. We are about to delve a little deeper into your word and see how we can reach the unreached. Please be with us for the rest of the service for it is in Jesus name we have prayed. Amen. Thank you. Thank you very much brother John. Welcome once again this Sabbath continue with our lesson discussion and our quarter this quarter we're talking about God's mission, my mission and today's lesson is about mission to the unreached part one. Next Sabbath will be part two but today we begin with mission to the unreached. Before we start I'll ask sister Eileen could you please share with us what our memory text for this lesson will be. Thank you. Our memory text comes from the book of Acts chapter 17 and verse 24 and I'll read the God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands. Amen. Thank you very much sister Eileen for that. So the key text that sister Eileen just shared is the baseline of what we'll be discussing today and it is the summary of what the chapter that our lesson today is based on is going to be about. So I'll give a bit of a backdrop to this and then open it up that we may be able to discuss and share what we've each land this week during the lesson. So the backdrop of our discussion today is from the book of Acts chapter 17. Acts chapter 17 is just after Paul and Silas have left prison and now he's moved from, I think it was Lydia, not Lydia, Lystra the house of Lydia and in Acts chapter 17 he went to Thessalonica and followed by another city called Berea and in both those cities he went to preach to the Jews and in each and every one of them the outcome was the same and he was not well received and we're told the Jews in the synagogues would stir up strife among the people and you'd not be able to stay anymore because the idea was they want him out of the spaces. So now they move him from Berea and then now he leaves Berea and goes to Athens and that is the backdrop of what we're discussing historically as we may all know is that Athens was not a religious city and it was rich in history and culture but it was never about Christianity there so Paul is now moving to what all of us at some point will end up in our lives where we'll be in a space where majority of the people around us are not going to be Christians and this was the situation Paul was in and from our discussion today we're going to learn what Paul did that we too can do in our lives that we may be able to reach there and reached because in Athens Christianity was still a very new thing so with that background I will invite brother John take us from there what was life like for Paul in Athens and what was he up to? Thank you so much Paul, thank you for the backdrop that you have given us. What we are looking at is essentially I've had historians actually Christian historians refer to it as Athens first meeting with Christianity. So this is actually them meeting a new concept and just before we go any further just like to describe what I'm referring to when we are talking about the unreached something and I will contrast it with the other group called the unevangelized so when we are talking about an unreached class of people we are talking about people who haven't heard the gospel because the access to the gospel is very limited and it means that for them to hear the gospel we need to cross some boundaries we need to cross some lines not just geographical boundaries but we also need to cross some bias boundaries we also need to cross some world view boundaries reaching them is a bit requires a bit more intentionality and a bit more work which is in contrast with the unevangelized who are people who have not encountered the gospel but have access so maybe there is a neighbor who lives next to you they might not believe in Christ they might be an atheist but because they have contact with you maybe they drive fast churches they walk towards they mingle with Christians they at least have access but the people you are talking about today are people who have limited access you can imagine people who live in maybe North Africa or people who live in the deepest part of Kenya or even people in our cities who have absolutely no nothing to do or do not want anything to do with Christianity and have never really encountered the gospel so when you are talking about the unreached that's the kind of people we are talking about and coming back to Paul we see that there is a need for intentionality and there is a need for creativity remember our God is a creative God He is the one who created everything we see and we appreciate and I feel like sometimes as Christians we turn to box God into some system that people can only evangelize or perform missionary in a certain way and I think this week we are learning that God has different ways and wants us to explore different ways to spread the gospel while maintaining Christ as a center of the message Thank you very much for that background on what sort of a setup this lesson is about Sister Eileen Could you now tell us as well Paul Ahibri in Athens What was that for Paul? As I was going through the entire lesson and going through the verses on how Paul reached Athens and in every city that he went to the first stop was going to the synagogue and to the temples to share about Christ and we see also when he got to Athens he got there he just met idols everywhere he was looking he was just seeing idols he was seeing images and I was seeing these people are worshiping these idols and for him I think it was a culture shock compared to where he had been before because in both Thessalonia and Berea there were temples and at least people had a realization of who God was but here there was nothing about God absolutely nothing so I think for him first it was culture shock at the same time this is the situation that is there what am I going to do to help these people know about Christ and we see Paul when he got there as much as he was at by the scenery of the idols but he did not start condemning them he took time and learned and got to know more about the Athenians and how they do things and the reason why they do what they do and we see that he was at the marketplace he was studying what the people are doing he was engaging them in conversations not about God per se but he was just trying to learn more about the Athenians and how they do their things thank you just to add on to that before we look at some different aspects of this week's lesson Paul was in a very uncomfortable situation simply because he finally reached a place where the ratio of Christians to non-Christians was significantly different from anywhere else he had been considering our lesson is about mission it's very important to remember what Christ did we're told basically the quote that we will all probably finish this quarter having land is about Christ's method alone will bring true success the first thing you realize about Paul in every city he did was about mingling with men if you turn with me to the book of act 17 verse 17 I will start at 17 which was almost like Paul's custom anyway he went the first thing he did was about mission and some years back I remember I learnt about the true test if you have been converted is that the true test of conversion is everyone who's had about Jesus and has welcomed Jesus in their hearts their first desire is to go and do what share Jesus to someone else Paul went to the synagogue and we're told he disputed with the Jews and with the devout persons and in the market daily with them that met with him now in that verse it brings two parts as Eileen had mentioned the synagogue and then the market now the question is in the market was there Jews there most probably it was just what they referred to as Gentiles who are non Christians and these are the unreached verse 18 says the certain philosophers of the Epicureans and the Stoics encountered him and some said today others some he seemeth to be a set afort of strange gods because he preached unto them Jews and resurrection so something we need to remember is Athens historically and even today if you go look at the history of Athens it was the center of philosophy philosophy had nothing to do with God and later on in the discussion we're going to find out the history of Athens and look at some other people who are there before and what sort of things they would discuss but takes us now to his methodology and what Paul did whenever he was given the great commission Paul went into a space to share so what did Paul do differently when he went to Athens that he didn't do in one or the Salonika or somewhere else where it was largely a Jewish area John please give us some insight on that as well thank you what Paul did differently because he had to remember he's going to a place that is largely almost 100% and Christian is he opened himself up to the possibility or the knowledge of what the people were doing you see when you talk to people who are more or less Christian like you for example if you're talking to someone who is Christian believes in God but you have different differences in some doctrinal issues it might feel a bit easier because the Bible becomes your basis but if you're speaking to someone to whom the Bible means nothing I think as Christians sometimes we forget that other people have a totally different world view and a totally different life philosophy or principles that they live by and this is what Paul had to encounter and he had to change his approach and I think the lesson writer reminds us that sometimes methods that work in Asia might not work in some different parts of the continent I can only imagine what missionaries who brought Christianity to Africa and specifically Kenya had to go through when they were meeting people who had multiple gods who had a different way of living and that's the way they used to live people who would maybe venerate their ancestors or worship things in nature and how they had to come and just start and you can see even how they bring it closer home what they did was they would start with ah these people need help the way these people look at smallpox is not the way we look at smallpox so you start with that and then just build up from there so I think and something we're going to discover as we move on is that Paul was able to find a point in which he can start and build upon it and that's what I think he, to answer your question he did differently because he had to, he saw that the normal approach that he was using for Jews would not work so he had to find a way of just acaslit where he could start and then slowly by slowly open the door for him to now bring the gospel in thank you very much just to add on John Lee not saying is that we see Paul he actually went observed and when he realized that he cannot use the same methods that he was using before I think by the guidance of the Holy Spirit he was able to manuva the entire situation and the people of the Athenians could identify with what he was saying because there were people of curious mind and they were listening to him so they were a bit curious on what he was talking about and Paul used that technology to talk about Christ and we read verse 17 it said he went to the market and as you both said the people in the market were not Jews so you wonder would you dispute with someone on something like now the way he was in the market to those people and it's something which you don't know about it's very unlikely you're going to dispute with someone on something which you have no familiarity or any prior knowledge to or knowledge of it so you realize that Paul had to do something different which was first acquaint himself with the knowledge of Athens and that's something very important in today's lesson for all of us Christians something I realized that we tend to do Christians but specifically 7th day adventists we have the ideology that sometimes we need to be completely segregated from the world such that the world is on the left or on the right or vice versa and what that does is we are so far removed from the reality of everyone else who is not a Christian to a point that reaching the unreached becomes it is a mission for you to reach the unreached because the first problem you had is you had no idea that there was a group called the unreached now Paul going to Athens he sits down and if you read in the book of acts of the apostles we're told he actually spent time and walked around now if you spend a little time and go read the history and what Athens looked like you know most people think it was probably like a temple like an Indian temple where there was gods everywhere and what not no it's not really that it's actually more like what the beautiful cities of the world today look like everywhere we walk around we have monuments that celebrate our heroes our people or what not and for Paul he had to go around and look at all these things and we know Athens was a very religious country not Christian but religious they believed in something but it wasn't religious so you realize as Christians we have a responsibility and a mandate to make sure we know something whenever you go through any form of training I know a certain evangelist a certain ministry that usually sets up their students who they teach for mission that whenever you go into a space you've got to acquaint yourself first of all with the people you're dealing with know what they're about, know what they're up to and know what they're interested in because if you don't know that then what do you agree on first and foremost you have to start with something which you agree on for you to get to the points which you don't necessarily agree on and that's exactly what Paul did when he got to Athens because he had to acquaint himself with the knowledge of the Athenians now, moving on after he acquainted himself with the knowledge and this is what I think John had mentioned you have to first open the crack in the world for you to get into the room once Paul managed to open that crack in the market where he discussed to them we now see in verse 19 they say and they took him and brought him to Adiopagus saying, may we know what this new doctrine whereof thou speakest is for thou bring a certain strange things to our ears we would know therefore what these things mean John, could you please set the scene for this particular part of our lesson to set this scene I will go back about 500 years before Paul steps his foot in in Athens and talk about another let me call him a pre-poil situation that happened similar to that in the same city and we are talking about Socrates in about 430 BC who he himself came with a new philosophy and a new doctrine to the people of Athens and when he was arranged Adiopagus which served as it played between a parliament and the courts and the town hall it was basically a place where ideas were shared and people who brought different ideas were arranged and because Socrates how he died was he was executed because and the charges against him that were brought were he is bringing in new things and he is refusing to accept the gods of the state and you can see how easily Paul would have fallen into that situation because it was serious things when Paul was brought bring this bubbler you can see even how they are referring to him bring this noisemaker this raiota because you notice that when you go to a place and you shake because they are calling him I think it's in 17 verse 6 they are saying these people are turning the world upside down so when you come in and shake and you know the message we have is not a philosophy it is something that is life changing it feels like you are turning the world upside down so Paul's accusation when he was being brought to this place was that he is now trying to turn the world upside down this is what you've been doing in all the cities this is what you're trying to do here and that's why we really need to learn what Paul is doing what Paul did different to Socrates and why he was able to save his life not just because of the message he carried but how it was packaged marketers have this thing of there's a way even in the world of sales and marketing there's a way things are packaged so that you get them it's not just about the product it's also about the packaging and you can see Paul's method in the packaging he comes to the people and sees that here the people I'm dealing with are Epicurians these are people who believe that pleasure is the ultimate goal then he sees the other people I'm dealing with here are Stoics who believe that they're indifferent to things they can't control so Greek basically is a place that is philosophical and how I'd bring it even to our practical now new age situation if you go even to social media people believe different things and these are places where we have a contact with and and I was saying this during the week even as we met that there's a problem that even the government now is on social media but for some reason Adventist Christians are shying away from social media where we can find avenues to even share God's word yes it has many ills just as earthen's had it has many people who believe in different philosophical things but what is really our role even as we are placed in those places and ask Paul why do you believe this thing I mean I don't argue with fools that's usually our response or just trying to shak these discussions yet sometimes it's God who has placed them at our front so that we can be able to share his word thank you Elin is there something else you'd like to add to that I think John Lin has put it quite elaborately on on how Paul handled the situation and how he got himself to Areopagus and then we see that I would tend to think that Paul must have left an impression to the Athenians for them to take him to Areopagus and whereby we read in Vast 22 whereby he was acknowledging them he was saying then Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus and said men of Athens I perceive that in all things you are very religious for I was walking or I was passing through the objects of your worship I even found an altar with the inscription to their non gods so we see that Paul was acknowledging them he was commending them that I see people are very religious as much as you are worshiping other gods you are very religious he did not condemn them because I tend to think that most times for us Christians when we go to a place whereby people don't know much about Christ we tend to start arguing with them and condemning them for what they don't know as opposed to teaching them about Christ and identifying with them so that you have a common ground and then you can start your conversation there but we see Paul did things differently he did not start arguing with them that no you people are worshiping idols you are not supposed to be doing this you are not supposed to be doing that he identified with them he assessed the situation these 1, 2, 3, 4 things that you are doing and then at least it gave him a softer landing thank you so much for that Helene I love what you just mentioned about the softer landing I'd like to say that Christians enjoy the experience of hard landings because most of the times what we look for is the hard landing and the best example to give for hard landings I'll just go back to what brother John had mentioned about Socrates he mentioned about 500 years before Paul Socrates was I don't know the English what to use I'd say abrasive he was very rough and the interesting thing is that both him and Paul had the same understanding of the people of Athens did Paul know that the people in Athens were worshiping the wrong god absolutely and he knew that what they're doing is basically called idol worship but Paul did not walk into an Indian temple and go and tell Indians you're worshiping idols stop worshiping idols what Paul did is he first went and stood in line with them the same place they were going then somewhere down along the road is where he finds where he can now bring in the information and I'll just go back to Socrates and let's look at Socrates for a few short minutes so how does his case end what old Socrates was taken to the Areopagus and he was asked to defend his cause and while I was just reading on Socrates I'm told that we read that Socrates interpreted the meaning of the order called us while so called wise men thought themselves wise and yet were not he himself knew he was not wise at all which paradoxically made him the wiser one since he was the only person aware of his own ignorance so Socrates knew that he was not wise so what he instead decided is now that I know I'm not wise it makes me wiser than them so instead of looking for which tell them Socrates went straight and called them you fools and were told in the series of Socrates at the end of his trial which lasted 9 hours Socrates was asked what will be your punishment no Socrates told them Socrates told them my punishment should be should give me free diners in the grandest dining hall of Athens and he told them he should be basically he basically said that he should be rewarded for what he did before Socrates was asked for his punishment lots had been cast for him to be killed or not killed and initially it wasn't a landslide victory of let us kill this man it was almost 50-50 after Socrates told them reward me as my punishment it was now an overwhelming and resounding destroy Socrates and we know the fate of Socrates ended with him being killed and he was given poison as hemlock for him to be killed sharp contrast let's go back to Paul Paul goes on and brings in something new and you mentioned that soft landing as Elin mentioned and also you mentioned that we need to find a way to get into the ministry and the mission Paul went along with the Athenians and made it look like they're discussing philosophy together and then he finally picks on this one thing we see in verse 23 I found an altar with the inscription to the unknown God and now Paul uses this as an opportunity to introduce this so-called unknown God that you guys believe is unknown let me tell you about the unknown God and that tells us something small about how we're supposed to reach the unreached it is not going to be a philosophical decision or an intellectual decision for someone to follow God it's going to be dependent on how much can you reach the heart if you can be able to talk to them at the level which they understand then you have a chance at introducing God in this discussion and I'll just take it back to you Elin introducing a new God to the people tell us a little bit more about this introduction of a new God to the people as we see from verse 23 going downwards where after Paul had acknowledged the people of Athena and also he noticed that there was this altar that they had built for a God that is unknown meaning that as much as they had so many gods there was this one altar that sits for an unknown God somebody that they do not know they do not see it was just there and I think Paul used that it was the perfect the perfect point for him now to introduce God and after that we see that he introduced God in such a subtle manner in that he took them through who God is and now we see that he presented God as a creator he also presented God as our provider and God is the one who ordained everything so we see from verse 24 he says that God who made the world and everything in it since he is Lord of Heaven and does not dwell in temples made with hands we are seeing that God created the world and created everything in it and thereafter he goes down and breaks it in such a way that God does not need any acknowledgement from man because he is the one who created us and we are the ones who are to acknowledge who he is as we further go down we see that he was telling that so that they should seek the Lord in the hope that they might grow up for him and find him though he is not far from each one of us for in him we live and move and have our being as also some of your own poets have said for we are also his offspring so you see he was quoting their own people their poets so that he can bring the message home so he was saying that as much as we are talking about this unknown God your own poets have acknowledged that we are also the offspring of God so he was relating his teaching of Christ with what their teachings are talking about so that he can marry that too Thank you very much Helene John would you like to add on to that? Just to add on to the very elaborate point Helene has just a little just piggybacking on what she has been explaining there's something about to be said about not disparaging other beliefs and I think as Christians and specifically as Adventists we have a bad habit of doing that disparaging other this is what you believe your brain, your logical brain that works and this is what you and it's very even sometimes it even shows in our attitude if we don't say it in words and this is the problem with how it becomes very difficult for us to reach the unreached something about reaching these kinds of people and when we started I said our God is very creative and sometimes he gives us things that seem unorthodox you can remember one of the prophets to lie on who is this prophet? Ezekiel to lie on one side for a number of days then to lie on a different side for a number of days the prophets Isaiah and Micah who've been asked to walk naked in the streets Micah was actually asked to walk naked while howling like an owl and screaming like a jackal and then Isaiah was asked to walk for three years to pass a message God has different diverse ways we need to remember that the origin of the mission is God God has called us in Matthew 28 verse 19 to reach all nations and the translation of all nations is not countries or states as we know them today but peoples people who share history people who share ancestry people who share beliefs and all that I was looking at our statistics today peoples when we look at people groups about 17,000 42% of them constitute unriched so these are the people we have been called to reach this gospel has to be preached to all peoples of tongues and nations for Christ to come and therefore today what we are trying to learn is how do we reach the people who are unriched who we are mostly uncomfortable or sometimes even flustered on how to reach them God is a giver of wisdom this thing was not Paul's idea God gave Paul wisdom and this God has the ability to give us the same kind of wisdom to reach these people who are all around us so we see his method is do not disparage he says when I was walking around I saw that you people are very religious that's what he says do you find something in someone who you do not necessarily agree with that is complimentable remember I have been told so many times that when you are criticizing you need to sandwich it between two compliments so you start with a compliment then the criticism this is basically what Paul is doing I have seen you guys are very there are so many gods everywhere I go I see a god and then now because Greeks thought they knew he says you guys are knowing and you have knowledge but I have seen there is something that you said you don't know so that's why he comes in and he pushes and he pushes but remember God is still the center of his message and I think that's what's important thank you very much brother John on that something very important for you to notice about this unknown god that they introduced that Paul introduces I like that Paul deals with piecemeal he gives them little by little he realizes that he has an opportunity and non god and contrary to our experiences today you know these days we get very excited someone gives you an opportunity most of us some we forget that it's a strategy that begins somewhere and has a systematic approach till the end so we may end up doing all the good stuff which is understand them know their stuff and then introduce god then some of us usually mess it up at the introduce god you realize finally have an opportunity to show god then you drop everything you know about god you're breaking the sabbat you're doing this you're doing that and that's not what Paul does he starts with let's go down to the basics very simple things which you understand and it is a process and I'll share with us a quotation from the book gospel workers it's also in evangelism page 200 paragraph 2 sister white writes about preparing the soil before sowing the seed that's why she even uses that example of preparing soil before you sow seed think of it as planting seed in the ground and tomorrow it's a tree it's such a long and patient process and that's the same thing with evangelism she says in laboring in a new field do not think it your duty to say at once to the people we are seventh day adventists we believe that the seventh day the sabbat we believe in the nani mortality of the soul this would often erect a formidable barrier between you and those who you wish to reach speak to them as you have opportunity upon points of doctrine on which you can agree and I'll pause there the points on which the people could agree between Paul and the people was simple things like the creator Eileen mentioned there he started by giving the creation story you mentioned an unknown god okay then how are we here okay let's begin there so he begins at the creation story and then he goes on from point to point and I'm sure by the time he left Athens he hadn't dealt with the tachia matazov the faith you had mentioned the people of Athens you mentioned something about the first contact they had the first contact with Christianity the first contact me and you will make with someone who's been enriched can never be today is the seventh day are you keeping the sabbat holy that can never be the first thing that we tell someone so it's important for us to realize it's a systematic approach and she goes on to say dwell on the necessity of practical godliness and you'll notice practical godliness is not generally most people have a practical godliness they just don't know it's called practical godliness if you look at it in that regard and she says give them evidence that you're a Christian desiring peace and that you love their souls let them see that you're conscientious thus you will gain their confidence and there will be time enough for doctrines let the heart be won and then so the seed presenting in love the truth as it is in Jesus and that's how I think it comes down to introducing a new god and a non god to people who have no idea it is god so let's look at the closing parts of our lesson today which now talks about crossing a line brother John could you please tell us about that talking a bit about crossing the line this is basically pushing the boundaries now that you've introduced a new god you keep pushing the boundaries that wasn't really our intention remember when people would fight wars sometimes they would attack they'd have strategic battles that would cover for a bigger battle that was coming so our real intention is to introduce Christ and the gospel of Christ to these people but what we were doing is breaking the cracks and tearing down was slowly by slowly until the walls are down and so just to say what to bring us in to crossing the line is something I think was of note when Paul was introducing a new god that he first complimented the spiritual awareness he showed he had studied their beliefs he found something in religion that they admittedly did not understand he shares an aspect of God and now this is where we are he keeps pushing the boundaries once you have introduced God I believe and I've seen it with my own eyes particularly the people I'd like to commend are the people who do Adventist Muslim relations if you've ever been to those meetings you can see first of all those people even to the Quran that's where they start they don't go to muslim relations those muhadara, those meetings and start speaking about infact the things they talk about are people who are both in the bible and in the Quran so you can talk about Jesus oh he's a prophet, why do you think he's a prophet just talk like that and then slowly by slowly once even as the quote you have read once the seed has been planted as it grows we just don't want to introduce a new God and leave them at introduction infact that's how people get lost because now they don't have places to put their feet and knee on so my idea and even something I found in the book something we could emulate from Paul is Imajon and what do I mean by Imajon first Paul what he did and if you look at acts the first chapters was bible study so he imaged himself in the bible crowned yourself in the word then secondly Imajon yourself in their culture now you able to relate this to because what you are doing you are not imagining yourself in them so that you are converted you want to stand at a place where you can have a conversation and when we were studying you said you can't speak to someone if you don't understand them and even we have talked about intentionality you decide or God puts it in your heart that these are your people read and learn about them then Imajon yourself in the word so that you are not easily shaken and also Imajon yourself in their culture and then imagine it do everything possible to present the gospel in its simplicity so that even if it is rejected they know what they are rejecting a lot of times we castigate people for rejecting the gospel but the problem is us who are presenting the gospel these people did not understand what we were presenting and sometimes they end up converting when someone else comes into that mission field because this person presents the gospel in its simplicity Christ is very simple and very attractive it tells us in Matthew 1232 that if I be lifted up I himself will draw all men to him it is not us who draw men to our churches or to the Bible it is Christ what we do keep pushing the boundaries keep introducing Christ and naturally they will be drawn to him Iman thank you very much for that John Sister Eileen would you like to share and add on to that as well I think John has summarized it very very well in that after the ground had been prepared really nicely like the way you said and now he had been planted he was now pushing it whereby he was talking about the resurrection of Christ so to him what with the guidance of the Holy Spirit he was able to deliver the message and the message got home and once the message got home we saw that when he just rose up and went because he had done his part and he was able to relate with them and share the good news about Jesus Christ and his coming back and we see that the message was clear to the Athenians and with the seed being sowed it was now time for him to to live because I think if he would have stayed there any longer things might have taken a different turn but with wisdom he was able to know that now this is where the message ends and this is where I need to go wonderful I love that just to look at a few comments from our online viewers Brother Trevor Lee says happy Sabbath let us not judge others on the wrong doing let's advocate let's I think it means accommodate them of who they are fast and acknowledge their norms while we teach them on how it should be and Meshak Mogere says we have to accommodate all regardless of the beliefs and respect is key in order to reach the unreachd and involving the Holy Spirit can help us achieve the mission Brother Brian Umari asks a number of questions he says why did Jesus eat with Zaccheus what did he and Jesus talk about what made Zaccheus willing to repent and offer restitution why did he feel empowered and not condemned and my answer to brother Brian Umari would be your success will not depend so much upon your knowledge and accomplishments as upon your ability to find your way to wear the heart by being social and coming close to the people you may turn the current of their thoughts more readily than the most able discourse that is from gospel workers page 193 close on that is Christ method alone will bring true success in reaching the people the savior mingled with man as one who desired their good he showed sympathy for them minister to their needs and want their confidence then he bade them follow me and that takes me back to our lesson again what we've been discussing this last couple of minutes as we wrap this up and reflect now on what Paul was doing you realize that there is 3 ways in which you can evangelize the first way to evangelize which most people don't consider evangelism is do nothing at all the 7th day adventists will sit down and look at someone and say that one is unriched it's too difficult we'll do nothing then the second group is we're going to go in and hammer it all the way in then the third group is the balance where Jesus is you do not leave them untouched but you do not also touch too hard and that tells leaves us with the question is where do we today stand what is our intention and what do we plan to do because there's the danger of being in there's a class of people who believe let us do what Paul did let us go and interact with the Athenians in the Riyopagas and the mistake they make sometimes is they interact with the Athenians so much as you go and in my bible in the verse 20 it says Paul stood in the midst of Mars Hill if you look there's certain churches today who've called themselves Mars Hill and the essence of them calling themselves that is they were suggesting that this is a church where all your ideas of the world can be discussed but unfortunately this ended up being something which was not desirable because they actually became Athens the churches stopped being churches and they've become Athens there's a danger in welcoming in so much of what you've interacted with we've been asked to be familiar yani have a knowledge know the idea of Christianity but not know the idea of the people you're trying to share with but not be a part of them but then there's also the other class who know nothing whatsoever so we're supposed to have a delicate balance between a knowledge of what they're doing and still maintaining what we are which is Christians as you mentioned gelling them together so as we come to a close I'd like to invite each and everyone of us to share their parting shots of what we're discussing today and I think I'll start with will John or Elaine first who'd like to go first ladies first go ahead thank you so for me the greatest lesson that I learned through the week is that when we are going when we are doing mission to those who do not know anything about Christ we need to exercise wisdom and also try and find a common ground with the people that we are going to talk to or we are going to reach out to and then we also need to ask ourselves we need to understand what we are talking about we need to understand who this Christ we are talking about is we need to be in tandem with the Holy Spirit in that we are willing to be used by Christ when we are reaching out to people and then once we've done we've done our part we leave it to God because it is only God who will be able to turn the hearts of men for us it's preaching out the Gospel doing what we are supposed to do and then we leave everything to God thank you very much Eileen for that much appreciated Eileen is coming up with very good points you'd like to share more than just a parting shot no worries give back let me just give back on what Eileen is saying which will also be my parting shot is that Christ is the center of our message and also what you had said brother Paul that we are not immersing ourselves into their culture so that we end up being like them we want them to be like us assuming we are living a Christian life Christ remains the center of our message regardless of who we are talking to what time we are talking to them whatever we are doing they are enriched the powerful, the needy whoever we can see the thread coming all through from God's mission to now how we are working with God in this mission Christ remains the center of our message and I think also to add on to that sometimes like me I am flustered I don't know how to do the thing and James tells me that if I need wisdom I should ask for God so anyone in our audience anyone in the congregation who feels like they have a burden in their hearts to work in this mission but they don't know how to do it please ask God for wisdom and see what He does with you thank you very much brother John but my sharing in conclusion of what we have discussed this morning is we are since the last one has been heavily leaning towards reaching the enriched let us remember also the other tail end of it we are not to leave the stone unturned we must conclude our mission to the enriched with sharing the message of Christ and him crucified because we are told that in John 316 none can be saved except we believe in the only gift which has been given to us that we will not perish but will have everlasting life if we believe in Jesus let us not only go and reach by reaching into their spaces and where they are but let us also take some time and remember that the aim of having gone through all what we went through which was going into Athens walking, familiarizing yourself with the story knowing the current events the end of it was supposed to be sharing Jesus Christ and as you mentioned the idea is not for us to be like them but for them to be like us it's really not even be like us it's like be like Jesus who we are also trying to be like him so as we conclude this weeks lesson it is my hope that each and every one of us has been blessed by the message that has been shared to us by God that to reach the enriched there is a strategy and we have to have empathy to reach out to everyone and it is my hope that we will continue to seek to be the ones who care for those who have been enriched because even they Jesus died for them because Jesus desires for each and every one of them and to bring us to a close I will request one of us to close with a word of prayer that we may be able to wrap this up let's pray Heavenly Father we thank you for this weeks lesson we thank you Lord for the tenants that we have been able to gather from the lesson story for the king of glory we need to seek you we need to ask for wisdom so that we may be able to preach the gospel to those who are enriched for the prayer that you may continue leading us may your Holy Spirit be abounding us in Jesus name I pray Amen thank you very much Happy Sabbath Teachers let us please wind our classes it has indeed been a wonderful lesson as we learn from Paul's method he was able to reach the unreached and I hope that we will take the challenge in the lesson seriously as we go into this new week I would request us to stand up so that we can have a word of prayer attention for prayer our kind and loving Father in Heaven we come before the throne of Masi this morning thanking you for the wonderful gift of the Sabbath and the gift of life that you've given unto us we know that we're not deserving but it is only through your Masi and your grace that you've enabled us to be here today thank you for the lesson that we have learnt and thank you because you teach us that everybody deserves to be saved because you love all of us thank you for the gift of fellowship and as the Sabbath programs continue we commit them into your hands we commit all the speakers who will minister unto us today may you fill them with your grace may you fill them with your goodness may you use them as vessels so that we can be able to see your goodness meet each one of everyone here of us has a need we ask you to meet them those needs in a very special way Father so that we may know that you are the author of our lives Father and you are a loving Father we commit this Sabbath into your hands may you tabernacle with us and may you bless us but in Jesus name I pray amen happy day happy day happy Sabbath happy Sabbath happy day today invite us to settle down quickly so that we can begin our session of praise and worship as we end the Sabbath school classes we'll end with song number 338 redeemed how I love to proclaim it redeemed by the blood of the land through his infinite mercy his child and forever it is child and forever peace I left his love is the theme of my soul good morning really nice to see you back here on Sabbath day here on Sabbath day here to make some announcement highlights and before I do that let us pray dear heavenly Father thank you so much we thank you Father for being our God and for being our Redeemer but then heaven we thank you for seeing us through this week Almighty Father and giving us this opportunity to come together and fellowship and praise your name O God I commit this service before you Almighty Father that even as we worship you we invite your presence may your Holy Spirit come down and work with us I pray this believing and trusting in name Jesus Christ Amen I'll make some announcement highlights I'll encourage you to go to the website where prayer all the other announcement are now church programs end of year revival week of prayer our end of year revival week of prayer starts today 9 December 2023 and runs till next Sabbath 16 December 2023 our speaker is Pasai Manuel and all are encouraged to attend and collected baby dedication and baptism certificates members are requested to check with your clocks desk and collect the pending baby dedication and baptism certificates wedding bands there will be a wedding between sister Priska award of Monday of Seventh Day Adventist Church Nairobi Central and brought home Odiambo Opio of Seventh Day Adventist Church Muguga on 30 December 2023 at Seventh Day Adventist Church Muguga the officiating minister is Pastor Dan Steve Ochien from Olembo District Centronianza Conference this is the first reading I don't know whether Priska and Tom are here maybe they are not here but that is the first reading concerns death has occurred of Pastor Johnson Deira on 23 November 2023 he was a father to the late David Deira and father-in-law to sister Damaris Deira he was grandfather to John Deira Jill Deira and Jasmine Deira the burial will take place on 18 December 2023 at his home in Nyadema Kadem Miguri County death has occurred of Mzeche Boy Komen on 25 November 2023 he was father to Bro Ruben Komen and father-in-law to sister Susan Komen grandfather to Brian, Cynthia and Ashley burial took place on 6 December 2023 at his home in Kapsuo Village, Cabarnet, Baringo death occurred of Mama Jerusha Kerubo Nyandika on 28 November 2023 she was mother to sister Grace Atebe and mother-in-law to Ella Rogers Atebe she was grandmother to Brian, Sharon Craig, Ted Deborah Disney among others burial took place yesterday 8 November 2023 at her home in Magena, Kisi County please remember these families in your prayers and visitation may God bless you happy sabah happy day happy day like to invite you all to this blessed sabah day to this session of praise through music to introduce ourselves starting with my far left happy sabah happy day my name is Davin Kebe I'll be doing soprano God is good and all the time may we just wave at me when God is good my name is Eriko Itu welcome to our sabah worship this very day my name is Salivan Kiprotich I want to invite you all to have your hymn books with you so that we can all sing together the pianist for the day is brother Eric Mutembe please wave to the congregation amen amen we're going to start off with song number 154 Yanipasa Kuanai this is in the Nimbosa Cristo Yanipasa Kuanai I invite you all I also invite our online audience to join us as we worship together through song to two the lords my shepherd happy sabah happy sabah church today is a day for the children so we have to be a little bit more excited happy sabah and happy day this week we have been having a program some of you may be aware of the treasures of the bible therefore we have a special greeting when I said treasures of the bible you respond boomerang can we give it a try treasures of the bible then when I say boomerang you respond where every day is about Jesus did you get that where every day is about Jesus so treasures of the bible boomerang thank you very much some might be wondering what is treasures of the bible treasures of the bible is a spiritual revival week for children so as the church will be having the revival week proceeding in the upcoming week we have the revival week for the children where they get to learn about Jesus and also learn about the fundamental beliefs this year we were blessed with roughly 450 children with 61 visitors and out of these visitors we were blessed with 34 non adventists what do you say church what do you say church amen so you are able to minister to those children it is now time to invite the teachers, the volunteers and the children who have been part of this program to come up front and share with us just a little bit of what they have learnt this week so first of all we'll have the tribe of Naftali and Dan tribe of Naftali and Dan please come in those who are children age 12 and 13 the class 7s and 8s please be coming in and that is basically the Alitin class and they had the highest attendance so our hand are making the right direction so as we'll have the music we'll have the tribe of Naftali and Dan coming in tribe of Naftali and Dan please come in and Dan will be followed by the tribe of Asha and Gad these were children aged 10 and 11 which is the equivalent of our junior class we also had them in the program so Asha and Gad please come in as well thank you please take your positions tribe of Asha and Gad please come in those are the 10 year olds and the 11 years olds program was catering for all ages all the way from kindergarten to the teens class tribe of Zebulun and Isaka please be ready to come in those are the 8 year olds and 9 year olds that is the equivalent of primary B sabah school class after them we have the tribe of Manasseh and Ifray those are the 6 year olds and 7 year olds the equivalent of primary A class please come up front tribe of Ifray and Manasseh also had the teens the teens were the tribe of Simion Levi and Judah we will ask them to come in as well tribe of the teens, tribe of Simion Levi and Judah please come in after the tribe of Manasseh and Ifray we also had the beginner kindergarten class that is the tribe of Benjamin who was the youngest child and we will ask them to come up front as well as the music teachers take their positions tribe of Benjamin please come in and the teens please come in as well so these are the 450 children we had we want to appreciate all the parents who took the attempt to invite their children and all those who invited visitors and we hope that next year as of the Bible we will even be bigger numbers thank you what do we tell the children indeed they have joy in their hearts we will rise up and sing the doxology praise God from whom all blessings flow thank you for the privilege of worship this morning we invite to our presence in Jesus name we pray church good morning what do we say to our beautifully adorned children that's the way we command can we make it better thank you today we have a special welcome program and we want to acknowledge those who are attending this worship online through various social media platforms and those who are here I want you to respond the way you have been informed to respond pressures of the Bible boomerang thank you very much now I am told that we have about 400 children and out of this they are 61 visitors and 34 out of them are non-adventist what do you say to that now it is my humble duty on behalf of the pastorate and elders and other church officials to welcome our regular members as well as visitors who are with us only three visitors have recorded their names in our book and please visitors as I call you please rise and remain standing until you have been given a handshake from one of our ashes the first one is Ahmad Kani George from SDA Abuja Nigeria he is saying happy sabat to all of us Ya is right there Karibu the other one is Henry Nyabuto from Kahawa West thank you brother welcome and the third one is Valerie Okady from Orlando SDA church also saying happy sabat to all of us as any of you okay I believe there are many others who had no chance to record their names and please may I invite all visitors who decided to come and worship with us to stand all visitors visitors thank you thank you thank you what you say church please whenever you are in the city please consider Narobi Central as your place of worship and when you return to your home churches please pass our warm greetings to them may God bless you as we continue to worship him now out of the parents and guardians who brought their children for our treasures of the bible program we want to welcome you in a special way can I see all of them stand up parents and guardians who brought their children for our program treasures of the bible program may you stand thank you thank you thank you what you say church please give them a bigger welcome what you say church that is better now out of this if you don't mind can we see the non adventists the non adventist parents who are with us there's a lot of movement in the church I can't even see if you recognize any of them please let us see if you are sitting next to any I don't see what we say to those who brought their children to join treasures of the bible program thank you very much may God bless you as we continue to worship him treasures of the bible it's time for prayer may I ask that you find a place those in the sanctuary to kneel down reverently those at home or wherever you are find a suitable place where we can seek the Lord together in prayer our Lord and our Father who are in heaven we've come Father to seek thee to seek you because you are the creator of the universe and all those that are in it we've come before you Father because you are our master our provider and our redeemer we've come before you Father because you loved us first so much love Father that while we were yet seen us you sent your only son to come and die that redemption may be ours and so Father you are worthy of our praise we adore you we thank you Father for the gift of this Sabbath a day that you created a day that you sanctified a day that you gave to us to remember your good works and so Father as we worship you this morning I pray that you may calm down and fellowship with us I want to pray in a special way Lord for this country and for the world at large we are living at a time when many are losing hope oh Lord I pray that you may rest all people are in difficulty Father joblessness economy curry times and all these Father I pray Lord that you may calm down and help your people we thank you Father for the week that was that you led your little children in the studies in the entire week during the treasures of the Bible week this being the climax Father we want to thank you that the week has been good we pray Father also for the day to be special the day to be blessed even as a poster captain Father may He speak to us the words which only come from the this is my prayer in Jesus name if you are in the sanctuary they speak and the envelope use it and partition you are giving as per the envelope if you have your digital money it's all displayed on the screen you can do the bank transfer on that bank account or do the pay bill on MPSR or do the Airtel money I'm waiting for the deacons to come up then we pray I'm waiting for the deacons thank you we are praying our Lord and God we want to worship you again through our giving as an expression of the blessings that you have bestowed upon us we pray Lord that whatever we give may go ahead and go forward to minister the gospel to spread your word bless as Father as we give those who don't have today Lord bless them that next time they may give happy Sabbath church happy day it's quite beautiful if you think about it if you ever got a chance to teach and to experience any kind of VBS, TOB please parents youths do not be shy you will be character developed for heaven I promise but my time here is very short I'm here to only inform you of a few things first of all thank you so much for each and every department which was involved head departments during the expo success and truly people were blessed everyone left having known more about each others business and even connected more and the fellowship I'm sure grew deeper my chance here today again I'll move to the second thing I'm here to discuss is to inform you we are having the youth retreat shortly during the 15th to the 18th of December where we are going to Mount Kilimanjaro I believe we are going to Mount Kilimanjaro the base of Mount Kilimanjaro where we will be fellowshiping having music and talking young people every parent here I'm sure you've had a chance to experience a retreat or if you didn't you're one of those parents who was like I will it be fun I'm scared please do not be scared we are under capable hands with Grace Mercedes being our leader who will accompany us and pastor as well will be joining us so please take time register the register is still on sign up tell people to come tag a friend and let's have fun be blessed happy Sabbath once more tradys of the Bible boom around thank you so much have a blessed Sabbath Tred theft of the Bible boom around this month we have been learning about the Lord Sapa by the Marshal but today being the end of We are going to Locken. Let's pray. Thank you, Lord, for this day as we have been singing in Jesus' name. Amen. Amen. Now, the book of Psalm 77 verse 13 says, thy way... No, let's say it together. Psalm 77 verse 13 says to you boys and girls. We are learning this amount together. Let me see. A sanctuary has how many parts? How many? Like how many parts? Like how many parts? Three parts. Three parts. Now, correct. Please, you have a gift? Oh, they are gifts. Good. Now, which are the articles that are found in every part? Of sacrifice in the outer court. Altar of sacrifice in the outer court. Correct. Now, faster, faster. Why in the outer court? The lover in the outer court tick. Now, we are moving into the holy place. Now, the articles found in the holy place. The altar of incense in the holy place. Correct, but that's your class. Please come to primary A also. Come this side. Correct. Another one. The table of shoe bread. Table of shoe bread. Correct. Now, the last one. Come this side. Oh, this Christian. Now, it's for better if you tell me what it also represent, but just give me the answer. The 10 commandments. The 10 commandments is in the sanctuary, but not at the holy place. The lamp stand. The lamp stand. Correct. And the last is the most holy place. The last is the most... Can we try parents? We try parents. Now, which articles are found in the most holy place? Apparent. I know all the parents. I will choose one. Apparent. In the most holy place, many parents. Let's proceed. Let's proceed. Let's proceed. Let's proceed. Papa na kule. Tick. Let's finish this. Let's finish. Good. That's correct. Now, the last one, so that we proceed. The ark of the covenant. Correct. Now, I am certain we people have done a good recap. Let me tell you boys and girls. Oh, there's a good picture. Can you look at the screen? A very good picture. Now, when God created us, man was perfect. There was no sin. But then man fell into sin because he was deceived by... Who deceived man? Oh, the mic went away. The man was deceived and he became a sinner. However, God had a wonderful plan. This plan, we called it the plan of what? A very wonderful plan. A very wonderful plan of salvation. A very good plan, a plan of salvation that would come through Jesus Christ. Now, God chose a special people called the children of Israel. And he told them, let me make... Who can complete the statement? Let them make me a sanctuary. That I may dwell among them. So God wanted to live with us. And so they made a sanctuary. And there was a role of a high priest and another priest. So the people of Israel would offer sacrifices. But why were they offering sacrifices? Why? Why? Joji, Joji. Why? Yes, speak. Because if they won't confess their sins, God will come for them. Because they were sinners, yes. They were sinners, so they would offer sacrifices for forgiveness of sin. However, that one is not there today. Because God sent His son. The book of John chapter 129 says, Behold the Lamb of God who takes away. Who takes away? So the Israelites today, we don't have to come with the lambs anymore to offer for our sins to be forgiven. Because Jesus came to take place of the lamb. Now the night just before Jesus crucifixion. He did something. Jesus did something just the night before his crucifixion. And someone helped me, what did Jesus do? Just. Oh, what did Jesus do with these disciples? Just the night before he died. The night before his crucifixion. About Jesus. About Jesus, how is it? And it was His blood. And He took me some bread and said it was His body and He washed His disciples feet. Thank you so much. Shine for Jesus every day. And today we do it here at church. And how do we call it? Oh, you participate but you don't know the name. Children, how do we call it? Thank you so much. So we participate today in the Holy Communion. And Jesus says, He takes a cup and He says, this one is my blood. It is the new covenant in my blood. So do this always as you remember me. Can I tell you something boys and girls? There was a curtain in the sanctuary that separated the most holy place and the holy place. That one existed because, you know when we became sinners, so sin separated us from God. So that is why the curtain existed in the sanctuary. However, when Jesus came, this night of his crucifixion, after doing all this that we have explained, went to pray and he cried out loudly and he said it was all finished. And that curtain, it was thick. Can you do your hand like this? It was thick the size of a man's hand. Am I a man or a boy? Yes, the size of my hand like this. And it tore into two, from top to bottom. Can you do this way? From top. And that meant that boys and girls, you see the children of Israel, they could not access the most holy place. But through Jesus, we could now access the most holy place. That is why today, we don't have to come to church. With a bull, or a ram, or a pigeon. Which animal? A dove? Or lamb? To offer? Because Jesus died and his blood was enough to wash away all our sins. Who came with a bull today to just? I know to me because the blood of Jesus took away all the place of animal sacrifices. Now as we finished, God wants the following. What wants you to come and dine with him? But now, how do you do that? Number one, you confess your sins and accept Jesus. Now, in the message of the sanctuary, where do we confess our sins? In the part of the sanctuary. Where do we confess our sins? Where? Now, all of us because of time, all of us. So whenever we see Jesus and this ministry, remember the entire sanctuary message. So God wants us to come and dine with him by accepting him and accepting Jesus and confessing our sins. Number two, He wants us to be washed through baptism. Now, in the message of the sanctuary, where do we find baptism? Ah, where was that? The lover place. The lover. Number three, God wants us to always read the Word of God. Where did we find the Word of God in the sanctuary? Where was that? Where was that? God wants us to always read the Word of God. So where did we find the Word of God in the sanctuary? Yes? The table of shoe bread. The table of shoe bread. And number five, Christ wants us to be the light of this world. All these precious gems that we have gathered throughout this week, when you get out of this chart, you share with your friends and you shine. How many promise to share the Word of God? Now, who is the light of the world according to the sanctuary message that we learnt? I say, who is the light of the world according to the sanctuary message? Jesus. Correct. And lastly, He wants us also to live a life of prayer. How did we find the life of prayer in the sanctuary? Table of incense. All table of incense because it was a smoke rising sweetly ascending to the throne of God. So when we confess our sins and always pray, then our prayers will ascend sweetly to the throne of God and He will answer us. Now, parents, this afternoon we will take you through many stations but don't forget to come to which station is mine? Where we will learn about the sanctuary and we will actually give you assignments and you write your name, you leave them there, we will mark and give you next about. For now, from the synagogue school, we say bye. But we have to pray. Please give someone a mic to pray. Let us pray. Our kind and everlasting father come to this hour as you want to end our devotion. May you be thus, may you protect us as you want to go to various places in Jesus name I pray and believe. Amen. Apisabath. Treasure of the Bible 2023. Bumarang. At today our scripture reading comes from the book of Numbers chapter 11 verse 23 and it says, And the Lord said unto Moses, Is the Lord's hand works short, Thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass thee or not. I repeat, And the Lord said unto Moses, Is the Lord's hand works short, Thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass thee or not. May the Lord bless his reading. Apisabath. I like to invite us all to be up on our feet as we sing the opening song. 377. Go forth, go forth with Christ. Let's all rise. Let's turn children. Let's be up on our feet as we sing the opening song. Go forth, go forth with Christ. Let's sing. Go forth, go forth with Christ. Who called you to these days? It's true to all who serve Him. It's not your history you shall gain. We can take our seats. We seeMusik crook and protect the world. Jei Lorda k HO We thank the Lord for this beautiful sabat. I want to welcome you to listen briefly to the message of the moment. I know I appeared here in a different attire and I have changed and you can imagine the pressure behind here. And the communication team is telling me first of all, be on alert and bring your coat anytime if the mic drops. But in whichever way the Lord will be glorified. I want to let you know that as we close the children week of prayer, we are also beginning the end year week of prayer. And our speaker for this week, I know you saw in the poster that has been circulating and you're wondering what happened with the speaker. Our guest speaker for the week is the assistant to the president at ECG, pastor Emmanuel Pilote. He really wished to be with us this sabat and start off the week but he has been having an assignment in South Africa which extended to today and he promised me that he would be here tomorrow evening as we have our program. And so he asked me to play the role of John the Baptist and that's what I'm doing today. The shoes are big but if God has said, beat on them, I have nothing to fear. I know the Lord is with us. Children have had a very wonderful experience. They have been learning here every day and it has been all about Jesus. Where everything is about who? Jesus. And you can hear from the voices from the songs that indeed they have been with Jesus. Now, for the interest of time, I will take us to the message pastor Emmanuel would have wished to be spoken today. The theme, the unlimited power is not my theme, it is the theme from our speaker for the whole week. I did not ask him, pastor, what did you want when you gave this theme the unlimited power? And so I am struggling to imagine what one tend to speak about. And I am going to speak on one aspect of this theme, the unlimited power. When he comes from tomorrow, he will be able to take us into depth the things he desired through the power of the Holy Spirit for us to appreciate. He chose the text of Acts of Apostles chapter 1 verse number 8 and you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. And you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in Judea, Samaria and to all ends of the world. I can't wait to walk through that text when the man of God is speaking to us about the unlimited power. But this morning, those online, those here in the sanctuary, those following us through KBC, I want to welcome you to the text of the Book of Numbers chapter 11 verse number 23. Numbers chapter 11 and verse number 23, which then guides the message for this hour. And the Lord saying to Moses, has the Lord's arm been shortened? Now you shall see whether what I say will happen to you or not. And the Lord saying to Moses, has the Lord's arm been shortened? And the Lord saying to Moses, has the Lord's hand been shortened? Now you shall see whether what I say will happen to you or not. Let's pray, our gracious Father in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done in the sanctuary here and for all those who are following us online as it is in heaven. For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory. You say deep will be lifted up, you shall draw all men unto yourself. And so my Father recognized my assignment this morning is to lift your name. So my Father pray that may I not be seen, may I not be heard. But may you be seen and heard as you speak to us all, beginning with me. To everyone connected on this altar this moment is our prayer in Jesus' name. It is about 45 days since the children of Israel left Egypt. By now as we get to the text of chapter 11 of Nabuganambas, they have a number of experiences with the Lord. And Moses is leading them. When they left Egypt they thought it would be very easy. You know Moses knew the terrain of the land, he knew the distance. In fact he was leading them in the route he knew very well. But God came and told Moses not by that route. I instructed you, you have to follow through where the cloud leads. And as they pulled the cloud, Moses was discovering that God is leading them into a place of nowhere. They continued journey on. Moses who knew the place very well, he started getting worried. Where is God taking us? Well of course you all know that they came to a place where they met at dead end. There was huge river for them to cross. On the both sides of the mountains behind them the enemies are coming for their blood. And people started complaining. Why has God brought us into this body of death? What kind of plan does God have with us? Well we all know the story and how God came and accept them from that and made a way for them. After they cross over to the other side they are journey on and about that days now they are encamped somewhere. But after that period of time they then leave and they are journey on. Then about the fortified day of their journey they are exhausted, their resources are exhausted. They have nothing to eat in the wilderness and they all turn to God to cry. They tell Moses, Moses you know what? And though we are crying to God for help and for salvation from the hands of our masters this is not what he is standing for. We did not imagine that God would behave this way with us. In Egypt Moses we used to eat and drink. There was plenty of food. How came that you and your God has conspired to come and destroy us in the desert? Well as they were complaining the Book of Exodus chapter 16 will let you know that then God came to Moses and told him, Moses, cheer them not to cry and to complain. I shall give them food and then God begins feeding them with manna. The food that they knew not how it was cooked where it came from or the ingredients of that substance. They began eating food. But it did not take long time before they were fed up with this food. And so in chapter 11 of the Book of Numbers the Bible begins by saying, And the children of Israel began to complain. And they complained, displeased the Lord. For the Lord had eat and his anger was aroused. And so God brought some fire to consume some of them and scare them and to remind them they are not alone in the desert. But this incident of them complaining in chapter 11 was so out of hands that Moses was so much of a world. They went to Moses. They asked Moses. I wanted to tell us Moses very well. We thought you were a good man. We thought we could trust you. We thought you are our salvation. But now it's very clear you have an agenda together with that God you talk about. You conspiron to destroy us. What is this you are doing to us? Who can feed on one food every day forever? We are tired of your food. We are tired of the food that God has given us. We want meat. When I was reading this passage, something shocked me. That this complaint, the first complaint they were complaining they did not have food. God supplied food. Now this second complaint they are complaining of variety. You are giving us something every day. We are not used to this kind of menu. We are used to sampling stuff here. Moses, this is not what is signed up for. In fact, as you read the text, they say, in Egypt, where we were, we were eating in verse number five. We remember the fish which we ate freely in Egypt. The cucumbers, the mallots, the leeks, the onions, the garlics. But for now, our old being is dried up. There is nothing at all except this manner before our eyes. They are telling Moses, Moses, if you are forgotten, you just came the other day. In Egypt, we end a lot of garlic, we end a lot of onions, we end a lot of cucumbers, we end a lot of mallots, we end a lot of all these good stuff. You can imagine you are doing us any good giving us one substance called manna which we have no idea of. Give us the Egyptian menu. You know, when I was reading these, I got so much shocked that actually this is how we all behave. That God has saved us from the world. He has brought us into the sanctuary to feed us with all the divine manna, His divine word. The menu for the heavenly sanctuary, the menu for the heavenly, for the family of God, but we keep demanding, suffer us with Egyptian men. And we ascend when church and everyone wants to experience a bit of what used to be in the world. We all come to church and we are pushing the church to allow us to be of a little lack of the world in the church. We are asking God, God, don't you see it is so monotonous to behave in the same way from the day we are baptized. We stopped eating meat. We stopped drinking alcohol. We stopped going for the clubs. We stopped doing life. Jesus, don't you see this life is dry. They are telling Moses their life is better than this Moses. So we want you to go and tell your God we are tired of this life is so dry. Young people today they are feeling the church is dry. There is no life in church. Men of them are pushed to come to church. The rules in church make life dry. The life of the Shunaviso in the wilderness with the diet that God has provided was to them drying up their life. And the asked Moses we cannot continue. We need something different and in fact they were very particular. Moses, you may not give us melons because you know you can grow melons in the desert but Moses, one thing we can do without meat. Give us meat. If you give us meat we are okay with mana. But without meat we do not want your mana. How many times have you as a Christian given God conditions? How many times have we come to God and you want God to receive us in our own times? God invites you and it tells you come the way you are but yet when you come here it tells you take upon you my yoke and learn from me God on what to do with our lives we come to learn how to live best life with God because he is our life can someone say man. So Moses has with an experience so unique he doesn't know how to behave himself so Moses is so ever world and as they are complaining and Moses also joined in complaining you know let me tell you something here you know a church that is complaining of almost everything can easily make their pastor they are complaining pastor you are not getting me. You see when the people of Israel their children of Israel continually complained before Moses and before the Lord even Moses joined in the scene of complaining against God Moses who was the strength and the appeal who always reminded them God asked them for once Moses is doubting the presence and the power of God and he goes to the Lord and tells God why have you descended to fix me God why are you affecting your servant why are you setting me up for destruction how can you do these kind of things to me. God watching from heaven said how to bear the complaints of these people but I can't withstand the complaints of myself because of Moses complaining God came so God comes and tells Moses in verse 18 I have hand you cry I have hand the cry of your people go and tell them to consecrate themselves for tomorrow you will eat meat because you have cried out in the hearing of the Lord saying who will feed us meat for we were better off in Egypt we will give you meat as you will eat you will eat not for one day or two days or five days or ten days or twenty days I am going to feed you with what you require the meat for good 30 days but I can assure you Moses go and tell them I am also willing to continue even after 30 days until a sign is clear on me you love the meat and the meat comes through your nostrils be careful with your complaining to the Lord be very careful be very careful some of us are too much complaining about everything too much complaining be very careful what you are complaining for and to who you complain God came he told them I have hand your complain but then I am going to do what you ask but I shall push it on you until you need it no more and so Moses looked at God and that's where the center of my message now so just speak with me just speak with me Moses is listening to God and then Moses is so mad with God Moses is so annoyed with God I so angered with God God is so senseless Moses is asking God God you just came to tell me to go and gather these people who have been complaining I have been spending sleep last night God when you are joining your sleep up there God have not been eating have not been drinking I have been so much stressed God you just came to tell me I go before these people and tell them tomorrow not even after a week tomorrow all of them do you even have an idea how many people God let me remind you if you forgot the people that you ask me to deliver they are 600,000 food soldiers when you hear food soldiers the Bible and you kid me that these are people who would go to war we are not counting about the small boys and all the women and all the girls we are not counting the totality of the people that Moses was leading it is in millions but Moses is asking to add you out of your mind who can do this who can feed such a huge number of people just within a few hours we meet in the desert in fact I to check there Moses is asking God shall we slaughter all the flock I do that with me shall we slaughter all the flock or God maybe you are thinking about the fish who will go and gather all the fish in the sea and bring it out bring it out and then come and make a meal for all these people so that they may stop complaining God you are of order that moment God looks at Moses and discovered this issue is deeper in Moses than I imagine God spoke to Moses and asked Moses in verse 23 Moses I have heard your complaint I have heard your concern but let me ask you Moses has the lost hand been shot in has the lost hand been shot has the lost hand been weakened now it is no longer strong now the term here has the Lord been shot it simply means not the physical arm of God it simply implies the power of God Moses as you implying that now something has happened that the God you've known the God who took you before Pharaoh the God that you have known the God who split there for you to walk through the Lord that you knew who was powerful to dislodge the wills of the chariot of your enemies and make all of them be swallowed in the sea the God that you know Moses as you telling me today that his power because of the situation has been weakened has been shortened that he is now able to keep his promise that time Moses is silent God looks at him and tells Moses watch me Hallelujah Hallelujah somebody God tells Moses watch me watch me Moses watch me and see whether what I'm saying will not come to pass I know according to you Moses death is an impossible venture but what is impossible with man what appears difficult in the mind of man is so easy in the ideas of God Moses watch me and see whether what I'm asking to do I will now be able to do and for sure when from heaven can somebody say meat that they had no idea of came they were also happy they began eating and they ate and they ate for a whole month until they refused to eat of the meat now this is where I draw two lessons then we call it a day you see friends I see the experience of Moses as one who is feeling like it was a trap God was setting him up for ridicule for destruction Moses felt God was dishonest with him Moses felt God was unreasonable and I'm just here this morning to ask you a question have you ever felt set up by God God was leading you into a trap tuition with a promise he will be with you only for him to abandon you and are you struggling there alone this is the experience of Moses and Moses is asking God how can you do these things to me now I'm asking somebody here this morning have you devoted yourself to the Lord serving him with all your heart your resources you are always there for him in church always present for every church assignment always praying with a sick always encouraging those who have broken always praying and great miracles happen to people's life everyday you are there for the mission of the Lord but just one day when you are so zealously working for the Lord being seen to change and is seen and appears that he is not there with you he seems far from you he doesn't anymore peak your cause he doesn't respond to your text messages he doesn't any longer check on your tweets God he is out of your reach God has blocked you you can't access him yet all this and where you are is because you believed in him and you gave yourself and your life to him have you felt that God was setting you on you see friends times when that's for the sake of keeping our faith just for the sake of being a faithful servant of God just for the sake of being an obedient child of God not thinking yourself in the world by looking after godliness just for the sake of your keeping your faith flexions come your way and you wonder where is God when I am going through this he seems upset now the people that you are challenging about your faith are laughing at you mocking your faith they seem to be doing even better than you imagine a situation where and to leave your very creative job just for the sake of your faith you came and I know some people who have abandoned their jobs their responsibilities just to come and serve the Lord by advance you are in the church you meet brethren who have no respect for you they shock you they disregard you until you are not God where on earth was I going where did I have to leave my job just to come and serve you with the people who do not recognize the sacrifice I made for my family just to come and follow you God where are you imagine just today somebody who aim to lose their job have you worked come active for so long just for that job by one week into the job or just a month into the job the suburb issue is raised and you cannot stand the issue of suburb you have to choose between your job we support your family and your faith we support God's relationship and you choose to abandon your job just for the sake of faith yet as you do this thrusting the Lord shall open a new door so long after you still come again you can't afford bills you can't pay for your children's trophies you can't have life that's because of your faith you pray God as silent asking somebody small have you came into a point where you feel it was a trap moses was there it is asking God where did you choose to afflict your servant they are not mocking me they are not calling me names they are not asking me where is your God they are tormenting me because of my faith yes friends could be your health is failing your marriage is breaking your career is dying your business is crumbling and your family is disintegrating yet you trust in the Lord nothing seem to change where is God when your life is messed up this is a question that God is addressing with the moses this morning and God comes to moses moses I feel your situation understand your situation I know moses for sure this is now easy in the eye of man but moses ask the arm of God being shot and can somebody say man ask the power of God being limited allow me friends this day and for the week to introduce to you the unlimited power of God God is so powerful that even when things seem to be now working for us even when we seem to dying even when we seem to be walking through the fires even when we seem every being is crumbling down upon us God is always bear with us comes to moses is asking moses can you tell me moses have you considered my power vis-a-vis the challenge of the moment let me speak to somebody here you see moses is telling God what you are suggesting to do I can't understand it this is impossible but God is telling moses moses I did not call you that you may understand me I called you that you may believe in me can you say man God has never called us that we understand who he is God calls us that we may believe in him and once you believe in him we shall do all that he asks us to do whether it makes sense or it doesn't make sense by the way the whole issue of faith is illogical and senseless no wonder the Bible says he chose the foolish things of the world if somebody with me he chose the foolish things of the world as the way of shaming the powerful and bringing salvation to humanity God has never invited you to understand him he want you to believe in him at this moment he is preaching to moses I see because of the situation at the moment your faith is dead you are now doubting me I want to revive you moses has my hand been shortened can't you remember I am a power of God I can do anything I want to do and in this morning there's a modern situation you are in I promise you on this old time the arm of God is not sharp he can reach up to where you are oh he can pull you from your feet he can reach out where you are groaning and groaning in feelings and emotions God understands the situation this morning don't imagine you alone in that I can tell you for sure God even though you don't say him even though you don't feel him he is in it he is there in it you struggle he is in it because he wants to glorify you through your that experience he want to exhort you to purify you, to feed you for great assignment just stay put the Lord gonna show up you know friends read from NIV good news translation you put that bar is there a limit to my power I wish I could hear someone saying man in the moment when you are spending sleepless night when you wake in the night you can't sleep when you have received a letter on your desk when your marriage is disintegrating and all indication it has ended for destruction when your spouse has worked to cut for divorce and you are still on your knees but she is pushing for divorce she is pushing for divorce that moment is when God is asking you is there a limit to my power from international standard version the translation here says is the Lord shot I love this is God shot just to suggest that God's power is you gonna touch to him don't limit God let me speak to somebody here friends the greatest impediment to God's mission is men and women who have been placed in the possessions of leadership and influence but where God's agenda against their abilities and resources this is the greatest to receive the agenda of God and weigh it on who they are what they have what should be spent we are leaders in church who have been assembly block to mission members who do not want to hear any suggestion for mission whenever mission agenda is brought they shoot it down because to them it is all listen to me God is teaching you and me today it is not about money it is about him Moses is asking him possible no no no this reminds me of the day when God Jesus is doing the same thing God is doing here and he has so many people to feed and then he is asking the disciples because he discovered there was a little boy there there was a little boy there there was a little boy there who I saw you asking who had done some how many loss of bread how many loss of bread and how many fishes and then wait wait Jesus tells the disciples after seeing this how people sit and feed five loss of bread very tiny things and two fishes and one of the disciples who knew the economics of finances somebody with me here Jesus I checked I discovered you never went to any school you only know the things of spirit they leave us with their stuff we are the masters of economics listen to me Jesus even away Jesus even away Jesus what you are asking is impossible God's agenda agenist the ability and the resources but God would want you today to know it has nothing to do with you yes you could be knowing the economics of finances and the budgetary principles but you also need to learn the economics of salvation can somebody say a man you need to learn the economics of salvation it has nothing to do with your pocket it has nothing to do with your time by the way God does not need you to advance this mission but you need God to advance your mission God is not desperate of you he just invites you because of the grace that you can experience this love and you can grow like him as you work with him he is not after your money keep it to yourself the mission of God shall continue because most is you are out of order and watch this face when I was in the book of Abakuk Dr. Brea I was in the team and attached to my heart Abakuk says this when he is talking about the unlimited power God and what he can do in the difficult situations of life he says though the fig tree I see it there though the fig tree shall not blossom neither shall fruit be in the vines the labor of the olives shall fail and the fune shall yield no meat the flock shall be cut off from the fold and there shall be no herd in the stores yet yet I will rejoice the trinies of the situation God can credit His Prince and to learn not to limit God so the text of Acts 1 verse 8 Jesus says you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you to suggest to you today that the power to save is of God the power to transform is of God the power that heals is of God the presence of the Holy Spirit is the unlimited He said you shall receive power as my kingdom is of power come and sub me when you looking so weak death is the kingdom of powerful who comes to me He is going to receive the power but there is a condition prelicustat of this one allow the Holy Spirit to be in you this one is a way to power for once Moses doubting and the spirit of God was running out of him he doubting but when he accepted to see the power of God indeed God performed miracles the Holy Spirit came we all know that the disciples who were so weak became so strong who were timidik became so brave they could fast anyone they could go anywhere they over town the world down upsend town because of the power of the Holy Spirit when God is in it you are power for God to be in your life but through the formula the Holy Spirit to come upon the church which has the Holy Spirit is the power of church let me speak to you this morning friends we are dealing we are dealing with unlimited power jimote says that spirit which was given on the day of Pentecost is not the spirit of possession on the side of the Lord they are enjoying the power I want to invite you this morning friends as we begin the end here we compare to you today because of what I know and in the power of God there is nothing that will overcome you if you are in the spirit there is nothing let me tell you friends walk in the spirit walk in power sing in the spirit preach in the power live your life in the spirit and live up to Jesus they receive the power of the Holy Spirit nothing whatsoever that come against you I want to declare this morning are you sick are you going through a terminal disease believe me today God can change the situation he is on marriage in the band of breaking you have tried every counselor but it seems not to find direction I tell you today try the Lord in the spirit most of us are not able to change our situations because we face our situations in our flesh we are fighting in marriages in our flesh spirit of God that you are struggling with shall come to pass let me tell you friends when God God shows up will show up when God shows up in your life everything he has been looking for we will show up when God shows up in your life are you dying? show up when God shows up in your life he is dying will show up when God shows up in your life your health has been of a chance we will show up when God shows up in your life everything show up your promotion when God shows up everything else Kwa mili? Ma chili paan. Na kwa ji ufrutu? Kwa jibili? Na kwa na ufrutu? Jibili. Kwa jibili? Kwa jibili? Kwa jibili? Haemi jibili? Haemi. Haemi. Haemi. Haemi. Haemi. Haemi. Haemi. Haemi. I am tempted to declare in the spirit of God that on this order today there are no weapon that is found against you shall prosper in Jesus' name because if God shows up in your life he is going to slay all your enemy every time which rises against you you will be able to silence it when Jesus shows up in your life and declare today on this order they shall come yes from one direction to torment you to crush you but when God shows up in a situation they shall flee in seven different directions because when God shows up you are powerful in this life do not fear, do not give up, do not quit, does hold on whereupon the Lord he is coming he is going to fix that for you never think it's too late he is on the way coming, hung there in prayer then faith that's where Isaiah chapter 3 the man of God shows the sense of God verse number 10 go and tell the vichas it will be well with them can somebody say amen go and tell the righteous that it shall be well what is it you are going through? what is it you are going through that makes you feel that God's power in your situation is weak God is asking you Moses and asking everyone of us today he is my power now on the limit and because you are in this situation he is my power limit and I know your house was locked I know you were not able to pay house rent and the landlord came and pushed you out of that house but let me tell you friend God is aware of that maybe for you staying in that house is the reason you are not blessed and God must push you out from that house that he can set you to see new perspectives of life that you can God for your blessings but you are here crying God is in it allow him to accomplish what he began in you for I am persuading that he who is on our side is greater than who is against us stay in the Lord stay close this year with the Lord get to 2024 with the Lord cheer them it has not been well with me in 2023 but I know it shall be well with me in 2024 step in faith we are upon the Lord for there is nothing possible can I invite somebody who says Jesus I want to repent my sins like Moses and watch you do your being in my life when Moses surrendered to the power and the leading of God he witnessed every morning coming right at the doorstep of the houses if you allow God to leave you will see and witness bread brought at the doorstep of your house you may not see it today because you are so mad with God because you are focusing on what you do not have most of us focus on what you don't have we forget to focus on what we have we have God on our side focus on him and all these things of the world shall strictly grow deep trust you only to stand because you want to pray with him I don't know what you are going through I don't know whether you are in church here you are online there watching us from home or from the office or anywhere you are but there is an experience you are going through wondering whether God is with you here this man let you know he is with you he is in a situation he is found just done for prayer somebody who says Jesus I want to walk with you I want to walk with you people who says I want to close daisy and he paid and he come with me and Lord is on my side I see many things happening around me but I am trusting the Lord I can't see any way out here I feel like I am catching in let me tell you friends God at times behaves as though he was setting you up not because he wanted to destroy you but because he wanted to set you up for higher ground at times God will behave like he is catching you he is trapping you in just because he wanted to cage you there for a moment that he can open a great path for you trusting him step in faith and wait I want to pray I don't know what his experience is it could be sick it could be your relative it could be your marriage it could be your children they are into the world drinking and doing all men of drugs you say what where did they go wrong past you could be here this morning and you for sure know you have a court case you're here this morning you're so much worried of the outcome you're here this morning you've been visiting people to help you they are not connected with the Lord you've got to break those orders come and connect yourself with your limited power God I want to pray with you thank you for those who are standing I don't know what you've been I am feeling that something is struggling you've been praying you have been praying even this morning you prayed somewhere alone you walk in the night you are pleading with God you are pushing it it's not happening you are pushing it you are almost giving up I don't know what it is in your life thank you for those who are standing I want to pray I don't know what you are challenging God with it could be an investment you are doing to go and live by a house as a family but when you in that deal some bad guy got involved they disappeared with your money I don't know what it could be this morning but you are feeling you are in a situation where you even doubt where the gun checks on you don't give up just stand in faith let's talk to the Lord there one more thank you my sister thank you my brother thank you my brother I don't know what you are going through I don't know what you are going through but I want you as a close days here close phase here in confidence go out in faith say I know my God is powerful behave like the three Hebrews who wished God would change the mind of the king not for them to be thrown into the fire by the enju and they are due of being arrested and dropped and thrown into the fire but I can assure you like it was for their kids before they slay you he will be right there with you step asking us this morning is my hand is this not I am the one who spoke and things came to me I am the one who silenced the mouth of lion Daniel had a warm night I am the one who patterned the sea I am the one who meant that old tired woman past menopause have a healthy bouncing baby boy who brought forth the son of God I am unlimited God I can do anything I choose to do trust me gracious for the heaven thank you for challenging us today through the experience of masses that you are unlimited God with unlimited power most of the times we fear because we weigh what we want to do with our strength our ability that we discover we are so weak we can't move a thing we become so frustrated we go into depression people are living under depression just because they failed completely trust in your power and as you walk through the end of this year we introduce to your people the unlimited power God come and fill us with your spirit come and speak power in our situations come and break the strongholds of the evil and in our lives come and change our situations come and give us breakthroughs give us testimonies because we are before your presence in your presence there is power Lord meet all these people today at the very point of needs heal them restore them open new doors for them overcome for them give them testimonies renew their commitment renew their strength make them sentinels make them strong men and women make them stop in 2024 in confidence they are working in faith they are working in the spirit when they work in the spirit they are working this is our prayer this morning Jesus thank you and we praise you God in Jesus name we pray how many agreed to that thank you thank you so much thank you children it looks so lovely thank you now we are coming to the end the first segment this morning and I would like to take the opportunity first of all to thank God for giving us a privilege to worship and more so for using pastor Nyaga mightily for that timely message God bless you not forgetting the teams that played a role in all this and especially children teachers I know organizing such an event it takes a sacrifice God bless you and bless you so much the communication team as well may God bless you the sign language team God bless you the pianist God bless you and all that were involved in the arrangement of this successful morning segment now just to let you know that in the afternoon we are continuing the program and everyone is invited we will start our program at 2 the teachers will be giving you some details on how it will be exercised so make an appointment that at 2 wherever you are for those who are following us on various platforms and those who might come or will come and we are about to come kindly note that we will start at 2 meanwhile we will continue with the service two songs for my children then we will have the grace as we disperse for lunch may God bless you see you then thank you children you keep quiet the church answers ok church treasures of the Bible you for joining us in the to invite you to see what you have been doing in the various classes Benjamin those are children age 3 to 5 the tribe of Manasseh age 6 the tribe of Ephraim children you had so if you are in those tribes after we pray you will bring your children here to church for courts of praise so we will be going around the various stations like the kids have been doing when the bell rings will move to a different station and then parents with children age 8 that's the tribe of Zebulun and 9 the tribe of Isaka you will head you will be taken by the children over to the music room where we have the scribe's tents have you had then those who are age 10 that's the tribe of Asha you'll proceed to the union grounds where we have the village playground and then the tribe of God those are 11 years we'll head over to the library where we have the weaver's shop and then we'll have the tribe of Naftali Dan, Simeon, Levi and Judah that is from age 12 to 18 age 12 to 18 head over to the tent there where we have the synagogue school we invite all members of the congregation both parents and any other member even the kids who missed out to join us in the various rotations as we see what we have been learning we plan to begin this at 12 and end by one o'clock so with those few remarks we invite us all to stand for the words of the grace I want to pray I say Jesus, Lord and may the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with us now and forevermore amen we go get our parents and the rest of the church we go to the various rotations