 Hello and good evening. Praise be to God. How is your weekend going about? We thank God for the gift of life. We thank God for this day that has been. Indeed, it has been a blessed four days in the ten days of prayer series and today we are in day number five. Day number five and today we'll actually be talking about when things fall apart. It's indeed a chilly morning here in Nairobi. We've experienced showers for the better part of the afternoon but we thank God for that, we thank God for all these blessings and so wherever you are, I want to welcome all of us to these days, day five of our ten days prayer series and to begin we'll start with a song session and wherever you are following us from in Facebook and in YouTube, from home or wherever place that you are we'll request us that we pray to begin. Shall we pray. Our Father and our God in heaven indeed it is a wonderful day today the day that you had made. We thank you Lord for the gift of life. We thank you Lord for the showers that we've experienced for the better part of this afternoon Father. We thank you for your love. We thank you for your grace that we keep on having Lord and even we thank you for the spirit that has been here ever since we started this ten days of prayer Lord we thank you for your man servant who has been leading us in all this of Father. Lord and we pray that at the end of it Father we may be truly revived as a people waiting for your second coming and so even as we start this day Lord we invite your presence to be with us in Jesus name we do pray. Amen, amen. Welcome and we'll start with the song number 529 in our seventh day Adventist hymn books Under His Wings 529 Under His Wings I'm safely abiding Through the night depends on tempest Still I can't trust Him I know He will keep me He has redeemed me And I am His child Under His Wings Under His Wings Who from His love can save Him Under His Wings My soul shall abide Safely abide Under His Wings What a refuge in sorrow How the heart yaning Tans to its rest Often when earth has no balm For my healing There I find comfort Tam there under His wings Under His Wings Who from His love can save Under His Wings My soul shall abide Under His Wings So what precious enjoyment There I to life's trials are om Shell resting in Jesus Some safe evermore His love can save His wings My soul shall abide Thank you and stay tuned. And to be able to appreciate together with us The goodness of our Lord Jesus Christ In this program of ten days of prayer Today we are on day five I do believe and do trust That you've enjoyed and you've been blessed Since we started And you could continue to be blessed Even today and for the many days That we be going through with the program I would like to introduce us again To serve you this evening But maybe before I do so I would want to recognize that there are people Who are viewing from different parts of Kenya Please feel welcome There are those that are viewing from Other parts of the world Be it in Europe, be it in the America Be it in Australia Please feel at Jesus feet Even as you participate in this program Those who are going to serve you this afternoon Or this evening We have the chorista Who has already presented one item His name is brother Eric Owiti Scripture reading will be given by Brother Daniel Ogeto Our pianist is sister Frida Gata And of course The minister who is going to break the bread of life And to us this evening Is our pastor who has been with us Since we started Pastor Jeffrey Kili My name is Willis Ouma A servant of this church Please welcome and feel blessed Before I conclude I would want to remind One of us who is participating in this program And have prayer requests We have seen They have already decided coming Please keep them coming on So that we can have a common prayer About them at the end Of the presentation by pastor So don't tire Don't give up Please keep sending your prayer request So that indeed we can petition Our God together So that He can be able to listen to us And indeed answer our prayers Thank you and be blessed Good evening viewers And those in the sanctuary It is a blessed day for us to seek God in prayer And even before the speaker stands up To share a word with us Let's go to our Bible In the book of Psalm And we'll be reading from Verse 6 Psalms 85 in verse 6 And this is what it says Will you not revive us again That your people may rejoice in you I'll repeat Psalms 85 verse 6 It says Will you not revive us again That your people may rejoice in you We'll now turn to Our theme song The song is Revive us again Revive us again That's our theme song for these 10 days of prayer Hallelujah Hallelujah Amen Hallelujah That's our theme song for these 10 days of prayer Revive us again Revive us again Revive us again We praise thee O God For the spirit of light Who hath shown us Our saviour And scattered A night Hallelujah Bind the glory Hallelujah Hallelujah Bind the glory Revive us again To the lamb That was slain Who hath shown All our sins And heart cleansed Bind the glory Revive us again Revive us again Fill it up with Thy fap From above Bind the glory Let us pray We thank you for being good to us Indeed we are grateful because you have been with us This far We are also grateful that You have given us a chance to be able to participate In this program this evening We praise you We honor thee And we adore thee for who you are to us You are a creator Sustainer Redeemer and a saviour We know many times you come through for us Despite the circumstances that we are in And we do appreciate that You will always mean well for us We did request that As we are starting this program And even before we started it That it be a success Indeed we have seen your hand Through up to this day Never was to be able to appreciate your goodness To appreciate Your purpose in our lives But more so Your love and your care Help us to be able to share this same love With many around us Who may be faced with different challenges So that they too can be able to appreciate your goodness And to know you And to work with you each day Be with us And enable us to remember That indeed You made us for a purpose And indeed we need to be able to appreciate That that purpose Has to be fulfilled in the way you desire Use us and work with us As your children And reach out to each one of us Out there Wherever is watching And even those who are not watching We know that we are generous God And also you are a loving one too We thank you for the minister That you sent unto us to be able to come And present the word Pastor Jeffrey Kili Indeed we are grateful That you gave him a chance Despite the challenge that we are having World over For him to be able to come And to be able to share the word with us But more so To be able to share the grace With us too Continue to guide him Support him even as he comes forth To be able to speak to your children Prepare the way So that the hearts of your children Can be ready to receive the word And even for him For him to be blessed too By the presentation And for us to be able to recognize That indeed it's you speaking Through him We enable us to see the difference Or make a difference in our lives And to change too Be with us each day And every day And continue to guide the program As we are going through this evening And for the many days that lie ahead For we ask all this believing And trusting in Jesus name Amen Well, it's indeed my pleasure To come to you Once again On this day The 5 of our 10 days of prayer I believe God has been so good to you Had a good day Walked around Some few places in this city The city in the sun Nairobi It's been so chilly And I can feel it now But I know I'm a sweaty preacher Still Even with a cold So welcome Those who are watching from Different countries And counties May God be with you as we will be Listening to his word Tonight The Summon title for tonight is When things Fall apart When things fall apart Eternal father In heaven may you talk to us Tonight For we pray in Jesus name Amen In one of the books I authored The book is called Fetal Attraction The book starts with this story That I want to open my Presentation with An upper Class Successful lawyer Is named Dan Has a sexual affair With an editor Of a publishing company Named Woman was named Alex The two started having Attractions Which continued for weeks And culminated With Dan spending The weekend At this woman's apartment While is much More attractive wife Beth And daughter Ellen Are out of town When Dan started to feel guilty About the adultery And desired that they End this relationship The lady Was not ready To see this Illicit relationship come to an end In fact she refused That they end their relationship And instead she spirals Into Obsession By this time she had more than Sexual feelings for this man She wanted to have this man She does all that she can To win his affection Including even suicide Attempts She seeks him at his home At his place of work Calls him regularly And even informs him She is pregnant And she plans to keep The baby So this woman tries to build A life with Dan Who by now is not ready And the Instincts The flight And the fight He is just not ready for this He discovered that things have gone Ayo Dan wanted to keep The affair secret But now he has to protect his wife And daughter from this woman Who has turned Maderas And is ready to do anything To get this man The affair that began With a simple dinner Mutated and spiraled out of control She becomes Increasingly violent Employees Emotional blackmail And starts terrorizing him And the family until they Thought of relocating To another place But even then She never left them alone She is not deterred Dan goes to the police To seek a restraining order Against her but that does not work The attraction Has stand fatal Things have gone to a point That this man Did not expect that they would really Get to and I would say Things have fallen apart In his life He is going to learn That he did not anticipate Let me post To say that it is true That the greatest dangers in life Are always subtle They don't look like they are dangerous In fact they are Attractive They are mesmerizing And they even tantalize That's why we fall many times For these attractions Only to discover that It is not what I begin from It is not what I really thought And by that time We have gone far down the road Think about the prodigal son Who thought that I want to do my life And later he discovered That which was attractive Was dangerous It was fatal And he asked to retrace his steps Back home After things fell apart Bill Clinton's attraction to Monica Lewinsky Who was an intern in the office And their essential escapades Between 1995 and 97 That came to light in 98 In the Oval Office It was public Public story And everybody got to follow that It was really a huge case For them it began just Like a simple attraction And flats between The two that Metamorphosized into Something else that shook The superpower nation But let me say this again Clinton's attraction to Monica Was not the first high profile case Of sexual attraction In fact close to 3000 years ago We had seen such a case Of a leader Who romped the bed sheets With an unlikely woman That sunny afternoon David was in the wrong place He was supposed to be in the battle The bible says kings would lead Their soldiers Their nation in war But David was not in the place Where he ought to be And probably after taking some nap He came out to watch around And the bible says That is where things began To fall apart from him And after sleeping with Bart Sheba David put it was over And dashed that nobody really Got to know what happened He knew that no one noticed But wait a minute my friend Wait a minute It was not over Immediately After some few days Bart Sheba misses her periods And she smaces David And says you know what sweet art I missed my periods I think I am pregnant David tried to cover up Because he said I am a king I am a respectable person And if people will get to know That I took my faithful soldier's wife That would be disgrace And so he devises A plan The plan was call Call Rea from the battlefield And allow him to go to his home And we know very well from the bible That when Uriah came back From the battlefield He refused to say how can I go to sleep In my house While my colleagues Are out fighting our enemies He refused to go to his house Plan A failed Plan B Now make this guy drunk Maybe when he gets drunk He loses his head and he will go to his home But this guy being so faithful Uriah the Hittite Now I am calling him the Hittite Because there is something I want you to get As we move along Uriah the Hittite says No way I can't go to my home And so David says Okay this thing seems to be failing I am going to do something else And so he writes a later And he gives it to Uriah To send to the general And the letter said Put this man at the front line And then you withdraw And that really worked because It happened he took his own death sentence In his own arms He didn't know what he was taking The bible says Uriah died because David was trying to do cover ups And he didn't know where you've been in this life I didn't know the things That you've gotten yourself into I don't know the places where you've Woked into And you discovered that You should not have been there You discovered that things are Falling apart in your life I don't know what relationship That you got into And it has messed your life big time I don't know which Habit that you got into And why did I get to this place and you wish that that really that chapter would be obliterated it would be removed from your life but sometimes it's not easy we have to live with the consequences. I can look at David and he wonders how did I get into this place and so he has to cover up his sin. What have you done to cover up your sins? What have you done to cover up your sins? Did you lie? Did you cheat? Did you steal? Did you murder? Did you burn the files in the office? What did you do to cover up your sins that you would feel that your sins are almost catching up with you? What did you do to cover up your sin? In verse 24 of chapter number 11 that is second Samuel chapter number 11 verse 24 we find the words of the messenger to the king. The messenger came with the message your servant Hurraya the Hittite is dead. I don't know if David celebrated because Hurraya was dead or he mourned because Hurraya was dead. I don't know I don't know I don't know what he was feeling maybe a mixtile of emotions. This guy is dead an innocent guy a faithful soldier he is dead. So you could have been confused on what to say. Now listen to this Hurraya has a nice name. Hurraya means flame of God. Hurraya means flame of God and practically. Practically David was putting off the flame of God. By killing him he was putting off the flame of God. Have you been so busy trying to put off the flame of God? In your life, in your conduct, in your behavior, in your disposition have you been so busy putting off the flame of God? He was one of the trusted soldiers and a mighty warrior. But Sheba went through a period of mourning when the husband died and they got married and she moved into the palace. David called her and it was taken care of. We would believe that it was now over the guy is dead but it was not over my friend. Not so first because David becomes so restless. He can't forget what really happened. He can't forget that he killed an innocent man after slipping with his wife. He cannot forget and listen to what David says in the book of Psalms number 32. Which book did I say? Psalms 32 the Bible says verse 3. When I did not confess my sins. Now David is saying this. When I kept quiet and I did not confess my sins. I was worn out from crying all day long. Now this is a man. I would say spiritual person. The spirit of God is still with him. Now listen to me. If you get to a point of committing sin and nothing disturbs you, there's a problem. That means you've been quenching the spirit of God until nothing really troubles you. You do any manner of sin and you go and you sleep and there is no trouble on your head. Your conscience is not disturbed but not with David. David and no wonder God says David is my man. David is a man after my own heart because the spirit of God would disturb him. If you commit sin and you feel nothing wrong about it. You don't blush and you are okay then there must be a problem. It means you have crushed the boundaries. And you've got to pray God. Fill me with your spirit. God disturb me from my sins. God rock me from the beds of immorality. God pull me from my sins because you are trading on dangerous grounds. Because if we continue willfully committing sin then there is no more sacrifice. It means we cannot listen again to the spirit of God that tells you this is the way walking in it. And so if you are in that state you've got to pause as you listen to this someone and ask God to help you. God let your spirit disturb you so that I don't walk in this part. So David says when I did not confess my sins I was one out from crying all day long. He could not sleep in fact verse 4 says day and night you punish me. He could not sleep that things would replay in his mind. He was disturbed the Bible says day and night you punish me Lord. My strength was completely drained as moisture is dried up by the summer heat. Let me tell you something my friend listening to me don't ignore the warning signs. If you are a driver you know very well that you are driving and if there is something in your car there is a shortage in your car then the dashboard will communicate to you. Maybe the colors will change and indicate to you that you are running low on fuel. Or maybe there is a problem so the dashboard will be communicating to you. And God has given us the dashboard which is our conscience when we do something wrong then it flushes the lights telling you something is wrong. And I know very well for most of us when we started to do something wrong we would feel guilty about it. But the more we did that something then we felt comfortable in it. And it's my prayer and my desire that God may disturb you. May you allow God to continue talking to you that you may not be comfortable in your shins. May God disturb you my friend. At the end of the chapter in second Samuel chapter 11 we read the following words. But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord. Every sin displeases God. God was not pleased with his man the king that he had anointed. God was not pleased at all. And I say all sins displeases God. I want to talk quickly about seven lessons from David's story. How many lessons? Seven lessons. And lesson number one says don't hurt the converts. Seven lessons from this story don't hurt the converts. Huraya was not an Israelite. He is called Huraya the Hittite. He was from an idol worshiping country but changed his nationality to Israel. And embraced the God of Israel and even joined the army to fight the enemies of Israel. Good man, faithful, diligent, hardworking, courageous, brave convert. But listen to what David does. David kills this convert, kills him. How many times have we killed those who joined our church? How many times have we been an hindrance to those who want to love Jesus and to follow Jesus? Maybe because of our behavior, our conduct, our words disappointed them. Our example has been so toxic that they are confused as to what they really got into. Because they look at you, they look left, right and center and they wonder are Christians supposed to behave this way? The people that we baptize, the people that we talk to, the people we lead to Christ, how do we guide them? Do we kill them just like David did to his faithful servant Huraya the Hittite? How do we treat them? I want to suggest that we have to be nice to people who join our faith to the visitors who come. A good example, don't take advantage of them, support them, guide them, teach them, pray for them, help them to grow. Don't hurt the converts listening to me from wherever place, from wherever congregation you join. Please, the rest of us who have accepted Jesus Christ and have been in the church, we have been following Jesus Christ for some time. Don't hurt the converts, don't kill them with your behavior and your example. I remember listening to this story, I don't know how true it is. There is this man who got sick and very seriously sick and he was taken to the hospital and you would find him connected to oxygen tubes in the hospital. And the family was so much scared for this man because it seemed like he may not live for long. And you know what we normally do, we call the pastor, pastor please come and pray for this man. And so the pastor gets to this hospital room and this guy is connected to the tubes and he stands by the bed, talks to the man, praying to the man. And the presence of the pastor made this man more uncomfortable. The more the pastor lingered in the place, then this man seemed to be struggling for his life but he could not talk because he was connected to these tubes until he signaled that he needed a pen and a paper. And so they gave him the pen and the paper and he wrote something with his last strength as soon as he finished he just died. Of course the pastor was confused that his presence has made this man just go this way. And so he picked the note and even forgot to read the note and he put it in his coat and the funeral was arranged. On the funeral day the pastor stands and he remembers the same coat and the note is in the pocket. And he pulls the note and the note says pastor you are stepping on my oxygen tube. How many spiritual oxygen tubes have we stepped on as a Christian? How many people have we disappointed by the way we talk, by the way we live? How many people have walked away from church because of us? How many people have lost direction and their spiritual compass because of you and because of me? No, no, to be a Christian Jesus says you've got to count the cost, you've got to sit down and say God help me. So that when people see me they can see Jesus Christ of Nazareth. When I talk my words are seasoned with grace, seasoned sweet words. Number one, don't hurt the converts. Number two, sin compounds. Sin compounds, compound means it multiplies. Compound means it gets worse. Now if you follow the story closely, David does go out simply like that. Then he saw a woman who was birthing simply like that. Then he inquired who is that woman and they told that it was Sheba and she sent for her and then she slept, I mean he slept with her and you know what happened here to cover up and eventually kill this man and as we will go through this story you'll discover that a lot of things happen because of this one single act of committing adultery. Sin compounds and so I'm warning all of us who have got anything to the path of sin. Be careful, stop and slam the brakes and say no, I don't want to go this direction because I know sin compounds. Given time it grows, it meshes me, it meshes my family, it meshes my life and it meshes everything that it touches because sin is like a cancer. It grows and it spreads. Just had sex, then you got pregnant. Then you thought okay let me do an abortion, your flesh became guilty. Then you thought of looking for ways of medicating and dealing with it and so you get into more issues and more problems. Listen to what the Bible says about sin in James chapter 1. With book did I say James chapter 1 verse 14 and verse 15 the Bible says but each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust. 15. Then when lust has conceived it gives birth to sin and when sin is accomplished it brings forth death. Number 3. So number 2 sin compounds. Number 3. I hope you are still following me. What is number 1 again? Don't hurt the converts. What is number 2? Sin compounds, it grows, it multiplies, it gets worse and so you've got to stop. I will thank God for the grace of God. The book of Titus says the grace of God has appeared to all men teaching them to say no. So you've got to say no to the parts that you've started getting into and by the grace of God you will come out. Number 3. Number 3. Accept rebuke. Accept rebuke. You see nothing comes to rebuke David's twin sins, the twin sin of adultery and murder. It tells him a story of a rich man and a poor man and when David gets the story and he realizes that the rich man took the poor man's lump, only lump, he gets mad and he says, who is that? He is going to pay four times and Nathan tells him, you are the man. And from that point his countenance changes and he is so sorry for his sins. He discovered that he was the man and he admits his sin and he asks for forgiveness. Let me ask you a question. When the pastor talks to you about your sin, when the church elder talks to you about your sin, or the deacon or wherever it is, what is your reaction? Do you admit, do you accept to be rebuke? Maybe they tell you the way you are raising or the way you are living or that relationship, do you get mad and you show contempt? Do you insult? No, no, no David, no David. That is a sign of a spiritual person who discovers that he commits sin and he can be corrected. Do you accept your mistakes, even clear mistakes or you start fighting and insulting? Listen to David, the Bible says in 1 Samuel 12 verse 13, which verse is it? Verse 13, David say to Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. That's so nice. He says, I realize I have sinned against the Lord. Nathan replied, the Lord has taken away your sin. I like that you are not going to die because he was going to die. The Lord has taken away your sin and you are not going to die. Accept rebuke when the church people, when people who are mature in the faith to you say, I'm sorry. I'm going to do something by the grace of God. Don't be stubborn, don't be mad. Accept and say by the grace of God, I'm going to do something. Now listen to David, my man. David is my man. I love David. When I read the story of David, I can see myself and I would love, no, someday God to say that Pastor Kili is a man after my own heart. Listen to what David says in the scripture that was read to us. Psalms 85 and verse number six. Psalms 85 and verse number six. David says, will you not revive us again? He discovers that he is a sinner and he needs some revival. Will you not revive us again that your people may rejoice in you? And that should be our prayer and desire tonight, my friend. Listening to me from wherever please. Those who are listening from America, from Africa, from Australia, from Asia, wherever please. God is seeking revival in your life. You get to a point of discovering that I have been treading on dangerous grounds. I am here because of my decisions. God, can you help me? I want to get back. I want to get back. Revive me, Lord. I don't want to continue in this life. I stop listening to your spirit. Revive me, Lord, that my sins may disturb me. I don't live in them until I die in them. Help me, Jesus. David says, will you not revive us again that your people may rejoice in you? Listen again to what he says in Psalms chapter 51 verse number 10. Psalms 51 verse 10, one of my favorite verses. David says, create in me a pure heart. O God, and in you a steadfast spirit within me. And in fact, it tells God, don't remove your spirit from me. Because when God withdraws his spirit from you, then you commit sin and you feel nothing about it. You feel nothing. It never disturbs you. And so David says, please, please help me, God. I need your spirit to guide me, to convict me of my sins. Don't withdraw your spirit from me. But he says, creating me a pure heart, O Lord. And I think I need a pure heart tonight. And I know you need a pure heart tonight, my friend. It's an art issue. It's a software issue. It's not the hardware. It's not the things that people can see. We may look so nice as a hardware. But the software is corrupt. God says I can deal with the software. I can give you a new heart. Ezekiel 36, he says, I will give you a new heart. I remember in South Africa, 1967. The first successful heart transplant was conducted by Christian Bernard, a doctor. But of course, after some few days, the first successful heart transplant. But after some few days, the patient died like 22 days later. But that was the first. But before that, almost 2,500 years ago, God had promised that he was going to do heart transplants. And he says, I will get the heart of stone and give you a soft heart that is malleable that I can tune. I can work on it and can listen to me and can obey compatible with my spirit. God wants to give you a new heart, my friend. So that you may be enabled to live a victorious Christian life. God wants to give you to change the software, to update the software that has been running you. Maybe we still get back to the same things because of the software. The heart is still the shem, crooked, sick. Jeremiah 17 verse 9, so sick. But God says, I want to give you. I want to deal with it. Are you going to cooperate with God and tell him, Jesus Christ, I need a new heart. Remove this. Do the heart transplant. Open me, Lord, it's going to be painful. Open it. Get it off. And give me your heart. Give me your mind. Paul says, let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus. Not the kernel mind, but the spiritual mind that can listen to God, that can obey God, that can be disturbed by sin. Number four, everyone needs a nothing. Everyone needs a nothing. We need someone to hold as accountable. We need someone who can look straight into our eyes and tell you that is stupid. How can you do that? We need that person who can correct us. We need that person who can help us. Talk to us. Tell us the things that we don't want to hear. Tell us the truth. The problem many a times we want to surround ourselves with people who will cheer us. Cheer leaders. But look at nothing. Nothing comes and tells David, yes, you are the king, but you are wrong king. You are the king, but you are the man that is not right before God. That's not just before people. We need a nothing. I'm asking, humbly this evening, who is your nothing? Who is that person that you trust? They will tell you the truth. When you start going wrong, they will tell you, no, no, no, that is wrong. When you get into some wrong relationship, they will tell you, no, that is not right. Who is your nothing tonight? I'm asking you. You should be scared to live this life alone without somebody who is watching and seeing you. You've got to have somebody who looks at you and tells you the truth. I don't see you in church again. You don't read, you don't pray, you don't do this. We've got to have a nothing in our lives. Who is your nothing? You've got to have people around you who tell you the truth. Number five, sin has consequences. Sin has consequences. Sin can be a rest, but not its consequences. The scars of sin will always remain. Even forgiven sin still has consequences. We will see that. God will forgive you, yes, if you confess is faithful and just, will forgive you and cleanse you from your inequities. But the consequences, God may not remove the consequences. We have to live with the consequences of our sins. If I committed sin, then there will be some consequences. If I have been smoking for some time, then there will be the consequences of smoking cigarettes or whatever thing it is. If I contracted a sexual disease, then sometimes there are consequences. God may choose to forgive you. But sometimes we have to live with the consequences of our sins. It doesn't mean that God has not forgiven you. God forgives your sins, but sometimes we have to live with the consequences. Sin is so dangerous a thing. Sin serve us the relation between you and God. It cuts it off. Isaya says it is a sin that separates you from your God. Sin will take you further than you plan to go. Someone saved that. Sin will cost you much than you are willing to pay. And sin will keep you longer than you wanted to stay. After the story of the lamp told by Nathan, David makes the judgment and he says, That man who did this should pay four times because he did this thing and because he had no pity. Second Samuel chapter 12 and verse 6. Our sins, let me say this, our sins look so bad when they are committed by someone else. The same sins that we commit, if I sit in the church board and you have committed the sins, I normally commit, I am the one who is going to judge you harshly. Same sins, our sins will look so terrible when someone else commits those sins. And that's why David says, Who is it? Who did this? That person has to pay four times but he's told you are the man. You are the man. I can remember he shrinks and he coils and he says, God forgive me. Then Nathan said to David in verse 7, You are the man. Just consider the number of times that he said someone was going to pay four times and we know that. Now listen to verse 10 first. Verse 10 says, The sword shall never depart from your house and he has to pay four times because he's the one who passed the judgment. The lamp number one, the baby from him and but sheba dies. Number two, Amon his son is killed by Absalom. Number three, Absalom is killed by Job when he was trying to cause a revolution against his father. And number four, lamp number four is Adonijah was also dead. In Greek mythology, I read a very interesting story called Pandora's Box. It tells how the Greek God Zeus plotted to punish and ruin man and cause suffering on earth. Zeus created the beautiful woman named Pandora and that's why we have the Pandora Box and sent her to the earth to be Epimethu's wife. Zeus, the God, gave Pandora a box with a warning not to open. But because of that, curiosity got into her and she thought of opening. No, she has a box and the instruction is very clear. Don't open the box. And I believe she came and she peeped and just a little bit but she closed and she came again and she tried and she closed and until eventually she opened the box. And when she did she loosened a swarm of evil greed came out of the box. Pain, envy, disease, poverty, anger, war and death upon all mankind, all misery had been let out into the world. Pandora immediately tried to shut the lid but it was too late. The mythology says she only managed to close in hopelessness but all the other things had come out. Did you know that sometimes we get into things a small thing a small thing we think it's small but when we get into it it opens a can of worms that we are not able to manage. And let me tell you if you have already started to follow a wrong road ask God to take you back before that road leads you into destruction. Tell God please take me back God I need a revival this year 2021 we are starting seeking a revival discovering the parts that we are following and asking God to take us back. Number 6 even spiritual giants can fall even spiritual giants can fall as great as David was a man after God's own heart he was still a man prone to temptation and sin. Man the man I admire sometimes we put too much trust into fallible men and women and when they fall we get a faith shaking experience how could he do that we trusted him he is our leader and so we say this thing cannot work no God says don't look at men and women look at Jesus in fact that should be the book of Hebrews chapter 12 and verse 1 fixing our eyes on Jesus who is the author and the founder of our faith looking at Jesus only stop looking at us the pastors stop looking at the elders of course we have a responsibility of behaving nice but don't look at us look at Jesus who called you don't let us disappoint you we are fallible human beings listen to what the Bible says in 1 Corinthians chapter 10 verse 1 the Bible says so whoever thinks he stands must be careful not to fall all of us who have accepted Jesus Christ and we have been walking tall the Bible says we have got to be so careful because there is a likelihood we are living in a world of sin and the devil is not excited to see you standing and having a testimony that God has been so good to me and you are standing tall no he wants to do all that he can to make sure that he disappoints you and he brings the cause of God to shem so may you always run to God prayer is the key run to God surrender to God every day if God has lifted you up to some level spiritually don't loosen the God don't lower the rails always surrender to God God help me that I may remain standing until when you come again in the clouds of heaven every day surrender to God Paul says I die daily that means I surrender to God every day and he says not that I have achieved that is Philippians chapter 3 I have not achieved but what I do daily I praise on towards the mark because you never reach in your spiritual life you never say I have arrived that is a destination disease and syndrome you never get to a point of saying I am now there it's a daily commitment when you accept Jesus Christ you are counted as a child of God that is justification but daily there is a consecration daily there is some work that you have to do reading your Bible praying and seeking the face of God and being guided by the Holy Spirit and you remain standing and faithful until when Jesus Christ will come again number 7 it's the last one we need a better king than David we need that's number 7 we need a better king than David while David surpasses those who came before and after him as a leader in Israel he still falls short of what God and God's people need he still falls short so we need a better king while he's good qualities as a man after God's own heart point I add to Jesus Christ he falls into sin and he reminds us that we need a king who is much worthy than David and so ladies and gentlemen watching tonight I present you I present to you King Jesus from wherever place you are I want you to embrace Jesus because it never disappoints you Jesus who is a king of kings and a lot of lords Jesus the wonderful counselor the mighty God the prince of peace I present to you Jesus tonight except Jesus who is the good shepherd Jesus who is the rock of ages Jesus who is the great physician and the rock of ages I present to you Jesus Christ tonight my friend Jesus the son of David is the flawless king who never failed when he was tested he had no sins to cover up like David in fact the Bible says he was tempted yet without any sin he never once abused his power and Israel's daughters were safe with David I present Jesus to you tonight my friend from wherever place you are watching and I don't know in which depths that you have sunk in your spiritual life I don't know which things have held you so tightly I present Jesus to you because he is the king that we need and he can deal with your issues he can forgive you because he forgives and I present to you Jesus tonight my friend will you say Jesus I need you in my life when things are falling apart in my life Jesus I need you in my life when things are okay in my life King Jesus I need you in my life will you say yes to Jesus tonight my friend he is calling you my friend from wherever place you are watching me those who are in YouTube and Facebook God is calling you tonight and those who are watching and listening from this place God is calling you tonight will you say Jesus I surrender to you Jesus I give you my heart Jesus I give you my life I want you to be king in my life Jesus if I do this life alone I will fail I will disappoint you people I will fail the converts Jesus I need you I want to see your hand going up you are saying Jesus Christ I need you in my life let me see your hand going up thank you thank you so much may God bless you so much may God touch your life I want to pray with you Dear loving father in heaven we thank you so much once again tonight for talking to us I thank you God for this message I know someone has been following I pray Lord that you may touch their life that God your spirit may never leave us always disturb us Lord and it's my prayer tonight God that you don't give us peace don't give my listeners and my viewers peace until they settle the things between you and them some could be in sin and living in sin God don't give them peace disturb them tonight God until they decide to make things right with you because if we continue living in sin God we will stay there we get comfortable until we die in our sins and you find us in our sins God forgive us we pray tonight we need your forgiveness God and the cleansing that comes from above and guide us God with your spirit that we may lead a victorious Christian life bless us Lord we thank you so much this is our prayer in the name of Jesus Christ Thank you everyone for staying tuned and receiving this powerful message this evening wherever you're watching us from it could be morning depending on what part of the world you are in and we thank the Lord for using His Mansavant to speak to us one more time this is that unique moment when we take all our burdens to the Lord through prayer and I want to let you know that we have received all your prayer concerns as you are posting them both on our YouTube and Facebook platforms and we are spending the next few minutes just praying for you so wherever you are I mean waiting on this program because the time to pray for you we want to get to the song with me on set is my sister brother that are going to lift up all the concerns in the seed stand in the gap this evening concerning all the prayer requests that we have in our worship program this evening but before then we will get a song asha as into the Muro prayer burdens are lifted at Calvary Song number 476 in our Himbooks Days are filled with sorrows and care hearts are lonely and rare burdens are lifted at Calvary Jesus is very near burdens are lifted at Calvary Calvary Calvary burdens are lifted at Calvary Jesus is very near Asturken Om Jesus today and are lifted at Calvary Jesus is there and are lifted at Calvary Jesus is there in trouble so the saviour can see every heart taken Jesus is there Yes indeed burdens are lifted at Calvary and our confidence is that Jesus is very near now sister and brother base is the time to lift the burdens of God's children before the throne of grace I want to begin with my brother and ask him what prayer concerns have you received from our audience? Thank you pastor and welcome all viewers and we thank you for submitting your concerns I have family and I would like to inform all of you that at the cross that is where humanity meets divinity I am so glad that you have taken your challenges to the cross I have Solomon's marriage this is family Shirley Diaz family Lavina Murray family Melody Marambo family Rogelio Zena family Grace Nyaboke family and again blessed is the family Ruth Oyekes family thank you Chukurus this is a prayer for marriage and a prayer for a child Terry Simpsons family Evelyn Onyango family Tabitha Kemunto family and for a revival thank you Baki Maniokis family and marriage we thank you for engaging the Lord in your challenges and we will uplift you during this session Thank you So we all join our brother and the rest of the brethren wherever they are with this request as we take them before the throne of grace this moment in prayer Brother can you lift them before the Lord? Let us all ask the Lord to intervene on behalf of our families King of kings Lord of lords Son of David we come just as we are flesh and blood and facing challenges the things that keep us away from our families Father we bring them before you this evening we thank you for the gift of life but we also thank you father that your children have decided to step forward and list the challenges that they face I have read their names father and you know them by name and location find them find them oh father and when you find them make them aware of your presence make them aware of your power you who got water out of a rock father can provide healing for your children who have listed their names this evening you father who parted the Red Sea can part the Red Sea for these children these names that are called I come before you father as I intervene and I pray for other families not listed here because we know that the pandemic has taken its toll we know father that while we have been at home the internet has taken its toll we know father that there are many things that families are facing and the reason why they are facing these things is that the enemy knows his time is near he has engaged the unit that you put together oh father how we pray that you will step in and rescue these families we know how the enemies life will end because in the end our Lord Jesus Christ will be the victor but until then dear Lord we pray that these families who have called in these families who have listed their names will feel your presence and that they will start growing knowing that you are by their side there is no hurdle that we cannot jump when the Lord is by our side may your presence be felt and your your knowledge of their pain be communicated to these families is my prayer in Jesus name what a friend we have in Jesus that all our pain and grief to bear and one the writer of that piece is what needless pain do we bear because we do not learn how to take everything to the Lord in prayer sister Nora I know in your hands you have cries of gone children would you kindly let us know what they're crying for and then you can intercede for them thank you pastor I'm excited to be holding prayer requests that are in line with our theme of revival and the list of people who have presented this request this evening sister Lydia Mugire thank you Grace Nyaboke blessed Maria Kaikana Jacqueline Ondari Mawanda Nyamazana Phyllis Mbaka Lang Sheang John Robert Eric Kengere Mawande Nyamazana and Lily Oriema and Shalene we just want to encourage you and thank you because we have been reminded this evening that we need to know these are the greater king than David he is interested in your revival we are standing here as testimony of what revival can do in our life the enemy is not happy with this request but Christ is happy that there are people who have stepped out and said they want to be revived I want to be revived and so even before I commit this prayer I pray that God may use me to speak your request to him that he may hear you and the Holy Spirit may come and revive us I thank the Lord so much that as pastor put all the concerns into the hands of God he urged God to send the Holy Spirit that we may have no rest until we let go of that which is keeping us from being revived let us believe and pray dear heavenly madster thank you so much for this wonderful time that you have given us at your feet thank you Lord for just revealing yourself to us in a mighty way thank you Lord for your people who have come forth and declared that they need a revival often time we walk around as if we are alright we are not alright oh Lord we need you every hour and where we have gone asleep we pray that you may touch us especially these who have come and spoken that they need a revival Lord we surrender them into your able hands touch them Lord send thy Holy Spirit upon their lives speak into their lives that your power may turn around any situation that have made their lives become dead that though they are alive they have walked around as if they are not alive and they have actually been dead and they were not even aware of it we thank you so much as we surrender them into thy hands and we trust that Lord you are going to hear us and that you are going to do a new thing in their life and that they are going to testify of your goodness in the land of the living that as they walk out as they go about anything they do touch their lips oh Lord touch their actions of father that they may be actions that they may be words that they may be activities that reveal who you are in their lives that others may be drawn unto thee may the revival that they experience not be a revival that is hidden but may it be visible Lord that it may bring others unto thee thank you Lord we pray for our church we pray for our families that you may revive us too that you may revive your church that you may revive the leadership of the church that you may revive each and every person who speaks your name who stands for what you have declared upon their lives that it may be visible to others who do not know you I thank you and I praise thee for I pray believing and trusting that you have heard us and that you have hackened to our request for it is in Jesus' holy name I pray and believe amen amen thank you sister Nora for studying in the gap and seeking the Lord for a revival on the life of his children now Joramea that to verse number 27 is there anything too difficult for the Lord I will say nothing and sister Lydia Mogire is seeking for a prayer of healing for I think Lydia Mogire's brother yes brother then we have Eunice who is hospitalized in Kenyatta University Hospital we this evening requesting to intercede and pray we have Mateline Wilson son and wife who is suspecting to be victim of COVID and there is a request that we may intercede and lift them before the throne of grace for healing also we consider in this category of our prayer concerns the family of pastor or prayer who is bereaved this family is bereaved the family of pastor or prayer is bereaved and we've been requested by one of our members and viewers online to stand in the gap for this family there is nothing too difficult for the Lord these are 10 days of prayer and we are here to support you and to join with you and to intercede for you that the Lord may meet you at your very point of need there's nothing too difficult for the Lord and so my dear brethren wherever you are can you join us from Nairobi Central Church in faith to lift this brethren for healing I know there could be many others who do not write or post their prayer request on healing or you could be sick wherever you are in faith as we pray can you enjoy yourself in this prayer that God may visit with you and give you healing let's pray together I bless us for the heaven we thank you so much for the privilege that is ours to speak and to stand in your place to stand in the gap to lift your children before you not because you are righteous but because of your grace and my father praying that evening if there is anything that would make our prayers not be accepted before you you can forgive us and give us your grace we are lifting the family and the brother of Lady Amogires before you that Lord you may visit with him he is in hospital he is sick you can visit with him this evening and touch him with your might healing heart because you are so powerful in healing we want to pray for sister Eunice who is hospitalized at Kenyatta University Hospital Lord we don't know what this sister is suffering from but I know there is nothing hidden before you we are lifting this sister this evening Lord as she is lying in that hospital my father you can visit with her and touch her with your healing hand and you can restore her and you shall give her a moment to testify of what you have done in her life we want to present the family of Matlin, Wilson the son and the wife and the entire family before you Lord that this moment of prayer you will visit with them and restore their health we also want to remember the family of Pastor Opel who is being believed my father these people need you this moment and in this our prayer they have a faith the Lord even lift them before the throne of grace this evening you are going to listen to answer and to heal and my father praying in faith that you can visit with them and restore their health that they will have moment to testify to say when we and faith and sought the Lord even through online program God was so faithful and gracious he healed us my father know there are so many so many of our viewers who are not able to post prayer requests and they are sick some of them are in hospital others are at home some of them could be the family members who are sick or their friends who are sick they have been to hospital now and then but nothing seem to come through in their lives some of them are down with COVID others cancer and others terminal diseases of various kinds Lord this evening we lifting your children before the throne of grace Lord we are seeking for the healing power that comes from you the Lord you shall visit with your children and heal them because you have said if you call upon me and if you repent your sins and if you turn away from your sin I'm going to heal your land I'm going to heal your people Lord you have said if a prayer of faith is made a Lord such a prayer is going to be so powerful to heal to restore and this evening my father I'm praying if we lack faith forgive us for being without faith or my father but I'm praying may your grace be sufficient to visit with all of your children who are sick this evening and I speak healing in Jesus name thank you my father thank you for accepting to work with us in 10 days of prayer I know as we come to the end of our program the 10th day we shall have testimonies of what we have done to this end we pray in Jesus name amen amen we continue standing in the gap for you I know still we have prayer concerns that we have to live before we call it a day a brother I know still in your hands they are brothers still crying different ways can you bring them to the Lord prayer for deliverance Henry Henry did not tell us what to pray for but Henry we thank you for stepping forward Vincent Kerich to overcome temptation how many of us would pray for overcoming temptation we thank you Vincent for stepping forward and on behalf of others who may be in the same situation Isaac alcohol addiction thank you Isaac for stepping forward and telling the Lord what you need help with remember when the sick approached our Lord Jesus Christ he would see they were blind but he would still ask them how can I help you what can I do for you you have listed alcohol addiction and we thank you and we will pray now for deliverance father in heaven we come to you again to ask that on behalf of these children who have stepped forward that you will deliver them even now thank you Lord for the mind that agrees to step forward and list their concern so that you can help them with it you said when you came that you did not come for those who were well but you came for those who were sick your children have listed their illness on this piece of paper and I'm praying now that you will visit them individually and all the three of them corporately and reveal yourself to them the pain or the challenges of addiction are difficult please dear Lord rewire their brain so that you can reverse the damage that may have taken place there you are creator you know us better than we know ourselves you know how the brain works and you know what has happened to get your children addicted you know what has happened to keep them addicted and I pray that you will reverse this and it is our prayer that by the end of this session we will hear testimony from your children who are listed on this piece of paper thank you Lord for your promises to us thank you for your care and love and we know that your promises are met and your promise to come when your children call you they have called you and asked that you help deliver them deliver them from the enemy who is holding them hostage we know father when when Daniel prayed the angel was held hostage somewhere and then Michael came I pray dear Lord that you send your angels to these children and if the enemy is still holding send Michael we come to you father just as we are and you have used sinful people to deliver your children I pray that you would use me on this day so that I can intervene on behalf of these who have listed their names here if there are others who did not list their names father I pray that you will reach them as well thank you for hearing this prayer and thank you for answering it because we are prayed in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ amen he did God answers prayers there is nothing he cannot do sister Nora sister Alicia Gordon has an interview on Tuesday Shalene is also looking for a job thank you for bringing this to God I testify of a God who gives jobs there is no job I have been in that did not come from the Lord because I asked him to do something that clearly would be evidence that only God could have done this not man when I tried man I tried a relative it didn't work I tried to ask can you talk to someone it didn't work and I asked people to pray with me I saw the Lord's hand and so I will entrust these cares believing that us sister Alicia Gordon goes for an interview on Tuesday God will go before her and as Shalene seeks for a job God will open this door that she has been knocking that they may come out and testify of what God has done there many others who are looking for jobs tonight and I know that God is waiting just to hear so that he can answer there is work to be done and there is resources needed and if you sincerely ask for this job and you undertake to give that which God will give you as you serve in the places he will put you sincerely God knows that he needs to use you to get this work done so let us believe and pray dear heavenly master thank you because you are my provider and you are the provider for sister Alicia and sister Shalene and you are the provider of all those who are asking for jobs tonight father there is nothing impossible with you you have urged us to cast our cares upon the king Jesus you have asked us to bring all our concerns to you we should not be anxious for anything but in prayer and supplication make our request known to you that you may grant us peace that passeth all understanding as these two ladies wait upon the lord grant them peace because in the wait we need to be peaceful because sometimes we get anxious but you have cushioned us not to be anxious once we have brought this to you father you are able to lift this burden on our behalf I commit sister Alicia into your hands as she goes for the interview be her god show yourself strong grant her that which she desires in form of work that she may get that which can put bread on her table and she can also bring it to your house to say thank you I pray for Shalene grant her her request for a job too and for all the other people who are looking for jobs tonight father meet them at their point of need may your name be lifted up through what you are able to do and this prayer and the prayer of all in need for something to do o lord bless the people in your church who are in want may they not lack may they have something that when people begin to praise you through means father they will have something in their hand to give unto you that your name may be glorified not for our own may we not be proud for what we have or for what you've done for us but may we glorify your name for what you've done for what you continue to do and for what you're yet to do in this regard and in all regard of our cares I pray this believing and trusting in the dear name of your son Jesus Christ our lord and saviour Amen It is wonderful to be at the feet of Jesus this is where the burdens are lifted and sister faith worker Betty Samburu Lily Riema Evelyn Nyango as you seek that we lift you though you say it's a silent prayer request there is nothing silent before the lord God understands your pain your joy God understands exactly what you're going through sister faith, sister Betty sister Lily, God knows Terry what you're going through and as you are in faith and even as you pray from here I'm sure God is going to meet you at your very point of need Brother Enok, Abuya Jane, Akini Magige you're also praying for personal issues God understands what you mean by personal issues he, he's mighty to save and I want to encourage brother Mawanda Nyamazana and Shadou Mwonga who are praying for spiritual growth together with those who are seeking that we may continue praying for online evangelism to pick and cause a great revival in the lives of people that you may be of faith and believe as you pray and join you tonight in prayer the Lord hears and answers prayers let's pray for these concerns bless us for the heaven once again these brethren have mentioned before you they are seeking you and they are saying they have a silent prayer concern these are some of things that we may not speak to human but we would be free and confident to speak them to you and this kind of prayer request is based on the fact that God knows everything so they are stepping in big faith saying I don't have to mention that problem but I want you to mention my name and let God know that I need him at this hour and my father we are standing in the gap for these sisters and brothers that may you meet them at a very point of needs for the glory of your name we pray in Jesus name amen thank you brothers and sisters brother you have a final word to encourage people of God and then sister as we close the prayer session I still have prayer request fine that I would like to put to the Lord in front of the church and the sanctuary there is a thanksgiving faith weke and then we have candidates who will be doing exams in 2 months Caroline Nyaboke for the daughter in class 8 Betty Amburu daughter in form 4 and all the other candidates thank you thank you sister Nora do you have any other prayer request remaining pastor I don't have any prayer requests should I just put one word of encouragement yes please this year we are being encouraged to start right please start with Jesus and the theme like the verse it's not by might nor by power but by the spirit of God please keep Christ before you as you start right start with Jesus thank you amen do the closing prayer as you enjoy those 2 concerns let us believe and pray great and awesome God we come before you again to thank you for this day thank you Lord for the gift of life thank you for bringing pastor Kili here to nourish us thank you for all the things that you do in the background that we cannot see we thank you father for those that we can see and ask but as we go into the year 2021 you will continue to watch over us ever so carefully that you will continue to guide us lock step your children who are getting ready to do exams have called in and asked for your intervention we know that this is just a step but it is an important step and they've felt it important to them to come before you and we know you will be with them on the day of the exam there is a thanksgiving prayer a thanksgiving offering father from my sister and we do not know what has happened to her but she is willing to step forward and mention it and for that we thank you Dear Lord we come as a church community and as a sanctuary and we ask that you watch over us as we deal with this pandemic we pray father that those who have been touched by this virus you will comfort because you are the chief comforter we pray father that those who have been impacted financially that you will restore we thank you father for the things that you have done here and the things that you are going to do we pray for those who have been emotionally separated emotionally touched by this this pandemic that you will also reach them and touch them we know that we are on a one way street the end is near and it is my prayer father that as your children see these challenges and these difficulties they will be cheered up knowing that you are at the door and about to come in and take us home we thank you Lord for all these things and we thank you for the things that you are going to reveal to us as we go into the year 2021 bless us and strengthen us and may we know that in everything you are in control and we should not worry because your promises to us are real and true go forth for us come to the end of this service and prepare us for tomorrow no one knows about tomorrow but you we will leave our fate in your hands because we know that you are the one who died on the cross to save us and we know that the one who hang on the cross so that we could live will also take care of us until we get back here tomorrow I pray and ask that all who have called in and those who have not called in all who we are reaching throughout the media platforms that we are on will feel your presence and conviction so that they may also step forward and say that they are ready ready to accept you as our Lord and Savior go forth for us and strengthen us we pray in Jesus' name amen God bless you so much our dear viewer and to remind you that this program continues every day from 5.45 pm East African time every day from 5.45 East African time and from us here at Nairobi Central Church we say we love you so much and we wish to see and interact with you tomorrow until then bye Kolbe with you amen