 sunshine brought that city. Thank you, Hermann. Yeah, this is a church at prayer for various category of members of our church. Those who are believed or have been believed in the recent past, those who are going through various types of sicknesses and those who are going through various challenges in life. Allow me to invite Elder Motai to open the meeting, the prayer session with the word of prayer. Thank you. Let's pray our God and our Father, our Jehovah. We come before you Lord this evening with thanksgiving. We praise you, we honor you, we glorify you because one thing we know is the respectable whatever situation you are in, you are always a faithful God. We want to thank you Lord, because we know you have promised us Lord that even as we journey on this earth, which is not our home, we go through challenges, but you have promised us that Lord, when we go through these challenges with you, you are there with us and you'll be able to guide us, you'll be able to strengthen us. Almighty Father, we want to thank you for the opportunity we've had as a church to be able to commune and to be able to worship and to be able to come together this evening with your children. Dear Lord, those of your children who have various challenges, some have lost their livelihoods, some are unwell, some are going through very difficult, difficult situations and circumstances because of COVID problems. Almighty Father, we know that these things have not taken you by surprise. Even COVID itself, the way it has caused a lot of problems and challenges throughout the world. We know Lord, you are aware about it and we trust and believe Lord that soon and very soon you are going to make this disease to pass so that Lord, your children may not continue suffering with this problem. We know still even without COVID we are still having problems Lord, but Lord in each and every situation we want to commit to each and every matter for you. In a special way we pray that you may walk with each and every person who is here in this mission as Lord. We pray Lord that you deal with them in each and every situation. And more so Lord, as they go through these difficulties they may not give up, but they may look up to you. They may speak to you each and every moment. They may be able to talk to you and Lord, whisper whatever challenge they go through because you will make those challenges a lot lighter. You have promised us in your order that we bring all our burdens to you because Lord, you are the burden carrier. Your Lord is lighter Lord. You are able to carry each and every weight. So we commit all these children and pray Lord that from now henceforth irrespective of what happens they may look up to you. We pray that even as we worship together you may pour your Holy Spirit so that Lord it may be able to, the Holy Spirit may be able to talk to each and every person. The Holy Spirit may be able to speak to us quietly and strengthen us and continue to more so prepare us for your second coming. May you be with us from this beginning until the end. It's my humble prayer in Jesus' name. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Again, once more, this is Nairobi Central SDA church at prayer and standing together with the members who are going through different challenges including sicknesses, deaths in families and also various challenges as our elders committed the prayers to our Almighty Father and the Healer Divine. Allow me to hand over to Elder Elias Ochoala just to give us the opening remarks how we came to this, why we came to this this kind of prayer which we never had before. Thank you. Good evening listeners and praise be to God. I want to take this moment to thank the spirit of the Lord who impressed upon the church leadership to arrange for this special prayer meeting. In the church history, beginning with the children of Israel and in the entire Bible history, when the children of God are faced with calamity deaths, difficult situations beyond their control they at all times went into prayer or they go into prayer. That's why the church has organized this special prayer in this very unique circumstances where movements, gatherings have been restricted but our Lord has arranged that we have this special prayer meeting so that we can have the opportunity to share with those that are hurting in different ways. And this special prayer meeting, church special prayer meeting has been organized to pray for those who have lost their loved ones. And the church is conveying their very sincere condolences that as a family of God, if a member of the household is hurting it is important for us to be together even when the situation is difficult. And that's why we are here to pray together as a family of God. And we sincerely send condolences as a church to those of us family members who have lost their loved ones. We also want to pray with those who are sick in Oswald or those who are recuperating. We want to give a special prayer. And as I said, the children of God when they were faced with challenges they go to their God and we've come to our God to plead with him that he may take care of us in these very difficult circumstances. So those of us who are sick, the prayers will be offered to you and those who are recuperating, prayers will also be offered to you. We also organize this special prayer of the church to also offer prayers to members of the household of the church, those facing different challenges or who are afflicted with different challenges, job losses, financial issues, family issues. In the Bible, the Lord tells us that if he can take care of the birds and he knows the moat, the smallest living animal, how about us who are created in his image? We believe and trust that the Lord will listen to our prayers that we'll offer today. Basically, that is a summary of why we are here, why the church organizes these prayers. May the Lord be with us as we conduct this special prayer service. Thank you, God bless us. Thank you, Elder Elias Ochoala, the church at prayer and the church is standing with its members. Allow me to invite Pastor Jack Ogeda to again brief us the categories of members we are standing with in this prayer. Thank you, thank you so much, Elda Aura. Good evening, church. We want to welcome you to this very, very special prayer meeting which has been organized to visit our members whom we have realized and are going through very difficult times this evening. Before I proceed, I want to take this opportunity to thank the prayer meeting in the department led by Sister Noraka Joang for coming up with this idea. I also want to thank Elda Aura who is the head of the charge of visitation. I want to thank our Elda and Ochoala, the head of this month, who is in charge of our services this month. I also thank Daniel Sanotino for supporting this idea. We are here this evening to pray with many of our family members of the church who are afflicted in one way or the other. And I would just want to take this opportunity to introduce some of them to you. I want to believe all of them are on, are in the house and I will begin by introducing Sister Jen Akelo. Sister Jen Akelo lost her husband, Jimmy Akelo and I think she must be in here. If you are there Sister Jen, with your family can you just show your face, put on your, your camera and you can wave and greet the church. Is Sister Akelo there? Sister please unmute. Yeah, she's there, I can see her but unmute please. Thank you, thank you Elda, Elda. Let me pick another person as we wait because we also have Resina Gennestine. Resina Gennestine. Let me also introduce Sister. Let me also introduce Sister Damaris Oburu. Damaris Oburu. Sister Damaris, are you there? Yes, I'm here. Yes, are you there? Yes, I'm here. Thank you, welcome my sisters and your family. We are here to pray with you. Let me also introduce Sister Lidia Orrico. We are here to pray with you. Lidia Orrico, Lidia Orrico, Elda Ura, can you help us? Elda Ura, can you help us? To mute those who have switched on their masks. To mute those who have... Thank you. Yeah, sorry, I think those two are not speaking. Kindly, mute both your video and your microphones and the host kindly help us to do that for those who may not realize. Thank you, Lidia. Elda Lidia Orrico, are you there? Yes. Lidia Orrico, yes, thank you. Thank you, sister. Can you just wave to the congregation? Good evening, everyone. Good evening, thank you so much. Are you still in Karatchuanya? Yes, yes, I'm still in Karatchuanya. Great, great. I also want to welcome Elda Mesha Kodira, who lost the mother. Elda Mesha Kodira, are you there? Is Elda Dira in the house? We can see that you have logged in. Okay. Thank you. I can remember the system had a problem with the Elda's meeting. It's in, but sometimes you can't hear him. So we won't be able to hear you. Thank you. I want to welcome Elda Mannyuanda. Elda Mannyuanda, are you there? Okay. Let me also welcome Elda Joshua Rua, who lost the father-in-law, father to sister Jennifer. Elda Rua family, are you there? Is Elda Rua in? Thank you. I also want to welcome Pastor Nyamatcha Bak. You know, our senior pastor has had several bereavements, and we want to welcome you in this prayer service today. Pastor, can you just wave and also say a word? Yes. Good evening. Good evening. Good evening. Good evening, Pastor. Thank you so much. I will not have much to say except I want to thank the Lord, who has been really with us, during this time that we have been going through several difficult times. We have lost our close relatives. We have lost our members, we are, we lead. And some of them have been so instrumental in the Church. We, we want to pray that the good Lord gives us strength and also want to thank the pastorates together with the Elders for coming up with this good idea of bringing us together so that we can pray for each other and we can receive the strength that we need at this time. Thank you so much. Thank you, Pastor. I also want to welcome Sister Beatrice Nyawundi. Sister Beatrice Nyawundi, I think she's in the house. Yes, I'm there. Can you greet the congregation? Yeah, good evening, everybody. Good evening, good evening. Thank you, thank you. Last on the ribbon, I want to welcome Brother Steve Ngolo. Brother Steve Ngolo also lost his brother last year, late last year. Is Ngolo in the house? Yes, I'm very much present, Pastor. Yes, yes. Good evening, everyone. Good evening. We say a big thank you to God. He has been on our side. We lost our brother last year. That was the first born brother. And then again, Pastor, maybe you did not know. The second born followed again. We buried him two weeks ago. Well, thank you. I want to say that the reason why we have gathered the way that Elia Sochola has said is just to pray. This is just a prayer meeting. We are not yet to preach. We will just be reading text and praying. And I also want to say that there's another category of our members who have been sick. And I also want to introduce them. They're in the house. I want to start by introducing our Pastor Peter Nyaga, who has been unwell for some time. And we thank God that he is recovering. Pastor, are you there? Pastor, are you there? Yes, Pastor. Good evening, everyone. Good evening, Pastor. Good evening. Good evening. Good evening, Pastor. Thank God for this fellowship. Visit with us. And I'm happy that we, despite the challenges, we all look strong. We thank you all. And let's believe that this fellowship tonight is going to give us more strength. And also take this time to say, yes, your past has been down with COVID. It's not rumors. But other than God, he has been faithful. And I think so far, he has been so faithful on my side, I pulled on well. I'm hoping to be completely out of my solution by next week. I'm supposed to take my retest on Saturday. So that's when I'm going to know whether I'm off the hook or not. But I'm doing well. Thank you so much, Pastor. We thank God we are glad to see you. Members of the church, we also want to inform you that we received information that one of us who has been very supportive to our church, Governor Ivan Skidero is sick and admitted. And we need to remember him in prayer. We remember when we had our last fundraising, Governor Kidero was with us and he supported us. I also want to bring to you, Eldan El Sonotieno, many of you did not know, Eldan El Sonotieno was sick also. And he's in the house, in charge of visitation also. Elda, are you there? My first time there. Yes. Let me just wave. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you, Elda. I also want to bring Elda Charlissa Bebe. Many may not know Charlissa Bebe was also down, but we thank God that Elda Bebe has recovered and is here with us. Elda, can you also greet the church this evening? Good evening, pastor and center church family. We thank you all for this wonderful program to uplift the name of God in giving thanks for what he has done for us. I also got attacked with the COVID and I'm still on recovery. I already tested negative, but still on recovery. I feel like it hasn't completely opened up. So I'm doing quite a bit of exercise to ensure that the line is completely open. But so far I thank God for what he has done. I have not had to get to be hospitalized for being managed from home. The family has been supportive through the various, the foods and the vitamins and whatever it is required to help recover. I want to give thanks for what has happened so far. Thank you. I want to bring to you brother Sumu family. Is brother Sumu there? Brother Sumu. I may be still logging in. I want to also bring to you sister Elsie family. Is sister Elsie there? We will introduce them when they come. I want to bring to you also sister Salindegwa. Is sister Salindegwa there? These are Sikh families. I want to bring to you brother Fredrik family. Is brother Fredrik in? Yes, I'm in Prasthi. Thank you so much for this. I think I've also been down for the past three weeks due to COVID, but I'm getting better. Thank you. Thank you so much. I also want to bring to you the family of Elder Professor Mayo. The father to Professor Isanwal. Is the professor family in the in the church meeting today? I think they have not yet logged in. Then I want to bring to you the family of sister Teresa Umandache. Sister Teresa has been unwell. I want to believe the family is in. Is sister Teresa there? Yes, good evening pastor and everyone. Thank you so much for the prayers. I have been unwell. I'm on the road to recovery and I still need your prayers. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you so much sister. I'm also informed that sister Mrs. Okombo has been unwell. I don't know whether she's in the house. Mrs. Okombo? Elder Okombo, Mrs. Elder Okombo. Yeah. Allow me also to find out if sister Jane Akelo has come now. Is sister Jane Akelo in? Yes, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Yeah. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Can you say something? Sister Jane? Nothing to say. Thank you. The church is joining you distributing in prayer. And we hope our Lord who knows everything will strengthen you. Thank you so much. I also want to bring to you Elder Solomon Oburu. I don't know whether Kua Rui is in the house. Elder Oburu? Okay. And I know that of course we have also already introduced to you Sister Lydia Rico, but we have also invited Dylan, Mr. and Mrs. Dylan is one of our staff. Is Dylan in the house? Okay. Yes. Can you just can you just greet the church? Good evening everyone. Good evening. Good evening Dylan. Thank you. Thank you Dylan. Lastly, members I want to bring to you Sister Priscilla Keter who's mother is also admitted and is unwell. Is Sister Keter in the house? Good evening. Good evening. Good evening. Thank you. Good evening. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you. The mother is unwell and she's admitted. Now members as I said and has been said by Sister Priscilla that we are not meeting here for any purpose but just to pray to seek the first of our Lord to commit our families to the Lord in prayer. Indeed it has been difficult members have struggled individually and we have said that we are going to do whatever it takes as a church under the leadership of prayer ministry department for guiding us and for bringing us together to consider this. I want to believe that most of you you have never seen the entire church coming to pray with you and I think that this is one thing that this virtual meeting can make us do. This virtual meeting can allow the entire church to come to you virtually and commit you to the Lord in prayer. So I want to invite Elda to read a text to encourage the bereaved families and then we will go into the session of prayer with the bereaved families first. Pastor. Yes. Before Elda comes I know sister Nora is the one who has been organizing this meeting but I'm also aware she's not well. So please include her in the list of the prayers tonight. Okay. Thank you Pastor. We will do that. Yes. I still want to invite Elda Lurch to read a text of encouragement to members who are bereaved and then after that I think we will just go into prayers. Thank you. Sorry Pastor for brief interruption. Okay. We have a request which I've shared with you from Elda Elude Akama member of Silver Code and it's an elder who was here in our church but moved to Kisumu Victory Church where Elda is aware of this prayer and she has throat cancer so it's requesting that the church includes him in this prayer. Thank you. Thank you so much. I don't know whether you acknowledge Sally. Sally. Yes I did mention Sally but I think she was not here. Okay Sally. Thank you. Glad to be here and let's pray for one another. Thank you. Thank you so much Sally. Okay Elda Lurch back to you. Thank you Pastor. Let me summarize by saying good evening church. Good evening Elda. Good evening. Good evening. Mine is not to preach. It is to read from God's Word that which has been given to us for encouragement for guidance and whatever the circumstances and there's a constant of losing a beloved one. It's a situation which brings incredible doubt and let me justify you to the book of First Thessalonians to a text which most of us here know well. First Thessalonians chapter 4 and I'll be reading from verses 5 chapter 4 verses 13 to 18. My Elda's Bible says on top of that section the comfort of Christ coming. And verse number 13 says but I do not want you to be ignorant brethren concerning those who have fallen asleep lest you sorrow as others who have no hope. Paul here is not saying those who have died. He says those who have fallen asleep. Verse 14 continues for if we believe that Jesus died and rose again even so God will bring with him those who sleep in Jesus. For this we say to you by the word of the Lord that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means receive those who are asleep for the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout with the voice of an arch angle and with the trumpet of God and the dead in Christ will rise first then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds with the Lord in the air and thus we shall always be with the Lord therefore comfort one another with these words the last phrase in the previous verse and thus we shall always be with the Lord but brothers and sisters this also mean that we shall always be with the ones we have now lost and we can put the word lost in bracket and pastorate without thinking that I'm going to preach that I'm preaching allow me just to say this when we lose a relative and I'm one of those who has lost them in the course of time it is as if your whole world is collapsing and your mind comes up with questions you wouldn't imagine would come up and I remember thinking at one such comment just my testimony was that when I reached a stage at which I was wondering how can this happen that what came back to my mind was hey wait a minute John the Baptist was beheaded when none other than Jesus himself was still around he is one of those who slept and whom Paul is talking about in 1 Thessalonians 4 13 to 18 so brothers and sisters bereaved together with those who are recovering together with those who may still be feeling unwell just remember that Jesus said and lo I am with you all way up to the end of the age and that is the position now even as we go into this season prayer he is with us all way up to the time of the end up to the end of this universe which he will renew and we hope and would like that we will join with those who we have lost may God be with us with these words back to you master of ceremonies thank you thank you so much elder for reminding us thank you for reminding us that the Lord is with us and I want to say that the Lord is with all of us even our families those who are sick those who are bereaved through various challenges the Lord has promised that he is with us till the end now allow me to of course I new names have come but they are following under the category of the sick and I will introduce them when we are praying for the sick but now we want to pray for bereaved families and when we are planning this meeting we decided to involve the entire church we have and we will who comes from the children minister department who will begin praying we want to appeal to our Lord we want to present ourselves and our petition to the Lord the children minister will do it the deconestors will do it the elders will do it the pastorate will do it the women minister will do it all of us will have an opportunity all those departments I want to invite brother master Alan karaoke to pray then immediately Alan is done then sister Ruth Bosire I hope sister Ruth Bosire is there sister Ruth are you there I am there pastor thank you immediately Alan finishes you take up you start praying and then that segment we are going to end our prayer session by asking pastor to pray last thank you now we want to invite master Alan karaoke to begin praying as we all close our eyes and present ourselves to the Lord thank you good evening church good evening good evening forward of prayer thank you Lord for this day thank you for the gift of life thank you for the protection you've given to us until this day Lord you come before you asking for forgiveness for anything that you have committed that may make our prayers not answered I pray that you may help us seek in hospital and for this time we like to pray for those of us who have done this are struggling to cope with their loss I pray Lord that you may give them comfort that only comes I pray Lord that you may continue to guide them through this tough time and give them hope of your second coming not only in this church but everywhere in the world where people have lost their love don't need to be to sickness or accident I pray that your spirit may be upon them and that they may be comforted I pray for I pray that you may be the father to those who have lost their fathers and the mother to those who have lost their mothers and even the parent to those who have lost their parents I pray for the readers I pray that you may give them companionship and that you may continue to protect them I pray for the rest of the programs that you follow in this meeting I pray that they may be a blessing and that we may come out of here with new hope and we may come out of here with conviction that you see us through in Jesus' name I pray Amen and Lord in addition to what brother Alan has presented before the almighty fortress eternal God creator of the universe you who is our bulwark never failing our helper forevermore source of happiness, gladness, joy and hope hallowed be thy name Father forgive us sins of omission and of commission and cranes us truly from all things and keep us safe at your feet Lord before you this evening we present our beloved brethren who are hurting for loss of loved ones Lord you know each one of them by name pastors presented their names and you knew them before even pronounced their names Lord you know them and you know how they are hurting we are asking you Lord that you visit each one of them and come through for them Lord almighty you are the source of compassion and endless love and so we ask you this evening master that you send your children they are your servants they are in illumination illuminate them Lord Father king of glory illuminate them punish all their fears and pain that only you know feel and understand Lord comfort them comfort your children console them all master stay and take so fit in the gap created by their loss of their loved ones all Lord master cause them and indeed all of us to adore you to treasure you to yearn for your presence and the kingdom that is to come point us to a life full of righteousness that will lead us to a bright world of no tears a world where death never entered or what a joy that will be Lord we request your providence upon your brethren during these awkward moments provide for them all logistics that they may require and grant them daily journey masses back and forth O Lord grant your people good health long and quality life or great physician remember all of us in your coming kingdom where there is no sorrow O Lord save us O Jesus you know each brethren wish and want supplications and more so you know their losses how deep they are hurting may therefore their meditations O Lord each one of them be acceptable before their sight and in the fullness of time Lord according to your will because we present all this in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord and saving Amen Amen Let's pray O God we know we worship a living God the one who created the heavens and the earth and everything that is there in we know you are our creator you are our sustainer, a life giver you are our edema you love us you love us and you will still love us despite the challenges that we go through we want to appreciate you and thank you because in all the problems that we go through you are ever with us this problem have not been caused by you but by your great enemy who is fighting against your children we want to thank you for the faith you have given us we want to thank you for your comfort and encouragement we want to thank you for your love we want to thank you for you are ever there and you really want us to be in the kingdom where all these terrible things that we are going through will never be we have not on and lost our beloved ones as individuals and the families but as a church we have lost our beloved church members all of us we have been shaken all of us we have been touched all of us we are mourning we have been having church members so close to us great friends we have been sharing very many things together we have been helping each other in many ways and the lord of heaven when one of us disappears it brings a lot of sorrow a lot of darkness in our lives we want to thank you because you love us we want to thank you because ever we guys you are ever ready to any carriages you are ever ready to comfort us our prayer now is help us to to remain firm in the faith help us to stand with you help us to continue working together with you and they help us to extend our salvation help us to learn how to look above where our salvation is coming from you know all our shortcomings this is the time god we made this strength our relatives our friends that we want to pray for those ones of us who are alive help us to remain in the to work in the newness of life anticipating for the second coming for our great lord to redeem us from the sinful world the terrible world to enter into the new kingdom that he has prepared for us let us join hands together we pray for one another we submit to one another we bear one another's burdens we continue bringing each other to the throne of mercy so that we may receive that mercy and the comfort that we need at this time and the strength that we need at this time so that we can move forward and at the end will become more than congruence and we are we are sure that we are going to stay together we want to thank you for this kind of a program and we want to thank you for enabling us to be together this evening in Jesus name we pray Amen Amen Amen Thank you Thank you so much I want to invite sister Oredo just to give one stanza of sweet hour of prayer as we meditate upon the message of encouragement and those prayers Sister Oredo are you there? Sweet hour of prayer stanza one and then we move to the next prayer prayer session Okay Sweet hour of prayer Sweet hour that calls me from care and bids me precious known in sin Thank you Thank you so much sister Oredo and thank you everybody who has joined and for those who have believed those who can leave we can allow you to leave I know you may be having many things that you want to attend to as we move on we want to move to the next segment prayer meeting this evening and we want to pray for those who have been sick and are still sick and even those who have recovered and in doing so I want to welcome Elder George Anyango to read a text of encouragement to these families and before he reads I want to mention to the meeting or to the church that we also have a daughter to brother Felix Aoni Daisy who is unwell is the family of brother Felix in the meeting is the family of brother Felix in the meeting we remember them in prayer the daughter Daisy is not well we also want to remember of course we want to remember Elder Elia Udakama we are going to do a prayer meeting to the Lord in prayer as well we want also to remember in prayer sister Noraka we have been planning this together and I didn't know that she is also unwell I really feel that she is that is an attack you know certain Israel attacking God's people as they plan to do great things to the Lord I want to also mention to the meeting that we remember thank you Elder Aoniango can you take over and give the text of encouragement to those who are sick thank you thank you pastor good evening brethren good evening good evening Elder good evening Elder thank you very much we are through with the first segment but just allow me to say give my very sincere condolences to all the families who have been bereaved moving on to the next segment we are here to claim the promises of the Lord with regard to healing and I want to invite you to read with me on the book of Psalm 103 verses 1 to 4 the Lord in those verses assure us of his healing power the word of the Lord says praise the Lord all my soul all my inmost being praise his holy name praise the Lord all my soul and forget not his benefits verse 3 which I consider very significant here reads that we forget not his benefits he who forgives all his sins he who heals all your diseases he who redeems your life from the pit and crowns your life with love and compassion the Lord assure us in this text of his healing power and that is the reason we are here to claim that healing power upon his servants who are down including those who are now recuperating in their homes and we want to thank the Lord for his healing masses that far in Matthew 4 verse 23 when Jesus started his ministry the text says that he went throughout Galilee teaching in the Asinagos preaching the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness among the people in verse 24 it's recorded that the news about him spread all over Syria and the people brought to him all who were ill with various diseases and he healed them so we are seeking the healing power of Jesus because we have seen that while here on earth he had that power and throughout his ministry if you're reading the Gospels this is what Jesus did wherever he went so this evening it is this Jesus that we are free as a church bringing to those of us who are ill right now so that we can have him intervene in our life and give us the healing so may the Lord grant us the masses of healing upon the servants who have been taken ill and we present all of you to him as we claim to his word as he gives us in Matthew 7 verse 7 that when we ask it will be given unto us when we seek we will find and when we knock unto us so may this be the claim that we all make at individual level when we are unwell or whether we are interceding on behalf of our loved brethren who may be unwell right now because he's faithful he's kind, he's loving he will be able to intercede he's my humble prayer in Jesus name thank you thank you so much Elda Anyango thank you so much we want to claim the healing promise and I want to say that teacher Joy Mogaka's father is in the ambulance coming to Nairobi and let's remember the father not Joy herself but the father I also want to bring to your attention even as we commit this many of our members to the Lord in prayer and to Nancy Oguang is also admitted at Nairobi Austin and we remember that family to the Lord in prayer I know there are many the names you can't mention all the names but I think we will go by what Elda Anyango has said that we claim the healing process and we also thank God because we know that they have already been healed in this segment I will invite Sister Nora Kajuan and Elda Moachi to lead as in prayer so Sister Nora Kajuan you will begin and when you are done Elda Moachi will continue praying and then when Elda Moachi is done Sister Achi Orero you will do the second stanza of sweet hour prayer, thank you but before they pray yes there is daughter Stacy who is also sick and I think either the mother or the parent is without a hair and put it on the wall okay and we have brother Frederick whose mom is also sick has put it on the wall thank you and this is the baby is saying we remember it's a Judy the Chuba thank you we remember Sister Judy the Chuba also okay now I want to invite Sister Nora Kajuan thank you Pastor yes let us let us believe and pray mighty and ever-living God I come before this evening just in addition to all that has been said this evening in your word that has given us encouragement of who you are indeed Father we thank you that we know you and that is why we have come to you as a family of the church I thank you Lord many many names have come up today there are those who are in various stages of healing there are those who are in hospital there are those who are still recuperating at home there are those who are looking forward to coming out of the situation that they have undergone for just this past few weeks so Lord you know them each by name and nothing in this has taken you by surprise and I thank you because you are already clear on where we need to run when we are faced with these situations Lord we are all here looking up on to you expectantly waiting up on you for that completion of what you have already begun in us because we trust and believe that if only we can touch the hem of your garment as we are all here to do Father we will declare healing and total restoration of health even for those who are on the way like the parent who is in an ambulance coming to Nairobi Lord we commit unto your hands we thank you for parents who have been mentioned here that they are unwell Lord you know them each by name please meet them all at their point of need we are here just to cheer one another for those of us who are feeling much better that it is well and that each and every person this will be their portion too because you are promised in your word to you tonight that Lord make it real that we may testify fully as a church of the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living thank you so so much for all that you do for each of us help us not to take even gathering together for granted help us to continually avail ourselves to be near you to abide in you because you are promised that if we abide in you you will abide in us and that whatever we ask in your name your faithful and your granted remember each and every person in a hospital bed because often time it looks like it is the most complicated but there is nothing impossible with you you are a God of possibilities and so I surrender each and every person in a hospital bed tonight into your hands remember indeed the whole world the impact that the COVID-19 has had on each and every person Lord please bless your people remind them that you have talked about all diseases you have not left out any so there is nothing that will be impossible here we surrender it all unto thee and we commit each and every member of our church the family church the entire world really that father you may remember them and you may grant healing that only comes from you that a testimony may go up father may this meeting not be in vain may it be a meeting that will result in a testimony of what you have done for us tonight I thank you Lord I praise your name remember our church remember our pastors in a very specific way remember all your members attacks are coming from all ends but there is nothing that we shall fear except we forget how you have led us in the past help us to strive on and help us to see you as we gain higher grounds I pray this this evening believing and trusting in Jesus holy name amen amen amen this is the elder Fred Moachi continuing the prayers let's pray a kind unloving father in heaven we come before you this evening first of all to thank you for the privilege of being counted among the living today Lord your children come before you this evening we thank you for giving that particular time and opportunity to praise you Father individuals are in distress the church is in distress families are in distress the country is in distress the world is in distress thank you lord for assuring us and even warning us in advance in the book of John chapter 16 verse 3 that in the world you will have so many tribulations but be of good cheer because I welcome Father you are our fortress you are our defender you are a refuge in times like this the good thing is that lord you've not left us in this disadvantaged position in this war because you promised that your peace that surpasses all understanding will always be theirs Father we thank you we thank you because you are our sustainer we thank you because you heal all diseases and we thank you because you forgive all the sins a list has been drawn and been read about our sick brothers and sisters others might not have been read because they have not presented their names here but he knew they have presented their names Father you are holy touch when you raise your right hand Father things happen in form of healing and you raise this hand on our brothers and sisters Father sometimes we become frustrated but we thank you because when a sire was in distress he saw you seated on the throne surrounded by angels singing holy holy this is our God and the earth was filled with the glory Father may that glory feel us may that glory feel the families may that glory feel the church may that glory feel in the country may that glory feel the entire world because lord you are in control our prayer this evening Father is that you are assured us of faith may we work with you in faith may you remove and believe in hearts that Lord we know you are going to heal our brothers our sisters Father we pray for the organizers of this meeting including Sister Kajuan she is also under attack you can imagine but in you trust Father those who are getting healed we also have a field we like to return thanks to you because it's a testimony not just here but in the plains and the mountains and in the valleys that indeed God you are the healer may your presence be with us as we continue praying in Jesus Holy Name we have prayed and believed Amen Amen Amen Sister Thanks Thank you Thank you so much those who have participated in that segment and now we are moving to the last segment and as we move into the last segment I want to say that we have received several requests still and we are going to commit them to the Lord in prayer Sister Damari Solale is asking us to remember her daughter Stasi who is also down and we still need we need to remember Stasi even as we move to the other segment I've also received a message from Owaiti Eric who is also recovering from Covid and members of the church many members of our church have been suffering in silence but now we have decided to face and present them to the Lord in prayer and I think this is the best thing we can do at such a time I want to say that moving to the last segment of our prayer session I want to say that there are many people who have lost their jobs as a result of this pandemic there are many people who have lost their businesses as a result of this pandemic their families which are struggling even in their social life and in their marriages as a result of this pandemic and we may not even know but I think as we present ourselves before the Lord as a family of believers and the church I think this is the right time for us to present them to the Lord in prayer and to do that I want to invite sister Modesta Nyaga to read a word from the Bible a word of hope from the Bible and then we will go into the session of prayer sister Modesta Karibu is sister Modesta in the house yes I am sorry I was muted so thank you so much faster as you rightfully say it other than the bereavement and diseases and hospitalization and also thanking God for the recoveries there are many many other challenges which members are going through and you rightly talked about the financial constraints family conflicts or relationships spiritual needs and even some people having a state of being hopeless and having no hope at all so I am going to read a verse from the book of Psalm chapter 34 verse 19 and it says many are the afflictions of the righteous but the Lord delivers him out of them all so this is an encouragement for all of us or for all people going through whatever form of challenges because the Psalmist here acknowledges and realizes that in this world there are many challenges which face people and here we are talking about the the world and here we are talking about the righteous we are talking about the church members who are going through whatever challenge that there is but the Lord is assuring us and the Lord's word is true God doesn't lie God's word can be trusted and he is assuring us despite these challenges God is there and he will deliver his people from all of them and of course in the same Bible in James chapter 5 verse 13 he gives us our way out how will we go through or how will we navigate and James 5 13 says is anyone among you suffering let him pray so in all the issues we have a privilege and responsibility to pray because it is an avenue through which we talk to our God and God has assured us that he will deliver us so as we or as many many are going through various afflictions God has given us a way out in whichever circumstance let us just keep praying and God will deliver us so let's be encouraged this evening no matter what one is going through let us keep praying and God will deliver us amen thank you Pastor thank you so much sister Modesta for that word beautiful powerful word of encouragement now I want to invite a youth sister Michelle of Wutu and sister Moachi who are going to pray for these those who are in this segment and as they pray I just want to request them to remember sister Stacy Stacy daughter to sister Damaris Olane thank you and after prayers I think sister Aurelio you will do the last transfer of sweet hour of prayer thank you let's pray let's begin our prayer alright let's pray my turn over last thing brother we come before you this night we thanks giving in our hearts for this opportunity that you have given us to come together through this medium and this platforms that man has created by your power and your grace and Lord we have come before you to claim your promises and to hold on to your word and to ask that will you walk with us through this difficult times and through these challenges that we have been facing for the past one year and this year that is ongoing and further specifically we place the members of Nairobi Central and hands each and every one of them who is going through different challenges father you have told us that we may come before your throne body that we may ask believing that we have received and that though the waters overflow we shall not be overcome and though we pass through the fire we shall not be banned Lord we assert in our distress that may we find comfort and hope in your name and in your sign and in your promises and that Lord may we continually hold on to you that even as as the Hebrew boys said when they were thrown in the fire that even if you do not deliver us we shall still be faithful Lord please give us strength give us your holy spirit to comfort each and every one of our hearts to give us the fruit of the spirit which is peace Lord even in the times of difficulty and father will you remember the child that has been mentioned that Lord you may walk with her you may hold her hand and that you may bring healing upon her for father the little children are your treasure for they are the ones who inherit the kingdom and we ask that may you please restore her in each and every other person that Lord we may continually find comfort and strength in your word as we study and as we pray that when we rise up from our knees this night we shall find strength and we shall find comfort and we shall find healing and we will be able to face another day though the challenges we set us other we ask that may you also be with us through this night and may your glory and honor come before come to you and most of all in prayer and in supplication may we continually give thanks no matter the circumstance but this is our prayer in Jesus name amen amen amen together with that Lord we approach your throne room of grace this evening in total surrender in our church we we realize that we cannot turn anywhere else but to you the author and finish of our faith we thank you this evening that you know each and every one of us and we thank you that you are able you are an awesome God and Lord as you are seated on your throne room of grace Lord you are hearing our supplications and at this time Lord we know that the devil has intended to sift us like wheat because of this many challenges but I thank you that you have assured us that you have prayed for us and you are seated at the right hand side of the Father making intercessions for us what a great assurance Lord we can search forward even with these challenges knowing that the captain of the host Jesus Christ is with us so we will not afraid we will just be courageous and wait and wait and pray without seizing because you are our God Lord we have prayed we have prayed for healing Lord we have prayed for peace and this time we bring more supplications to you and we do not get embarrassed because Lord we know that you are our Father and when we ask you Lord and you have told us clearly that if our earthly fathers know how to give gifts to us what about you this evening we present all our members and others that are not even our members that have lost their jobs and they are wondering what to do oh God I pray that you come through for them I pray for those that may be having jobs but have not seen a healing Lord come through for them I pray for them that are among us and our leaders in the organizations of God that they'll stand up and there'll be no oppression of your people because you are God Lord we also pray for families that are going through challenges others maybe even contaminating divorce we rebuke that spirit of divorce among our brethren in the name of Jesus and we pray Lord that you will bring reconciliation oh God where there's pain where there's heart we pray that may you bring reconciliation there are those among us that have been waiting upon you oh God that they would hold a child in their arms and they are wondering Lord the wait is too long I thank you that you are God your Emmanuel God with us and that in the fullness of time you will make all things beautiful we know that there are those that have challenges of relationships the young ones and wondering Lord what do I do in this situation make a way oh Lord we know God there are many others that may be going through depression Father bring you peace and healing because you're able and because you're praying for us tonight we know that we can stand firm and see the deliverance of the Lord we pray for our church leadership right from the conference to the local church oh God we pray for the leaders probably sometimes they're wondering what will they tell the members because we are facing many challenges including our very pastors but Lord I pray that we may tap strength from you as our sisters read your word that the problems of a righteous man may be many but the Lord delivers him from them all this evening in faith we surrender and pray may you deliver us and we know that you're able in all these things we have prayed and said today you will be done it's in Jesus name we have prayed and believed amen amen amen amen thank you thank you so much Achi'en thank you so much Sister Muachi and Michelle and Sister Modesta Nyaga to all who have joined we want to who have been with us from the beginning to the end of this service we want to thank you so much as I hand over to Pastor Nyaga for the last remarks and the final prayer I want to say that I strongly and I want to repeat strongly believe in prayers I strongly believe in prayers and I know that the Lord has heard our prayers and will answer those prayers according to his riches Pastor Nyaga can you just take over and give the final remarks and the last prayer thank you thank you thank you Pastor for this very encouraging and strengthening program that you've had this evening I think of all people and even this most because you see as fast as not many times you have visited for prayers so to me this is very very special and I want to begin by thanking the church leadership for coming up with this the the team of elders and of course the pastorate remember this came to our thoughts way back when before he passed away and we've been talking about how to do it so the prime ministry was brought on board and sister Nora as together with elder Aura and the pastor together have been able to manage the planning and remember it came to the church board where also it was blessed that we need to have this kind of fellowship and I want to thank God that it has come to pass and I know we are all been blessed in one way or another the experience I've had since I got the attack visiting me that week it's not a good experience I haven't been sick for a very long time I think since we got married my wife has not seen me really sick apart from pain I think this is the time that I've been sick and being isolated in our own house staying alone I know a lot baby I appreciate what I'm talking about it's not easy it's not easy at all and when we see ourselves pulling through we have every reason to thank God it has been difficult for the church because over the last three weeks I think we have been battling with a crisis it has been a serious attack and I remember we have been sharing with Fazel and the team of leaders and pastors we have said the devil is really attacking us and we need to come out strongly and resist him because you know these kind of games the devil is playing with us we can stand and say enough is enough I remember our senior pastor he has lost two relatives consecutively he came he went back two days his only surviving uncle died he went down to bury him and he was burying him he lost his phone there in the burial and he comes back then we tell him you're back with there because you have lost your recall and you go and attend the funeral service then he goes to the late elder because Barrio coming back he has a road accident and then we see now what's happening and then the following day as he tries to go to fixing his car then the car keep breaking inside the ignition and it was a series of stress inside and it started asking pastors I think we need to pray I don't know what the devil is doing with me and at the same time you know like last week we just come from burying Eldorico and then we hear our sister Jennifer Orwa has lost her father and before even we could try thinking about it Eldorira loses his mother and it's been a series of breaking news series of breaking news this is the first time I felt our first Eldor getting of a world I remember the day was breaking news to me about the death Eldorico I could tell from his voice that Eldor was beaten completely and they told me this is a difficult thing I don't know how to tell the members you take it up same time I'm down with Covid it has been a struggle struggle for the church but I want to thank God that we have stood for one another and also especially members who came out and said I'm down with Covid we want to thank you even for trusting the leadership trusting your pastors that you can tell them that you can study in the gap and we've been praying for you and we want to encourage once you are down don't keep it yourself especially Covid has a lot of stigma but we will have to overcome stigma by speaking out and saying this is what I'm going through to the brethren that they may join and support you in prayer my brother keeps on telling me he got this Covid end of last year together with his family in the US and he is telling me that this Covid it's a demon it's a demon and the only way to overcome this thing is getting serious with prayer he tells me they have practiced that with his church in the US and they are coming to a conclusion that while it has scientific whatever aspects it's a disease but the many people that they are putting prayer through Covid, many of them have gone through successfully but the devil is glowing himself through and we can only overcome him when we stand seriously in prayer so thank you church members for standing in the gap for us and for many members out there if you know somebody struggling please let us know we are very responsible with information like this which is very sensitive but we need to let our members know which is here for them they are not alone and finally I pray that Sister Nora you may take this to the next level that we will be doing this now when we have started let's keep doing this not just because of Covid let's keep doing this many of our members are sick let's be found fellowshiping with our various members who are sick and visiting with them in this manner that the Lord will bless them so I want to I want to thank you all for standing in this night and for encouraging us and for letting us know that we are not alone the Lord is with us, God bless you Elder Lourge thank you for being strong in this very trying moment all of your pastors pastor in a match was down I was down together I was left alone struggling with belief mentee in there and you provided leadership with the team of Elders I can't thank you enough you kept on calling and praying with me and so many other members I see here you've been so much concerned and I know that was not just done to me as a pastor but this is what you've been doing to all other members that are struggling may the Lord so much bless you and meet each of you at your very point of need we will overcome we are not giving up, we will overcome so may the Lord bless you all let's continue fellowshiping in this manner thank you closing prayer pastor Lourgele I'm sorry I'm saying Pasanyaga was to make final remarks and give closing prayer okay thank you let us pray our gracious Father in Heaven we thank you so much indeed great is Thy faithfulness when we see Sister Lydia tonight with us and strong we say great is Thy faithfulness when we see the church pooling together for the various cases that will be presented before you learn this evening it shows that you care and that you're pushing us to show love and care for each other this is the reason why we exist as a church that we may cover each other's burden we are in a crisis it's a global crisis but Lord we're not hopeless because we know even before this virus came to be you knew all its effects you knew all those who would suffer through this and you are working day and night to make sure that at the end of the story it is your name that will be exultant the devil always when such issues come it takes advantage and he wants to glory himself and many times in this kind of crisis he speaks so loud to throw terror deep fear upon your people to give up you see when Jesus was under trial that night of darkness being thrown from one place to another beaten and mocked and even being hunged on the tree and put in the grave the devil was everywhere shouting and saying I have overcome but what did he know is how the story would end you know God we're the one who establishes the end from the beginning you knew how the story would end for Jesus and that's where you are not afraid you are not worried and Sunday morning the grave opened and the devil was ashamed so Father it doesn't matter what we are going through we know that you are on your throne and you are so powerful you know how the story is going to end and at the last day we shall shout hallelujah the Lord has fought he has overcome so long tonight even as we fellowship together we have our faith that you are comforting with the families of those who have been bereaved we are having the family of the late Elder Rico the family of Elder Oroa the family of Elder Odera and many other families that are going through the pain of losing the loved ones Lord remind them you know that at the end of the story they will have a smile on their faces thank you Lord that even as we've been attacked by this dendro virus you have given us strength Lord thank you for fighting for us indeed not because we have done anything unique but just because of your grace and thank you for encouraging us but even as you are losing church members you are still killing so many others to tell us you are with us Lord we thank you and we want to pray tonight before we end this meeting Lord Lord we want to rebuke the spirit of death in our church in the name of Jesus we will not continue burying members we don't want to continue receiving news of bereaved bereavement day after day week after week Lord we say no because you have given us power to speak against anything that we don't like and my father are praying tonight that you may so sincerely see that we are getting wary of the faults of death and we are speaking against that spirit of death in Jesus name my father may the evil one who has attacked our church from tonight no we have put a barrier we have put a stop we put a hedge he will never penetrate because your power is with us Lord I pray for those who are seeking us from this congregation tonight my father is it with them revive them heal them in Jesus name return them to us with a testimony that Lord we will continue seeing your goodness we even pray Lord that all the prayers that have been presented to you tonight through this program Lord they shall find favor before you and want to know to thank you in advance for those who have answered our prayers we want to thank you because you have revived us Lord we want to thank those who have healed those who have broken the hearts because of losing the last one we want to thank you that you have stopped that spirit of death in advance my father we want to thank you that not just stop in our spirit but even pray that Lord you may remove this virus from amidst of us let us continue we have a great assignment of us Lord before you come people are dying in sin Lord you are waiting upon us to go out and tell them revive us Lord clear the path my father we have a week of you know our children are being taken through VBS program and powerful spiritual program for them yet some of them are going through various challenges their parents are sick some of them are sick Lord I pray that you can restore peace and give them success in this meeting we are praying for the soon coming pathway calling out many people giving them hope Lord tonight I am praying that Lord this virus will not stop us it will not stop us my father create avenues powerful avenues to reach out to those people who are so desperate to maintain the better evil one and set them free that at the end of everything we shall see where as the virus came we experience the power of our loving God give us more strength Lord give us more insight on how to serve and to minister give us courage we pray in Jesus name Amen Amen Amen Amen Amen It could be it could be Netwake El-Laura Okay then the few times in the past Elder wind it up we are through Okay as we wind up I can see we still have two pastors with us What are you saying? What are you saying? That we still have you with us and we have Pastor Nyaga with us Yes and as we were starting Pastor Ogeda requested whether sister Jennifer was in and could say something and I'm seeing she's now in but maybe it's another Jennifer You want to say something? If you want to Sister Jennifer Ogeda Yes good evening Good evening sister Good evening Thank you so much for Thank you so much for this prayer session Sorry I was a little bit late I had gone out a bit I just want to thank God for your prayers and words of consolation from members of the church and the concern that they have it's been a difficult moment because Dad was not really sick Daddy fell sick on Friday On Saturday he was taken to the hospital and Sunday morning he was not there so it was such an unexpected death though we are still coming to times with it and as you keep us in prayers we are making arrangements for burial on the 23rd that is next Friday so I would just like to thank the church for your prayers just continue praying for the family it's a tough moment for all of us we are here to come to times with it Thank you so much Thank you sister we have put it in the hands of the Lord to be with you, to be with the family and to guide you through this difficult time as you prepare Thank you I know you are even still in Nairobi but you have to travel up country is that right? or even tomorrow morning God be with you We wish you the best as you travel Thank you Thank you pastor, now the two pastors who are still here and the head elders from the others something about our members and our people who might feel unwilling or maybe shy to say that they have been hit by this devilish thing and don't want to disturb us I don't know pastor maybe we agree with the check clock that we draft a note for announcement this coming service to encourage them to come in the open as they also pray privately to our God that we are willing as a church to pray with them and to share with them I don't know what you think about that senior pastor can answer for us You know Erda what you are saying is very true this is something that has come this is something that is taking the lives of people not because of the sin they have committed it is simply because of what is going on we are at the close of the world so we need to encourage our people if you are in a problem say it let it be presented before the Lord and the Lord's will will be done it's very much in order that we encourage our people through making announcements that whoever feels unwell please you just relay the information to the pastor or to any elder or to any friend of yours assume you feel that you can pray together it may not be a must that the report must reach the pastor while it is important but if somebody feels that I have a friend a close friend whom I want to disclose the problem I have too he can pray with me there is no problem but let our people be open and together we can present our case before God and the God will hear our case there is no need for you to hide thank you pastor otherwise I want to thank all of you this is a good thing and I am also requesting our sister Kadyuan to make it a practice let's meet at least once in a week it is important we don't go to church to worship why can't we worship the Lord to these names and it is important that we do it thank you pastor and what I discussed with you I am still in touch with Lavington who made of a joint thing I will clarify with them and then get back to you and maybe we can organize it through sister Kadyuan as well and may I request the judge to get in touch with the head held George and Nyango for framing a statement of announcement to encourage our people I think that Nyango is still with us thank you very much everybody El Dahura you are the master of ceremonies but now you let me be master of ceremonies and dismiss everybody or I get back to you to dismiss everybody please just dismiss the church I think we have appreciated those who found time to join and even those who may not have joined we believe the church has prayed for them in various challenges they are facing sickness death and even in various challenges of livelihood so thank you very much and over to you El Dahura to close it El Dahura has left on behalf of El Dahura and I say that all of you may we keep on praying you are muted I was taking over from you what what let us say the grace let us all say and mute and say the grace if the system the platform can allow yes may the grace of the lord may the grace of the lord may the grace of the lord may the grace of the lord May the grace of our lord infuse Christ永久 Amen Amen Bye Bye Bye My sister-in-law. My sister-in-law.