AUTHORITY BELIEVE AND POWER- SERMONS

If you missed an opportunity doesn't fill the eyes with tears;

One day I was talking to a group of youth and we were discussing the role of parents in helping youth how to utilize different types of opportunities in their life; we started the discussion with the quotation “Winning horse does not know why it runs the race. It runs because of beats & pains” but to us 

everything in life, including success is about making choices.

We realized during the discussion that life and the World are going very fast if we want to touch the foot of success we  also have to go very fast otherwise we will never be able to touch the foot of success. And the good thing God is waiting somewhere above to give us His grace and send His love in whatever our cross, whatever our pain but God always sends a rainbow after the rain.

It is possible to miss an opportunity if we sit  back and wait for the need to come to us. We have to go after it. Otherwise we will end up shedding tears. Tears tell us that there is a problem, hence a signal  of our need for compassion from others. Tears  gives us the opportunity to connect with others and receive comfort; it is a sign of earthly path is blocked all around, when we are provoked on every side.

When everybody accuses “you” of being wrong, and all your environment seems to revolt against you, “If you missed an opportunity doesn't fill the eyes with tears;”  then this is the time you should shed a few drops of tears before God;

Tears are signs of guiltness. There is something that you want badly in life but you don’t have. Guilt arises due to your focus on what you have not done so far to get the object of your desire

Whether your guilt will help you or break you, will depend upon where you put your focus on. You can either focus on what you have lost, what you have done wrong, or, you can shift your focus on doing something towards the associated desire. If something is causing you a lot of guilt, you have to make a commitment to work towards the desired goal attached to this guilt. That desire, is demanding fulfillment.

One scholar once wrote that “the reality is that people who do well in life are not usually ‘lucky’… nor or they necessarily “smarter” than we are; they just made the decision to follow a different path rather than just accept the status quo. Unfortunately life is not based on a singular decision, but a series of daily choices that will in turn define your actions…. but they will be worth it in the end! Success is attainable for anybody who is willing to work towards it – it's all about making choices”.

It is true that every day opportunities are available to us. How do we make sure that we don't miss any? The first step is to be open minded and listen to your personal call. Opportunities can come to us through many different avenues and in various forms.When an opportunity is presented to you, keep an open mind and explore the benefits. Trust your feelings if it will lead you to your goal?

Therefore we should keep in mind that each opportunity has its own unique qualities, benefits, and level of results we can't change the past but we can alter your future in any way you want. And if you use your opportunity very well there is no need of shedding tears at the end. The Bible reminds us that It has been often and truthfully said, that if there could be regrets in heaven, those regrets would be, that we have wasted so many opportunities of honoring Christ on earth, opportunities which will then be gone forever.

TUMSIFU NA TUMSHUKURU MUNGU JUMAMOSI YA LEO ASANTE MUNGU KWA WEMA WAKO;

Mtume Paulo anatukumbusha kuwa:

Atukuzwe Mungu na Baba wa Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo, Baba mwenye huruma na Mungu mwenye kuleta faraja yote. 4 Yeye hutufariji sisi katika taabu zetu zote, ili nasi tupate kuwafariji wengine katika kila taabu kwa faraja hiyohiyo tunayopokea kutoka kwa Mungu. 5 Naam, kadiri mateso ya Kristo yanavyozidi ndani yetu, ni kadiri hiyohiyo tunazidi kufarijiwa naye. 6 Ikiwa tunapata taabu, basi ni kwa ajili ya faraja na wokovu wenu. Tukifarijika, ni kwa ajili ya kuwafariji ninyi na kuwaunga mkono mpate nguvu ya kustahimili mateso yaleyale tunayoteseka sisi.7 Tena, matumaini tuliyo nayo kwa ajili yenu ni imara; tunajua kwamba mkishiriki mateso yetu, mtashiriki pia faraja yetu.

Nawatakieni Jumamosi njema iliyojaa matumaini

TB JOSHUA WHEN YOU BELIEVE;

THE LIFE OF MY BROTHER AND MY BEST FRIEND AND " MY TWIN" JOAKIM ALOIS TURUKA WHO DIED ON SEPTEMBER 22 2012:

                                    MR AND MRS JOAKIM ALIOS TURUKA

Revelation 14:13 
Then I heard a voice from heaven say, "Write: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on." "Yes," says the Spirit, "they will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them."

As a celebrate the death of my dear and best brother and " my twin" today I know that whatever life throws at me, even if it hurts me, just I am strong and fight through it. I Remember, strong walls shake but never collapse.

• Dear Lord be my courage at this difficult time, let me not be afraid for you are in control

• Dear lord my I never pray out of hypocrisy but out of truth even if it shall reveal the darkness in my own heart.

• Dear Lord  I know that there will be a way even if there seems to be no way. May I never forget that there is nothing impossible with faith!

I have with great faith that, God promised us through II Chronicles 7:14 "If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land" 

At this difficult time in our life we forget what the bible teaches us; Matthew 11:28, "Come to me, all who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest or Psalm 55:22 Throw every burden upon God. Psalm 68:19 Blessed be Our God who daily carries the load for us. Psalm 56:9 This I well know, that God is for me.

Today as I remember my brother I recall Jesus teachings when he said to his disciples: from John 14.1-6 'Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house there are many dwelling places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, so that where I am, there you may be also. And you know the way to the place where I am going.' Thomas said to him, 'Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?' Jesus said to him, 'I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.'

As human being when we are facing the death of love one we keep crying all time, St Paul tells us there is no need to cry1 Thessalonians 4.13-17; We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who have died, so that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have died. For this we declare to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will by no means precede those who have died. For the Lord himself, with a cry of command, with the archangel's call and with the sound of God's trumpet, will descend from heaven, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up in the clouds together with them to meet the Lord in the air; and so we will be with the Lord for ever. Therefore encourage one another with these words.

The book of Proverbs 3:5 reminds us at this difficult time that "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And he shall direct your paths."

                                  MY LATE BROTHER
                             

                                             THIS IS ME  

AS I CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF MY BROTHER AND MY BEST FRIEND JOAKIM PLEASE  JOIN ME IN READING AND UNDERSATANDING THE FOLLOWING VERSES IN GLORIFYING GOD’S GREAT JOB IN OUR LIFE

Psalms 100  wants us instead of crying for our love one we should "Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the Earth Worship the Lord with gladness; come into his presence with singing. Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; We are his people and the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanks-giving, and his courts with praise.  Give thanks to him, bless his name. For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations."

The prophet Isaiah 40:31 reminds us that "but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; They will run and not grow weary, They will walk and not be faint."

2 Corinthians 4:17-18 17 For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. 18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

1 Corinthians 15:42-44  It is the same way with the resurrection of the dead. Our earthly bodies are planted in the ground when we die, but they will be raised to live forever. Our bodies are buried in brokenness, but they will be raised in glory. They are buried in weakness, but they will be raised in strength. They are buried as natural human bodies, but they will be raised as spiritual bodies. For just as there are natural bodies, there are also spiritual bodies.

Isaiah 25:8  He will swallow up death forever; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth, for the Lord has spoken. 

Matthew 5:4 God blesses those people who grieve. They will find comfort! 

Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven. A time to be born and a time to die. A time to plant and a time to harvest. 

Isaiah 51:11 Those who have been ransomed by the LORD will return. They will enter Jerusalem singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Sorrow and mourning will disappear, and they will be filled with joy and gladness. 

John 14:1-4 Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going. 

John 6:40 For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day. 

Revelation 21:4 He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. All these things are gone forever. 

I believe that By dying Jesus opened the gates of life for those who believe in You; do not let our brother Joakim be parted from You, but by Your glorious power give him light, joy, and peace in heaven where You live for ever and ever.

Rest in the peace of  Christ, God is our hope and strength . 

                                        AMEN

TB JOSHUA: POWERFUL PRAYER!!

WHY ARE WE JUDGING A BOOK BY ITS COVER?

God help us to forgive those who judge others at the begining, because they don't   really know them and they are not aware of the beauty that each soul possesses by your Grace