Venue: K.A.G. EAST UNIVERSITY
Date: From 19th to 23rd April 2016
Theme: Freed to Flee and Follow (2 Timothy 2:22)
8.05 am
Great
praise and worship ongoing.
People
are responding quite well to the music, way better than last year.
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| Delegates worshipping before Session 1 |
SESSION ONE
9.00 am
Pst.
Daniel Musyoki invites the National Youth Director.
Over 90% of the youth are keen listening to the
Word, great demonstrations from Pst. Sammy Kihu Mwangi.
Less Than 70% with Bibles and a great number
are without notebooks and pens (are there arrangements by invited vendors to
sell notebooks and pens?)
Pastor
Sammy Kihu Mwangi
Topic:
Freed to Flee and Follow
Exodus 33:15
2 Timothy 2:21-22 “Therefore,
if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, he will be a vessel for
honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master of the house, ready for
every good work.
So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness,
faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure
heart.”
1 Timothy 6:11-12 “But as for you, O man of God, flee
these things. Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness,
gentleness. Fight
the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were
called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many
witnesses.”
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History
tells it that Timothy begun ministry as early as when he was 17 years old.
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This
generation is full of people who say that being in Christ is slavery and they
can’t “enjoy” life as it should be. They do so much and bring pressure to the
saved calling them stupid. This is the generation where fornication,
pornography and homosexuality and drug abuse are celebrated. These things have
become the norm and trend of the day.
·
We’ve
seen it in the media i.e. “Project X” and many others that support a free and uncontrolled
life. These things have enslaved the youth of today.
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But
these things should not take us away from the Truth of the Word of God.
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A
true example of a person enslaved by all kinds of sin was shown to us (provide
photo).
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Stories
of most young people during holiday seasons is about how many ladies have slept
with so far.
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Paul
is commanding Timothy to FLEE!
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The
abuse of good things is what brings about addiction.
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When
the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed. But how can we be set free?
God sees things beforehand and His instructions to us are always for our own
benefit.
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Analogy:
we use baits to trap rats. In the same way, the devil uses addictions to trap
us.
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Christ
is the only one who can free us. It is here where the journey of freedom
begins. (Took photos of the bound man being freed. The congregation celebrates
freedom.)
Luke 4:18 (ESV) “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has
anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim
liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty
those who are oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.”
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We
should not be captives of sexual immorality, drug abuse or anything else
because the Will of God is that we may be truly free. Once we are free, we can
now FOLLOW.
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WHY
FOLLOW? Life is very unforgiving to people who think that they can free
themselves and yet they are empty inside. It is impossible to free yourself.
Our lives have a vacuum which should be filled altogether. To FOLLOW Christ
helps us fill the vacuum/void that the addiction occupied. We are required to
go for fellowships, read the Word and pray to fill that void.
·
The
Apostle Paul commands us to pursue holiness through the Word, prayer and
fellowship. If we don’t do so, demons that fleed after our redemption will come
back and make us worse than we were before. The devil like a roaring lion seeks
whom to devor.
Romans 12:1 (ESV) “I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies
of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to
God, which is your spiritual worship. Do
not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind,
that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and
acceptable and perfect.”
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The
sacrifice should be LIVING because if our
bodies don’t die to sin, then we have not received the redemption of Christ. The
thing with the flesh is that if left ungiven fully to Christ and we conform to
the patterns of the world, it will eventually fail: an analogy of the shape of
water in any object: water becomes the shape of whatever object it is placed
in. Many of us live that way: we lack standards, and become whatever the other
people we meet and engage with.
An analogy of ice
(still water but in solid form): ice cannot be placed in an object, it can’t be
poured out because it has been TRANSFORMED. It can only fit in the place from
which it was made.
·
He
gave an example of some city police that wanted a bribe after he had paid the
fee due but he said “No!” Also, a mkorino
tried to go back to drinking and was beaten by drunkards who rebuked him
saying that they had been trying to quit drinking yet he was turning back to
drinking.
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Altar call: We can't talk about finding freedom if Christ
is not your personal Savior. making that first decision is the first step in
the journey of freedom. Making that personal declaration to accept Christ is
the best thing you can do right now.
Worship song: “I Surrender All / Yote Kwa Yesu”
A prayer of salvation for all those who came
for the altar call. 8 youth got saved.
Moses wrote down the names of those who had
received Christ.
A prayer of freedom and deliverance backed up
by District Directors. People receiving deliverance.
10.00 am
Break
time
11.00 am
Great Praise and worship session.
The place is on fire!!
11.23 am
Assistant National Youth Director is the MC
He announces that the band has a theme song.
Presentations
1.
John
G has a song. Plays it on DVD. Great performance.
2.
Agnes
performing song No. 5 from her CD: Alichoahidi
Bwana Ni Lazima Kitimie. The CDs are available at 100/=.
3.
Tajiri
singing “Wimbo Mpya”
11.50 am
The Worship Team presenting the Conference’s
Theme song: “Kwa Jina Lako”
Theme
derived from Acts 4:12 “And there is salvation in no one else, for there is
no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”
11.57 am
The National Youth Director coming in to
welcome the youth patron, the K.A.G. General Superintendent, Rev. Peter G. W.
Njiri.
He says that the very first K.A.G. Conference
was in 1973 and the General Superintendent was present.
God has used him to move this ministry to
greater heights. He got saved while in his youth.
12.00 pm
SESSION
TWO
The K.A.G.
General Superintendent, Rev. Peter G. W. Njiri
Topic: DO
NOT WORRY
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| The G. S. preaching in Session 2 |
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He
loves to be amongst the youth and in youth meetings.
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The
first meeting of 1973 was with an attendance of less than 200 people with less
than 50 pastors. In those days, youth meetings were foreign and not many old
people believed that youth could get saved, and they wouldn’t take any saved
young person seriously. From that movement, this ministry has soared and mostly
from the Children’s Church. Testimonies of transformed lives and people who are
now a blessing to the society have also emerged.
·
Most
people he begun with have advanced and soared to great places > Pst. Wanjiku
(Shiko), Sectional Youth Leader and pastor at Bahati church is one such person.
Pst. Karanja (Embu Town) is also another one.
·
He
requested us to be who we are, serve the Lord and confess Christ wherever we
are without fear. He opens doors to all who fear Him. God will show us favor to
us wherever we are. Even when attending interviews and we are asked, “What is
your religion?” simply answer who you really are. This may be the avenue to you
getting what you need.
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Let
us not be ashamed of the cross. Let’s proclaim who we are to all. He pleaded
that we serve God and that is all that makes him delight more in what God is doing.
Key text:
Matthew 6:25-34 “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your
life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you
will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at
the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet
your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can
add a single hour to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the
lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory
was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which
today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more
clothe you, O you of little faith? Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we
eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and
your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God and
his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow,
for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own
trouble.
·
There
is fear that leads to being terrified by life.
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One
of the greatest killer diseases is worry.
·
Have
you ever been worried until you can’t find sleep? It is now a reality even
amongst the youth: telling ourselves how we may never make in in our lives. It
makes us lose sleep and lose peace. Fearing to fail exams too leads to the
devil showing us how we will fail even before we have sat down for the exams.
Some even resort to saying that they’ll commit suicide.
·
Why
not stop worrying and look to God who can provide for all? God knows and
understands what we are going through. We should not worry because worry will
not give us anything. Why worry too much about marriage partners?
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Worry
causes us to fail to put our trust in God.
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Who
knows about tomorrow? Only God does.
·
Worrying
is like trying to saw saw-dust: he demonstrated this by doing it practically.
It is a waste of time and energy! Someone looking at this person will obviously
say that they have lost their mind.
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Worry
will prevent us from moving into the next level of life.
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Worry
causes us to have low self-esteem and to think ourselves as nothing.
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We
need to conquer worry by telling it who we are in Christ.
·
He
testified that his village is completely unknown but he has, by the grace of
God, been favored to tour all the continents of the world. If he would have
dwelt on where he came from, he would have failed. May the devil not harm us
through worries.
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Worry
leads to depression.
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God
takes care of the birds of the air, how about us?
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The
devil always wants to keep reminding us of our past and to tell us how we
cannot make it in life, yet Christ has already fully forgiven us.
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Worry
causes us to appear older than our age. Most of us really want to become old,
but there is nothing too humongous about that. This is the truth: when you have
the Joy of the Lord, you will enjoy your youth.
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Demonstration:
we don’t sit around crying over spilt milk. Learn to move on from that and
enjoy what remains. Life has to go on. Don’t spend time crying over a
relationship that went bad. Move on. Walk around in prayer, open your eyes and
you’ll see that there is so much more out there.
·
Stop
worrying and start living. Worries kill.
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Sometimes
worry overwhelms the youth even when in church. And this leads to a whole lot
of trouble. Christ instructs us to leave it to Him so that on due time, His
excellent plan for our lives will be fulfilled. His plan has no shame.
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Sometimes,
you are tempted to worry until you see yourself at your own funeral. Leave it
to Jesus. Don’t live as if God doesn’t know us by name. God calls us friends.
Abraham was such a man who knew for sure that he was a friend of God: he fully
hoped in his friend, who was God.
Prayer.
Is your life filled with worries of all kind?
It is time put all our burdens to the Lord, because when the Son of God sets
you free, you will be free indeed.
End: 1.09
pm
1.10 pm
Presentation and commission of new elected
National Youth Office by the General Superintendent and assisted by district
directors.
1.
Director
– Pst. Sammy Kihu Mwangi
2.
Assistant
Director – Pst. Daniel Musyoki
3.
Secretary
– Mike Otieno
4.
Treasurer
- Andrew Wafula
1.14 pm
Giving of love offering to bless the General Superintendent.
Song by the Praise and Worship Team: “Wa Hamba Nathi” and “Bwana Ni Mchungaji Wangu”
1:50 pm
Lunch
break
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| The Worship Team during lunch break |
2:36 pm
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Delegates
sluggish to join their various groups.
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Discussions
on STL and football going on in groups outside the Hall.
3.28 pm
Praise and Worship session.
Lead singer: Pst. Karanja
Worship: Wewe
Ni Mwema, Heshima Na Utukufu.
Praise: Alpha,
Omega You Are Worthy of My Praises Today, Receive All Praise Oh Lord, Papa I
Praise Your Name You Are Worthy of My Praise, Zambe Wa Moyo.
3.43 pm
MC: Pst. Musyoki: leads us in a great session of
worship.
3.50 pm
Pst. Kihu
Mwangi
Said that last year’s STL helped buy him a
ministry car.
Thanked the youth for the good work they did
last year.
Invited Pst. Muraya.
Rev. Muraya (Getwamba K.A.G.): invited a pastor
from Nairobi District: Full Glory Ministries, Kawangware who said that God has
the intention of changing our destiny: we can now tell people about our
destiny.
3.55 pm
SESSION
THREE
Pst. Geoffrey Muraya
Text: 1 Chronicles Chapter 11 and 12
“PEOPLE
WORTHY OF OUR IMITATION”
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| Rev. Muraya in Session 3 |
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The
people in this passage will cause us to say, “My pastor is looking for a person
like me, it is my time to influence etc.”
1 Chronicles 11:10 “Now these are the chiefs of David's mighty men, who
gave him strong support in his kingdom, together with all Israel, to make him
king, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel.”
- He
begun by listing the victories of each of the warriors in the passage.
- We
should all acknowledge that there are battles all around us.
- Eleazer (v.12 to v.14)
said to David, “I’m not running away.”
- We
need warriors in this generation that are mighty in battle; a people who
overcome in the Name of the Lord.
- We
have many youth today who act and walk in many foolish ways and lack
understanding, but now we need youth who know their God, know the Bible,
know who they are and know where they are headed.
- In
times of war when David had gotten tired and had hidden in a cave, there
were three men (Eleazer, Jashobeam and
another one) went to fetch water for their king. They showed their
selfishness by fully giving themselves to service.
- Abishai was
also amongst the thirty great men. He was respected together with the
three. He worked to support them and expand David’s kingdom. A people who
choose to support God’s work even when they are not having any positions
or titles work to make God’s name famous and His Kingdom prospers. God
rewards them.
- A committed person needs not be reminded on the basics or
fundamentals of service. They simply serve, and they serve with dedication
and devotion. They serve to bring change.
- What will your church remember you for? Do all you can do
when still young to the glory of God.
- There are things, friends, burdens we need to put aside in
order to be effective in this generation.
- Benaiah was
also a great man. David made him his bodyguard. Do we qualify to be our
pastor’s bodyguards? You can’t be supportive to your pastor and remain
poor. When you are distant from your pastor in service, it’s likely that
you are sitting far from your blessings and closer to the enemy to the
vision of your pastor’s ministry.
- Assignment: memorize your pastor’s phone number and his
car’s number plate off head.
1 Chronicles 12:2 (ESV) “They were bowmen and could shoot arrows
and sling stones with either the right or the left hand; they were Benjaminites,
Saul's kinsmen.”
- The
verse above shows that we can do all things through Christ that strengthens
us. (This place is on fire right now!! The congregation is encouraging one
another to do more for God wherever they serve.) God can bless us from
whatsoever place we serve Him: the more the service, the more we expand
our avenues of getting blessed.
- Assignment: go read and meditate
on this verse > 1 Chronicles 12:8 (ESV) “From the Gadites there went over to David at the stronghold in the
wilderness mighty and experienced warriors, expert with shield and spear,
whose faces were like the faces of lions and who were swift as gazelles
upon the mountains…”
- Song (Unifinyange) and prayer.
5.15 pm
Speed the Light (STL)
Offering
Pst. Kihu Mwangi
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| The National Youth Director, Rev. Kihu Mwangi (holding microphone) during STL offering session |
Maina
of BMF is in the house.
Nairobi emerged as this year's STL winner.
6.02 pm
- There is unnecessary departure for games.
- STL is on-going.
- Prayer and break.
- Only musicians who have not recorded their
music are legible for the music competition.
- Upcoming artists have been supported by
the Youth Ministry before to record at least a single song. We’ll be
listening to such a recorded song tomorrow.
- There will be a dancing competition too.
- An announcement by Pst. Steve (Nairobi) to
all dancers interested in the dancing competition to come and register.
- Everyone is leaving for games. Will come
back at 8pm.
6.10 pm
Dance and Music Competition Auditions
Judges: Pst. Oyaro, Pst. Steve and Maina of BMF
They
began by encouraging all youth who will be in the competitions to give it their
all.
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| Judges during music and dancing auditions |
7.25 pm
There
were shouts outside from the teams that had just come back from football games
at the old EAST University grounds.
7:32 pm
Supper time.
8.50 pm
Praise and Worship
session
Quite some joy and
deliverance shouts in this place!!
9.40 pm
SESSION FOUR
Topic: FORNICATION AND PREMARITAL SEX
Pst. Kihu Mwangi
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Misbehavior amongst youth with cases of condoms being picked as
part of liter early today morning.
Hebrews 12:15 (ESV) “See to it that no one fails to obtain
the grace of God; that no “root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble,
and by it many become defiled; that no
one is sexually immoral or unholy like Esau, who sold his birthright for a
single meal. For you
know that afterward, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected,
for he found no chance to repent, though he sought it with tears.
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The
devil is robbing us of many good things because of ONE MEAL.
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The
exchange and interchanging of sexual pleasures and satisfaction is the result
of the corruption of the hearts of men. They have been blinded na dthey need
reception.
1Corinthians 6:12-20 (ESV) “All
things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are
lawful for me,” but I will not be dominated by anything. “Food is meant for the stomach and the
stomach for food” - and God
will destroy both one and the other. The body is not meant for sexual
immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. And God raised the Lord and will also
raise us up by his power. Do you
not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members
of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never! Or do you not know that he who is
joined to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, “The
two will become one flesh.” But he
who is joined to the Lord becomes one spirit with him. Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is
outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body.
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the
Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,
for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in
your body.
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Don’t
just do things because it is allowed by everyone else. Daniel and his friends
purposed in themselves that they won’t defile themselves with the king’s food.
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A
sexual relationship is more than just a physical bondage: when you join two
pieces of paper with glue, you won’t be able to separate them each as it was
before. They happen to get into each other and therefore tear from each other
when you try to separate them.
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Why
is 30% of Christian marriages facing divorce? One major cause is fornication or
premarital sex. Not having sex hasn’t killed anybody, and please don’t put
yourselves in risky places.
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There
are many who have fallen but rise up. The devil fools us into doing it again in
order to soothe our guilt, but that is his weapon into getting us deeper into
sin.
Many people are now dozing away (10.20 pm)
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How
to you find your freedom?
a)
Accept
that you are in bondage.
b)
Confess
your sins – and mostly one to another.
c)
Do
something that is different from what is leading you into sin. Sieve out the
things that are leading you to sin.
d)
Go
back to the basics.
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Prayer
and an altar call.
Observations on the Band and the Praise and
Worship Team
- We observed a good level of unity and harmony in the
musicianship of this year’s worship team.
- The band was well coordinated and from our investigations, the team was praying together and was also submissive to Trumann as the leader. This had a really good effect on the quality and effect of the music they produced. The delegates highly appreciated these efforts.
Bonface Morris.
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