2025_01_19_Sunday 2nd Service. Actualizing Divine Vision. By PBC Senior Pastor, Rev. Ambrose Nyangao, EBS

We are reading the scripture from Acts 26, verse 19 to 23.

Acts 26:19–23

The Apostle Paul is speaking as he stands before King Agrippa.

So then, king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the vision from heaven.

First to those in Damascus, then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I preached that they should repent and turn to God and demonstrate their repentance by their deeds.

That is why some Jews seized me in the temple courts and tried to kill me, but God has helped me to this very day.

So I stand here and testify to small and great alike.

I'm saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen that the Messiah would suffer and, as the first to rise from the dead, would bring the message of light to his own people and to the Gentiles.

This is God's word and God's people say it Amen.

Please, you may be seated in God's house as we pray.

Father, the anointing breaks the yoke.

May the anointing of your word break the yoke of our minds, of our souls, of the situations and circumstances of our lives.

May the Holy Spirit break the yoke of the enemy.

And so we take every thought of Satan, every influence of Satan in this service and we declare it broken.

In the name of Jesus Christ, now we release the unction of the Holy Spirit, minister, to our hearts those watching us online in the sanctuary pavilion, even later when this is aired.

Thank you, all glory to you.

Thank you.

Now, if I brought one of you up here and asked them what the theme vision for the year is, would they get it?

Did I hear a loud yes here?

So you want to come here and tell us?

Yes, I'll spare you.

But the theme for the year is what?

The year of the Lord's and common spirit-led invitation.

When we are casting vision, when we are releasing vision, we are not just releasing.

This is not Pastor Ambrose's vision.

I was told to write it, so I wrote it.

So it's not my vision.

Write the vision down that those who read it may run with it.

Paul, who was trying to encourage Timothy, testified before King Agrippa and told him how he had an encounter with God.

And I want you to tell you this that Christianity is not a philosophy.

I want to say it one more, that Christianity is not a philosophy.

I want to say it one more time Christianity is not a philosophy.

You don't compare Christianity with Hinduism, with Islam, with Shintoism and all those things.

Jesus is not one of the great teachers, hallelujah.

Christianity is an encounter that releases a relationship with God, the Father in heaven, for God so loved the world, he gave his only begotten son.

Now, the Apostle Paul was a learned man.

He was a Pharisee of the Pharisees.

I like to joke and say that, apostle Paul being a Pharisee of the Pharisees, I like to joke and say that, apostle Paul being a Pharisee, he used to see far, far.

I see he could see far.

But Pharisees were knowledgeable in the scriptures, the only thing is that they had no encounter with God himself.

And so Paul, in his own mind, thinking that these new Christians knew more than he knew, was on his way to destroy them.

But on his way he encountered a vision, a vision that would completely shift His trajectory in life, that would completely dismantle the philosophers he had grown up with, even matters of the Old Testament.

Something changed in his life and from that day he began to pursue To show everybody that Jesus Christ is the Messiah, not only historical, but experiential.

Jesus rose from the dead.

Jesus is alive.

Jesus is alive.

I'm saying Jesus is alive.

And so, as he's explaining to King Agrippa, he tells him something that I'll pick so that I can share the message.

Today he says this so then, king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the vision from heaven Number one.

It was a vision and the vision was from from heaven.

Number one.

It was a vision and the vision was from From heaven.

It was a divine vision.

And so today, as we continue to unpack this vision, one of the things I'm really thanking God is we shall be spirit-led.

We shall not be Ambrose-led Ambrose is just a vessel.

We shall be spirit-led, allowing the Holy Spirit to speak into our hearts.

You know, this thing of being spirit-led is not something like you're being led by a ghost.

You know, some people think the Holy Spirit is a ghost, and especially when we talk about him in the King James Version, where it says the Holy Ghost came upon them.

So people think there's a whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo that has to happen.

There's no whoo-hoo-hoo.

The Holy Spirit is a person.

Let me read this verse in Romans 8, verse 14, about being spirit led.

Romans 8:14

The Bible says this for those who are led by the Spirit of God are what Are the children of God?

Let's continue.

The Spirit you receive does not make you slaves so that you live in fear again.

Rather, the spirit you receive, brought about your adoption to sonship, and by him we cry Abba, father, the spirit himself testifies, with our spirit, that we are God's children, and if we are children, then we are heirs, heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ.

Indeed, if we share in his sufferings, the spirit, pastor, simon, those who are led by the spirit, of course here it says children, but actually it should say sons.

Those who are led by the Spirit are sons of God, and then they are children of God, and then they are heirs of God and then they are joint heirs with Christ.

Now, for those who are able to read Greek, the Greek language, it says this the Spirit, the first sentence there is those who are led by the spirit are sons.

It doesn't say children, sons, though NIV says children, it says sons.

The Greek word for sons is the word huios.

Now, can you try and say huios?

Now, that's very difficult, especially if you come from Ukambani, when you say Because you're going to say wios.

Now, wios Talks about sons.

The next word that says they are children Is another word, it's the word tekna, tekna, children, and so we are not only wios, we are tekna.

For example, jesus is the son of God, and so we are, not only we, us, we are taken For example.

Jesus is the son of God, he's not a child of God.

Hello, let me talk to these ones.

They seem more attentive.

Jesus is not the child of God.

Jesus is a son of God.

The Bible says for unto us, a son is given to us.

A child of God, jesus is our son of God.

The Bible says for unto us, a son is given to us.

A child is born.

So physically, jesus was a child, but spiritually he was a son.

He is yours and he came to be able to bring about not only children, but sons who are yours, born in the spirit, born with an eternal life, huios.

But they're also the tekna children belonging to the family of God.

So not only are we sons, not only are we children, we are heirs and joint heirs with Christ.

These are the ones that the Bible says.

They are Spirit-led Hallelujah.

And he's leading us because he knows very well we cannot live this Christian life without him.

It is the spirit that gives life.

The flesh avails nothing, and that is why this year, it is important for you if you have never been born again to, you must be born again.

It's been born again to.

You must be born again.

It's not an option.

You must be born again, otherwise you're going to float in this world Not as a son, not as a child of God.

You're just going to be the old you.

And God did not create you to be the old you.

God created you in a very special way.

He created you so that you could carry, you could be a carrier of eternity on this planet, hallelujah.

So what am I trying to say?

God has a vision and he wants to actualize that vision through you.

And Paul had this encounter that he could never forget and he said I was not disobedient To the heavenly vision.

That doesn't mean that all of us have to have these supernatural encounters, but I'm telling you, god has given us a vision Through his son, jesus Christ.

Buona si fiu.

And so, as he tries to encourage Timothy, he begins to talk about Timothy, understanding that he should not let anyone despise his youth.

Timothy was a pastor of the church of Ephesus, a big church, very intimidating.

But Paul said you have not received the spirit of fear, but the spirit of power and love and a sound mind.

He was being faced with all kinds of attacks around him.

But Paul was saying, hey, preach the word in season and out of season.

In season and out of season, do the work of the ministry, be an evangelist.

So I was talking about this vision that God wants to unpack for us, actualizing the vision of God.

So, three things that I want to talk about that God believes about us.

Number one God's about us.

Number one God's dream for you is valid.

Number two God's destiny for you is victorious.

And number three God's desire for you is valuable.

God's dream for you is what Is valid.

And so when God releases a vision, when God releases a dream, it's because when he is releasing it to you, it is valid, there's a reason for it, there's a purpose for it.

One of the persons in the Bible that received dreams a lot was Joseph, and Joseph dreamt, shared it with the brothers and they said no, no, no, no, no, it cannot be true.

Then he shared it again with the parents and the parents said no, this cannot be.

Then one day, when he was visiting his brothers.

Now listen to what they say.

Genesis 39, reading from verse 19.

Let me pick it from 18.

And I read it from 19.

Genesis 37.

But as soon as I screamed for help, he left his clock beside me on 37.

I said 39.

Okay, but they saw him in the distance and before he reached them they plotted to kill him.

And this is what they say which is interesting him in the distance and before he reached them they plotted to kill him.

And this is what they say which is interesting.

Here comes that dreamer.

They said to each other come now, let's kill him and throw him into one of these systems and say that a ferocious animal devoured him.

Then we'll see what comes of his, what His dreams.

Let me tell you this God is a dreamer.

Let me say it again God is a dreamer.

The eyes of the Lord go to and fro in the earth looking for a man, looking for a woman that he may show himself mighty on their behalf.

And God had seen into the future.

He saw Egypt and he saw a place where he could incubate Israel.

And God gave that dream, that desire, and said who can catch my dream?

Who can catch my destiny and my desire?

Who can catch this dream?

Twelve sons, he tried.

Reuben tried this one, but they were busy with other things, busy doing their own stuff.

And then his eyes fell on Joseph and he gave Joseph a dream and Joseph could not keep quiet with the dream.

Joseph began to share the dream, even though he could not interpret it.

You know there are times.

Share the dream even though he could not interpret it.

You know there are times God gives you a dream and you cannot interpret it, but that is okay.

He gives you a dream.

God wants to show himself mighty on the earth.

Let me say one statement here God, in 2025, wants to show off.

God wants to show off through you in 2025.

That is why God is saying I have a dream.

Martin Luther Jr said it one time.

I have a dream, and he articulated it and articulated it and articulated it.

Martin Luther Jr said it one time I have a dream, and he articulated it and articulated it and articulated it, and we thank God for that dream.

Now God has come and says I have a dream.

Who will catch it?

Who will run with it?

I have a dream and I want to say to us one more time.

Maybe I've not said it, but let me say it now in this service Dare to dream again.

Dare to dream again.

You know, 2024 may have not gone very well for you.

Some of the dreams you had were not making sense and you threw them out of the window.

There was too much stress, too little resource, too many people dream killers around you saying this cannot happen.

Your head is working properly and you threw your dream away and you said God, give me another dream.

Let me tell you this God is not giving you another dream.

God is waiting for you to say Lord, give me another dream.

Let me tell you this God is not giving you another dream.

God is waiting for you to say Lord, I'm daring to dream again.

I'm daring to dream again and if, lord, through the Holy Spirit, as you lead me, by the Spirit, into uncommon spaces, through your impartation, I'm going to dream again.

I'm going to dream again.

I'm going to dream again Hallelujah, hallelujah.

The centerpiece of our dream Is Christ, hallelujah Is Christ Jesus.

And if in all your dreams, the centerpiece is not Christ, then you are not having a spiritual dream, you are having what we call a soulical dream, a dream from the soul.

Hello, have you ever dreamt that you came into this field and there were dollars everywhere and you went and grabbed these dollars?

You grabbed that dollar, you grabbed this dollar and, as you are beginning to think of what you are going to do.

You woke up and you said oh, it was just a dream.

Or can you imagine, especially during this season of prayer and fasting, you suddenly dream that you have been invited into this banquet and there's food everywhere, food that you have been invited into this banquet and there's food everywhere, food that you have wanted to eat for so long and you're taking this plate.

You're taking this plate, you're taking this plate when you're just about to indulge.

You wake up and you say it was just a dream that's from the soul, but a spirit dream.

A dream that's from the soul, but a spirit dream, a spirit-led dream is of God, and it is not just about you, it is about destinies.

We're going to talk about those destinies in a minute.

It's about changing life, it's about being transformed, it's about moving from one degree of glory to another.

And Joseph had this dream that drove him past assignment from the time he was 17 years old, and that dream carried him for 13 years until he met Pharaoh.

And then God put a dream in Pharaoh and God said this dream even though I'm giving it to Pharaoh, I'm giving it to the dreamer who has been nurturing it for 13 years.

He will interpret the dream and I want you to know Joseph was called.

He interpreted the dream.

It was about the destinies of this country, egypt, and also the preservation of Israel.

And I want you to know, pharaoh, an unbeliever, made Joseph the prime minister of the land, put him at the top because this guy was connected to the master, and he became a container of the dreams of God.

I pray that you'll be a container of the dreams of God, that God can dream and tell you what he has dreamt about.

I remember one time God telling Abraham, god speaking to himself, and said should I tell Abraham what I'm about to do?

Should I?

And there are times and times.

God is walking in this land.

He's saying, hey, there's somebody in Paki.

I would like to share this dream with, but, my friend, you're busy dreaming about other things.

In fact, you're not even dreaming.

Hallelujah, hallelujah.

You threw your dreams away.

But I want to tell you this God wants to rule this planet through people who dream God and allow God to dream through them.

And Paul was one of them, this man who disobeyed God, who did all kinds of things, but God knew that this man was going to write half of the New Testament.

This guy could contain the dreams and thank God this man would not be completely driven by the dreams, but he would be guided by the dreams.

You know, some of us, when we dream something supernatural, we become obsessed and we start all kinds of things and we start now interpreting everybody's dream.

I dreamt.

I dreamt, my friend, if you don't dream Christ, don't come and tell me your dream.

So let me say that again If Christ is not the centerpiece of your dream, what are we talking about Of your dream?

What are we talking about If you dreamt that you saw a python around my neck?

Thank you Jesus.

That is okay the fact that you are still seeing me Standing.

The python was defeated.

The python was defeated.

God is looking for people he can share his dreams.

God wants to show off.

Tell your neighbor, God wants to show off and he wants to show off through me.

Are you going to give God a chance?

And that is why, as you read the theme vision, tell God what is my portion, what is my part, you see, because God wants to make you a masterpiece.

In fact, god says you're a masterpiece.

You are created by God, you are his masterpiece.

So look at your neighbor and tell your neighbor I am God's masterpiece, and you know what that means in simple English you are a piece of the master, you're a piece of the master.

You're not just a piece hanging somewhere, you're a piece of the master.

So let your light shine before men that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father, who is in heaven.

This year, as the Spirit leads us, as the Spirit releases impartition, as the Spirit causes us to be uncommon in common places, let me tell you this God will cause men and women to be attracted to Christ and they'll come to know him through you.

Come on, let's give God a big hand through you.

It's not only pastor Ambrose who should be telling others about Christ.

You should be telling others about Christ.

I cannot come to your office and preach to your office, mates, hallelujah.

You know, sometimes Pastor Simon loves to go to these offices and preach and talk to people, and then some guys are sitting in the office and then Pastor Simon is preaching and one of them gets so excited.

He's always saying Amen, amen.

And then his colleagues say by the way, you're a Christian.

And he forgot.

He got so excited, but during that whole time he has never told his office mates that he's a Christian, until Pastor Simon showed up.

And now he's saying amen, hello, tell your neighbor.

God wants to show off through you.

He has so much such big dreams, but he wants you to contain them.

He wants you to live those dreams.

I give God a glory.

But secondly, I want to talk about God's destiny, for you is victorious.

His dreams lead to his destiny.

They empower your destiny.

Something Paul said to Timothy 1.

1 Timothy 1:12–16

Timothy 1, verse 12 to 16.

He's telling Timothy how God has guided his destiny to that particular point of his life.

He says this I thank Christ Jesus, our Lord, who has given me strength, that he considered me trustworthy, appointing me to his service, even though I was once a what A blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man.

I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief.

The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance.

Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance Christ Jesus came into the world to save an example for those who believe in him and receive eternal life.

Come on, let's give God a big hand.

God is a destiny maker, and so Pastor Kiniti, god, through his love and destiny because his destiny is based on his love he created us, then he made covenants with our fathers, hallelujah.

Then he corrected us through the prophets.

Then he brought crisis to wake us up.

Then he brought crisis To wake us up.

Then he called us, then he chose us, then he brought us to Christ and he said through Christ, you are going to become a new creation, a brand new person, and our destiny Was formatted, our new destiny, and our destiny was formatted, our new destiny, in Christ Jesus.

And so, ladies and gentlemen, it doesn't matter where you have come from, through your lineage, through your family tree.

Maybe in your family tree were witch doctors, Maybe in your family tree were night runners I'm saying night runners, night runners.

Maybe in your family tree there were thieves.

Maybe in your family tree there were all kinds of things you say, because I have that kind of family tree, I am stuck with it.

But let me tell you this when you met Christ, when you met Christ, when you met Christ, that family tree was uprooted from the roots in Jesus name.

Uprooted in Jesus name, from the roots and you are planted into another tree.

It is called the Calvary tree At the cross.

At the cross when I, at the cross, at the cross where I first saw the light and the burden of my heart rolled away.

It was there.

By faith, I received my sight and now I am happy all the way.

At the cross, a new destiny was crafted for you and I want you to know that's what Paul was telling Timothy.

And Paul was telling Timothy, by the way, later, as he was writing letters to him, he said I observed that you have a faith that started with your grandmother, lois, and then came into your mother, eunice, and now it is with you.

And it is that faith that I want you to star, that gift that is within you, because that gift, that empowerment, will cause you to fulfill your destiny.

Be spirit led, be spirit led, be spirit led, be spirit led.

Don't be led by all kinds of things, all kinds of news oh, this happened, that happened, let them happen.

But be led by the spirit, be led by the spirit.

Hallelujah.

We are praying for Los Angeles and the fires that have been there, but it is interesting that on the internet all kinds of interpretations are coming about those fires.

Some are saying it is God's judgment over Los Angeles.

Their houses should burn, hello.

But what they don't forget is that part of those houses that were burnt were churches.

Christians have been displaced, all kinds of things have happened, but they're interpreting the first to mean this is God's judgment.

Others are saying no, it is something else.

Others are saying it is negligence, others are.

But let me tell you this With all that happening, how does that help you in Kino?

How does that help you in Kangware?

How does that help you in Parklands?

How?

Because something else will crop up, something else will happen.

And let me tell you this the devil can be very destructive.

He can make you chase all kinds of habits, all kinds of happenings, until you forget that you need to be led by the spirit.

When you are in Kino, when you are in Kaungare, even in the diaspora, ongatarongai, god wants you to be led by the Spirit of God, and it is not difficult.

He leads us by His word.

All scripture is inspired by God, profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction and for training in righteousness that the man and the woman of God may be fully equipped, ready for every good work.

The voice of the Holy Spirit is in his word and as you study the word, as you read the word, you'll be spirit led.

You'll be guided by God in what to do, what to say, how to say it.

Forget these churches that tell you, you know, when you are so spirit-led, he will even tell you the kind of shoes to wear, the kind of food to eat.

The spirit will lead you.

He will show you which suit to put on.

Some even go to the extent that the Holy Spirit will show you which wife to eat.

The Spirit will lead you.

He will show you which suit to put on.

Some even go to the extent that the Holy Spirit will show you which wife to marry.

And when you have problems with that wife, you say Holy Spirit, you made a mistake.

This is the first time this woman that you brought into my life, my friend the Holy Spirit.

In fact I had another preacher.

It was very interesting.

He said last year, and he was saying he's a pastor and he's a bachelor and he's been preaching and preaching.

Some people are asking why don't you get married?

He said well, I really want to get married, but the Holy Spirit has not shown me the wife to marry.

My friend, you're going to stay like that until you go to heaven, because the Bible is clear.

Pastor Simon, the Bible is clear, clear rigs.

The Bible says he who finds a wife.

The Bible does not say he who the spirit finds a wife for him.

You have to find your own wife in Jesus name and if you find her and you have problems, it's okay.

Don't be like another preacher also who, after they were married for some time and they were having problems with the wife, he said the Holy Spirit has revealed to me I married the wrong wife and he actually went and divorced that wife and married his secretary.

Let me ask you, is that being spirit led, that is, being led by your intestines?

It's called being led by the flesh.

So look at your neighbor and tell your neighbor this year you shall not be led by your intestines, you shall be led by the Spirit of God, hallelujah.

You know Christians sometimes are crazy people.

You know sometimes God sits in heaven and the angels watch comedy in heaven and they don't watch unbelievers, they watch believers and the comedies they make on earth.

But I pray that in Paki you shall not be a comedy.

Come on, in Jesus' name, you shall not be a comedy.

Amen, you shall not be a comedy.

You shall be spirit-led.

But I want to say this Thirdly God's dream for you is valid.

God's destiny for you is victorious.

God's desire for you is valuable.

God's desire for you is valuable.

God wants to release his desires through you so that you can articulate them.

God's desire for you is valuable.

God wants to release his desires through you so that you can articulate them.

Deacon Masolo, the Bible says delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

That doesn't mean God is there, you are here, you are making him happy so that you can tell him your desires.

No, delight means that you fellowship with God in such a way that he decides to give you his secrets.

Hallelujah, give you his secrets, give you his desires and say, by the way, I'm so happy that we can fellowship, we can be intimate like this and, by the way, this is what I want to do.

He begins to give you his desires so that, as you're praying, you're no longer praying your desires, you're praying his desires, and his desires are humongous.

His desires are big.

So we come to God with these two small tiny prayers that God is saying.

By the way.

You could have answered that prayer yourself.

Hello, you could have answered that prayer yourself.

There's a lady who came to me one time long ago and she was crying and crying and crying and she said Pastor Ambrose, pray for me, but I have this burden.

Pray for me, I have this burden.

And she's crying in the office and crying in the office and I said what is this that is making you cry so much?

He says I want to go to America and the only thing that is stopping me is that I don't have visa fees.

I need to pay for the visa.

At that time it was not much.

And so she's saying I need money for the visa.

Now let me ask you do you think that is something that Senior Pastor Ambrose would bring to the living God and say Heavenly Father, stop, whatever you are doing, even if you are in Afghanistan, there is something important that needs to be done.

Right now we are asking for a very important request.

There is need of visa money.

Do you know what she was asking?

So I asked her how much do you want?

She said I need 3,000 Kenya shillings.

Then I started laughing, I laughed and I laughed and I laughed, and I was not laughing at her.

I laughed at the fact that I would have brought that request to God Because a few days before a guy had blessed me with 3,000 shillings and I could not spend it.

I didn't know why I was not spending it and it was stuck in my pocket.

So when the lady is saying I need 3,000 Kenya shillings, I knew that God had answered her prayer before she started praying and put her money in my pocket.

So God was saying why bother with answering that prayer?

I answered it a long time ago.

We should be praying for other, better things.

Some of our prayer meetings are completely a waste of time.

Hello, jehovah God, jehovah God, for one hour.

Jehovah God, jehovah God.

Can you imagine You're trying to ask but you're just saying Jehovah God, jehovah God for one hour.

Jehovah God, jehovah God.

Can you imagine you're trying to ask but you're just saying Jehovah God, jehovah God for one hour, and God is saying just say what you want to say.

Imagine I want something from Martha and all I'm saying is Martha, martha, and Martha is saying what また?

Just say what you want to say.

God will answer you.

He will tell you great and hidden things that you do not know, stop asking for big things.

But how will you know them If you don't spend time with God, if you don't sit down and he tells you his desire, so that his desire for you is valuable, so that you can begin to talk like a king, you can begin to decree and declare because the king has spoken to you, you can begin to see the nations, you can begin to see lives that are lost, that need to be changed.

You can see that God has a big plan for you.

God has so much potential in your life, but let me tell you this sometimes life beats us so much that we forget that greater is he that is in us than he that is in the world.

There's one person who challenged Jesus as a centurion than he that is in the world.

There's one person who challenged Jesus as a centurion and he comes to Jesus and said Jesus, my son is sick, my servant is sick nearly to the point of death.

And Jesus said fine, I'll come and heal him.

And he says, no, don't come, just speak the word Now look at it in Matthew 8, 10.

This is what the Bible says in Matthew 8.10.

When Jesus had that request, when Jesus had this, he was so shocked and he said to those following him Truly, I tell you I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith.

In other words, this guy shocked him with a kind of request he had asked.

Let me ask you, when you are praying, is God shocked, is God amazed and say this guy has my heart, this guy has my mind and I'm going to make great things happen through them.

But we have been beaten by all kinds of things.

Our potential is still there, there, but nothing is happening.

A flea you know what a flea is?

Flea, not running away, those fleas that are on dogs.

A flea has the capacity to jump hundred times its length.

It jumps, ping.

That's the potential of a flea.

A flea doesn't fly, it just jumps, pow, pow, pow.

One day they did an experiment.

They put a flea in a jar and blocked and just put a lid on the jar and this flea would keep jumping and hit the lid, keep jumping and hit the lid, keep jumping and hit the lid, keep jumping and hit the lid.

Of course it was painful, all kinds of things, until that flea had an understanding and it started jumping just high enough below the lid and it kept jumping to that level, though it had a potential to jump right through and go to the other side.

Then one day in the experiment they opened the jar and the flea just jumped high enough to the level it had been jumping.

Just high enough, just high enough, just high enough.

It never came out of that lid, even though the lid was what Open.

Its potential had been brought down because it was now conditioned not to jump higher than its potential.

Then they did another experiment.

Later they got the offspring of the fleas, and the offspring of the fleas Also jumped At the level of their parents.

They were conditioned.

That's not how they were created.

That was not their destiny.

But let me tell you this how many things have beaten us so down until we are now conditioned not to move beyond our capacity?

We are conditioned.

God has already released us.

It is open, but we can jump only as far.

You have a dream, but you're saying it cannot go far.

But I want to tell you this in 2025.

The lid is open.

The lid is open.

The lid is open.

The dream you have is valid.

The destiny you have is great.

The dream you have is valid.

The destiny you have is great.

The desires you have will be met In the mighty name of Jesus Christ.

And so God, through Paul, was telling Timothy you have not received the spirit of fear, but the spirit of power and love and a sound mind.

Are there limitations in your life?

Maybe you had a dream to go to the US and because the US embassy constantly refused to give you a visa, you threw that away and you're no longer dreaming, my friend.

Sometimes God just says you don't need to go to the US, you can actually go to Australia.

But, hello, go to Australia, go to Europe, come back.

Then God opens a way to go to the US.

At the centerpiece, the centerpiece of your destiny is Christ.

You know, pastor Simon, when some people are refused to go to the US, it's not because God doesn't want them to go to the US, it's just because it's not their time.

It's not their time.

There are some people who'd like and they're praying for $2 million.

Father, we're praying in the name of Jesus.

$2 million, $2 million, $2 million, and God says they don't have capacity.

Father, we pray in the name of Jesus.

Two million dollars, two million dollars, two million dollars.

And God says they don't have capacity.

Because if two thousand shillings can mess this guy.

I need two thousand shillings.

The guy walks around as if he's a millionaire.

Two thousand what will two million dollars do?

The guy walks around as if he's a millionaire.

2,000.

What will $2 million do?

The guy will find himself on the moon.

Tell your neighbor.

That's why you need to grow.

That's why you need to enlarge your capacity by being led by the Spirit.

Pastor Simon, when Paul was trying to go to a country, the Holy Spirit stopped him.

Then he tried to go to another one.

The Holy Spirit stopped him.

Then he had a vision.

A man from Macedonia was saying come this way.

Then he interpreted that God wanted him to go that way.

And when they went through Macedonia, the door to Europe opened up.

God will not only lead you and order your steps, god will also order your stops.

Let me tell you the people on this side God will not just order your steps, he'll also order your stops.

As I prepare to pray.

We went in 2008.

We went to Israel and we climbed Mount Sinai at night, because you climb from midnight.

That's when you start climbing at night, going up.

Next to me was a young man we went with.

He's a member of this church, I don't know if he's in the service right now.

Jimmy, jim, are you in this service?

Ah, jim, oh, there's Jim.

Jim, are you in this service?

Ah, jim, oh, there's Jim.

Jim, come here.

He didn't expect that.

That's why you should come to church being led of the Spirit.

Anything can happen.

Now we're at the gym.

Now you see how he's running like this.

That was the energy he had.

He was slimmer than he is right now.

Now it's at night and we are going and we are going.

He's so excited.

And one time he just and it is dark, and you're told to follow the guides, the leaders, and he's being forward forward, kimberlembele, hello, and he just.

His energies are amazing.

So he told me there's a place.

He was just going to rush and it's in the dark, and he was running there Then something just stopped him, stopped him, threw him to where he was and he moved back and he went another way.

Later he found out that the place where he was stopped was a cliff.

He was just going to walk right into space, but he stopped.

The Spirit made sure he stops.

Why?

Because at that time Jimmy was not married.

Hallelujah, jimmy did not have children and God had a dream.

God had a destiny and God had a desire through this young man.

And we managed to go up to the top, came down safely and came back to Kenya safely.

You see, god had a dream.

One of the dreams that God had put in this guy's life is to become a pilot, is to become a pilot.

One time when he was in South Africa and he was doing those courses, they found out that there was a hole in his heart and they said my friend, you don't qualify to fly.

There's a hole in your heart.

What do you do?

And sometimes you can sit back and say I'll throw that dream.

Completely Physically I cannot.

I wish you were the one giving the testimony, me.

I'm giving the testimony on behalf, because if I start doing it, we are not going to live here.

How God closed your heart, I don't know, because God had a dream, dropped it in this guy's heart.

God had a destiny.

This guy needed to get married.

Somebody needed a wife, a husband.

Hallelujah.

Wherever she was, she said oh, jehovah, god, praying for my husband, praying for my husband in the name of Jesus.

But the husband is running to a cliff.

Maybe in her prayer she said wherever my husband is, I arrest him in Jesus name.

And the husband was arrested and here he is A pilot Right now.

You are with Kenya.

Iowas, dare to dream, dare to dream, dare to dream, dare to dream, dare to dream.

And, jim, we thank God for you.

We thank God for you.

Come on, let's give him a big hand.

Let's appreciate God.

Come on, come on, let's give God a big hand.

Now let's stand on our feet, look at that neighbor and tell your neighbor dare to dream again, in Jesus' name, amen.

Are you glad you came as you dare to dream.

Believe in yourself.

That's the first thing.

Believe in Yourself, number two Believe in the God who believes in you.

Believe in the God who believes in you.

Believe in the God who believes in you.

Thirdly, believe that your tomorrows are better than your yesterdays.

Hallelujah, your tomorrows are better than your yesterdays.

Don't be stuck by your yesterday.

Behold, I do a new thing.

Do you not perceive it?

Number four believe that the greater one is in you.

He is in you right now.

Number five believe that God makes history through you.

God will make history through you.

God will make history through you.

Dare to dream.

Actualize the vision of God.

Why God's dream for you is valid.

God's destiny for you is valid.

God's destiny for you is victorious.

God's desire for you is valuable.

Take your position and make this year the best year of your life.

Come on, somebody, let's give God a big hand.

So look at your neighbor and tell your neighbor will you dare to dream?

If you don't dream, I will dream the dreams of God.

I will walk into the destinies of God and I will declare the desires of God.

I will walk into the destinies of God and I will declare the desires of God, and there's nothing the devil can do about it.

Let's give God the benediction Next Saturday.

What is happening?

The anointing service, the anointing service.

And you better come, hallelujah.

You better come, hallelujah.

You better come.

Come early enough so that you can be able to sit and have a seat in the sanctuary.

Otherwise your seat will be in the pavilion or in the tent.

You have been told we have a special guest who is coming to sing and lead us in worship.

Who is she?

Rebecca Rehema.

So you come If you don't have to sing, if you don't know how to sing, don't worry, just come and sing in the background.

Hallelujah.

But we're not just coming to sing, to compete with each other.

We're coming to worship God and as we worship God, the Holy Spirit will come upon us, prepare us for the year ahead, for the ministry that is before us ahead, and every yoke that needs to be broken will be broken.

Every healing that is required will be released.

We'll be talking more about that on that particular day.

So come, pray for me as I prepare, pray for yourself.

And interesting things happen during an anointing service, because that is really not my service, that is the Spirit's service, the Holy Spirit's service, spirit-led.

In that service I don't do a lot, I just give a few highlights and then I say come, holy Spirit, anoint your people, and after that he just comes in.

Last week a little boy came with a mother to my office and the mother said I want to share this testimony before the anointing service.

And I said Share it.

She said, during the last anointing service he came with his little boy.

Her little boy, her little boy was going through Stomach aches, all kinds of things on Mondays, tuesdays, just messing him up, went to doctors, nothing was happening, you know, and then they decided hey, with all these things happening, we have, we have medicine, we need to take this.

There's so much medicine.

The boy could not take all that a boy who is about 6 years, 6-7 years.

So they said they'll come for the too much medicine.

The boy could not take all that A boy who is about six years, six, seven years.

So they said they'll come for the anointing service as usual, got the anointing oil and, by the way, we don't sell anointing oil, we don't sell anointing oil.

Just go to Naivass, naivass or any other shop, get anointing oil.

You're going to anoint yourself, we're not going to anoint you.

Ambrose does not have power to anoint people.

This is a Holy Spirit service, it's not my service.

Anyway, they came for the service.

The boy said mom, what do I do?

He says whatever Ambrose says, you just do it.

And so they anointed and then we said the Holy Spirit come.

And then the boy felt somebody touching his head like this.

So the boy thought it was a mother touching his head.

So he turned.

He says Mom, did you touch me?

Mom said no, I've not touched you.

I said what do I do?

Just continue praying, other people are praying, and things like that.

Then suddenly the boy could feel oil pouring on his head and said mom, there is oil on my head and the mother said no, there's no oil on your head.

He said I felt oil being poured on my head and the mother said I think that's the Holy Spirit.

And that continued and all that.

The service ended and quitsha the next week, that thing that had been disturbing, that boy disappeared, gone To this day, gone In the anointing service.

There are some very interesting testimonies.

One of them came from Lee Karuri.

Came to visit me.

You remember Very funny story.

So Lee Karuri is in the anointing service.

When the Holy Spirit came, lee felt his hair burning, his hair burnt.

Then he turns to his wife Is my hair burnt?

The wife says no, your hair is not burnt.

He says I feel my hair is burnt.

He felt the hair was on fire and says no, my hair is not there.

I think later he went to the washroom to check if the hair was still there.

The hair was still there.

What he did not know how to interpret was what was happening with what the Holy Spirit was doing, and these are various different manifestations.

So we are not asking you to come to have your hair burnt.

We are just saying allow the Holy Spirit to work in you, as you, as you, because in this season, the uncommon is going to happen in common spaces, through common people like you, and it will make you uncommon in the places that you go.

Jesus name, jesus name, jesus name, so come.

I'm just giving you a preamble for the day, but today, what message are you carrying home?

God's dreams for you are what A valley.

Secondly, god's desires for you, god's destinies for you, are Victorious.

And thirdly, is valuable?

The devil cannot stop what God has started.

God is lifted up.

God is lifted up, one of the songs we have to sing constantly, which we have been hearing from time to time from Pastor Ambrose Munguni Nani, munguni, nani.

Let that God be God in your life.

So, while Pastor Simon is coming, please give God a big hand, appreciate him.

Hallelujah, hallelujah.

Always good to see some of our friends.

Blessings to see you here.

Team Jesus, kingdom soldiers.

I like that.

And Jesus is coming back.

Look at your neighbor and tell your neighbor.

Jesus is coming back, hallelujah.

So welcome in our service.

Thank you for just spending some time with us and my sister.

It's good to see you in the new year, amen.

By the way, this sister of ours, elizabeth, is the general secretary of Bible Society of Kenya, our member Of Bible Society of Kenya.

Our member and I happen to be, if you did not know, the chair of the trustees Of Bible Society.

Not the chair, but a trustee In the Bible Society of Kenya.

Am I the chair?

I'm just, I'm the chair.

So if I'm the chair of the Bible Society of Kenya and you don't have a Bible, my portfolio is just finished.

Look at your neighbor and you tell your neighbor you need a Bible and then, if you get it, read it.

My brother, do you have a Bible?

You have one On the phone.

Bless you, my sister, you have a Bible, you do.

I'm glad I'm being encouraged.

Anybody here who doesn't have a Bible, don't embarrass yourself.

Just say who.

Where Up there, okay, up there.

Okay, upstairs.

Yeni, why are you waking up now?

So after the service at least 10 of you we shall give you a Bible.

Thank you.

So see, deacon Masolo, pastor Riggs, they'll put a Bible in your hand in Jesus name.

Then read that Bible hallelujah.

I know many of us have Bibles on our phones, keep having them and keep reading it, but I want to believe that 2025.

I know many of us have Bibles on our phones, keep having them and keep reading it, but I want to believe that 2025 is a different year for each one of us.

May we run with the Word Amen.

Pastor Simon Karibusana, it was a pleasure standing here, yeah, so release us.

Let's appreciate, reverend Ambrose, that's quite an inspiring and also mobilizing sermon, dare to dream Act, actualizing your vision.

And I believe as we leave, we remember the three areas he has emphasized God's dream for you is valid, god's destiny for you is victorious and God's desire for you is valuable.

Maybe we try it in first person with the first line.

Make it personal now.

God's dream for me is valid, god's destiny for me is victorious and God's desire for me is valuable.

Remember again this is day 15 of prayer and fasting.

We complete our prayer and fasting cycle the corporate prayer and fasting 21 days of prayer and fasting.

We complete our prayer and fasting cycle the corporate prayer and fasting 21 days of prayer and fasting, the first one in the year, because I think we'll have the second one in the second half, the fast series, this coming Saturday, which is the 25th of January, and it shall culminate with the anointing service.

Now, pastor Ambrose has said that you get yourself oil when you get to the supermarkets.

Don't ask for anointing service.

Now, pastor Ambrose has said that you get yourself oil when you get to the supermarkets.

Don't ask for anointing oil because they don't have that one, just simply ask for olive oil.

Get yourself a fair size kind of bottle.

Last time we saw people come up with a whole kind of semi-jerry can.

Yes, that's faith and we respect that.

But if you could just get yourself a fair size bottle, that should be enough.

And when you get here, we shall bless the oil and then we shall have a chance to anoint ourselves, as directed by the senior pastor.

And so we are on the landing strip now culminating this coming Saturday.

Welcome, come with friends and those who are online also.

You could get yourself anointing oil wherever you may be around the world.

And as we partake together this coming Saturday, special Saturday, you shall also anoint yourself, and we believe together that God is going to move in our midst in a very, very powerful way.

Let me remind you that your Monday is blessed, your Tuesday is blessed, your Wednesday is blessed, your Thursday is blessed, your Friday is blessed, your Saturday is blessed.

This coming Sunday you're coming back with a testimony.

If you believe that we give a hand to the Lord, glory to his name.

Hand to the Lord, glory to His name.

Let me release the priestly blessing the Lord.

Bless you, the Lord.

Keep you, the Lord.

Cause His face to shine upon you, the Lord.

Be gracious to you, the Lord turn His face toward you.

The Lord give you peace.

In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, it is done and we all say and now may the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love, and now may the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with us now and forevermore.

Amen.

Surely, goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever and ever and ever.

Amen Shalom.