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• 18 Marriage Lessons…

  Posted: May 1, 2012, 6:20 pm by Pastor M

  To commemorate the 18 great years since I married my college sweetheart, I took some time to think through 18 lessons that I’ve learnt about marriage in that time. Please vote for your top 3 and I promise to expound on them in a blog post soon! So… here goes… A great marriage consists of … Continue reading →

• Learning From Tragedy

  Posted: April 21, 2012, 3:45 pm by Pastor M

  Read this powerful story by John Tiller an inspirational speaker and writer who blogged on Michael Hyatt’s blog (one of my favorite bloggers – the blogpost also includes a video). Thought it was worth sharing! John has what I call an ‘old fashioned faith’. By that, I mean in the best possible way, that he is … Continue reading →

• The Ressurection Of Healthy Dating…

  Posted: March 8, 2012, 7:32 am by Pastor M

  Here are a couple of charts on the progress of a dating relationship. The first shows what many relationships today look like. The second shows what they could look like if some radical couples dared to defy the madness and swim against the culture. Do you hope to enter a dating relationship, are you in … Continue reading →

• Dating Books

  Posted: February 21, 2012, 6:16 pm by Pastor M

  I mentioned a couple of books by Joshua Harris this past weekend during the ‘Buyer’s Remorse’ sermon, which was part 3 of the Finder’s Keeper’s series. You can watch the video here or join the conversation… Tired of the madness that dating has become today? Wanting to avoid the mistakes that so many around you have … Continue reading →

• Excerpts From ‘Be The One’

  Posted: February 6, 2012, 6:23 pm by Pastor M

  Here are some excerpts from this past weekend’s message at Mavuno Church, ‘Be The One’. You can join the conversation at www.mavuno.wordpress.com. And you’re welcome to join us for part two of the ‘Finders Keepers’ series this next weekend! Whether conscious or unconscious, we all come to relationships with a list of expectations. There’s a … Continue reading →

• In Pursuit of Joy!

  Posted: January 25, 2012, 5:25 am by Pastor M

  The word ‘joy’ is very different from the word ‘happiness’. Happiness is defined as ‘a state of well-being and contentment based on good fortune’. In other words, happiness is dependent on outward circumstances. Joy, on the other hand, is the inner security that comes from knowing that God has the final word! There’s more! Happiness … Continue reading →

• 2011 in review

  Posted: January 5, 2012, 9:05 am by Pastor M

  The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 15,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 6 sold-out performances for that many people to see it! What?! Visitors came from Kenya, USA, UK, Canada, Haiti, The Bahamas, Jamaica, … Continue reading →

• #HatersNoMore

  Posted: November 21, 2011, 6:34 am by Pastor M

  This month we’ve been going through a series at Mavuno called ‘Haters No More’. We’re learning that it’s time to stop hating on our country and our leaders every time we speak because by doing so, we cut ourselves down. Instead God is giving us a counter-cultural call to be people of honor, not because … Continue reading →

• My Real Employment Contract

  Posted: September 12, 2011, 2:34 pm by Pastor M

  Here’s the declaration prayer we prayed at Mavuno Church this last weekend as well as our new employment contract. If you’re tired of working for money, make this your prayer and sign the contract! Dear Lord, I thank You that You are my provider. I embrace my current position as a kingdom posting.  I will … Continue reading →

• What’s Your Money Style?

  Posted: September 8, 2011, 10:35 am by Pastor M

  Your Money Style Quiz INSTRUCTIONS 1. Circle the answer that BEST describes you. Only circle one answer per question 2. Please note that this is a self-evaluation quiz. You will not need to share your answers with someone else. So… please keep it real and be as truthful as possible! Okay… here goes… 1. You’re … Continue reading →

• Monkey Wisdom

  Posted: September 5, 2011, 1:06 pm by Pastor M

  I shared this story in my message this Sunday entitled ‘Free Your Heart’. In Southeast Asia many years ago they came up with this ingenious and simple method to catch monkeys alive and unharmed. The hunter takes a pot with a wide bottom and narrow opening and buries it in the ground so that the … Continue reading →

• When It Doesn’t Make Sense

  Posted: August 21, 2011, 8:02 am by Pastor M

  My One Year Bible reading today launched me off on what’s probably my least favorite book of the bible… the book of Job. Not one I turn to for recreational reading, I tell you! I know it has some great lessons but I sometimes feel it potrays God as a bored, clueless yet all-powerful potentate who … Continue reading →

• For Such A Time As This

  Posted: August 10, 2011, 1:52 pm by Pastor M

  I recently gave this talk to a group of professional business leaders called the ‘Upper Hill Leaders Fellowship’. Discussion Question: If you were God, why would you place one of your servants in your current role/position?* How many of you have watched the movie ‘Amazing Grace?’ It tells the story of a young politician named … Continue reading →

• Sights

  Posted: August 5, 2011, 8:48 am by Pastor M

  Alongside our main mission, I also got an opportunity with friends to visit a few landmarks and see some great sights while in China. Here are some of the pics…

• Foods I Didn’t Try

  Posted: August 3, 2011, 6:40 pm by Pastor M

  I mentioned in my last post the astonishing variety of foods in China. Someone told me a legend that explains why the Chinese have such a huge assortment of food options. An ancient Chinese emperor apparently gathered the chefs in the kingdom and asked them to make him meals for 1000 days. The only catch … Continue reading →

• The Big C

  Posted: August 1, 2011, 8:31 pm by Pastor M

  Been a while since I blogged! I needed to exhale after coming back from my trip and smack into a pretty busy couple of weeks! So, what can i say about China? It was an amazing experience…. huge population, amazing history, astonishing variety of foods (many delicious and some I couldn’t bring myself to try), … Continue reading →

• Leadership Development Resources

  Posted: June 15, 2011, 8:08 am by Pastor M

  At the just concluded Fearless Summit, I shared how some of my best learnings on how to develop next-generation leaders have come through books written by people outside my sector; some indeed from the most unlikely quarters! They’ve had an impact on how Mavuno develops leaders through our Discovery program and our leadership pipeline. Quite a few … Continue reading →

• Majority

  Posted: June 6, 2011, 6:20 pm by Pastor M

  Shared this story this last Sunday @ Mavuno The story is told of an old man walking along the beach who noticed a boy picking something up and gently throwing it into the ocean. Approaching the boy, he asked, ‘What are you doing?’ The youth replied, ‘Throwing starfish back into the ocean. For some reason, … Continue reading →

• Marketplace Agents

  Posted: May 30, 2011, 4:23 am by Pastor M

  This past Sunday in a message titled Business Unusual at Mavuno, I shared the following illustration that I modified from the book ‘Anointed For Business’ by Ed Silvoso. In a prisoner-of-war camp there are five types of prisoners… Submitted – Prisoners who believe that the war is lost and they had better learn to compromise … Continue reading →

• Open Letter To Finance Minister

  Posted: May 10, 2011, 9:00 am by Pastor M

  Dear Sir, It’s that time of the year when you are preparing next year’s budget for presentation in parliament.  Let me congratulate you for putting up a website where we can present our views on what we think our priorities should be. Hopefully this is not just a PR exercise but an effort to incorporate the populaces … Continue reading →

• The World Has Yet To See

  Posted: April 28, 2011, 11:23 am by Pastor M

  The world has yet to see what God can do with and for and through and in and by the man who is fully and wholly consecrated to Him. I will try my utmost to be that man. D.L. Moody (inspired by Henry Varley)

• Singapore Hosts

  Posted: April 7, 2011, 3:10 am by Pastor M

  We’ve had a chance to connect with several churches so far. Most of the time has been spent with our hosts, Living Sanctuary Brethren Church (LSBC). More gracious and hospitable people I have scarcely met! LSBC has a developing partnership with Kileleshwa Covenant Community Church (K3C) and it’s through the latter that I got the … Continue reading →

• Food In Singapore

  Posted: April 5, 2011, 5:26 pm by Pastor M

  A popular Chinese saying here is ‘tiam tiam chiak’ which liberally translated means ‘it’s always time to eat’. Appropriate. Singapore’s favorite pastime is eating good food! People not only love to eat out but also find it a practical solution to their very busy lifestyles. In this ultra-fast society, many will even eat breakfast at … Continue reading →

• Singapore

  Posted: April 3, 2011, 1:09 pm by Pastor M

  Singapore. I’ve wanted to visit ever since I read Lee Kwan Yew’s ‘The Singapore Story‘. The opportunity came up when a church there invited me to visit with a couple of other pastors. So I’m here with Psts. Ken Kamau & George Shiramba of K3C and Nairobi Baptist respectively as well as two other friends … Continue reading →

• A Parable

  Posted: March 22, 2011, 10:32 am by Pastor M

  What does it look like when a church leader gets tired of ‘playing church’ and decides to take the risk of doing whatever it takes to lead the church into a journey of radical faith? About a year and a half ago, I co-facilitated a seminar for church leaders in Southern California, along with a … Continue reading →

• Back

  Posted: March 21, 2011, 9:34 am by Pastor M

  It’s really great to be back home after a great trip to the US. With a few of my teammates from Mavuno, I attended a church leader’s conference and also spent some time at Mariners Church, in Orange County CA, where I spoke on ‘Extraordinary Lives’ and shared some of the fun things God is … Continue reading →

• What’s Up…

  Posted: February 24, 2011, 4:42 am by Pastor M

  Turning 41 today I’m blessed to be alive, to love my family, to have great friends around me and to do what I do! And I’m a lot more aware of God’s love and fondness for me than I used to be. Definitely in a good space. Enough about me! Some exciting things going down … Continue reading →

• Misrepresenting The Brand?

  Posted: February 22, 2011, 3:42 am by Pastor M

  Jesus was the most popular brand in Palestine. For instance in today’s reading (Mark 6:30-56). People wanted what he had so much that it was amazingly difficult for him to take time off with his team for a staff retreat! Wherever they went, crowds lined up; hungry for what they had. People begged to spend … Continue reading →

• Work On It

  Posted: February 22, 2011, 3:46 pm by Pastor M

  Last Sunday, I spoke about how inadequate systems are one of the largest obstacles to African’s creating lasting and sustainable home-made solutions for Africa. The tagline: inadequate systems means inadequate solutions. During the message, I made reference to one of the best books I’ve read on how to set up systems for your business or … Continue reading →

• Enough Talk!

  Posted: February 20, 2011, 5:30 am by Pastor M

  

• Jesus Had Issues!

  Posted: February 17, 2011, 7:51 am by Pastor M

  Yep, Jesus had serious issues… with the Pharisees! The dudes vexed him greatly. Mark 3:5 says … ‘he looked around at them in anger… deeply distressed at their stubborn hearts‘ Pharisees are people who focus on external compliance to a prescribed way of behavior. They are much more concerned about being seen to behave right, … Continue reading →

• Should The Church Be Involved In Entertainment?

  Posted: February 15, 2011, 5:49 am by Pastor M

  Loved my One Year Bible reading today (see my honey’s comments here). Back in the day, touching a leper automatically made you unclean. But when Jesus, filled with compassion, did it, not only did he not become unclean, but the leper became healed; hence clean! Instead of being contaminated by the untouchable, Jesus touched the … Continue reading →

• Create – How To Make A Fortune

  Posted: February 8, 2011, 4:29 am by Pastor M

  It is seldom luck or inheritance or advanced degrees or even intelligence that enables people to create fortunes. Wealth is more often the result of a lifestyle of hard work, perseverance, planning and, most of all, self discipline. Stanley & Danko, ‘The Millionaire Next Door’

• You’re Smart!

  Posted: February 7, 2011, 8:56 am by Pastor M

  One of the things that makes it hard for us to CREATE relevant solutions for our continent is that we don’t develop our strengths. Every parent knows their child is bright. When the child gets into our school system however, that child’s natural strengths are often shoved aside and the child is graded along a single … Continue reading →

• Life Stages

  Posted: January 30, 2011, 6:55 pm by Pastor M

  Somebody asked me for the graphic I shared in church on Life Stages. Here it is! God’s grace on you as you live a focused life. St Paul’s words are phenomenal in this regard… ‘You’ve all been to the stadium and seen the athletes race. Everyone runs; one wins. Run to win. All good athletes … Continue reading →

• Leadership

  Posted: January 26, 2011, 6:45 am by Pastor M

  ‘The trouble with Nigeria is simply and squarely a failure of leadership. There is nothing basically wrong with the Nigerian character. There is nothing wrong with the Nigerian land or climate or water or air or anything else. The Nigerian problem is the unwillingness or inability of its leaders to rise to the responsibility, to … Continue reading →

• Control Tower, Do You Read Me?

  Posted: January 25, 2011, 4:42 pm by Pastor M

  

• Alive in Africa

  Posted: January 22, 2011, 4:45 pm by Pastor M

  Really enjoying Chinua Achebe’s collection of essays ‘The Education Of A British Protected Child’, passed on to me my extremely educated friend (thanks D!) who probably thought it would improve my mind. And if he did, he was right! My favorite essays so far are ‘What Is Nigeria To Me’ and ‘Spelling Our Proper Name’ and ‘Africa’s … Continue reading →

• Light, Not Heat

  Posted: January 5, 2011, 7:15 am by Pastor M

  Day 5 of the Mavuno Word Challenge. My big takeout today was from Matthew 5:14-16… ‘You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden… in the same way let your light shine before men that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven’. The way … Continue reading →

• Obedience Pap!

  Posted: January 3, 2011, 4:03 am by Pastor M

   John and James were in their boat with their dad preparing to go fishing (Matthew 4:21). Not  a convenient time for Jesus to call them! And yet when they heard his voice, they immediately and without hesitation walked away from their dad’s businesss; from their chosen career, from their plans for economic stability. It must … Continue reading →

• Obey ‘Just Because’

  Posted: January 1, 2011, 3:44 am by Pastor M

  Really enjoyed today’s reading. Some good takeouts. One of my major ones was in Genesis 2:6. Eve knew what God had said but she also realized that the forbidden fruit ‘was good’ and ‘desirable’. It’s great when I completely ‘feel’ or agree with what God is asking me to do, but that’s not always the … Continue reading →

• The Journey Begins…

  Posted: January 1, 2011, 6:41 pm by Pastor M

  Started reading through the One Year Bible today. If you’re interested in following along or are simply looking for a New Year’s Resolution that will add value to your life, please follow along! You can find the reading plan on the Mavuno website or sermon blog. The best part is you don’t have to start … Continue reading →

• Merry Christmas!

  Posted: December 23, 2010, 6:29 am by Pastor M

  At Christmas, we celebrate the birth that changed all history; the beginning of the end of our oppression by the enemy; the invasion of God on earth to reclaim all creation, especially humanity, to its intended purpose. Therefore, may God’s joy be yours this Christmas! And may you have a purposeful and God-chasing 2011, where … Continue reading →

• 2011

  Posted: December 22, 2010, 7:18 am by Pastor M

  It’s that time of the year when we slow down from our labors to celebrate Christmas and the year past and catch up with family and friends. One of our family traditions is to watch the Village Christmas play at Mavuno, which we plan to do this Friday (final performance, 5.30pm at the Mavuno Dome). … Continue reading →

• Risk

  Posted: November 16, 2010, 5:24 am by Pastor M

  Got this inspiring poem from a friend. Enjoy… RISK To laugh is to risk appearing the fool, To weep is to risk appearing sentimental, To reach out for another is to risk involvement, To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self, To place your ideas, your dreams before a crowd is to risk … Continue reading →

• Lusaka

  Posted: October 29, 2010, 6:37 pm by Pastor M

  In Lusaka for the week with nine fearless influencers from Nairobi and Kampala. Were a team of artistes, entrepreneurs/professionals and pastors. Have had incredible meetings so far, networking with uni students, recent grads, entertainers, media practitioners, professionals and entrepreneurs. We’ve met some incredibly talented and passionate people in this amazing city! We do a Mizizi … Continue reading →

• News Briefs

  Posted: September 29, 2010, 7:12 am by Pastor M

  Deitrick and Damita  Haddon and Javen touched down at KICC to a great Mavuno welcome. After some rest, they met with and rehearsed with the band and vocalists at the Mavuno dome and later attended a media launch cocktail at the Intercontinental Hotel. I’ve had a chance to connect with them and they’re really good people … Continue reading →

• Deitrick Is Spreading The Love

  Posted: September 25, 2010, 12:58 pm by Pastor M

  Next Saturday @ Impala Grounds, noon to 6pm… pass it on!

• A New Beginning

  Posted: August 26, 2010, 5:31 am by Pastor M

  What a historic day for Kenya… when we enact our first post-independence constitution. Commonly referred to by many as the birth of the ‘second republic’, it is a dream come true for many Kenyans who have longed for change and yet felt it was ‘not yet Uhuru’. Felt that independence had been hijacked, colonialism repackaged and [...]

• Questions…

  Posted: August 24, 2010, 8:43 am by Pastor M

  A couple of weeks back, we did a poll at Mavuno to see what issues our friends who don’t attend church have with Christianity. The idea is that we’ll preach through a few of these questions in September, which is our ‘Spread The Love’ month. So here are some of your questions (oops, I mean [...]

• Back

  Posted: August 24, 2010, 8:36 am by Pastor M

  It’s great to be back in circulation after a bit of a break, that included some vacation time, travel and a study break. In addition, for the last three weeks, my sweetie and I have been out at Nairobi Chapel, speaking on ‘The Dark Side Of Greatness’. If you’ve been attending Mavuno for a while, you [...]

• The Beautiful Game

  Posted: June 21, 2010, 6:30 am by Pastor M

  As I watched the ‘samba boys’ make sport of my peeps (who did a phenomenal job in my opinion) on Sunday, I was reminded of this article by Pastor Kenyatta Otieno, who runs Life Groups at Mavuno… “Which is the most popular sport in Brazil?” This is a question I use to pull the leg [...]

• What Next?

  Posted: June 17, 2010, 5:13 am by Pastor M

  Over the last couple of months, I and a tribe of people passionate to go the extra mile have read devotionally through the book of Daniel. Each day, we prayed that God would give us practical wisdom that we could apply at work. The book actually has two parts one; part one which we focused on is [...]

• True, All-Rounded Success

  Posted: June 17, 2010, 5:09 am by Pastor M

  I’m inspired by Daniel 6:28 ‘so Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus the Persian’. For sixty years, this public official served his government diligently and faithfully. Through very tumultuous times, marked by military invasions, mass human displacement and regime changes, Daniel not only thrived but survived. The word prosper [...]

• Structures For The People

  Posted: June 17, 2010, 8:29 am by Pastor M

  Okay, be warned, today’s post is rather long King Darius had appointed Daniel on merit (Daniel 6). He quickly became fond of him because of his excellence and integrity and realized the great value that Daniel added to his administration. But then he naively signed an iron-clad law in place and only too late realized [...]

• Focused On God’s Assignment

  Posted: June 15, 2010, 3:54 am by Pastor M

  I was rather disturbed by the reporting on the Uhuru Park blast last night on KTN. They seemed of the opinion that the blast was the fault of the church leaders, who exposed the faithful to danger by keeping them at the park and then got into their cars and ran away leaving the wounded [...]

• Achille’s Heel

  Posted: June 15, 2010, 8:16 am by Pastor M

  Allow me to begin today by expressing my condolences and sympathy towards those Kenyans whose family members lost their lives or were injured on Sunday evening, as they sought to exercise their democratic right of assembly at Uhuru Park. It’s difficult to imagine who would plan and execute such a heinous act. Whoever it was [...]

• A Night With The Lions

  Posted: June 14, 2010, 8:01 am by Pastor M

  Ahh, the joy of watching Ghana win!!! Sports has an amazing power to shape culture and unite people. I suspect that this is a pivotal moment in the Africa’s history, and that political and economic realities that Pan-Africanists from the time of Nkrumah only dreamt about will start becoming a lot more plausible. For those [...]

• Oops…

  Posted: June 11, 2010, 9:09 am by Pastor M

  Forgot to carry my journal to the office. So… I won’t post my devotional thoughts from Daniel 5:18-30 until I get home later today. Would still love to hear yours though So, who else is looking forward to kick off at 1600 hours?! What Counts We often make the mistake of thinking that all that people need [...]

• What’s In It For Me?

  Posted: June 9, 2010, 5:32 am by Pastor M

  Many times when we’re deciding whether to do something or not, the deciding factor is what we stand to gain or lose. If I was paid every time I stopped at a red light, or alternatively if there was a cop waiting to arrest me every time I didn’t, then I wouldn’t think twice about [...]

• Too Little, Too Late

  Posted: June 8, 2010, 4:04 am by Pastor M

  I talked to one of my good friends yesterday who knew exactly what the church should be doing regarding the constitutional debate. After listening to his very convincing argument, I asked him whether he could call a group of people together and create a team to do what he was strongly suggesting. After all, the [...]

• Business Breakfast

  Posted: June 8, 2010, 12:04 pm by Pastor M

  A quick heads up… this historic launch of a Mavuno business forum at the end of this month. Please save the date in your calendar and plan to be there! An excellent opportunity to network with other entrepreneurs and professionals at Mavuno as we influence the marketplace and change our city…

• King On The Outside

  Posted: June 8, 2010, 9:29 am by Pastor M

  In a world where image is everything, we are taught daily how to project the right image by wearing the power suits, driving the power cars, living in the right neighborhoods and speaking the right language. But precious little attention is given to the importance of building internal character. Bill Hybels, a famous pastor, defined [...]

• What A Week!

  Posted: June 7, 2010, 8:40 am by Pastor M

  What a week that was! I apologize for being AWOL last week from this blog but I trust those of you who we’ve been walking through the book of Daniel with were still able to carry on without me. I was on assignment, participating in Fearless 2010, Mavuno’s annual leadership summit. And what an incredible [...]

• Our Daily Brief

  Posted: May 30, 2010, 3:52 pm by Pastor M

  I hope you’ve had a great weekend and gearing up for a good week at work! For the last three weeks, we’ve been walking together through daily devotional readings from the book of Daniel. Through devotional reading, we listen to God daily for our brief that we then pray for wisdom to apply that very [...]

• The God Of [Insert Your Name]

  Posted: May 27, 2010, 5:27 am by Pastor M

  Whether God keeps me from the trial or delivers me out of the trials or simply sustains me through the trials, His actions are never random. The Romans 8:28 says ‘in all things, God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose’. And so though I [...]

• Who Will Burn With Me?

  Posted: May 27, 2010, 8:17 am by Pastor M

  Today’s reading is about the miraculous fireproofing miracle that happened when God refused to let His men burn. The greatest miracle though was the fact that God was clearly with them right there in the fire. But even before that, it must have been more than helpful that there was more than one person willing [...]

• Not The ‘What’ But The ‘Who’

  Posted: May 25, 2010, 6:55 am by Pastor M

  In Daniel 3, the king demands that all his subjects to submit all their agendas to Babylon’s agenda. He uses the carrot and the stick, by combining a magnificent opera to create an irresistible ambience for them with a furnace  in the background, as a not-so-gentle reminder that this was not a choice. There was [...]

• My First Boss

  Posted: May 25, 2010, 8:21 am by Pastor M

  The three young men decided to draw the line. They could have decided to go with the flow because everyone else was doing it. They could have decided to bow outwardly while not really conforming inwardly. But they realized that even though they were civil servants, they were first of all servants of the Most [...]

• The Guys Who Wouldn’t Burn

  Posted: May 24, 2010, 11:02 am by Pastor M

  If you’re new to this blog, a group of us have been reading through the book of Daniel, where God has stored some humongous wisdom for the workplace. For those of you who are following along, a thousand apologies… I’m rather late posting this week’s readings! We’ll be reading through chapter 3 this week, the [...]

• Wisdom That Promotes

  Posted: May 21, 2010, 7:28 am by Pastor M

  Talk about upward mobility! Our reading today (Daniel 2:46-49) tells us that the boss was so impressed with Daniel that He ended up promoting him – from intern to chief operating officer! Very similar to what happened to Joseph in Egypt, many years before. Psalm 75:6-7 says ‘No one from the east or the west [...]

• Chasing After The Wind

  Posted: May 20, 2010, 8:48 am by Pastor M

  When it comes to politics, it’s easy to get so caught up in the immediate that we lose perspective of ultimate reality. Nebuchadnezzar’s dream (Daniel 2:25-45) was a sober reminder. Even though he was the most powerful ruler on earth, his time would come to pass, and he would be replaced by others. But ultimately, [...]

• Pst S On KTN

  Posted: May 19, 2010, 4:03 pm by Pastor M

  We interrupt normal transmission for a newsflash… tonight at 9.50pm, watch our very own Pastor S on KTN!

• Two Essential Tools

  Posted: May 19, 2010, 2:54 pm by Pastor M

  This is late! Blame it on GT. Our 5am men’s prayer time was on point as usual and I really enjoyed it. Also had a great time my subsequent meeting with the greatest staff team south of the Sahara! Okay, back to Daniel… On leaving the king (Daniel 2:17-24), Daniel calls his friends to ‘plead [...]

• In God I Trust

  Posted: May 18, 2010, 11:26 am by Pastor M

  Hey, thanks for all your comments people. Keep them coming! I feel some real empathy for the king’s employees in today’s reading (Daniel2:13-16). Talk about an impossible work assignment! They were ordered to do something no one else in their field had ever done and threatened with loss of everything including their lives if they [...]

• Positional Leadership

  Posted: May 17, 2010, 10:37 am by Pastor M

  It’s obvious to me from today’s passage (Daniel 2:1-11) that Nebuchadnezzar was a terrible boss! His leadership was based on the power of his office. He used threats and intimidation to get his team to perform. This type of leadership has also been referred to as positional leadership. Jesus calls for us to model a [...]

• This Week At Work…

  Posted: May 16, 2010, 8:12 am by Pastor M

  At Mavuno, looking forward to today’s service. Full of anticipation, expecting God to do big tings! Almost five years down the road and it never grows old. This is better than the Premier League or World Cup… I love what I do! Okay, enough about me Last week, several of us began reading devotionally through [...]

• Divine Favor

  Posted: May 13, 2010, 5:13 am by Pastor M

  When we resolve, God responds. For Daniel and his friends, the response was almost immediate. Prominence, power and preference came their way. We’ll see in the rest of the book that things don’t always work out that fast or exactly the way we think they should. But the bible makes no bones about this… ‘in [...]

• How To Resolve

  Posted: May 12, 2010, 5:12 am by Pastor M

  What you resolve today determines your success tomorrow. That’s what Daniel 1:7-14 is about. Daniel made up his mind before he was faced with temptation.  It is much easier to resist temptation if you have resolved to not compromise certain convictions well before you are in a tempting situation. I see three things to guide [...]

• Who’s Agenda?

  Posted: May 11, 2010, 4:30 am by Pastor M

  My mentor Pst. Oscar of Nairobi Chapel used to say, “God loves you and everyone else has a wonderful plan for your life”.  What he was saying is this: if you do not know who you are and where you’re going, other people will set the agenda for you, determining your values and use of time. [...]

• My job, God’s work…

  Posted: May 11, 2010, 8:53 am by Pastor M

  In today’s passage (Daniel 1:3-5), the king orders his officials to select the brightest and the best among the Israelites and to give them scholarships in the most prestigious university on earth. Through it was the king who gave the order, God was working behind the scenes to create an opportunity for his people to [...]

• All Things New

  Posted: May 10, 2010, 10:18 am by Pastor M

  Can’t get the words out my head from the Israel Houghton song in church yesterday! ‘I’m not going back, I’m moving ahead, I’m here to declare to you, my past is over, in You, all things are made new, surrender my life to Christ, I’m moving, moving forward…’  So, today’s reading was Daniel 1:1-2. The [...]

• Whats Up

  Posted: May 8, 2010, 4:49 am by Pastor M

  I know, it’s been a while since I was in these parts! Life’s finally beginning to settle back to normal, for which I am grateful. Once every four years, I get excited about football. Or soccer as the Americans like to call it. I know, it’s all so commercialized and no one plays for the [...]

• The Evidence…

  Posted: April 16, 2010, 2:56 pm by Pastor M

  At Caesarea Maritima And lest you think I made the whole thing up… The Jerusalem pics are much more dramatic and if I get a chance, I’ll upload some soon (no promises though!)