Amen. Can we pray before we see Father breasts the world speak speak speak
to us or Holy Spirit. I pray that you open our ears to hear.
I used to see what you're doing in our time and in our season.
Speak and encourage yoursel God, renew our faith, revive our hope through
your world. In Jesus name and everyone say Amen, you may take your
seat. It's so good to be back here. Thank you so much.
Passon Joel, Thank you for so much. Passon dying. Are these are
amazing? Amazing passons? Can we celebrate them? Please? Yeah? Well,
I wish I was in Uganda. We celebrate our pastors. You are
coming in September. If they don't like you anymore, I'll keep you in
Uganda. That's so good to be here. Greetings from Uganda, Greetings for
my family. I've been here for about two months now, one month to
go go back end of June. I missed my family, but it's one
of those things you've got to go to do for When you sign up for
ministry, you sign up for sacrifice, so it's one of the things.
But gracing for my family. My wife, the same wife I had last
time, was here. She still with me and UH two kids and my
daughter just turned twenty three this uh this last week and my son is seventeen.
Last match, so growing family even Wow this you are an amazing church.
You are as I travel through the US, you are an amazing church,
very very special and very very different. Uh. The way you approach
world missions local to Globo is just amazing. I know a lot of churches
that have kicked missions out of their programs and whatever they do, they want
to focus right building greater churches. But you guys amazing. Thank you pass
a Joel for your passion, for your intesty on missions, world dimissions thinks.
Thanks doing and as this church maybe many of you don't know, but
as being very very instrumental in our minutes back in Africa in helping us to
do a lot of projects that we do for many many years. Supported um
Papa and Mama study for many many years. And now you sent us the
Jefferies as she as you had. They are coming to serve with us and
we are going to put them to work. Thank you so much for sending
them to our way and we are so grateful and all the project that you've
done in Uganda in Africa in general. Thank you so so much. Uganda.
It's just an amazing country we are. Uganda is the size of the
state of Oregon, but now we are forty five media and Ugandans. Yeah.
Also people you come to Compile, you have more people working on the
street than cars. You come here and you're more cars more than people.
That but that's Uganda and so and our under our population to our forty five
million, and fifty percent of that is under the age of eighteen right now.
So we happen to be the second youngest population in the world. And
uh so, we have lots of kids and our ministry is leading involved in
building schools. We have twenty four primary schools right now and each school is
avileging two hundred kids. There are about almost five and five thousand kids that
we minister two every week through out Uganda in our schools. You need to
understand when we talk about school, they come from all kinds of background,
Muslims and they believers whichever. But when they come to our schools, we
opened school in the morning with prayer, we read the Bible, they get
to sing Jesus. We don't care whether you're a Muslim or atheists. Or
whatever you are, you'll go to pray in the name, in the name
of Jesus. And you know how powerful the name is. You can only
pray and say the name a few times before you get addicted and taken over
by the name. So many of those kids that are now born again and
they come through our schools seven years. By the end of seven years,
you know, many of them are spilled the field. They know the world,
they know we teach them out to pray. When you come, we
shall ask our kids to lay hands on you. We now run about in
our fellowship. We run about three hundred six or seven churches in the fellowship
that I lead and are a vileging two hundred people per church. That's almost
ten thousand people with minutes are two throughout Uganda every week. And those churches
are planting more churches, reaching out to their only communities and doing a lot
of work. Feears back this church. Passon, Joe, you got behind
one of our major churches, Passer Helen, a Passer Jacob and Helen in
the cumuland you helped us build the school for that community. It's outstanding.
It's the biggest Christian school in that community. As reaching a lot of kids,
and the well and everything you did in that community who outlasts us all
and many many kids are going to be blessed through generations. The school will
never go away. It would be a blessing to the community for many many
years to come. And so we are not only living for today, but
we are looking to the future. And that's what the church should be.
All of us should be looking to the future for whatever we do. And
so building schools we don't we don't gain even in our organization. We don't
build these schools for profit. We build them to benefit the community, to
educate our people. And so many of those kids have been being educated,
and we are changing a nation. If you give a kid two things.
One, if you give them Jesus and give them education, the sky is
the limit. They can do anything. They can become anything. And so
thank you again, so somnd for getting involved in those projects. And may
the Lord bless you so much. Pass A doing many many years ago uk
him and gave us a teaching and recover life. I see use your teaching
is such a powerful tool in the hands of that is working so much confusion
and so much abuse. But your teaching. I took a free young people
through the teaching and I gave and I set them free to go and now
they're using it. The Universities Mcallary is our biggest university and we have a
fellowship. We have a young man who is a former Muslim that is part
of my pastoral team now. But he the Lord gave him a vision to
go and start a fellowship, not a church, in downtown Comparer. So
they meet every Monday, every Monday night and he gathers people and churched people
from all kinds of background and he prays with him and teaches the world.
And now recently he was able to pay natured through the universities and he's busing
university students into the fellowship every Monday. And guess what, there's just so
much abuse that people don't talk about when you go closer to people, and
there's a coming one on one. That teaching is helping us, our Lord,
So thank you so much for taking time to write them that program that
is setting people free. Amen. Well, um, I need to read
the Bible right yeah, because see some of you looking at me. Is
that in the Bible? No? But it's what the Bible does. But
let's read the Bible. In Matthew twenty eight, verse eighteen. Matthew twenty
eight and verse eighteen, Jesus says, and Jesus came, The Bible says,
and Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, all authority has been
given to me in heaven and earth, God the lafol and make disciples of
all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son,
and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I've commanded you.
And lo, I am with you always, even to the end of
the age. Amen. Now this is one of the most profound scriptures in
the Bible. This is Jesus after res election. You know, if you
last apol, we were able to celebrate Easter, the resurlection of the Lord,
so you know how he suffered. He was chrisified. But on the
third day he came out. And when he came out, he go he
appeared to the disciples. Jesus never appeared to anyone who did not believe after
the res election. He only appeared to those who believed in including his disciples.
And when he met them, he made this profound fundamental statement. He
said, all authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
No one in history has ever made such a statement. We had a present
in Uganda. You mean that he tried to be a life present in Uganda.
He lasted eighty years. We have had dictators all over the world that
have tried to rule in their time and controlations, but they are all gone.
No one remembers them. But Jeezus stands up and makes a profound fundamental
statements. All authority, not one here in on earth, but in heaven,
has been given to me. Now for you to understand the power in
that statement, you need to understand this is a military statement their own military
generals can make after conquering territories. If you guys live, are used to
live in a democracy still, I believe you still do. But you also
need to understand. For some of us who come from Africa, we are
used to live in kingdoms and in the kingdom living and the king. Your
opinion doesn't leading matter, doesn't count. It's only in the democracy you got
a voice. You can say whatever you want, whether it will be done
or not. But in the kingdom, the king is your authority and whatever
he says, it goes no question, no debate, no opinion, and
so gee. When Jesus stands up and say all authority has been given to
me, he's making a militarist segment, telling that I have conquered. I
have authority over life, over creation, I am in charge. I am
the king. Anything else is under my feet. I wish you'll wake up
and I understand that this is Jesus swirling in after winning a war, and
he says all authority nonsund not over the US, not over seat. All
authority, including politics, economy, or fears of influence, power belongs to
God. And that's seriality. The church needs to wake up too and understand
we belong to a kingdom that has a king that is in charge of human
affairs. He's not dead, he's known forgotten. He's still in charge.
As as as I move around your nation, I feel the fear, I
feel the darkness, I feel the trained your national is taking. It sounds
like you are going where Africa is coming from. Used to be so dark
in Africa, but Africa is coming out. And for some reason, I
don't know why you your nation is trying to walk back backward. But I'm
telling you, when I read this scripture, I get excited. We are
living in exciting times. The darkness may be covering this nation, but let
me tell you something. God is still on the throne. Jesus still still
has authority and power. No one can vote him out. He has no
term limits on the throne. I'm just encouraging you to wake up because many
of you in the church are walking in fear. You are so scared about
what's coming, about what's next. There is an uncertainty all over the world.
But one thing we are sure a lot. The Word of God is
true. It never changes. Jesus said, Oh, authority has been given
to me. Then he turned to his fible disciples that has been hiding,
that had been hiding in hiding for a few days. Peter, the chief
spokesman, had denied these or three times fifty days before. He turned to
them and said, they are for Go in my name, he says,
in maxis and in my name, go and make disciples. He tells them,
not on only small villages or small town he says, go and disciple
nations. That's a big responsibility right there, to tell twelve former fishermen to
disciple nations. I don't know whether Peter could write and read, but I
guess he did. But it was given as such an assignment to disciple nations,
something bigger than himself. All the apostles, the twelve Apostles, we
know their names, but some of them we don't know what they said.
But Jesus turned to them and tell them trust them because of his power,
not depending on their ability, but his power, he says. He turned
to them and said, all authority has been given to me that in my
name, if you go in my name, you concarnations, and you disciple
them. And these two of guys they believed what Jesus told them. He
saw the record. They went out of Jeosalem and scattered all over the known
world and started preaching the Gospel everywhere. Jesus didn't. Peter denied jes Are
three times in the Gospels, but in the Book of a Chapter two,
the Bible says, when the day of Pentecost had fully come, the Holy
Spirit descended on them, and people started mocking them. Guests who stood up
and spoke boldly. It was Peter. And in first Crusade, three thousand
people got born again. The next time Peter preachers, five thousand get born
again. In less than a month, the church had grown to almost ten
thousand people. Why all authority in heaven was given to the name of Jesus,
that we ever believed in Him shall not plish. And so these guys
believed, and they went everywhere approaching. And so I just want to wake
you up to the reality that we are living in a time when God is
about to burst out on the Church again with an outpouring of we spread upon
each one of us, and we really need to get ready. The darkness
is not just something that should scare us. A darkness should only be a
reminder to each one of us that we need to position ourselves, get ready
weight for the outpouring, and then be ready to be used whichever where God
is calling you to be used. But this is not a time to hide,
This is not a time to run. This is a time for you
to realize either or authority still belongs to the name of Jesus. I know
your nation is changing laws, and but you're reading the Bible staff like this
happened all over history. Remember the Book of Esther. Esther lived in a
country in a time when they wanted to kill all the Jewish people. But
Mordecai reminds Eston says, but you are in the Kingdom for such a time
as this. You are not just a queen. So you can enjoy yourself
and forget your paying and forget where you come from, your position for God's
purposes, and esther to be woken up, because you know, when you
go through so much suffering and you hit the jackpot, you think God did
it for you. But let me tell you something. Everything God does,
it is for his glory. Everything God gives you, it is for his
use. Every blessing, every everything that God will put in your hand is
for the glory of his name. And it's about time the church works up
to this reality that God is positioning you in that job, in that company,
in that home, in that malage, wherever you are, God is
positioning you just use you for His kingdom purposes. And so Essa wakes up
and I like what she said when she was so you need to go in,
and she said I can't, I'm not invited. And mordeca Is said,
well, if you refuse salvation, who come from another source, But
you and your father's house might polish as she wakes up and say, I'm
going to I'm going to go in. If I Polish, I Polish.
That's a kind of faith each one of us needs to build right now.
If I Polish, I Polish need to get ready for that. If I
Polish, I Pelish, you need to be ready. That's what the Great
Commission called us. Peter and his friends were all except one, that we're
muttered that we are killed for the cause of the Gospel, that we are
ready. You read another another character in the Bible, Daniel. Daniel lived
in the kingdom that was so under darkness over a thousand fallen forced gods.
And one day Daniel wakes up and the king comes up with a very weird
idea. He said, I'm going to make us at you and everyone in
this kingdom that he has the sound of a trumpet shall bow down and worship
this idol. A. Daniel says, no, I live for the living
God. I have the King of kings leaving me. I worship no other
god but Jehovah. And he was told him, well, will kill you
if you refuse. Daniel refused, bowed, and his friends a mesad and
bend. They refuse, bow down too the statue, and the king called
the Bible says. The King called the three boys and says, do you
understand what you're doing? Do you understand the power that I have in me?
I can throw you in the funnace and you'll be bad. And the
boys said, oh, King, we totally understand how powerful you are.
But you also need to understand the God that we serve can save us.
How many people believe God can save in every situation, in any situation.
But I like what they added on. Then you said, I but even
if it doesn't, because faith gives you that extra point. Even if it
doesn't, He is able to save. But even if it doesn't, will
not worship another God. That's the kind of faith you need in Washington right
now. You need it you otherwise, you guys, when the fire gets
going, the fearful will lose. The fearful well, never see them again.
I remember sold told in Uganda during he the mean Dada, he said,
we can't have painted costals of Bonn again Christian and destination. And there
all this particular church full gospel. They call it full gospel. They said,
we will continue to fellowship and a solid sold one day a person.
A few if you believers were in the church praying, and the soldiers came
and surrounded the church, and the soldiers said, okay, if you are
born again, come this side. If you are not, come to this
side. And the person was the first to say I am born again,
except on one side, and the majority of the people said I'm not.
They said, well, I will deny Jesus now and repent later when I
go out of the building. Guess what. The soldiers looked at the people
will deny Jesus and told you are the people who are confusing us. So
they arrested all those who deny Jesus and took them to prison and never appeared
again. You need to be strong for your faith and you don't need to
be fearful. This is a time for boldness people. We are getting in
a time where we need to stand up and say he will save us.
But if it doesn't, we will know. We will not bow down to
this stupidly law that they are coming up with. Will not bow down to
whatever they are forcing our kids to do. We refuse in the name of
Jesus. And you need to have that faith. If I polish, I
polish, If he serves, it will save me body. If he doesn't,
I am determined to go all the way. That's the kind of faith
you need to develop in the US. And the time is now, you
don't have a a lot of time is getting darker. But the darkness is
a stage for the show of power. And guess who has the power?
The Church in him. We have the power. The church doesn't lose.
Why because the Master is on the throne. So I just wanted to bring
a challenge to you this morning, also to wake you up and realize that
we are not a people to hide. We are not a people to be
scared of anything. We are not called to fear. We are We've not
been given a spirit of fear. We have Cross sitting on the inside of
us. And he is a Lord of Lord, the master of nature,
the Lula, the king of kings. Every dominion, throne and power is
under him. He has the power and you happen to know him. And
so I want to challenge you that during this next the next month, you
need to start realizing who you are and so doing missions. And as we
use the Great commission Matthew twenty eight eighten go into the world and make disciples.
I believe this is um. We've seen this happen in Africa and it's
been such a It has brought such a fundamental change in many of our communities
all over Africa, everywhere we went. This book that I wrote about my
story, it happens in a small village called Massulater. I lost part of
my family during the civil war there, my sister, my grandfather, my
many other latives that I knew that you were killed during the war. But
the Lord took me back after after Bible college. After I came and lived
with Mama Sudan and Pap around took me through high school, Bible college.
The Lord sent me back to that village, that small community, and told
me go and planty church. And when I went back there with my wife,
everyone who came to our church had the same story like mine. They
had lost their families gone through the war. But the Lord had taken me
out and healed me and sent me back to bring hitting to my people.
And I'm telling you that community there has been changed by the preaching of the
Gospel. It is different. Twenty years later, you go there, you
cannot trace whatever we found there at the beginning God. The gospel is the
power of God to save. And I can tell you individual stories of what
God did. Let me finish with a few as successful stories. When I
when I just went in through that village, there was one evening I was
in my house and I got a knock on my door and there was this
lady with two kids. She had just lost a husband to suicide. He
found out he had AIDS and he couldn't live with it, so he took
his own life. And say a few weeks later, this one woman walks
to my house and she knocks on my door in the evening and told me,
do you have Jesus? I said yes, and she told me I
want you Jesus. So she got born again and she started coming to chat.
A few months down the road, she got very, very sick,
and she's at the point of death. She went. She goes into Comma
and her family, the girls around and they said things they're not supposed to
say during her time in Comma. When she came out, she knew what
they had said. She called me and told me, when I die,
I'm not leaving my kids without my family. I'm giving them to you.
She died a few weeks later, and I took the two kids, a
boy and a girl, and I took them in my house. Me and
my wife, we raised those two kids. We took them to school.
Well, they grew up and received a great education. Right now they the
girl is married with three kids. And the boy, the young man Isaac,
he just found an American girl, got married and now they live in
Roseberg, Roseberg, Oregon. And he's a worship leader. Before he left,
Uganda was our main worship leader. And Uganda he did music in school
and he's a very talented young man. He has recorded worship music. You
can find his musical Apple Music, and you can enjoy his worship. But
when he first came to me, he was just an orphan total opened,
no further, no mother, and I had no idea that it will turn
out to be such an instrument and instrumental person in our ministry. He's now
writing music that we're using even in our mean in our men in our churches
who to worship the Lord. And so when you support mission causes like this,
you never you you will never put faces on the way like that.
But they are faces behind and they are individuals, they are real people behind
what you give, and you will never see everywhere every kid getting water from
that world. But they are hundreds of kid that will come to draw water
from those worlds and they will be thankful that you gave. And so I
just want to encourage you that this thing is real. And when you give
the money to us, to our organizers, and we just don't just give
away the water that give. We give you water, and we give you
Jesus. We take you to school and we preach Jesus because it's not just
about giving. It's the mainly cause saving souls. Because everything else will pass
away by one thing will remain the people that we bring to the Kingdom who
be with us in heaven. So day when everything is said and done and
we gather in heaven, that would be hundreds of Africans. And I can
tell you right now that you Americans, I will never come to your corner
during worship because the way you worship, you stand the suit during good music.
Africans who we dance, we raise hand. We need the space for
worship. So I told myself doing worship in heaven, I'll go to the
African side. But I can't wait pass a jeer when we get to heaven.
All these kids would be hanging around you and saying, oh, I
went to the school you build. I drank from the well you dug.
I went to school because of what everything you did is because you gave that
I made it to heaven. There are many stories that I can't tell you
right now. Now we can give you a financial countability for what you give,
but spiritual countabilities why you need to go to heaven. There will be
hundreds of people from Korea, from England, You, Ganda, Vietnam,
all these nations will be presented here. Let me tell you something, people,
the Kingdom of God is so civil, alive and kicking. And I
want to encourage use this morning. If you, if you you you you
are still doubting that you need to give to missions. This is the reason
why we exist at the church, to build the kingdom, not only here
in Fife, but all over the world. Because Jesus said, go,
and he told them in the Book of Arcs one eighty said first in Jailousalem,
then you dare, then Samaria, and to the utter ends of the
world. He sent them everywhere, and so this is what we live for
the only reason why we're here. The Church is to build the Kingdom,
whatever it takes. The only reason why we exist as the church is to
build the kingdom. And the way we build the kingdom we give to missions.
We come to mission. Those of you that have been on a mission
field, I can tell you your life has never been the same. When
I walk into the church, I can tell who has ever been on a
mission field and who has never been. There's always a difference. So that's
all I had to say today. If you need, if you can't buy
a book, just speak a copy and take it and read. I hope
the book blesses you. Back passenger