In the Hot Seat

I am glad for the first time in my 7th month as pastor, the chairman of the church council chaired last night’s meeting. I still have to speak out often but I am no longer in the hot seat as in the previous six months I was asked to chair all the meetings. I still had to calm troubled hearts and minds and arbitrate disputes between elders and deacons. The goal is church unity starting with the unity of the church council.

Pastor-Scholar

Last Sunday I played the fool and spoke about my two primary gifts, preaching and teaching. If it is a gift from the Lord, there is no ground for boasting, so says Paul the apostle (1 Cor 4:7). I was preaching about those who have the Spirit know the gifts given to them by the Lord. But often times, people just sit in the pews and not serve as if they are not gifted at all. Of course, I cited the lazy slave who was given one talent but hid and buried it. But those with two or five talents traded with their talents and made many more talents for their Lord.

My Book in 50 countries in 6 Continents

The first eight days of June was super hectic. I preached for 7th consecutive Sunday. After next Sunday I shall be taking a week break to prepare for the End-Time seminar. Yesterday, we celebrated Pentecost Sunday with just over 100 worshippers. Our one unit shop-lot church hall could hardly hold anymore. It started with a dance and tambourine presentation with the song, "Yahweh Elohim..." and it was most powerful as my soul shook a couple of times as I sat there meditating on God's love and power. Then we had a wonderful worship with three songs then came the Bible reading of Revelation 11:1-12.

The Week that Was and Still Is

I thought I could not beat the month of May. But June started with a bang. I preached one of my best sermons on Sunday 1st June, being my half year anniversary in my current ministry. On Monday, 2nd June I gave an webinar on "faith and sacrifice in the context of leadership" at 8pm and took 7 questions in less than 25 minutes. I was tired after the hour long session and I did not sleep well Monday night. At 7.30am the next day I turned on my WhatsApp after getting up before 6am. My friend asked me whether I would be attending the SIB College's 60th anniversary events. I asked him whether we should go up together.