Karura Community Chapel, Kabuku Campus

Brother Maxwell shares on the I AM STATEMENTS OF JESUS and focuses on Jesus being the good shepherd.

Mrs Kiragu shares on Jesus being the resurrection of life.

Dr. Gakunga delivers on Jesus being the door to heaven.

Pastor Joseph Wamwere delivers on I AM's statement of Jesus 

Ann Nderitu delivers on character transformation inside the life of a Christian.

Be blessed as you listen through

Elder Kiragu delivers on how we should only have hope in God because He is the only one who cannot fail us.

A new series from the book of peter, be blessed as you listen through

The servant of God Pastor Daniel Lowry delivers on how Christians should hold on to Jesus and never forsake Him. 

Encouraging sermon by Mr. Thande, be blessed as you listen through.

We have come to the end of our spiritual campaign from Made for more. We were reading from the book of Ephesians and we hope that you have been blessed during this period.

Another series of our spiritual emphasis campaign from Made for more.

We continue with our series of spiritual emphasis campaign from Made for more, be blessed.

Let us continue learning from the spiritual emphasis campaign from Made for more, be blessed.

God bless you as you listen to his word

In the Hebrew calendar, today is the 16th day of the first month of the year, called Nisan. So it is Nisan 16. It is a special month because it is the month of Passover. In Exodus 12, God declared a new calendar for the Israelites and Nisan is the first month in that calendar. This was the time when God was preparing the Israelites to leave Egypt after 430 years of slavery. God had inflicted the land of Egypt with 9 plagues because Pharaoh had refused to let the Israelites leave the country. For the 9 plagues, Pharaoh was still obstinate. Then in Exodus 11:1, God made a declaration and said, “…I will bring one more plague on Pharaoh and on Egypt. After that, he will let you go from here, and when he does, he will drive you out completely.” (NIV – Exodus 11: 1). This plague was the killing of the firstborn sons of Egyptians, including Pharaoh’s firstborn son. God gave instructions for each family to choose a lamb to be slaughtered on the 14th day of the month as a Passover lamb. They were instructed to smear blood on their doorposts so that when the angel of the lord comes to strike down the firstborn sons of Egyptians, he will spare the firstborn sons of Israelites. This happened and after that Pharaoh let the Israelites go. It was a remarkable moment. Exodus 12: 42 states that: Because the Lord kept vigil that night to bring them out of Egypt, on this night all the Israelites are to keep vigil to honor the Lord for the generations to come. Today we remember a superior Exodus. Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ as we can read in Luke 23: 44 – 49 was offered as a Passover lamb. It was still on Nisan 14, the same day the Passover happened in Egypt. The Israelites were taken to the Promised Land in Canaan after leaving Egypt, and they kept offering sacrifices of animals to God, including keeping the Passover, but all this did not “clear the consciences as worshippers” (Hebrews 9:9). It did not give them rest (Sabbath). Hebrews 4: 8 – 11: 8For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day. 9There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; 10for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works, e just as God did from his. 11Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will perish by following their example of disobedience. There was no rest in the earthly tabernacle where they worshipped. The high priest would enter that tabernacle’s holy of holies once a year to atone for his own sins and those of the Israelites and would do so by the blood of animals. They had to keep doing it because the high priest was not unblemished and his conscience was still not cleansed from acts that lead to death. However, Jesus Christ, the Passover lamb, the unblemished lamb of God “entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, thus obtaining eternal redemption” (Hebrews 9:12). He did not enter a tabernacle made by human hands, but a heavenly tabernacle that is not part of this creation. “He entered heaven itself, now to appear for us in God’s presence“(Hebrews 9: 24). Today we do not need the high priest to appear for us in the holy of holies, because we do not even worship in the earthly tabernacle. Our consciences have been cleared from acts of sin so that we can worship God in Spirit and in truth, and in the heavenly tabernacle. Just the same way the high priest would enter the holy place to appear for the people, Jesus entered heaven to appear for us. He did it once and for all so that we are in the presence of the Lord every moment. Through Jesus Christ, we entered God’s rest. Our worship is not based on seasonal rituals; Easter Holidays, Christmas Day, Sabbath Days, or other religious rituals, but an infinitude yielding of our hearts to God, outside of the confines of space, place, or time.

WE ARE CONNECTED TO GROW TOGETHER 40 Days of Community – Part 4 Rick Warren & Tom Holladay “From the very beginning God decided that those who came to him -- and all along he knew who would -- should become like his Son…” Romans 8:29 (LB) “Encourage each other and build each other up.” 1 Thessalonians 5:11(NIV) 1. BY AFFIRMING EACH OTHER’S WORTH · WITH ACCEPTANCE “Accept one another, just as Christ accepted you...” Romans 15:7 (NIV) · WITH ATTENTION “Give special attention to those who are in the family of believers.” Galatians 6:10 (NCV) · WITH AFFECTION “Love one another with brotherly affection as members of one family…” Romans 12:10 (Amp) · WITH APPRECIATION “Brothers and sisters…appreciate those who work hard among you, who lead you in the Lord and teach you.” 1 Thessalonians 5:12 (NCV) 2. BY PRAYING FOR EACH OTHER’S GROWTH “Epaphras…always prays for you that you will grow to be spiritually mature.” Colossians 4:12 (NCV) “I pray…you’ll be able to feel and understand, how long, wide, deep, and high Christ’s love really is; and to experience this love for yourselves…” Ephesians 3:18-19 (LB) “I pray…you will always be eager to do right.”  Hebrews 13:21 (CEV) “I pray God who gives hope will fill you with much joy and peace while you trust in him.” Romans 15:13 (NCV) “I pray God…would give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation...” Ephesians 1:17 (GW) “I pray the Lord will guide you to be as loving as God and as patient as Christ.”  2 Thessalonians 3:5 (CEV) “I pray God...may strengthen you with power through his Spirit.” Ephesians 3:16 (NIV) “May…God develop maturity in you, so that you get along with each other as well as Jesus gets along with us all.” Romans 15:5 (MSG) 3. BY ADMITTING OUR OWN MISTAKES “Tell each other the truth, because we all belong to each other.” Ephesians 4:25 (NCV) Benefits of honesty · EMOTIONAL HEALING “Admit your faults to one another and pray for each other so that you may be healed.” James 5:16 (LB) · A FRESH START “Anyone who refuses to admit his mistakes can never be successful.  But if he confesses and forsakes them, he gets another chance.” Proverbs 28:13 (LB) · GOD’S POWER TO CHANGE “When you bow down before the Lord and admit your dependence on him, God will lift you up and give you honor.”  James 4:10 (NLT) · DEEPER FELLOWSHIP “If we live in the light…then we have fellowship with one another...” 1 John 1:7 (TEV) 4. BY ENCOURAGING EACH OTHER’S COMMITMENT “Keep yourself in training for a godly life.” 1 Timothy 4:7 (TEV) “I want us to help each other with the faith we have. Your faith will help me, and my faith will help you.” Romans 1:12 (NCV) 1. Commit to LOVE Jesus Christ. 2. Commit to LOVE other believers. 3. Commit to GROW in God’s Word. 4. Commit to SERVE in ministry. 5. Commit to SHARING the Good News.

40 Days of Community, we’re going to look at the question, what on earth are we here for?

40 Days of Community – Part 3: What destroys relationships and what Builds them?                                   SERMON OUTLINE “Christ makes us one body and individuals who are connected to each other.” Romans 12:5 (GW) 1. SELFISHNESS DESTROYS RELATIONSHIPS “What causes fights and quarrels? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you? You want something but you don’t get it.” James 4:1-2 (NIV) “Selfishness only causes trouble.”  Proverbs 28:25 (TEV) SELFLESSNESS BUILDS THEM “Look out for one another's interests, not just for your own.” Philippians 2:4 (TEV) “The person who plants selfishness, ignoring the needs of others -- and ignoring God -- harvests a crop of weeds. All he'll have to show for his life is weeds! But the one who plants in response to God, letting  God's Spirit do the growth work in him, harvests a crop of real life, and eternal life.” Galatians 6:8 (MSG) “Live freely, animated and motivated by God's Spirit. Then you won't feed the compulsions of selfishness.” Galatians 5:16 (MSG) 2. PRIDE DESTROYS RELATIONSHIPS “Pride leads to arguments.” Proverbs 13:10 (LB) “Pride will destroy a person: a proud attitude leads to ruin.” Proverbs 16:18 (NCV) “First pride, then the crash- the bigger the ego, the harder the fall.” (MSG) HUMILITY BUILDS THEM “Live in harmony, be sympathetic, love each other, have compassion, and be humble.” 1 Peter 3:8 (GW) “…Be humble and give more honor to others than to yourselves…your attitude should be the same that Christ Jesus had. Though he was God, he did not demand and cling to his rights as God.” Philippians 2:3, 5-6 (NCV/NLT) 3. INSECURITY DESTROYS RELATIONSHIPS “The fear of human opinion disables.”  Proverbs 29:25 (MSG) Adam: “I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.” Genesis 3:10 (NIV) LOVE BUILDS THEM “Love has no fear because perfect love expels all fear. If we are afraid…it shows that his love has not been perfected in us.” 1 John 4:18 (NLT) “All who proclaim that Jesus is the Son of God have God living in them… We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in him. God is love… And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. So we will not be afraid…” 1 John 4:15-17 (NLT) 4. RESENTMENT DESTROYS RELATIONSHIPS “To worry yourself to death with resentment is a foolish, senseless thing to do.”  Job 5:2 (TEV) “Since my heart was embittered and my soul deeply wounded, I was stupid and could not understand.”  Psalm 73:21-22 (NAB) “Look after each other… Watch out that no bitterness takes root among you, for as it springs up it causes deep trouble, hurting many in their spiritual lives.” Hebrews 12:15 (LB) FORGIVENESS BUILDS THEM “You must make allowance for each other's faults and forgive the person who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.” Colossians 3:13 (NLT) “Once our lives were full of resentment and envy. But then… Christ saved us -- not because we were good enough to be saved but because of his kindness and love -- by washing away our sins and giving us the new joy of the indwelling Holy Spirit…all because of what Jesus our Savior did so that he could declare us good in God's eyes.” Titus 3:3-7 (LB) The Lord says, "Forget what happened before and do not think about the past. I am going to do something new… I will make rivers on dry land.” Isaiah 43:18-19 (GW)