As I write this summary of Ethiopian trip, my heart is filled with joy to be part of what God is doing in our days; when others looked at David they saw a shepherds boy but when some looked at him they saw a king. There is a mighty army of God being formed for His battle on this last days. The saints had about Addis & they came from Mombasa, Nakuru, USA, and Nairobi. The journey began first by road to the Southern part of Ethiopia, in a city called Hawwasah about 400Km, where the commemorations of Pentecostal movement began 50 yrs ago were being held. Like Gideon, the masses who came for the meeting were wondering if the Lord is with us where are all His miracles which our fathers told us , the man of God came with a timely message quoting from Isaiah 43:18-19 "remember ye not the former things, neither consider ye not the things of old, Behold I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it ? I will even make a way in the wilderness & rivers in the desert". Our work is to behold & give God the opportunity & see the new work that He will do in our lives. The people had heard of how the red sea split opened up for Gods people to cross, but that was just good memories, nothing seemed to be going on for now. But God is now saying forget yesterday He will do anew thing in Ethiopia & in our lives, He is not a God of yesterday, if He delivered yesterday He will deliver today! If He healed yesterday He will heal today! If He spoke yesterday He will speak today! Let's not be entangled & discouraged by our circumstances, God will do a new thing. 1Cor 2:9. There is pouring of fresh anointing upon the church to do fresh things. God will do new things that our eyes haven't seen neither ears heard. Rev 21:5 God is making all things new again. In our own lives, our churches, our relationships He is doing a On the 2nd day Bishop exhorted the saints about the Kingdom. Gen 1:22-28 everything was made after its kind but God made man after His own image. He did this deliberately so that man will translate Gods authority & kingdom into the earth, he intended for man to be gods on the earth, to rule & dominate the earth. We must promulgate Gods interest here, not our own agenda. We have to do what God wants us to do, the devil in the Garden of Eden distorted Gods agenda through man by causing him to sin but God established a redemptive plan to take man back to his original position. Isaiah 7:14 & 9:6-7, Isaiah the prophet saw into the future & started hinting at a time when God will come & dwell with man; Emmanuel a time when God's will be done through Christ the messiah, the zeal of the Lord of Host will perform it. Eccl 10:7 today the servants are riding on horses while princes (the sons of God) are walking as servants upon the earth. This is reverse roles God intends for His children to exercise His authority upon the earth. Matt 3:1-2 John came & preached the kingdom; he said, men ought to repent because Gods kingdom was at hand. What hinders Gods kingdom in our lives is lack of repentance. When we repent we usher in Gods kingdom. Matt 4:17, Christ preached repentance to usher in the Kingdom. Matt 11:12 the kingdom suffers violence & the violent take it by force. We must be violent for the kingdoms sake.
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