17/03/2024
**HOPE OF GLORY CHURCH* (H.G.C)
_Sunday Service_ .. ```17th March 2024```
Preacher:- *PASTOR JOHN MUEMA*
RECARP of previous sunday
*Psalms 90:17* 📖
[17]- _And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it._
[_Na uzuri wa BWANA, Mungu wetu, uwe juu yetu, Na kazi ya mikono yetu utufanyie thabiti, Naam, kazi ya mikono yetu uithibitishe._]
♦️_God estalblishes the works of our hands,
♦️_He doesn't establish empty hands.
*Proverbs 10:4* 📖
[4 _]He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich._
[_Atendaye mambo kwa mkono mlegevu huwa maskini; Bali mkono wake aliye na bidii hutajirisha._]
A slack hand a lazy hand leads to poverty but if your diligent in your work,doing in in *righteousness* and *faithfulness* GOD WILL BRING RICHES INTO THAT WORK FOR HE WILL ESTABLISH IT.
♦️The outside doesn't see your spirituality, they see you diligence and faithfulness. -From this paths is where you gain *FAVOUR AND PROMOTION*
```Main Scripture```
LUKE 15:6-7 , 17-24📖
Topic - *A REPENTANT HEART.*
♦️One broken and Repentant heart is very important to God.
♦️A BROKEN AND REPENTANT HEART MUST BE IN YOU BEFORE YOU ASK FOR FORGIVENESS.
♦️A Repentant heart geals and restores the peace that was there.
*Importance of Repentance*
1. Repentance makes God to forgive us ,to purify us and to restore us.
*1 John 1:9* 📖
[9 __]If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness_ .
[_Tukiziungama dhambi zetu, Yeye ni mwaminifu na wa haki hata atuondolee dhambi zetu, na kutusafisha na udhalimu wote._].
2. Repentant heart makes one Humble
*James 4:6* 📖
[6 _]But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble_ .
[_Lakini hutujalia sisi neema iliyozidi; kwa hiyo husema, Mungu huwapinga wajikuzao, bali huwapa neema wanyenyekevu._[
3. Repentance drives the Devil away from us.
*James 4:7-8* 📖
[7] _Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you._
[_Basi mtiini Mungu. Mpingeni Shetani, naye atawakimbia._]
[8 _]Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded_ .
[_Mkaribieni Mungu, naye atawakaribia ninyi. Itakaseni mikono yenu, enyi wenye dhambi, na kuisafisha mioyo yenu, enyi wenye nia mbili_].
*1 John 3:8* 📖
[8] _He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil._
[_atendaye dhambi ni wa Ibilisi; kwa kuwa Ibilisi hutenda dhambi tangu mwanzo. Kwa kusudi hili Mwana wa Mungu alidhihirishwa, ili azivunje kazi za Ibilisi._]
4. Repentance frees us from the Torment of sin.
*Acts 3:19*
[19] _Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;_
[_Tubuni basi, mrejee, ili dhambi zenu zifutwe, zipate kuja nyakati za kuburudishwa kwa kuwako kwake Bwana;_]
♦️Repentance brings refreshment from God.
We will always struggle I'm our life when we are going far from the Lord.
5. Repentance leads us to fullness of life with Jesus Christ
*Luke 13:3* 📖
[3 _]I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish._
[_Nawaambia, Sivyo; lakini msipotubu, ninyi nyote mtaangamia vivyo hivyo._]
*Acts 11:18* 📖
[18 _]When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life._
[_Waliposikia maneno haya wakanyamaza, wakamtukuza Mungu, wakisema, Basi, Mungu amewajalia hata mataifa nao toba liletalo uzima. Kanisa la Antiokia_]
BLESSED WEEK AHEAD.
*Remember Jesus is Coming back very soon.*
Excerpt Department.
Shalom🙏
