KAG EAST GATE Thogoto

10/09/2026

Watch Your Thirst for Ministry

Text: Acts 8:9–24

Simon believed and was baptized, but when he saw the apostles laying hands on people and they received the Holy Spirit, his heart was exposed. Instead of desiring God, he desired power, influence, and recognition. He even offered money to buy the gift of God.

Peter rebuked him, saying, "May your money perish with you... your heart is not right before God."

This story reminds us to examine our motives. It is possible to be close to ministry while having the wrong thirst. We should never pursue ministry for status, power, applause, or personal gain. True ministry flows from a heart that longs to glorify Christ and serve others.

Before asking God to use us, we should ask Him to purify us. A pure heart is more valuable than a prominent platform.

Reflection: What am I really thirsty for—God's presence or God's power? Am I seeking to serve Christ, or to be seen by people?

Prayer: Lord, search my heart and purify my motives. Let my desire be for You above every gift, position, or recognition. Help me to serve faithfully, humbly, and for Your glory alone. Amen.
PST SAM
Sammy Blessed
KAG EAST GATE Thogoto

05/09/2026

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See you tomorrow as we celebrate the doings of the Lord.
Sammy Blessed
KAG EAST GATE Thogoto

30/08/2026

Life Balance – Part 4:

" What Is Success Costing You?"

There is a kind of success that looks beautiful from a distance but becomes painful when you get close.

The promotion came.

The business grew.

The money increased.

The house became bigger.

The title became impressive.

People started calling you successful.

But somewhere along the way, something else became smaller.

Your conversations with your spouse.

Your time with your children.

Your health.

Your prayer life.

Your peace.

And perhaps you didn't notice it happening because you were busy building the life you thought your family would enjoy.

This is one of life's greatest ironies:

You can work so hard to give your family a better life that you become absent from the very life you were working to provide.

There is nothing wrong with ambition.

There is nothing wrong with building a career, growing a business, pursuing excellence or desiring financial stability.

The question is not, "How successful am I?"

The better question is:

"What is my success costing me?"

Because not every price is worth paying.

If your success costs you your marriage, it is too expensive.

If it costs you your relationship with your children, it is too expensive.

If it destroys your health, it is too expensive.

If it leaves you spiritually empty, it is too expensive.

And if one day you finally achieve everything you wanted, only to discover that the people you wanted to celebrate with are no longer close to you, you may realize too late that you were successful at the wrong thing.

Jesus asked:

«"For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?"
— Mark 8:36»

The principle goes beyond the soul.

Sometimes we gain something while quietly losing something else.

So before you chase the next opportunity, pause.

Look around you.

Look at your spouse.

Look at your children.

Look at your health.

Look at your walk with God.

And ask yourself:

"Am I building a successful life, or am I simply building a successful career?"

Because a truly successful life is not one where you have everything.

It is one where the things that matter most are still with you when you arrive at where you are going.

Reflection: If your current pace continues for the next five years, what will you gain—and what might you lose?
PST SAM
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30/08/2026

Come again please,when was the last time you were in church?
Why not today?
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30/08/2026

"I MISSED MY OPPORTUNITY"

There is a particular kind of pain that comes when you realize that you had an opportunity—and you didn't take it.

Not because somebody stopped you.
Not because the opportunity wasn't real.
Not because somebody else took it from you.

You simply weren't ready.
Maybe you were too comfortable.
Maybe you were afraid.
Maybe you were entitled.
Maybe you thought there would be another chance.
Maybe you were dealing with family responsibilities and genuinely couldn't leave.
Maybe you were building your career and didn't realize what was standing in front of you.

And now, years later, you look back and say:
“If I had known then what I know now, I would have done things differently.”

That sentence can torment a person.
Because you cannot go back.

The job has been filled.
The relationship has moved on.
The door has closed.
The season has passed.

And perhaps the hardest part is watching other people move forward while you remain emotionally parked beside the door that closed.

But hear me carefully:
You must learn to distinguish between a missed opportunity and a missed destiny.
You may have missed an opportunity.

That is possible.
The Bible does not teach us that every decision we make is automatically God's perfect decision.

We make mistakes.
We misjudge seasons.
We make poor choices.
We sometimes allow fear, pride, comfort or immaturity to make decisions for us.

But the fact that you mishandled one opportunity does not mean you have permanently destroyed your future.

Look at Moses.
He made a terrible decision.
He killed an Egyptian and fled Egypt.
The palace was behind him.
His old life was gone.
He ended up in Midian.
And for forty years, he lived there.

But when Moses probably thought that chapter of his life was finished, God appeared to him in the burning bush and said:
“Come now, therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh.”
— Exodus 3:10

Think about that.
Moses had run from Egypt.
Now God was sending him back to Egypt.

The wilderness wasn't the end of Moses' story.
It was a chapter.

And maybe that's what you need to understand about your own life.
The chapter you are currently living in is not necessarily the conclusion of your story.
You may have lost something valuable.
You may have to live with consequences.
You may never get that exact opportunity back.

And we need to be mature enough to accept that.
Sometimes faith means believing God can open another door—not demanding that He reopen the old one.

Perhaps that person won't return.
Perhaps that particular job won't come back.
Perhaps that business opportunity is gone.
Perhaps you really did make a mistake.

But your mistake is not your identity.
And your missed opportunity is not proof that God has abandoned you.

Now comes the difficult part: forgive yourself.

Not because what happened didn't matter.
It mattered.
Learn from it.
Repent where you need to repent.
Apologize where you need to apologize.
Take responsibility where you need to take responsibility.
But don't spend the next ten years punishing yourself for something you cannot change.

You cannot become yesterday's version of yourself with today's wisdom.
You know better now because you have lived through it.
So take the lesson.
Don't keep taking the punishment.

And perhaps you're asking:
“Pastor, will I ever have another opportunity?”

I cannot promise you that the exact thing you lost will return.
But I can tell you this:

Your future is bigger than one opportunity.
There are doors you haven't seen yet.
There are people you haven't met yet.
There are things you haven't built yet.
There are prayers you haven't prayed yet.
There are experiences you haven't lived yet.
And most importantly:
God is not limited by the opportunity you missed.

So don't spend the rest of your life standing at a closed door saying,
“If only…”
Take the lesson.
Receive God's grace.
Grow.
Prepare.
And when the next door opens, don't meet it as the same person who mishandled the last one.

Maybe you missed something.
Maybe you made a mistake.
Maybe you lost a season.
But listen to me:
You did not lose your entire future.

Get up.
There is still life ahead of you.
There is still purpose ahead of you.
There is still work to do.
There is still grace for tomorrow.
You missed an opportunity.
You are not finished.
PST SAM
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26/08/2026

"THE DECISION YOU WISH YOU COULD UNMAKE"

There are decisions that keep us awake at night.
Not because someone reminds us of them, but because our own hearts do.

Perhaps you said something you can't take back. Perhaps you walked away from an opportunity. Perhaps you rejected someone who genuinely loved you. Or perhaps you chose a path that seemed right at the time, only to realize later that it wasn't.

Now you keep asking yourself,
"What if I had chosen differently?"

If that's you, hear me today:

A bad decision does not make you a hopeless person.

Moses made a terrible decision when he killed the Egyptian.

That one moment forced him into the wilderness for forty years. He couldn't undo what he had done, and he had to live with the consequences.

But when God met Moses at the burning bush, He didn't say, "I'm looking for someone who has never failed."
He called the very man who thought his best years were behind him.

That tells us something beautiful about God.
He is not looking for perfect people. He is looking for surrendered people.

Perhaps your decision has cost you something valuable. Be honest about it. Learn from it. Repent where you need to. But don't spend the rest of your life trying to relive a moment you cannot change.

Yesterday cannot be rewritten.
But tomorrow has not been written yet.

God specializes in writing new chapters for people who thought their story had ended.

So instead of asking,
"How do I undo my past?"

Ask,

"Lord, what do You want to do with my future?"

Your worst decision may explain where you've been.
It does not have to decide where you're going.

Grace gives you permission to begin again.
PST SAM
Sammy Blessed
Kenya Assemblies of God Gitaru Family Church
KAG EAST GATE Thogoto
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01/06/2026

As Kenya celebrates freedom,
we remember a greater freedom in Christ — freedom from sin, fear, and bo***ge.

“For freedom Christ has set us free.” – Galatians 5:1
True liberty is found in Him alone.

Happy madaraka day

01/06/2026

As Kenya celebrates freedom,
we remember a greater freedom in Christ — freedom from sin, fear, and bo***ge.

“For freedom Christ has set us free.” – Galatians 5:1
True liberty is found in Him alone.

Happy madaraka day


KAG EAST GATE Thogoto

30/05/2026

Tomorrow, the women department is on duty.
Daughters of the king on the alter. It shall be 🔥🔥🔥.
Make an effort of attending service tomorrow.
We are located at kihunguro Thogoto. Don't miss
KAG EAST GATE Thogoto .

30/05/2026

Tomorrow, the women department is on duty.
Daughters of the king on the alter. It shall be 🔥🔥🔥.
Make an effort of attending service tomorrow.
We are located at kihunguro Thogoto. Don't miss