AIC Muvaa

AIC Muvaa A church were we:
1. Gather together (fellowship)
2. Grow together (discipleship)
3. Go and make other disciples (mission, evangelism)

An open group that brings together brethren who are members and/or friends of AIC Muvaa. It provides a link for effective communication, motivation and encouragement amongst brethren.

09/03/2020

Jesus left that place and went to the vicinity of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know it; yet he could not keep his presence secret. In fact, as soon as she heard about him, a woman whose little daughter was possessed by an impure spirit came and fell at his feet. The woman was a Greek, born in Syrian Phoenicia. She begged Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter. “First let the children eat all they want,” he told her, “for it is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.” “Lord,” she replied, “even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.” Then he told her, “For such a reply, you may go; the demon has left your daughter.” She went home and found her child lying on the bed, and the demon gone. Mark 7:24-30

Jesus desired to make his presence a secret but it was not possible, his fame had already spread to that region. This woman who had a daughter possessed by impure spirits approached him. This woman had only one request and that was for Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter. Jesus uses a parable that this woman follows very well. It is through her answer that her faith does wonders. “even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs” shows her faith in Jesus Christ. Perhaps the word ‘first’ depicted a possibility of a miracle and thus gave her answer. Crumbs are useless to those who drop them but are of value to the pets and small animals that feed on them. To her whatever the master said or gave her was enough to get her daughter well.

The woman’s faith was seen in her answer. Some of us have been made to believe that our miracles lie in who prays for us, how much we give, how active we are in church etc. Some of us have even sold our belongings in the name of buying healing or even a job through prayers. This woman’s case shows us that through our words, faith is seen. How do you reply to your situations? Jesus heard the reply and saw the faith and the daughter was set free from the demons. When you read the word of God and you hear God speak through his word, how do you reply to him? Where there is faith, there is no doubt and your words should show that because God sees the faith in our responses. May the Holy Spirit of God equip us with the wisdom necessary so that our words and replies will be faith filled.


with MariaSpeaks and Man Karis

27/02/2020

During those days another large crowd gathered. Since they had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion for these people; they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat. If I send them home hungry, they will collapse on the way, because some of them have come a long distance.” His disciples answered, “But where in this remote place can anyone get enough bread to feed them?” “How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked. “Seven,” they replied. He told the crowd to sit down on the ground. When he had taken the seven loaves and given thanks, he broke them and gave them to his disciples to distribute to the people, and they did so. They had a few small fish as well; he gave thanks for them also and told the disciples to distribute them. The people ate and were satisfied. Afterward the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. About four thousand were present. After he had sent them away, he got into the boat with his disciples and went to the region of Dalmanutha. Mark 8:1-10

Jesus saw the large crowd that had gathered and in compassion saw how hungry they were because for three days they had been with him and he did not want to send them away hungry. So Jesus been a man of faith and solutions knew that something should be done to the men who He felt should not be sent home hungry. His disciples however, were looking at the matters on the ground and according to google maps, the area was so remote that no shops were available. So they quickly informed Jesus of the impossibilities.

But Jesus was ready for them. He knew that in that whole congregation there was definitely something He could work with. So He specifically asked how many loaves were available. Jesus gave thanks and multiplied the bread and fish. The crowd was to sit down as the disciples distributed the food to them this proves the order Jesus always maintained.
At times you could be around people that use their physical eyes to judge and assess matters. Those that insist on, “Let us be realistic” while excluding the language of faith. When Jesus has compassion, you best bet that there is a miracle on the way. And a good thing about a miracle is that it has its own way that most times defies the norm.

Truth is that they 5000 men were in a remote place where shops could not be located but as long as you are walking with Jesus, He is beyond shops, jobs, monthly salaries, and any other source of income you can ever have. Jesus is beyond matters on the ground. All these men were fed and there was much left over. When Jesus supplies he does it abundantly.
How do thing look like right now in the physical? Then also look at how things look like with an eye of faith.


on with MariaSpeaks and Man Karis

26/02/2020

“I am not referring to all of you; I know those I have chosen. But this is to fulfill this passage of Scripture: ‘He who shared my bread has turned[a] against me.’ “I am telling you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe that I am who I am. Very truly I tell you, whoever accepts anyone I send accepts me; and whoever accepts me accepts the one who sent me.” After he had said this, Jesus was troubled in spirit and testified, “Very truly I tell you, one of you is going to betray me.” His disciples stared at one another, at a loss to know which of them he meant. One of them, the disciple whom Jesus loved, was reclining next to him. Simon Peter motioned to this disciple and said, “Ask him which one he means.” Leaning back against Jesus, he asked him, “Lord, who is it?” Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I will give this piece of bread when I have dipped it in the dish.” Then, dipping the piece of bread, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. As soon as Judas took the bread, Satan entered into him. So Jesus told him, “What you are about to do, do quickly.” But no one at the meal understood why Jesus said this to him. Since Judas had charge of the money, some thought Jesus was telling him to buy what was needed for the festival, or to give something to the poor. As soon as Judas had taken the bread, he went out. And it was night. John 13:18-30

Jesus lived with Judas Iscariot all the while, he even gave him a treasury position knowing so well that he was the one to betray him. Up till the very moment and hour of betrayal Jesus never talked about it. He even never gave Judas any side eyes out of hatred or suspicion. And even at this very time, he said it as a form of motioning to Judas that, “time had now come”.

How do you treat your enemies? People who you out rightly know never mean any good to you? But you have to work in the same environment, live around the same area or even meet up in church as you serve in ministry.

For Judas, it was already prophesied before time that he was going to betray Jesus. And for Jesus the betrayal, though bad, was a set up for the next level. Betrayal is bad, so bad, but there are times it is meant to elevate you. Jesus loved Judas, and so should we all love those that betray us and Jesus lived with him and also did not mind the position allocated to him.
You can choose to go about bad mouthing the people that betrayed you or you can choose to live in harmony with them, because vengeance belongs to the Lord. Do not be so quick to execute judgement even in the places you feel you are fair, that is sorely Gods responsibility. When God Judges He does it justly. Just focus on living right for God.


with MariaSpeaks and Man Karis

25/02/2020

And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye’; and look, a plank is in your own eye? Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye. Matt 7:3-5

Have you ever tried to give advice and you felt like no one was listening to you? Well, maybe it is because you were advising people against the same thing that you do. Most of us warn people against the paths that we walked on, paths that could have led to destruction, decisions that we made that were wrong etc. What will make people take you seriously or not, is if they can see the change in you. You can’t beat your son or daughter for being drunk, yet you come home drunk every day.

In a World where Judge not is the norm of the day, we ought to very careful in the way we carry our rebukes and corrections. When a person of good reputation corrects something, it is often taken as rebuke but if a person of questionable characters does the same, then it’s dubbed as judgement. We are called to be our brothers keepers, taking care of each other and making sure we make each other better. This entails calling out sin as sin but you can never call out a sinner yet you yourself is sinking in the same sin.

This verse reminds us to continually work on ourselves. The change we want to see in people is the same change that people need to see in us. Children need to see what they are supposed to do being replicated in the house. You can’t speak against corruption yet people know you are corrupt. You can’t give advice on marriage yet your own household is wanting. By continuously working on ourselves, we then are able to continuously influence the people of God.

May the Holy Spirit reveal to us the logs that ought to be removed. Whatever it is that you want to shape or influence, once you work on yourselves, then it becomes easy to address them. By working on your logs then the love of others will also sink in. The language of love will coat all your rebukes and corrections. You will be taken seriously without even struggling to get the attention. You want to be a good brother’s keeper, deal with whatever log that is in your eyes. May the Holy Spirit help us. We must be intentional at being better Christians each day and that involves working on removing our specks so that we can make other people better.


on with MariaSpeaks and Man Karis

24/02/2020

But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that are now already here, he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made with human hands, that is to say, is not a part of this creation. He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, thus obtaining eternal redemption. The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that they are outwardly clean. How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God! Hebrews 9:11-14

Before Jesus Christ came, the blood of goats and bulls came in handy as cleansing tools. Before any sacrifice, cleansing rituals would be held and that included shedding of the blood of animals. When Jesus came, all this changed. The bible says that he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that in not made with human hands. What Jesus did for us, would not have been done by any human being. With his blood, we do not need the blood of animals and other rituals to render us cleansed.

The blood only cleansed outwardly but that of Jesus does more than just that, it cleanses our consciences from acts that lead to death. What are these acts that leads to death? The bible says that the wages of sin is death. The blood of Jesus offers permanent solution to sin and thus saves us from death by offering eternal life. This blood is able to cleanse any sin known and unknown to man and its freely available to all kinds of people.

As we start this new week, let us remind ourselves of the value of the blood of Jesus Christ. It took his death for us to be forgiven once and for all. It’s because of this blood that we don’t need to sacrifice, goats, bulls and doves. There is no sin that you have done that this blood cannot cleanse. There is no way we can serve the living God if we are not cleansed by the blood of Jesus Christ Thank you for God for the blood of Jesus Christ.


with MariaSpeaks and Man Karis

20/02/2020

Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. Because of these, the wrath of God is coming. You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived. But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator. Here there is no Gentile or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all. Col 3:1-11

The death and resurrection of Christ is symbolic to our walk with him. Before we accepted him as our personal savior we were all lost in sin. Christ died to save us from that sin, He offered a perfect sacrifice for all of us. However, when we chose salvation, there are things that must change. The sins of the past must be left at the past and this is possible with the help of the Holy Spirit.

One of the key things that needs to change is where our focus is. The word of God urges us to set our minds on things above and not on earthly things. The only way to leave the past behind is by switching our focus. You can sit in a ‘matatu’ for hours simply because you know where you are headed. What is it that pushes you in this journey of Christianity, focus on it,and that factor is Christ.

It might not happen overnight, but it can happen. In continuous prayers and always keeping focus on things of God, we eventually start shedding off things that had entangle us to sin. This world will eventually pass away but the word of God will never pass away. As we strive to make money, launch businesses, study and get good grades, invests etc., let our ultimate focus be on things above. Remember it is He who gives us the ability to make wealth. No matter where you are in life today, let the focus be on Christ. May the Holy Spirit keep us in check, may He remind us when we are losing focus. Focus on things above; where Christ is.

on with MariaSpeaks and Man Karis.

19/02/2020

Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to the disciples, “Sit here while I go and pray over there.” And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and He began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed. Then He said to them, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch with Me.” He went a little farther and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.” Then He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “What! Could you not watch with Me one hour? Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” Again, a second time, He went away and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if this cup cannot pass away from Me unless I drink it, Your will be done.” And He came and found them asleep again, for their eyes were heavy. So He left them, went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words. Then He came to His disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners. Rise, let us be going. See, My betrayer is at hand.” Matt 26:36-46

The moment and time had come for the son of man to execute the mandate which He was sent on earth to do. At this point Jesus was feeling the weight of the assignment. When He was healing the sick, raising the dead and restoring sight, maybe the weight of His death was not as much. But in this context we find Jesus seeking that he can pass the cup over.

When coming on earth He knew that the cup was meant for Him to drink from, but again, He feels that maybe someone else can bear the burden. Have you ever been in a place where you wanted to pass a certain cup of suffering but deep down you know you cannot because it is only meant for you? Jesus even had intercessors with him but they slept on the job. Because there are cups that even the greatest intercessors cannot pray to stop the will of God.

After the His death and resurrection, Jesus was highly exalted and that is what God was looking at. Most times we want to pass over the cup but the truth of the matter is that God has already seen the victory ahead of you and that is why, you will still partake of the cup, you cannot pass it over, you must endure to the very end.

Anytime you are asking for the end or skipping of a certain season in your life remember to also seek for the will of the Father. The Spirit is always willing to pursue the will of God. Hard as it may be, desire the will of God because eventually there is always victory.


on with MariaSpeaks and Man Karis

19/02/2020

For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. Colossians 1:13-14

Today we worship.

on with MariaSpeaks and Man Karis


18/02/2020

Saul told his son Jonathan and all the attendants to kill David. But Jonathan had taken a great liking to David and warned him, “My father Saul is looking for a chance to kill you. Be on your guard tomorrow morning; go into hiding and stay there. I will go out and stand with my father in the field where you are. I’ll speak to him about you and will tell you what I find out.” Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his father and said to him, “Let not the king do wrong to his servant David; he has not wronged you, and what he has done has benefited you greatly. He took his life in his hands when he killed the Philistine. The Lord won a great victory for all Israel, and you saw it and were glad. Why then would you do wrong to an innocent man like David by killing him for no reason?” Saul listened to Jonathan and took this oath: “As surely as the Lord lives, David will not be put to death.” So Jonathan called David and told him the whole conversation. He brought him to Saul, and David was with Saul as before. 1 Samuel 19:1-7

Saul had started to fear David out of his growing popularity and thus hatched a plot to kill him. Together with the attendants who were supposed to carry out the job was Jonathan his son. Scripture has it that Jonathan and David were very close friends. Jonathan being a son to the King and a friend to David had a choice to make.

Jonathan knew that whatever his father was about to do was wrong. He also knew that the success of the plan depended on him and thus his hands would eventually be dirty if he went through with the plan. He chose to tell David of the plan something that would have dubbed him a traitor. Jonathan didn’t stop at that, he also talks to his father about the plan and why he thinks it’s not right. He reminds Saul of what the Lord did to Israelites through David. Eventually, he brought peace amongst the two for that moment.

The bible warns us against being involved in the counsel of the wicked. It also encourages us to do what is right and just to all people. Jonathan chose what was right even if it meant betraying his own father. Before he calmed down his father, he first made sure to do the right thing which was warn David.
Can you go against family just to do the right thing? Jonathan knew the right and was also aware of what was at stake, and he eventually chose right.

It might not be easy, but it is always right to do what is right.

with MariaSpeaks and Man Karis

17/02/2020

That night the king could not sleep; so he ordered the book of the chronicles, the record of his reign, to be brought in and read to him. 2 It was found recorded there that Mordecai had exposed Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s officers who guarded the doorway, who had conspired to assassinate King Xerxes. 3 “What honor and recognition has Mordecai received for this?” the king asked. “Nothing has been done for him,” his attendants answered. 4 The king said, “Who is in the court?” Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the palace to speak to the king about impaling Mordecai on the pole he had set up for him.5 His attendants answered, “Haman is standing in the court.” “Bring him in,” the king ordered. 6 When Haman entered, the king asked him, “What should be done for the man the king delights to honor?” Now Haman thought to himself, “Who is there that the king would rather honor than me?” 7 So he answered the king, “For the man the king delights to honor, 8 have them bring a royal robe the king has worn and a horse the king has ridden, one with a royal crest placed on its head. 9 Then let the robe and horse be entrusted to one of the king’s most noble princes. Let them robe the man the king delights to honor, and lead him on the horse through the city streets, proclaiming before him, ‘This is what is done for the man the king delights to honor!’”10 “Go at once,” the king commanded Haman. “Get the robe and the horse and do just as you have suggested for Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king’s gate. Do not neglect anything you have recommended.” Esther 6:1-10

Have you ever done something good and got nothing in return for the good deed? Have you lived all your life been a good person but you sort of feel like no one recognizes or appreciates you for it? This was probably how Mordecai might have felt after exposing the people that wanted to kill the king. Then after doing that, no one remembered or honored him for it?

Anyone would think that immediately the king would promote Mordecai in an instant, but that was not the case. What do you do when you live a life of integrity but even after, you still have to be content with a low life? The aspect of being faithful in the little. How much do you sulk or pray when you are still by the gates? Do you always sit and remind God how good you are and that He has not yet blessed you, or you just remain faithful?

Scripture records; That night the king could not sleep; so he ordered the book of the chronicles, the record of his reign, to be brought in and read to him. And the king asked, “What honor and recognition has Mordecai received for exposing the officers who had conspired to assassinate me?” “Nothing has been done for him,” his attendants answered.

And the King organized for Mordecai to be honored. The interesting twist to this is that after he was paraded and honored, Mordecai still went back to the gates to be a watchman. It was much later that he was elevated to the position of Prime minister. But we still find him, a faithful servant of God, a prayerful man and very content.

Keep being faithful, and seeking after God even when you are in despair, the books or remembrance will be opened sooner than you think. Even when you treat people so well but you do not get kindness in return, do not give up, there is one that sees in secret and rewards in the open.


on with MariaSpeaks and Man Karis

11/02/2020

Let's all be challenged and live well with the people that God has given us...let's be a blessing, what will they say when you are gone, when you are not around what do they say. My prayer is that just like Tabitha, we shall live well and leave a legacy that can be desired. May the Lord help us!
Always.... ...Tukutane Galilaya! MAMA TAIFA EVAH Mwalili

….Leo nataka tu tuwaze na tutafakari kuhusu maisha yetu na vile tunavyoishi katika ulimwengu wa leo. Wakati utakapotoka katika ulimwengu huu watu watasema nini kukuhusu, watapeana story gani, watasema nini kuhusu matendo yako. Angalia mama aliyeitwa Tabitha Matendo 9:36-43…alipokufa wajane walilia sana, waliomboleza, wakionyeshana nguo alizowashonea, ikawa huzuni mwingi lakini Mungu akatenda na huyu mama akafufuka na Petero akampeana kwa wajane na waumini akiwa hai. Ukitoka katika ulimwengu leo hii, WATU WATASEMA NINI KUKUHUSU, hata wakati ambapo hauko karibu, watu husema nini kukuhusu, wanakufurahia ama wanahuzunika? Tafakari kuhusu neno hili na Mungu atusaidie tuishi vyema na watu k**a Tabitha, tutafika Galilaya! Shinda vyema na Tukutane Galilaya!

10/02/2020

22 So Samuel said: “Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, As in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, He also has rejected you from being king.” Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned, for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord and your words, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice. 25 Now therefore, please pardon my sin, and return with me, that I may worship the Lord.” But Samuel said to Saul, “I will not return with you, for you have rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord has rejected you from being king over Israel.” And as Samuel turned around to go away, Saul seized the edge of his robe, and it tore. So Samuel said to him, “The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today, and has given it to a neighbor of yours, who is better than you. And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor relent. For He is not a man, that He should relent.” 1st Sam 15:22-27
Now the Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go; I am sending you to Jesse the Bethlehemite. For I have provided Myself a king among his sons.” 1st Sam 16:1

King Saul disobeyed God and the Lord regretted that He had made him king over Israel. Not only did God regret but He also rejected Saul. When Samuel was sent to rebuke him, Saul really tried to cling to power trying to give every excuse he possibly could as to why he disobeyed God, but the word of God was final!

And Samuel goes ahead to outline how bad and catastrophic it can be when we disobey God. Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Bottom line, it is always important that we obey God.
Immediately after, the Lord had already marked and appointed someone else to replace Saul. He said “The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to one of your neighbors- to one better than you” and that was it! There is always someone better than you out there. The Lord was searching and in the wilderness He identified David a man that was going to obey Him.

To God, it is always important to work with a man or woman that can obey him. Otherwise, there was always and will always be a person ready enough out there to obey God if you do not. Let us look at David, a man that even before elevation was always found after the heart of God, a fact that God attested to. When God seeks someone to elevate, promote and lift He will always seek for one who is after Him.

God is always looking and seeking a heart that will obey Him and His word all the time. Someone who is not moved by crowds or surrounding but by Gods stand. Such a person the Lord will use any day.


on with MariaSpeaks and Man Karis

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