16/08/2026
FROM SQUANDERED TO SAVED - CAPTAIN MALUZA PREACHES LUKE 15
Says, “It Is Not Too Late To Come Back To God”
Sunday, 16th August 2026
In an atmosphere charged with conviction, tears and worship, Captain Maluza Hangoma delivered “one of the most stirring sermons of the year.”
Preaching from Luke 15:11-24 about the Parable of the Prodigal Son and titling his message *"START AGAIN: THERE IS STILL A WAY HOME",* Capt Maluza called the Church to repentance, healing and fresh beginnings.
“It is not failure that tells you it’s the end,” he declared. “It is those voices we hear whispering to say that is the end.”
Walking the congregation through the story of the son who demanded his inheritance, Capt Maluza said, “Imagine this young man gathered his courage and told his father, 'Give me my share.' His father gave him, he went out and squandered everything until he had nothing left.”
But the central truth, he emphasised, is God’s unchanging love... “Remember this, just as a father in any condition is your father, that’s the same way God sees us. No matter how you are — rich, poor, lame, old, young... you are still His child.”
A moment that drew nods and murmurs across the sanctuary came when the Capt addressed prosperity. “Money changes people. They become boastful, arrogant, uncontrollable and they feel more wiser... achikuwa chilaambaulwa — they even speak English. You will hear, ‘I can’t eat vegetables, they are for animals.’”
“But immediately when money is gone,” he continued, “you are definitely back at default settings.”
He listed the places people end up as smoking, drunkenness, prostitution and “many more.”
His charge was urgent: “Go back to your Father God... He will receive you. It is time to start again.”
Quoting Ephesians 3:20 which say, “Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think...” Capt Maluza confronted shame. “Shame will tell you: Give up. Don’t try. Stop dreaming. You can’t do it. But the Grace of God will embrace and welcome you and give courage to stand in His paths. It is not too late.”
The service ended in deep worship as Capt Maluza led “nochibapa bamwi choolwe utandiindi” (Lord I hear of showers of blessing. Even me) with the congregation responding in song before entering a corporate prayer of surrender and restoration.
The message landed both personally and as a national call. But the thread running through it all was hope: there is still a way home.
CHAWAMA MEDIA TEAM
