The Blessed Life: MYMMO2020

[Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] [Music] oh i tell you we are so excited to host you for church today because it's gonna be amazing this is the day we've been waiting for it's our annual miracle missions offering sunday come on yeah awesome awesome that's right jules it's that very special time of the year when as we total church we get to give really big so we can advance god's kingdom that's absolutely right and we are committed to it now i do know that it's a different day today we're doing it differently but i love what the bible says this is the day god has met we are still gonna rejoice we are still gonna be glad we are still gonna give big to god's kingdom it's a special day and so sweetie would you lead us in a prayer as we get ready for the rest of the service absolutely lord our hearts are full of praise and we are bursting with gratitude for this far you have brought us thank you so much lord father will you receive all the glory would you receive all the honor and all the praise as we worship you today for you alone are good and we thank you for an open heaven in jesus name of prayer amen now i know you're ready to worship get up on your feet because listen this is what the bible says let everything that has breath praise the lord come on put your hands together like [Music] this [Music] never let me go you're the grace you're the grace that saved me brought the chains that found me reconciled [Music] your love has made us new we is [Music] is [Music] never let me go never let me curves you're the grace that saved me [Music] we [Music] jesus come on come on [Music] [Music] [Music] jesus puts your hands together [Music] this is he says [Music] jesus [Music] jesus [Music] [Applause] [Music] all right put some hands together everybody take your lips come on all right [Music] [Music] your name on jesus [Music] [Music] be glorified be glorified [Music] [Music] [Music] oh [Music] is [Music] [Music] all right we're gonna dance together [Music] we [Music] oh [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Music] is [Music] yesterday [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] come and lift up your hands and lift up your voice right where you are just praise his name we love you lord we worship you oh praise the name of the lord our god oh praise his name [Music] forever we will sing your praise oh lord oh lord our god together praise the name of the lord our god oh praise his name forever [Music] the name of the lord [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] oh [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] indeed our god is worthy of all our praise because of who he is because of the great things that he has done in the past because of the great things he's doing today he's the lord that picks us out of the dust and puts us in places of honor he's a god who gives us children when we couldn't have children he's a god who provides our needs when we could not meet those needs he is worthy from everlasting to everlasting and so we give him praise forever and friends it is good to give praise to god through song through dance but it's also good to give thanks to god through our substance it is our time now to give oh thank you pastor joshua it's time for us to give and at this moment we are going to return the lord's tithe remember last week we learned that we demonstrate that god is first in our lives when we return are tied to god now the miracle offering section is going to be a little bit later right now it's time for you and i to be the church that we always are to give of what we have already planned because god loves a cheerful giver now the instructions on how to give are going to be on the screen and after the giving our founders pastors gary and marilyn skinner are going to come and speak to us come on let's skip together you can give using mobile money direct bank transfer or any banking agent within your community but also if you live close to any of our celebration points you can simply walk over and slip your cash offering into one of the gift boxes now for those using mobile money let me walk you through the steps you would take for mtn dial star 165 star 3 hash and the merchant code is one four eight seven seven five that is one four eight seven seven five and for airtel you dial star one 185 star four star nine hash and the business number is seven hundred thousand that is seven followed by five zeros for more giving options check out our website watotochurch.com forward slash give but you can also use your phone to scan the qr code which will take you straight to the different giving options and for your watoto child sponsorship dial star 165 star four star for hash then enter the merchant code wccm in capital letters the merchant code is wccm in capital letters now as a reference type the sponsor's full name only fill in the amount to be paid and finally fill in your mtn mobile money pin thank you for your generosity [Music] last year jennifer and myself together with our children attended my missions offering at water church and it was such a wonderful experience because as we were giving to god we could feel immediately the the blessings of that offering being reciprocated back to us it was a cultural sunday and we were dancing to the adults church from the children's church waving our envelopes and when we reached the adults church we dropped our envelopes in the offering basket it was so so fun the children's involvement in my missions offering especially the the older ones the shazi and [Music] i think has made them more mature it has made them more spiritually aware it has taught them that giving to god is very very very important and it has basically cultivated in them a a a culture of of sharing if your if if you know that it is important to share with god then it by extension you know that it is important to share with mankind it's always my pleasure when my kids are participating in the mission miracle offering because i feel like they get to know god they get to know the reason they are giving so it makes me happy that my children are part of the team that are offering since then the lord has given me a new year he has given me new talents and he has allowed me to attend church on zoom he has also given me good teachers to help me learn well and that is why i praise him as a family well it's uh we give because we are given everything we have everything we possess we get it from god so it's only that we give back to him so that's the reason we the mogume families feel like we we need to give back to god our children have been they are happy they are healthy they are doing well in school and and really all that goes back to to god this year i'm excited for my next miracle missions offering are you ready well me and my family we are ready welcome to 2020 my miracle missions offering what a great weekend a weekend when we can celebrate when we can dance as we do what what toto church does so well give a generous sacrificial offering to expand the kingdom of god around the world you know we've been doing this for a number of years now and i'm excited that we can do it again a number of years god told me he said gary i want you to ask the church the people of the church to give an offering not just any offering but a sacrificial generous offering and then i want you to give it away in other words i want you to build the kingdom of god with it don't spend it on yourselves and we've been doing that for a number of years now and our target every year has been a million dollars and we've reached that target almost every year wow i want to thank you for being generous in the past well we're going to do it again and why are we doing it again because we need to constantly be reminded that greed and accumulation of things can creep back into our lives and take over so once in a while once a year we stop we pray we say god what do you want me to give and he usually puts a figure in our minds that seems a little extravagant it is extravagant because that's god's heart god is an extravagant god god gave his very best gift he gave a sacrificial gift when he gave jesus to be the savior of the world and jesus went to the cross and paid for our sins wow that's generosity generosity is the perfect act of perfect love and that's the heart of god and here at watauta church we want to be like god in the way that we live our lives so we learn to give generously you know i know that africa has never been thought of as a generous continent we need to change that we've we've always seen africa as a continent with his hands out asking for something well it's time for africa to turn that around and our hands go out to give something to someone else that's what we've been doing and every year we've taken this offering and we've given it away and as a result of our giving we we've seen churches planted in eastern europe last year we planted the church in canada uh we've planted a church a couple of years ago in japan and burundi and rwanda and and we did so in south sudan we've been able to extend the kingdom of god and then another exciting thing that we did was we rebuilt ten houses for syrian refugees christian widows whose families and their houses have been broken down we've renovated those homes wow i'm so proud of you without the church for what you've been able to do we've been able to do over these years through our extravagant sacrificial giving and this is another year when we need to do that i'm excited this year that we're going to try and build up our online campus we're going to be able to spend money to be able to extend the way that we're able to preach the good news and show water services to people all across uganda all across africa and around the world because i know that god is doing something good right here so marilyn and i we talked about it we prayed about it and we decided to give another sacrificial offering we've already sent ours in and it's time for you now each one of us who are participating and it's all of us not just some of us but all of us doing something something over and above what we might normally do and we give it and together we put it together and then we bless somebody one of the things that i'm excited that we've done is we've every year blessed jerusalem and the people of israel through that great church king of kings downtown jerusalem and the gospel is being preached to god's people in the nation of israel we're going to continue to do that because that's very much a part of our heart i want to encourage you with this psalm 112 says it talks about the blessed man and the blessed woman his house is blessed his family is blessed his business is blessed why because he gives generously he lavishes generous gifts on the poor in other words he gives generously to others and that's the way god wants us to live our lives to to to be generous in absolutely everything that we do it reflects the heart of our father god so as we get ready to give remember this giving is an act of worship giving is not just something we have to do in the middle of a church service our giving is an act of worship we take that gift and we hold it up to god and we say god i worship you with this gift see the bible tells us that we're to be generous not just to people but we're to be generous back to god our giving is an act of generosity towards towards god it's an act of worship he gives us everything that we have and we come back and say here i want to give back something to you to say thank you to you for all the wonderful things that you've been doing in my life and so as you get ready to give we're going to bring that gift and we're going to put it wherever we're going to put it and we're going to sing and we're going to dance and we're going to celebrate and we're going to give praise to god our example for this is the corinthian church or rather the macedonian church in corinthians they were poor people and there was need in jerusalem so paul was collecting money from churches around uh europe for for for the people the needy people in jerusalem and he wrote in first corinthians chapter nine he wrote in second corinthians chapter nine as well about this poor macedonian church you gave over and above out of their poverty and this is what god says he would enrich them in every way so that on every occasion they could be generous more and more you know generosity is something that just grows and grows and gets bigger and bigger and it releases more blessing in our lives i know we live that way as what the church and you can live that way too in your life in your family so what's at the church get ready it's my miracle missions offering and together we're going to give so that god can be honored and glorified god bless you wow julius that was an awesome message from our founders gary and marilyn skinner we really thank god it is that message that just gets you ready to give but before we get to the mo do this first just tell us that story about david you know what here at water when it's time to give our mo we do it david's style that's right i remember the story when the ark of the covenant was being brought back to the kingdom and david saw it boy david dance the bible says until his clothes fell off now today we're not gonna dance until our clothes fall off but we are gonna dance and his wife despised him said how can a whole king dance like that you know what david was a man after god's own heart right david was a man who loved god's house and he would go over and above and he said i will even be more undignified than this for the sake of our king come on and that's why we give big white dancing james that's so true i mean i know you're ready to give so these are just the giving instructions for you some of you have been collecting the money and putting in an envelope and you want to give you know what you can go to any of our campuses our physical locations and give into the gift box put it into the gift box for the rest of you you can use mobile money on mtn or airtel instructions are coming up on your screen or you can do direct debit from your bank to the bank over to the church right yeah something like that so julius yeah isn't it at the moment this is the moment i know you were ready maybe yeah maybe you're watching as an individual or you're watching as a family or maybe you're gathered in one of our hot spots in your cells let's give big ready to give friends all right and now let the giving party [Applause] [Music] amen [Applause] hallelujah [Applause] [Music] is know [Music] no [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] when i remember what you've done for me lord cause when i remember what you've done for [Music] when i remember what you did for me when i remember ladies [Applause] hallelujah [Music] [Music] turn [Music] turn around everybody [Applause] are you ready [Music] are you ready [Music] [Music] [Music] hallelujah [Music] [Music] [Music] i want to thank you lord hallelujah i want to thank the lord [Music] hallelujah [Music] jesus [Music] [Music] yes are you are [Music] now please remember to join us are you ready everybody going like this [Music] everybody going like that one more time [Music] [Music] again everybody one two three now one more time are you ready are you ready here we go [Music] give jesus victory [Music] he has given me is he has given us he has given us victory he has given us [Music] i [Music] victory he has given us the future in africa for jesus everybody [Music] uh he is is yes we do oh jesus we thank you that you're walking into this future with us everybody the lord is with you no matter what you're going through [Music] [Music] [Music] he's going ahead of me is [Music] into a future that is blessed with hope with life with joy this size that's right [Music] in jesus name you will overcome [Music] [Music] [Music] give him come on let's give jesus a big shout out he's worthy he's worthy wow wow eddie this has been electric something happens when god's people decide to be extremely extravagantly sacrificially generous towards his work wow thank you thank you so much you who's watching you who's listening whether you're in uganda south sudan in juba or anywhere in the world thank you for being a part of this giving our annual miracle missions offering everything we've given is going to be used to advance god's kingdom that's the purpose of why we gave and now you know i feel like david now again when his people gave towards the building of the kingdom he called the assembly together and he prayed and blessed them so i want to pray with you wherever you are i would like us to join in prayer now if you have not been ready to give don't feel like you're not a part of this we'll continue to receive the miracle offering in the weeks that lie ahead but god looks at your heart and so wherever you are just take that posture of receiving from god some of you would like to lift up your hands some of you just love to be on your knees wherever you are i just want to pray for you now father everything we have ultimately comes from you and belongs to you and today we've chosen to keep sacrificial extravagantly above and beyond regardless of the season we are in in life here's what your people have done they've given physically they've given digitally and you know each one of them now lord i pray bless them [Music] keep them be kind to them lord i pray that you will be gracious to them i ask that your your face will shine on them your glorious favor will rest on them and your supernatural power will work on their behalf today i pray you will bless them in the city you'll bless them outside the city you'll bless their coming in you'll bless their going out you'll bless the work of their hands you will provide for them everything they need lord i pray those who do farming bless their farm produce those who do business may their businesses go to the next level in the name of jesus those who are at school students i pray you'll bless them and make them shine forth like stars for jesus i pray for families right now those that are believing you for children and they are still praying today we believe for a miracle of open wombs and children being born into those families i pray for that enstrenched husband or wife that needs to come back to their home and they are watching right now i pray the great miracle of restoration will happen to that marriage i pray for those weird children that have run away from home bring them back like the prodigal son lord your promise that when we are faithful with what you've given to us you will entrust us with more so today we pray receive this offering use it for your glory and in return bless your children in jesus name amen amen amen amen wow god loves you at the heart of god's kingdom are his people reaching other people who are far from jesus christ and we do not want to close this service before we can give an opportunity to many of you who are a part of this service who have not surrendered your heart to jesus christ i want to let you know the reason we give sacrificially is because we want to be a part of people who are reaching you so you can know that god loves you you see god gave sacrificially when he gave his son jesus christ to die in your place so you can have eternal life now my brother my sister i want to pray for you to receive this wonderful gift that we all don't deserve but god gives it to us because he loves us if you know in your heart you have not surrendered your heart to jesus christ i want to pray for you at this moment you bow your heads wherever you are and just repeat this prayer after me say jesus jesus today today i acknowledge in my heart knowledge that i'm a sinner and i thank you for your son who died in my place today i receive forgiveness i receive jesus to be my savior and my lord in jesus name amen and amen if you pray that prayer you are a child of god and welcome to god's family congratulations do let us know who you are by clicking that link if you're watching online or send us an email connect what torahchurch.com now there's more information about how you can be a part of this church the links are going to be coming up at the end of this celebration service but at this time we want to sing one more song together to celebrate our king of kings and the lord of lords let's celebrate jesus all right get ready to dust will you put your hands together like this give him a shot all around the world [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] yes [Music] hallelujah oh is [Music] [Music] [Music] blessings everywhere everywhere oh victory [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] everybody is [Music] is [Music] i already [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] god bless you have a great week [Music] you

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Published: Sun Nov 08 2020