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[0:00] I will start by saying that I would like to preach rather than to give the report.

[0:21] ! I like preaching than giving the report. Anyway, I would say that I was working with a missionary back in Kenya, in Mombasa, which is our seaport city.

[0:35] And while there, I had a call, a special call from my people in the village because we were in Mombasa, which is our seaport city.

[0:48] And I was studying the Bible. There was a verse in the book of Mark, chapter 5 and verse 19, whereby the Lord said that he healed somebody and he told him to go home to his friends and tell them how great things the Lord has done for him.

[1:07] And so I started thinking about that and I wanted to apply that into my heart. And the Spirit of the Lord showed me that it would be better than staying in Mombasa, in the city, it would be better for me to go back to my people in the bush, in the villages and try to reach my people with the gospel because they were as lost like those people in the city.

[1:34] And so my wife and I moved and we went back in the bush. And that's when we started our ministry there. Our ministry was, mainly was surrounded by church planting, planting churches in the villages, in the community there.

[1:53] And then after we opened the church, I had a call to open another church somewhere else, about five months. Then I found that I had no preacher to go there. Then I said I better start the Bible school where we can train the nationals so that we can go out and establish churches in the bush.

[2:19] And so we started the church. And so we started the Bible college there to train the nationals, the Bible, in their own mother tongue. And with that teaching, and after, should I say, after about five, six years, that's the time when Brother Mastaki and another brother by the name of Kafunga, that's when they came from Congo, they came to our school there.

[2:42] And then we continued training people, young people, and at the same time we found there was another ministry. Because when young people finished high school, others who dropped you from eighth grade, they were just going to the cities and get lost in there.

[3:02] And so we were, and we were losing our young people in the cities. And so my wife decided to start another school whereby we were to train young people's skills. That is tailoring and dressmaking and knitting.

[3:20] Then I started another course there for men, then I started another course there for men, young people, bricklaying. You call it bricklaying here? Okay, we started another training for bricklaying. For these young people so that if they get training, most likely they finish and they start making clothes, sewing clothes there within the villages and they will have no time to go to the cities.

[3:44] And that's another ministry. And that's another ministry we started there. Then as that one was going on, finally, we said, my wife said, these kids, some kids who are coming there eating our home and go. And then she said, she asked me, why can't we start an orphanage? I said, woman, you don't know what you're talking about.

[4:04] Because an orphanage is not a school. A school, if you finish food, you can tell them to go home, back to their homes. But with the orphanage, they live there, they stay there. That is their home. You can't tell them to go home. You have no food. That is their home.

[4:21] So she said, well, let's take five. I said, no, those are many. Then we started with two. Was it two or three? Four. Four. Yeah, she knows better than me. She took four and then she continued. I left her, went to the States. When I came back, I found there were 15.

[4:44] And I asked her, no, where are we going to get food to feed these kids? She said, the Lord will supply the needs for these kids. Because he is the father of the fatherless. That's the first used. God is the father of the fatherless.

[5:00] Okay. The orphanage started growing. The fatherless number we had was 63. Although some finished secondary school and going to university, we have three who are in university now and two are in college.

[5:17] And some in high schools and others are in primary schools. You call it one year, two, two year? How do you count it? Year one. Year one, okay. Year one, year two, all the way to year 12. Oh, I wish I knew that all that. Okay.

[5:37] And others are just in kindergarten. They are very small. And there was one need especially. There was a family, Amina Kapo, which gave birth to three kids. And the mother died.

[5:53] And they were taken to a Catholic center to be reared there. Then after five years, they were brought back home and not going to take them because there at the Catholic center, they are not supposed to keep children more under, I mean, beyond five years.

[6:12] So the chief of our area, the chief of our area, asked me whether we can take them. I said, these are going to give us more headaches because they need someone to stay there with them. And then the chief said, what am I going to do?

[6:27] Okay. My wife, I called my wife in America and she said, I think you better get a girl who can stay with at least those three kids. And I took a girl.

[6:41] I started staying with them because they needed to be close and to be fed and to be washed and, you know, all those little things there. And now they have grown now. Oh man, they are almost 10 years now. And when I see them, I just feel happy to see that they are becoming people. Really, you can count on them. And to me, that's very important.

[7:04] So as you pray about the ministry in Kenya, please think of this orphanage. Orphanage is giving us a headache. Feeding them, 63 kids, sometimes 53, sometimes 57, depending on what time of the month or what time of the year.

[7:22] Because some are in high school and when they are in high school, they go to boarding school, they sleep there, they eat there. And after they close the school, they come back to our home. And others live there. And in Kenya, we pay school fees.

[7:37] Yeah, even in, we call it one year, even in one year, two years in school, we just pay school fees. We have needs to cater for when they are in primary school. We call it a primary school in Kenya.

[7:52] And that orphanage is draining us financially because of food especially. Because we are famine. And when we are famine, food is very expensive.

[8:05] Some of these kids don't know what you call famine. And I wish you new famine. Okay, so, you better pray for that.

[8:17] One of the most important great needs is the food for the orphanage. The other one is school fees. Amen. The need is very great there with our orphanage. It's very great.

[8:29] As I talked to you this morning about the churches, I talked about the churches, running in the churches, and I said we needed one motorbike because already we have one and we need one other motorbike so that it can be shared by two pastors going to forest churches.

[8:48] And a motorbike will go for $800. As we talk of now, we have $200 in our mission board in America, and I have $50 in Kenya.

[8:59] At least I have $250, and I need $550 to get one motorbike. Please pray for this need of a motorbike.

[9:12] Okay. As concerning the ministry there, I will mention another thing which to you might not be so big a ministry, but to me it's very big because it helps us reach the people in our communities, in our villages, in our villages, in our area.

[9:32] And that's the ministry of ladies. We have ladies' conference every August, every month of August, the ladies meet there. The last time last year in August, we had 1,200 ladies who met there, women and girls, they met there.

[9:53] We had two preachers, two preachers from America, and my wife and others from there in Kenya, and the result was about 44 decisions which were made for salvation.

[10:06] And that's a ministry to us, because they come, they go, and then they say, we want someone to come here and start a church. Then we go there and evangelize there, and then we start a church.

[10:18] That's one way of planting churches. Please pray for us as national missionaries in Kenya. I would say that it doesn't take, what can I say?

[10:33] You don't need, there is no rocket science involved here to know that it is cheaper to support a national missionary who knows the language, it is cheaper than supporting a foreigner.

[10:53] I don't know whether you understand me. It doesn't take much science to know that. See, the money which can support me as a national missionary, will not be even enough to support one foreign missionary.

[11:09] So, pray for us. We are doing great. Director of our missionary board came to Kenya, and when he saw the work, he went back to America, and said he is so sorry, that he used to think that we are not real.

[11:25] We are not real missionaries, and we are not doing much. But what he found there, what I'm saying is, what he reported in his church. What he found in Kenya, what he did in Kenya, is far much greater than many missionaries there.

[11:41] And now, we have started, beginning another kind of ministry, which is, let me explain this. He has a mom, mama, a lady, an old lady.

[11:56] He is being supported by his son, his son, and his wife, they die of AIDS-related diseases. We have taken a child, all the children, who had no support.

[12:09] We bring them in our orphanage, and we leave that lady there. She has no go to take care of him, or if he is a man, he has no go to take care of him. And I find that I'm feeding many people, almost in daily basis, coming, and they ask me food, and I give them food.

[12:28] Then, I decided to think, last two years, that we should build a home, not necessarily that, in America they call it what?

[12:40] Assisted living. Not necessarily assisted living, but somewhere where we can all, help these old people, to be cared for. The fact that you are old, doesn't mean that you are useless.

[12:53] That's how we take it. The only thing you don't have, is someone to take care of you. And so, I think, and I'm praying, that we are going to open, the building.

[13:05] We have, four rooms, and a kitchen, and a dining hall, and now we want to start, this year, so that it can start operating, and feeding these people, coming in, we feed them, and they go.

[13:19] And those who want to sleep, then we show them, are pleased to sleep. That's what I'm planning to do. Because the Lord has called me, to go back to my home, to my friends, and help them, and show them, how great things, the Lord has done for me.

[13:33] And how much, pity on me. And I want to show mercy, for those who have, no mercy. That's what I'm planning to do. And please, help us.

[13:46] We need your help. We need your help, and we need your prayer, and we need your support. And I think, with those few words, maybe you have, some questions you want to ask.

[13:59] If you ask, it's good. If you don't ask, it means, you did not understand anything. So, which one now? Did you understand, what I said?

[14:10] Any questions? In other words, do you have any questions about that, before I go to the preaching? Do you have, that's persecution, from, Islamic extremists?

[14:24] And, as we talk of now, I should say that, I don't have, persecution, per se, but, except that, people will not love you, if you don't want to fight for the Lord.

[14:38] But, at the same time, I feel like, I'm safer than before. That's what, our state is. But, as far as, my wife and my children are concerned, I would like to stay there, a little, longer, before they come, until I feel that, they are safe to come, and say to her, so, I would prefer my daughter, to continue getting education here, and my wife being where she is, until, I'm confused, that things are, right, are fine now, before I tell them to come, and say to her, that's what I'm thinking.

[15:16] With your churches, you've got, is there 13 or 14 churches, that you have? Did you say that this morning, that you, do you oversee other churches? Do you, do you have other churches, that you oversee?

[15:29] Oh, yeah, yeah, we have other churches, with respect, besides other churches, in the bush, they are, just independent, public churches. Right, and how do they, how, how do they survive, financially?

[15:43] Do they have to have support? Those pastors? Yeah. Most of those pastors, depend on me, because, but, I don't help them much, because every month, I may give them, three, thousand shillings, maybe, two thousand shillings, depending on, how much the Lord, is molesting me, and sometimes, I don't, and then, sometimes, a lot of green rain, and we have, as few food in our farms, and we don't need, as much support, as it is, but on the other hand, you've got to know, these pastors, have got their families, and their children, go to school, and they, they told themselves, I mean, they need to, they told themselves, so, still, there will be need always, yeah, okay, do they play sport, or anything like that, what's that, do they play sport, or soccer, or cricket, or something, you've got to know,

[16:44] I don't, I don't hear, very well, within my right ear, do the children, play sport, oh, do children, play, oh, yeah, they play, they love soccer, oh, yeah, oh, they love, they love, soccer, yeah, oh, soccer, oh, man, many worship, soccer, but, well, yeah, plus other games, but that's a main, that's a main, everywhere you go, you find these kids, playing soccer, all the time, even going to school, they play, and say, what's wrong, so, it's a big deal, yeah, okay, now, I think it's time to preach, yeah, and before I go to the preaching, I would like to ask, because, when I start preaching, I may preach by the calendar, I give the report by the clock, when I preach, I may preach by the calendar, what do I mean, okay, today is 12, okay, then I'll finish tomorrow, on 13, but the pastor did not tell me, the time to start, so,

[17:54] I'll go by the, by the calendar, and the report went by the clock, no, no, no, I'll go, I'll be very brief, I don't preach wrong, okay, okay, just one now, okay, many times, I don't know, in America, the Papists, are annoyed by, by their jokes, somebody, before I left you there, I was talking with somebody, and then he told me that, uh, three, every three people, there is, one ugly person, among the three, I asked him, what do you mean, he says, all over the world, one third of the people, are ugly, I said, I told him, I don't understand, what you mean, he said, okay, so simple, three people, every three people, first, second, and third, is ugly, I told him, how beautiful, he told me, so simple, look on your left, if that is not, ugly, look on your right, if that is not, ugly, then is who, is you, and then,

[19:09] I went to the bank, the other day, and I went for, cashier's check, of three hundred dollars, and, the cashier asked me, what denomination, do you want, I said, I want a Baptist, because that is my denomination, I want a Baptist, I want a Baptist, I didn't know, whether he wanted, he wanted me to say, hundred dollar bills, or he wanted me to say, fifty dollars, he asked me, about the denomination, then I said, I'm a Baptist, and then another day, someone from the fire, firefighters, asked me, whether we have, fire extinguishers, I mean, fire sprinklers, in our church, I told them, we are Baptists, we don't sprinkle people, I said, okay, with that, let's start, with the book of, 2nd Samuel, and chapter 7, please, let's all stand, as we read, the word of God, let's all stand, 2nd Samuel, when I'm preaching, in Kenya, and Brother Maslaki knows, because he used to do that, in Kenya, in the bush,

[20:13] I am, we have Bibles, in the Kekamba Bibles, my dialect is, Kekamba, and our Bibles, Kekamba Bibles, they are all, if you, want to preach from Samuel, you tell them the page, you don't tell them the book, tell them page, such a page, everybody in the church, at the same Bible, when they start to write the page, the book is right there in the church, so as you stand, chapter of the book, of 2nd Samuel, chapter 7, now read the first three verses, and it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the Lord hath given him rest, round about, from all his enemies, that the king said, unto Nathan, the prophet, see now, I dwell in a house of sin, but the ark of God, dwelleth within courtes, and Nathan said to the king, go, do all, that is in thine heart, for the Lord, is with thee, shall we pray, our father, the God,

[21:16] I pray, as a monk, to break the bread of life, into our hearts, that Lord, thou be with me, fill me with thy Holy Spirit, for the ministry, before us now, let me be a blessing, to this congregation, bless us Lord, in Jesus name we pray, Amen, please be seated, when I started, the year, a Bible college, in Kenya, one of the subjects, I was teaching, and I still teach, that subject, is the Old Testament, history, in our college, I teach this subject, three hours a day, five days per week, three weeks per subject, covering, what five hours, we cover the subject, even as a main subject, because we run, our Bible college, in the manual system, whereby we can get, a teacher from, somewhere, come and teach, for three weeks, and then leave, and then we get, another one, in that way, we don't spend money, by paying them, we just pay them, allow this, for teaching that, so,

[22:17] I love this subject, I mean, I love this book, because always, when I'm teaching, I pass that, every year, I have to pass through, the book of Samuel, first century, second century, and I love that, in this part, we have said, as I was reading, in the book, last two years, I discovered, something I had never seen, after teaching, this book, for so many years, I find, I found out, that David, is found, sitting alone, in his state house, three times, in the Bible, and I did not know that, David, King David, is found, sitting alone, in his state house, three times, in the Bible, the first time, we see David alone, is in 2nd Samuel, chapter 7, that's the first time, and this time, he wanted to build, a house for the Lord, and he said, that the Lord, has blessed him, so much, with a good house, as we read in verse 2, he said, the Lord, has blessed me, with a good house, you know,

[23:26] Christian, many times, we take, God's blessings, from granted, as you breathe, the air, the pressure, you breathe, is not paid for, by, the city council, this town, it comes from the Lord, the rain, which we got, last night, and we are still, getting rain now, it comes from the Lord, and we should, thank God, for the rain, if I give you rain, I'll give you rain, and you'll pay, by the meters, if I start giving you rain, like God gives us rain, if I give you rain, I'll give you rain, and I'll give you meters, and always you'll pay me, with meters, but God gives us rain, freely, and we should, thank God, in everything, please, whether it's little, or big, we should thank God, for that, and also as you pray, you should pray, thanking God, and you should pray, to God, to give, many times, we think God, can do, greater things, but a little one, of help, my soul, please, don't help yourself, this is not a free cafeteria, when you come to God, come to God, knowing that, this is God's house, you are coming to God, and you are coming to, ask him, whatever you want, it may be big, it may be small, but the smaller you ask him, the bigger you ask him, to God, there is no impossibilities, ask him whatever you want, and he'll give you, that's what I believe, so, many times, we take God's blessings, from granted, and we forget, that he gives us house, when we live here,

[25:13] I hope, nobody's going to sleep, behind the, the walls, of our house, everybody's going to get, inside the, four walled, buildings, and when you get, in your house, thank God, for the house, David, thank God, for the house, let us, you take God's blessings, from granted, thank God, for the air you breathe, thank God, for the rain he gives us, thank God, for everything, he gives you, David, when he was alone, he thought about God, and he decided, to build a house, for God, the third time, I say the third time, and I hope, you are following me, the third time, we found David, sitting alone, I've left it, the second time, because I went back, the second time, the third time, we found, David sitting alone, is, from the book, of second seminar, chapter 11, verses 1, 27, and you know, this chapter, he was thinking, and he thought, of himself, the first time, he thought, of God, when he was alone, thinking, he thought about God, the third time, he thought, of himself, and this is the time, he committed, a sin, with the shape of him, so a sin of adultery, that's when he was alone, and he was thinking alone, and that was, that is the third time, let me tell you, many times, when you are alone, watch out what you think, watch out what you say, because, whatever you think, when you are alone, that shows your character, that's right, whatever you think, whatever you do, when nobody is looking at you, that shows your character, that shows your character, when you are alone, you've got to be, much aware, that you are alone, and you've got to think, spiritual things, don't think of, yourself like David,

[27:16] David thought of himself, and he had all the mess, he came to get into, trouble, and, now, I want to go, to the second time, the second time, we find David, sitting alone, is found, in the book of, 2 Samuel, and chapter 9, let's go, all of us, let's go there, 2 Samuel, and chapter 9, from verse 1, all the way, to verse 13, I'm not going to read, all verses, but I just want to, give you a hint, of what happened here, and David said, verse 1, and David said, is there yet, any that is left, of the house of Saul, that I may show him, kindness, for Jonathan is safe, and there was, of the house of Saul, a servant, whose name was Zeba, and when they had, called him unto David, the king said unto him, art thou Zeba, and he said, thy servant, is he, and the king said, is there, not yet, any of the house of Saul, that I may show, the kindness of God, unto him, and Zeba said, unto the king,

[28:26] Jonathan, he had a son, yet a son, which is laid, on his feet, now, it's very interesting, I'll go back a little, again, the first time, David was alone, thought about God, the first time, David was alone, turned, him, turned the thought, unto himself, and yet, a mess in his hands, now, the second time, David was alone, his thought, turned, unto other people, the thought of David, turned, unto other people, the first time, his thought, went to God, the third time, his thought, went to himself, the third time, I mean, the second time, David's thought, went to other people, and that shows, you and I, when we are thinking, we better learn, to think about, doing good, to other people, we better learn, to think about, other people, always, don't be involved, of yourself, of yourself, me, me number one, me number one, no, think about, other people,

[29:37] David thinks, about others, and I would say, how long, David thought, about other people, David remembered, his covenant, with Jonathan, which is found, in 1 Samuel, chapter 20, and verses 14, to 17, you find the covenant, there, and David, when he was alone, he thought, about other people, and he thought, of showing grace, showing mercy, to the house of Saul, to the house of his friend, Jonathan, and that's why, he has a question here, he is saying, and David said, is there yet, that is left, of the house of Saul, that I may show him, kindness, for Jonathan is safe, and that is what, God is doing, on this earth for us, God wants to show us, grace, for his son, Jesus Christ, David asked, whether there was, any left, that is left, in the house of Saul, David did not ask, whether there was, one, deserving mercy, people, no one deserves,

[30:45] God's mercy, we are all sinners, in the hands, of an angry God, we don't deserve mercy, we deserve punishment, to be thrown, in the lake of fire, you don't deserve mercy, you are just there, being who you are, by the grace of God, you should be judged, and go to hell, but then God, he has sustained you, he has told you, through his son, and saved you, if you are safe, all the Lord, that's what happens, we are all sinners, in the hands, of an angry God, as Jonathan, Nanguert said, Zeba came around, I mean, Zeba, a southern or so, when David asked, the question, Zeba came and said, there is one, but, that one has a problem, there's somebody, in the house of Jonathan, I mean, the house of Saul, but, he has a problem, hmm, he is not like us, hmm, he is lame, hmm, friends, people, always would like, to make you, like a young, somebody, there was somebody,

[32:01] I think, he was a Methodist, and he was, ordaining his, his deacons, he was called, Francis Asbury, was ordaining, his deacons, he said, Lord, I pray that, you make these, people, to be, different, from other people, you know what, we need to be, different, from other people, someone said, that, we forfeit, three-thirds, of ourselves, in order to conform, with the world, in order to conform, with other people, why do you, embrace the way, you embrace, why do you embrace, the way you embrace, guess what, because you want, to look like, somebody, okay, tomorrow, as you put on, your clothes, don't put your clothes, just look like, another lady, you saw in the street, don't dress like, another gentleman, you saw somewhere, in the street, dress like, yourself, you understand me, dress like, yourself, should I say, be, civil, some people, are walking, two people, who are walking, to Emmaus, and Jesus, appeared unto them, and guess what, the Bible says, he appeared unto them, in another form, he appeared, appeared to them, in another form, in other words,

[33:35] Jesus, is not of, formality, Jesus, is not of formality, he appeared unto them, in a different form, and that's why, he did not understand him, oh, okay, Zipa said, there's someone here, but he's different, he's not like us, he doesn't seem like us, he's lame, but, I would say that, we are all lame, sin, makes us lame, and in fact, we are dead, in our trespasses, we are dead, in our trespasses, that's what the Bible says, but Zipa said, this guy, is different from us, he doesn't root my curse, he has a different, he has a problem, he has no legs, in verse 12, in the book of Mark, I think, is where we find Jesus, appearing to them, in a different form, but, let's go to our, to our subject, 2nd Samuel, chapter 9, 5, 5,

[34:40] David seems to me, David seems to say, 2nd, 2nd Samuel, 9, 5, what does he say, David says, then King David, sent, and fed him, out of the house, of Mekiah, and Mekiel, the son of Amir, from Radeba, in other words, David, did not care, how, this many, Mephibosheth, how he looked like, David did not care, he seemed to say, I don't care, whether he's black like me, or he's, red like you, or he's, white like you, or he's, pink like you, or he's, green like you, David said, is there anyone left, in the house of Saul, so that I can show him mercy, he didn't care, the color, he didn't care about the legs, he didn't care about the eyes, whether he had three legs, whether he had one eye, he didn't care, he asked a question, is there anyone left, in the house of Saul, so that I can show him, mercy, that's when Zippa came, and said, oh, that's one, but he has a problem, he's lame, and David said,

[35:59] I don't care, bring him here, Mephibosheth comes, with his crunches, oh man, picture Mephibosheth coming, Mephibosheth comes, and he bows down, and he covers himself, a dead dog, and he acted like one, he came to the king, bowed down, pulled himself, a dead dog, and then, he acted like, a dead dog, and, David told him, Mephibosheth, fear not, that's what he said, Mephibosheth, fear not, I will show you kindness, for your father's sake, God gives us grace, for his son's sake, I want you to know that, the picture, of Mephibosheth, and David, pictures the grace of God, and was seen as like us, like you and I,

[37:00] David comes, I mean, Mephibosheth comes, bows down, calls himself, a dead dog, then David tells, Mephibosheth, fear not, because, he said, I will show you kindness, for your father's sake, then, I want you to know, he said, I will give you back, all your grandpa's land, which was taken, and then he told him, thou shall eat bread, at my table, continually, and I want you to see, every time, Mephibosheth was coming, at the king's table, to eat, whether morning, whether evening, whether afternoon, whatever time, of the meal, whether bell was rang, when Mephibosheth was called, he comes with his crunching, he comes there, slowly, and I hope, and this is my picture, when I picture Mephibosheth, he comes, with his crunches, and always everybody, found him sitting down, he was sitting down, guess what, whoever came, in the table, did not see, the man called, the feet, of Mephibosheth, why not, don't you know, the tablecloth, was covering, his legs, how old, the tablecloth, was covering, his legs, his mangrove legs, and nobody, could see, his bare feet, and that's what,

[38:34] God does, with us, you come to him, he will cloth you, he will cloth you, all your sins, are forgotten, you are no creature, before God, your sins, are passed away, God doesn't remember, he doesn't know, whether you did sin, you are as clean, as a new baby, that's what happens, with Mephibosheth, always he came, before the table, the king, and sat down, and nobody, could see his feet, recovered, by the tablecloth, there, and nobody, knows, whether Mephibosheth, is, is him, in his feet, and everybody, goes out, and Mephibosheth, will take his, all times, right, yeah, even those, who clean the table, who come, and take the dishes away, and clean the table, and Mephibosheth, will get his crunches, and go back, and go back, to his room, and all those, who are eating there, if you are new, you did not know, whether Mephibosheth, had his bare feet, why, because, the grace of God, had covered,

[39:49] Mephibosheth, brother, and sister, friend, who is here, don't you know, God, can cover you, can cover you, as sin, to be sin, no, you come to him, as you are, you forgive you, bless you, set you free, and you come to you, sinless, if you see, if God will see you, through the blood, of the Lord Jesus Christ, he will see you, perfect, hallelujah, your sin, will not be seen, because the grace of God, covers you, as the grace of God, as that table cloth, covered the feet, of Mephibosheth, it covers you, you are new creature, all things are, passed away, the old they are, new, hallelujah, that's what happens, now, let me come down, to finish this, quickly,

[40:57] I will sum up, by saying this, David, was looking, for somebody, David, was looking, for somebody, from the house of Saul, to show him, grace, David, found a, nobody, David, took the, nobody, and made him, somebody, hallelujah, he took the grace, from Mephibosheth, who was, nobody, made him, somebody, that's how God, can do with you, whatever you are, whatever sin, you have done, you present yourself, before God, he will take you, make you somebody, as we talk of now, you may count yourself, to be, nobody, among the people here, you may feel, that you are, a nobody, you may have, no money, you may have, no good house, you may have, no chairs, in your house, you may have, no good food, you may have, no nothing, but, praise God,

[42:08] God, is seeking, somebody like you, and making somebody, if you come to him, pastor, come please, I would ask you, to pray, and we meet up, for the Lord, amen, let's pray, heavenly father, we just thank you, that we see, your word says, that we, can be just as, dead dogs, but yet we can come, and we can come, and feast at the king's table, as one of his sons, and this is what you did, for Mephibosheth, Lord, and thank you, for the grace, that you likewise, show to us, that we, who are nothing, can be made, whole, made new, born again, by your Holy Spirit, thank you, for this, encouraging message, Lord, help it Lord, to be, something that each of us, takes heart in today, to think of, your grace, and what it means for us, in Jesus name, amen, amen, amen,

[43:08]  Amen.