TobbyNgala

Hi, Welcome again to another time to reason and make it straight. Are we born Homoz, Lesbians, Thieves, Liars, Gossips etc and the list goes on? Ah My answer is yes! I am certain that you have heard of Homosexual people saying this is how they were born, I find truth in their statement in this way, first, all of us are born sinners, that is by nature we sin naturally, we SIN,,, we engage in homosexuality, we engage in lies, in stealing naturally, because we are depraved and fallen. Turning on to the Bible I see Isaiah say, two things, that without choice... he was born in sin and lived among people who sinned, that is By nature he is a sinner and by default he lives in a sinful environment... but before you conclude, He has a choice but the choice will only come when God gives him the alternative, I.e the Light, and a chance to be made a new creature. Isaiah 6:5 Psalm 51:5 say more, Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me. Yet you desire...

You probably have heard of this story! Two little boys were best friends at church, but they both had a reputation for getting into trouble. One Sunday, one of the boys was home sick, but the other boy, not wanting to let his friend down, was twice as bad as normal. As he was running through the sanctuary after church, the pastor grabbed him and angrily said, “Where's God?” The little boy was frightened and didn't know what to say. The pastor continued, “I want you to go home and think about it and I don't want you to come back until you can tell me where God is.” The boy went home and called his sick friend on the phone. “Guess what,” he said, “They’ve lost God, and they’re trying to blame that one on us, too.”    1 Samuel 6:1-3    1 Sam. 6 & 7 Now the ark of the LORD had been in the country of the Philistines seven months. 2 And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, “What shall we do with the ark of the LORD? Tell us how we sh...

WHY I DO NOT OPPO SE WILLY MUTUNGA Isaiah 45:1-7 NB: The word anointed used in Isaiah 45, is the (Heb. mashiah ), and I have replaced the word Cyrus with Willy Mutunga. I am a pastor, possibly expected to support the sentiment of all the church leaders, I agree that they have wisdom in what they put forth, but I chose to look at the matter at hand in a totally different way, hoping I will not be labeled a rebel. Yesterday while I way in prayer, I found myself praying in an interesting manner, it was to my surprise that I was praying different. After reading about Cyrus and researching much on him, I begun to pray, “ God, give us a Cyrus, someone you have laid your hands and anointing on, they may be Christians or non Christians, but because you appoint all authorities, and you are over all, and your purposes cannot be thwarted, Lord give us a Cyrus in our days, one who will do your will, even when he thinks he is bent on doing his own will .” I must say, that I don’t advocate f...

Mutual Mentoring Many friends have been asking me about mutual mentoring and how that works; I am happy to write about this today. It does not matter how old or young you are, recognizing that you cannot make it alone will make you venture out to make most out of peer mentors. This would mean that you first be ready to give mentoring to others, recognizing that they need you too. To this effect I have been reading Stu Weber article on "A Man and His Mentors". The promise keepers have some set of promises and desire that as men, we make promises and keep them, that means we should not only be promise makers but keepers. I ascribe to promise keepers ministry, and it has been of great help to me, as a man. The promise that is attached to todays blog is,     " A promise keeper is committed to pursuing vital relationships with a few other men, understanding that he needs brothers to help him keep his promise" According to 2 Cori 2:12-13,  Paul was uneasy in ministr...

I have been talking to someone this morning and, I was in the presence of many yesterday, middle aged people, with families who talked of their frustration in the leadership in Kenya and were ready to move out anytime to the west. You may brand this people as lacking faith or opportunists, but wait, before you do that, you should have listened to their sentiments. The word for today, is Sacrifice. You know well that the reason you are where you are is because you have made some great sacrifices. Leading yourself has not been easy, and leading others requires greater sacrifice. What our nation lacks, and what, our friends were right in pointing out is a selfless crop of leaders. We bought into capitalism and swallowed every negatives with it. Think of this: 1. we Raise funds to help people escape the Ocampo trap, but cannot buy our parents a decent home. 2. We use 31 million in shuttle diplomacy, and cannot afford to  build IDP houses, which cost @half a million 3. We use 0.6...

Today we talk to Pastors about RELATIONSHIPS, Every time you think of the work of pastors, what comes to mind is people, surely a pastor is not a pastor if he has no people to pastor. Well it may be said that you are called, but surely you must be called to God, and called out to people. The relationships that exist in a pastors lie are two( at least) the major ones. First, His/her family and second, The church (the people). Family: I have learned that My family is first and I mean first, but not the place of God. My relationship with my spouse and child speaks alot more about my relationship with "my flock." The people I lead pick cues from the people who make up my family, therefore my relationship at Home is the foundation for my relationship with the church. Above all, we know that, You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them. ~Desmond Tutu Church: Pastors, Remember the Church or the Flock is not yours its Gods, You are o...

The comfort zone is a behavioral state/ Place within which a person operates in an anxiety-neutral condition , using a limited set of behaviors to deliver a steady level of performance, usually without a sense of risk (White 2009). Abraham in Genesis 12, had to step out of the comfort of Haran to be able to reach his destiny in Canaan Land. Paul hard to declare that He will press on towards the goal to win the prize, Naaman had to forget the comfort of the rivers back home, Havana, and Pharphar and jump into the muddy Jordan in order to experience healing from leprosy. Highly successful persons may routinely step outside their comfort zones, to accomplish what they wish. A comfort zone is a type of mental conditioning that causes a person to create and operate mental boundaries . Such boundaries create an unfounded sense of security. To step outside a person's comfort zone, they must experiment with new and different behaviors , and then experience the new and differe...