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0:03[music]
0:06Wow. It's such a joy for me to welcome
0:09you to Fearless 2026. And I'm so
0:12grateful for every single one of you.
0:15Fearless always feels like a family
0:17reunion.
0:18>> It it always feels like, you know, you
0:20see people and you're like, man, my
0:22family is here. And I'm so grateful to
0:24see every single one of you who is here.
0:26I just want to honor uh my brother,
0:29Apostle Moses Mukisa and Sarah Mukisa.
0:32[cheering]
0:32It is such a joy to have them here. Wow.
0:38And along with them, the entire Worship
0:40Harvest community uh who are here. We
0:44love you. We're so grateful for you. Uh
0:47I know they there, you know, by the way,
0:49worship Harvest, you're just I think we
0:51are Muno. We are Worship Harvest
0:52Nairobi. We are part of your family. We
0:55are part of the same community. We love
0:56you very much and we're grateful that
0:58you're here. Amen. Amen. Thank you so
1:01much. Thank you for coming. Uh the the I
1:05think we need to start we need to own an
1:06airline between our two churches. We're
1:08spending too much money.
1:12I want to also just uh honor a special
1:16Let me just tell you this. By the way,
1:17Upo is going to be speaking. Apostle
1:19Misa is going to be speaking. [cheering]
1:21He is he's the real deal by the way. Um
1:25and for those of you who don't know him,
1:27uh he is a man who is I mean their
1:29church is multiplying like crazy. Uh
1:32they have incredible things that they
1:34are doing. We are learning from them. Uh
1:37because man, they've caught the wind of
1:39the spirit. They're actually in the
1:39middle of a revival and we and so today
1:42I mean I'm just trying to tell you at
1:44Fearless this you want to listen uh when
1:46this man speaks because there's some
1:47incredible things that he's going to be
1:49bringing to us. Uh the next person I'm
1:51going to just uh honor is Dr. Shadon uh
1:54Dr. Johnson
1:56uh this month. All right. All right. By
1:59the way, let me just tell you,
2:00[cheering and applause] let's do this
2:01just cuz we don't want to take too long.
2:02Just sit fast, then I'll you can clap
2:05for all my guests when I Isn't it? I
2:07just want to tell you, you can't come
2:09for Fearless. I know some of you are
2:10saying I'm coming just for today and
2:11then tomorrow. I just want to let you
2:13know you can't not be here for the rest
2:14of Fearless. So he's he I I I went to
2:18visit uh Sierra Leon um last year. I had
2:21a chance to go visit. It was a I was
2:24very reluctant to go because it was a
2:26very busy time in my schedule, but
2:27somebody compelled me to come. I reached
2:30there and I thought, "OMG,
2:33like everything I've ever prayed about
2:36our church becoming, everything we've
2:39we've always talked about fearless
2:40influencers of society, I saw it with my
2:44eyes. I saw a church that is actually
2:45doing everything we've prayed about
2:47becoming and we've prepared to become.
2:49Uh they have 3,000 uh plus churches in
2:5320 plus countries and they are they're
2:57doing some incredible things. We spent
2:59two days with him as campus pastor with
3:00campus pastors the last two days. Let me
3:03tell you, your mind is about to be
3:04blown.
3:05>> Yeah. And he's not just speaking today.
3:07He's going to be speaking after this as
3:08well. So I'm just trying to tell you why
3:10you cannot be not here. Uh the next
3:13person is pastor Hinrich.
3:15>> Did I say that right? Pastor Hinrich
3:18Titus and he's a really he's become a
3:20really close friend. Uh he leads uh the
3:23chauffeur. Uh it's a movement of
3:25churches based in uh from Cape uh from
3:28South Africa. Let me say from South
3:29Africa. They have branches all over
3:30South Africa. They have branches many
3:32other places. Um and they are a
3:35spiritfilled spiritled movement that is
3:38doing some amazing things. When you meet
3:40with these people, when I met them, I
3:42just felt we have the same heart. Uh
3:44they love Jesus greatly. They are
3:46planting churches all over the place. Uh
3:48they have incredible student ministries.
3:50I can't wait for him to be able to
3:51speak. And one of the things I love
3:53about them is I just feel like there's a
3:55sense where through the history of their
3:57church, God has really taught them a lot
3:59about how to be a healthy church. Uh how
4:01to be healthy leaders. And I'm going to
4:03be I'm really looking forward to hearing
4:04them speak. Uh, Pastor Aaron Graham. I'm
4:08so grateful to have you, Pastor Aaron
4:10Graham. He This is a
9:00some being that has never read the Bible
9:03was to come into your workplace,
9:06what would they conclude as they saw the
9:08Christians around your workplace? What
9:11would they conclude that God expects
9:12from his people?
9:16>> I told you it would require some
9:17thinking.
9:19Suppose a million was watching the
9:20Christians in your workplace or around
9:22you, the marketplace around you, and
9:25they were to see how they operate. What
9:27would they conclude in their research
9:29that the God these people worship
9:30expects of them? I want you to talk to
9:33your neighbor for a minute and just tell
9:34them, "What do you think from just
9:36looking at Christians around you in the
9:38marketplace? What would an alien think
9:40that their God expects of them?"
9:45>> Some of you look like you don't have any
9:46Christians in your marketplace.
9:49Talk to your neighbor. Talk to your
9:50neighbor. Remember, divine connection
9:52could be happening right now.
9:55Yeah. Some alien was to come. WHAT WOULD
9:57THEY WHAT WOULD THEY THINK?
10:02What are some of the things they would
10:03imagine that this this people's God
10:06expects this from them?
10:15>> All right.
10:18Can you shout some answers?
10:21Just Yeah. What What has your neighbor
10:23told you if yours wasn't so bright?
10:28>> Excellence.
10:29>> The neighbors. Okay. Excellence. Uh-huh.
10:34>> Just looking at the real Christians
10:35around you. Uh-huh.
10:38>> Perform. They need to perform.
10:41mediocrity.
10:43>> They need to
10:45>> Oh, he said mediocrity. Somebody else
10:48said excellence. Uh-huh.
10:52>> That their God SAYS ABOUT NO, I'M NOT
10:55saying what they teach. I'm saying from
10:56looking at them and how they live.
11:01>> Laziness.
11:02>> Laziness. Somebody say
11:08>> undercover
11:10>> that they should never talk about their
11:12faith. They're undercover. All right.
11:16AHA. SHOUT IT. SHOUT IT. SHOUT IT.
11:19>> HUMILITY.
11:21OKAY. HUMILITY.
11:24>> JUDGMENTAL.
11:26>> Social media.
11:28>> That they preach on social media. All
11:30right. instead of the word
11:32>> or that they do social media instead of
11:34reading the word.
11:35>> All right,
11:37somebody's getting real now.
11:40>> What' you say?
11:42>> They sitting
11:45>> or fitting in that they fit in. Whatever
11:48the conversation is, they kind of try
11:50and blend in. They try and fit in. Very
11:52interesting. Uh-huh.
11:55>> timid,
11:56>> tolerant,
11:58>> fearful.
12:00judgmental,
12:02>> passive,
12:03>> lazy.
12:04>> Come on, you guys. You're so harsh.
12:06>> They use God as a scapegoat.
12:10>> They say, "I'll pray about it."
12:12>> They say, "I'll pray about it." When
12:14they're supposed to be doing something,
12:16[laughter]
12:18I'm going to come back to this question
12:20in a moment, but first of all, I'd like
12:23a volunteer who's running a a business
12:27that they would like people to know
12:28about. Anybody who's like that like they
12:30have to be here like in two seconds. If
12:31the person who has a business that Yeah.
12:33Yeah. Here they are. All right.
12:36By the way, can you just clap for this
12:38one? I mean,
12:40ask ask your neighbor what find what
12:42business are you running that you don't
12:43want church people to know about. Some
12:45of you might be distributing something
12:46that you don't talk about in church.
12:48Isn't it pastor CJ? What what what is
12:51your business about? What do you do
12:53business in?
12:54>> Okay. My business is Opportuno
12:55Consulting.
12:56>> Hey, come on. Opportun Consulting.
12:58Uh-huh.
12:58>> Why should we know about it? Why
13:00>> why should you know about it? Because
13:01anyone who is providing solutions
13:04in the world today needs a partner who
13:08can help them turn those solutions into
13:09revenue.
13:10>> Okay.
13:11>> Number two,
13:12>> so you help businesses take they
13:15whatever idea they have.
13:16>> Yes.
13:16>> And you turn them help them turn it into
13:18revenue.
13:19>> Okay.
13:19>> Now revenue is very hard to come by
13:23without proper systems and processes.
13:26>> Okay. So we help them organize their
13:28processes.
13:29>> So So you're the person who just comes
13:30in and helps the business take every
13:32process.
13:33>> Yes.
13:33>> Turn it into a an efficient process.
13:35>> Exactly.
13:36>> So anybody here who's running a business
13:37that wants to get make revenue, you're
13:39the man. Opportun consulting.
13:41>> Consulting.
13:41>> Free free advertising. Can you see how
13:43much like how much money worth do you
13:45think I've just given you right now?
13:46>> Quite a bit. There's another part.
13:47>> Oh, there's another part in it.
13:49>> Uhhuh. And then and we do that by
13:51ensuring that from the founder to the
13:54person who sweeps that they are trained,
13:57they are coached and they are trained,
14:01coached and [music] uh we do team
14:03building so that they part of a team.
14:04They know how to fit into a team.
14:06>> Okay. And you work with all sizes of
14:07companies.
14:07>> All sizes of companies.
14:08>> Fantastic.
14:09>> From million dollars all the way.
14:12>> Okay.
14:12>> Yeah.
14:13>> Does your neighbor look like million
14:14dollars or all the way?
14:16>> We can start. We can [laughter] start
14:17lower.
14:18>> Okay. All right. All right. All right.
14:19Don't don't judge. Don't judge. All
14:21right. So, Pastor CJ, I like your
14:23business.
14:24>> I've given you free advertising, but I
14:25also want to give you something else. I
14:27want to give you an opportunity here.
14:28>> Okay.
14:28>> If I was to want I want to invest in
14:31your business.
14:32>> Yes.
14:32>> And imagine I want to put in $1.5
14:36million.
14:37>> Yes.
14:38>> Over the next 5 years.
14:39>> Over the next 5 years. $1.5 million.
14:42>> Yeah.
14:42>> Okay.
14:43>> That's can do like 200 million, right?
14:47>> That's too much. Let's I reduce a bit.
14:49>> No, no, that's a good start. [laughter]
14:51>> Okay.
14:51>> It's a good start.
14:52>> So, okay. I want to invest that.
14:54>> So, first of all, why are you going to
14:56do that kind of money? Do you do you
14:57have an idea what you do that kind of
14:58money? Absolutely.
14:59>> Oh, you do? Okay.
15:00>> Yeah. We'll start by doing um uh
15:04physibility study for setting up [music]
15:08incubation centers in different outside
15:12of the capital city.
15:13>> Wow. Um mainly because there are many
15:16people doing businesses in suburbs, many
15:18people [music] doing businesses in
15:20different counties that do not have the
15:22same facilities for equipping for
15:25incubation and growing their businesses
15:27as we do.
15:28>> So you set up incubation centers
15:30>> set up incubations
15:30>> to help people run effective businesses
15:33where how how wide would your scope be?
15:35>> Well, I'll be looking at the start we
15:37would start with Kenya, different
15:38counties and then we'd look at East
15:40Africa as our nucleus. So you have So if
15:43I give you, you're not going to be
15:44worried about that kind of money. You
15:45you know what to do.
15:46>> No worry. In fact, it will just be for
15:48starting.
15:48>> All right. I love it. I love it. You
15:51know, there could be an investor here
15:53who's looking for a place to park money.
15:54So I mean, you never know. Somebody
15:55could have heard that. But what at the
15:59end of the of the time, and I like the
16:01plan. I love the idea of invest
16:03investing in businesses, young people,
16:06helping them start businesses. What
16:08should I expect as a for myself?
16:11>> Okay. [snorts]
16:12Why would I give you that kind of money?
16:13Like what would I expect to gain?
16:15>> So number one is that in our plan
16:19[music] there's a sustainability model.
16:21The goal is not that you keep giving us
16:23money for a long time but that at a
16:25certain point
16:25>> no I didn't say I'm giving you I said
16:26I'm investing.
16:27>> Okay. Investing. So the goal is not that
16:30we keep getting money from you and
16:32because it's an investment you're
16:33expecting a return. One of the things
16:35we'll be very clear about from the very
16:37start is what your expected [music]
16:39return will be and in how long. Okay.
16:42>> So even in our plan and in our our
16:45whatever proposal we'll be sharing with
16:46you'll give you an indication of how
16:50long we expect to return this. [music]
16:52We've got experts around us that would
16:54be able to help us do that. Okay.
16:55>> But the main goal here would give you a
16:58return perpetually as we [music] also
17:01provide impact. And so what we'll be
17:02looking at is partnership that then
17:05ensures that there's impact continually.
17:08So we are not looking [music] to have
17:09you just for a short time. 1.5 is just
17:11the entry money.
17:12>> We're looking to have you for a long
17:14time because hey the world still needs
17:17solutions.
17:17>> Wow. I love it. So if I at the end of
17:20the time I come to you and
17:23I've given you the time we agreed on
17:25there's nothing. I give you an extension
17:28there's nothing. What would you expect
17:30will happen to our relationship? Well,
17:32our relationship will definitely be
17:33strained.
17:34>> Um,
17:35>> and why do you think it'll get strained?
17:37>> Because you expected a return.
17:39>> Yeah.
17:39>> And we've not been able to deliver
17:42>> that return.
17:43>> Okay.
17:44>> God forbid. [laughter]
17:45>> God forbid.
17:47Have you seen a man ready?
17:50You know, when you need to be ready at
17:52Fearless. If somebody might come to you
17:54and ask you, I want to give you a
17:55million dollars. So, I hope you're ready
17:57with an answer because this man is
17:59ready. Can we just appreciate Pastor CJ?
18:02Thank you for helping me out. May the
18:04Lord provide that million, $1.5 million.
18:06>> Amen.
18:07>> May he provide it for your business.
18:08>> Amen.
18:09>> Yeah.
18:10>> I really love this man. Pastor CJ
18:13actually runs our business. He's
18:14actually the one running the business
18:15connect. And he's an amazing amazing
18:18businessman, but also has a passion for
18:20kingdom business. Now, he said a very
18:23interesting He said, "If I don't get a
18:25return, then we'll not our relationship
18:28will sour. It won't work. It won't stay
18:30the same." And he said a very
18:32interesting thing when I asked him why.
18:33He said, "Because you're expecting a
18:36return." You see, investors don't give
18:39you things because they like you.
18:43Investors don't give you things because
18:45you have nice hair.
18:49>> Investors invest in you because they're
18:51expecting
18:53a return.
18:56Now, is it possible that God of heaven
18:59operates on the exact same principles?
19:03>> I want us to look at the at God's word
19:05right now. Luke chapter 13
19:08verse 6-9.
19:10Luke 13:6-9. And the title of my message
19:13is I come seeking fruit.
19:17I come seeking
19:19>> fruit.
19:21Luke 13:6-9. Can we put that up? Can we
19:24read it together?
19:26>> Let's read it. Help me read. 1 2 3. A
19:28man had a fig tree growing in his
19:31vineyard, and he went to look for fruit
19:34on it, but did not find any. So he said
19:37to the man, I'm not hearing you read.
19:39Come on. Why are you giving the pastor
19:41all the work? So he said to the man who
19:43took care of the vineyard, "FOR 3 YEARS
19:46NOW, I've been coming to look for fruit
19:49on this fig tree and haven't found any.
19:53CUT IT DOWN. WHY SHOULD it use up the
19:56soil?"
19:58"Sir," the man replied, "Leave it alone
20:02for one more year, and I'll dig around
20:05it and fertilize it. If it bears fruit
20:09next year, fine. If not,
20:14it down.
20:16I want you to notice
20:19I'm looking for he did not come to see
20:21whether the tree was alive.
20:26He did not come to see if the tree was
20:28tall.
20:30He did not come to see if the tree had
20:32handsome leaves.
20:35>> He came looking for one thing only. AND
20:38WHAT WAS THAT?
20:39>> FRUIT. IT'S THE ONLY THING THAT HE
20:42WANTED. THE PURPOSE FOR THAT TREE. The
20:45reason why he planted it was because he
20:49wanted fruit.
20:52And here's the thing. IF YOU WERE TO
20:54LOOK AT THE LIVES of many Christians in
20:56the workplace today, you would believe
20:59THAT WHAT GOD IS LOOKING for is faithful
21:02employees who live holy lives.
21:07People who pray in the office, people
21:10who are humble, people who show up on
21:12time, people who do their work,
21:16people who attend lunch hour prayer
21:17meeting,
21:20YOU'LL PROBABLY THINK THAT WHEN YOU SAW
21:22IT and you would think that's what God
21:24is looking for. AND I I DON'T WANT TO
21:25SAY THESE THINGS DO MATTER, by the way.
21:27They're useful things. But God is not
21:30merely interested in our living good,
21:33holy lives. He's interested in one
21:37thing, fruitfulness.
21:40That's what he's looking for. He's
21:42looking for something eternal, something
21:45practical from OUR LIVES.
21:48GOD LOVES TO BLESS US. AND YOU KNOW, WE
21:50LOVE TO PRAY THE BLESSINGS. LORD, BLESS
21:52ME. By the way, how many people have
21:54prayed, Lord, bless me this year?
21:57YEAH. LORD, PROTECT ME. ANYBODY WHO'S
21:59PRAYED, LORD, protect me this year.
22:01YEAH. LORD, PROVIDE FOR ME. ANYBODY
22:03WHO'S PRAYED, PRO YEAH. YEAH. PRAY. We
22:05pray. And those of you who are not
22:06putting up your hands, you're lying.
22:08>> You're lying in church.
22:11In church. YEAH, WE PRAY THOSE PRAYERS.
22:15AND GOD LOVES TO BLESS US. GOD LOVES to
22:18provide for us. God loves to protect us.
22:22But you know, here's the thing. The
22:24owner is seeking fruit. The sole reason
22:28God planted you there was fruitfulness.
22:33The sole reason God planted you there.
22:37Are you seeing there in your mind? Are
22:40you visualizing where there is? Yeah.
22:42The sole reason why God planted you
22:44there was fruitfulness. Imagine you
22:47hired a salesperson for your business
22:49cuz it's growing and you really want it
22:52to to to to to grow and you you hire a
22:55salesperson and you bring this person on
22:57board and uh you give them a good
23:00salary, a good package and and they work
23:03and every day they show up in THE
23:04OFFICE, THEY'RE DRESSED up well like a
23:06salesperson should be and they have a
23:08nice cologne like you want your
23:10salesperson to have and they have nice
23:12hair well groomed like a salesperson
23:14should be. Hallelujah. Anybody? Are you
23:16visualizing your salesperson? And this
23:18person talks the talk like a salesperson
23:20should talk. They can sell ice to an
23:22Eskeimo. Come on, somebody.
23:25YEAH, YOU'VE GOT THE RIGHT SALESPERSON.
23:26THEY ARE PERFECT. THEY'RE DOING IT. AND
23:28THEY THEY THEY have the numbers. They
23:30have the flip charts. THEY HAVE THE
23:31DIAGRAMS.
23:33BUT AFTER A YEAR, you realize they have
23:35sold exactly
23:38nothing.
23:41>> What would you do with that person?
23:45Okay. Christians in church. They are
23:48they a Christian? Can I look? I'll be
23:51kind. No, you you fire them, right?
23:54>> Oh, you guys don't have businesses.
23:57What do you DO WITH THEM?
23:59>> YOU FIRE THEM.
24:01WHY DO YOU FIRE THEM?
24:04BECAUSE THE REASON YOU HIRED THEM WAS TO
24:07SELL, ISN'T IT? That's the reason
24:11they're IN YOUR COMPANY. THEY'RE NOT
24:13THERE TO LOOK GOOD. THEY'RE NOT THERE TO
24:14WEAR COLOGNE. They're not there TO HAVE
24:16FLIP CHARTS. ALL THOSE THINGS ARE GOOD
24:19and necessary, but they're not why you
24:21hired them. You hired them for fruit.
24:25And here's the thing I want to say.
24:28When you fire them, it's not because
24:31you're judging them. It's not because
24:33you're cruel. It's not because you're
24:35harsh.
24:37It's not because you don't believe in
24:39job creation.
24:41That's not the reason why you're firing
24:43them. You're firing them because the
24:45sole reason why you [music] hired them
24:48was to sell. And here's the thing, God
24:50works the same way. The reason he gave
24:54us that job was not to make us happy.
24:57Even though God likes us happy. Okay,
25:00stop looking so sad. God wants you to be
25:01happy.
25:03The reason God GAVE YOU THAT MONEY WAS
25:04NOT SO THAT JOB IS NOT SO YOU CAN HAVE
25:06MONEY. AGAIN, stop looking so sad. God
25:08wants you to have money. In fact, I
25:10believe many people in this church will
25:11have a lot of money. Hallelujah. YES.
25:14BUT THAT'S NOT THE REASON HE GAVE YOU
25:16THE JOB. IT WASN'T SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE
25:18A NICE COLOGNE. Does your neighbor have
25:19a nice cologne? Hallelujah.
25:21Tell them you're smelling. No, don't
25:22tell them that.
25:25It wasn't FOR THAT REASON. THOSE THINGS
25:27ARE GOOD. But the sole reason God
25:30planted you there was fruitfulness. The
25:33company you lead, the industry you're
25:35in, the clients you serve, the boardroom
25:38you sit in, the community where you
25:40live, NONE OF THOSE ARE ACCIDENTS. EVERY
25:43ONE OF THEM IS an appointment. And the
25:46reason God planted you there was
25:48fruitfulness. And by God's grace, many
25:52of us have achieved greatly in our
25:54careers.
25:56Some of the things we have received are
25:57things like titles, we have positions,
26:00we have degrees, we have followers, we
26:03have influence, we have networks, we
26:05have achievements, WE HAVE CONTRACTS, WE
26:07HAVE PROPERTIES, we have revenue, we
26:08have visibility, we have money. Come on,
26:10somebody.
26:12Yeah. Even if your neighbor is looking
26:13humble, don't be fooled.
26:16By the way, some of the people in this
26:17church, they can really you when you
26:19find out who they are, you're going to
26:20be shocked. Look at your neighbor. They
26:22looking very humble. In fact, I've come
26:24to realize in muno the more humble they
26:26look, the more you should be worried
26:27about them. Yeah, THERE ARE SOME VERY
26:29SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE IN this room
26:33AND GOD HAS BLESSED US IN MANY WAYS AND
26:36SOME OF US WE ARE TRUSTING GOD THAT
26:37he'll bless us in many ways. But what I
26:40want you to understand brothers and
26:41sisters TODAY IS THAT ALL THESE things
26:45are inputs.
26:47They are inputs.
26:49INPUTS ARE GOOD. INPUTS are important
26:53but they exist for a purpose. And Jesus
26:56says the owner was not impressed by the
26:58inputs. He was impressed by the outcome.
27:02He wanted fruit. Now our theme this year
27:04has to do with influencing the
27:06marketplace. And I've come to understand
27:08that the only way to do this, the only
27:11way to influence the marketplace is to
27:13go back to God's formula. Because we
27:15have to ask why God put us where he put
27:17us. The first command God gave to his
27:19people. Genesis 1:28, beful,
27:24be fruitful and multiply. That's the
27:26first command he puts to all to all
27:28humanity. God's intention was that we
27:30will be fruitful.
27:32Years later, Jesus begins to clarify
27:36what kingdom fruitfulness looks like.
27:38John 15:16, he says, "I chose you and I
27:43appointed you so that you MIGHT GO AND
27:46BEAR FRUIT, fruit that will last." In
27:51Matthew 28, Jesus explains to us what
27:54this fruit actually looks like. He gets
27:56even more granular here. He says what,
27:59"Therefore,
28:00go and make disciples of all nations."
28:05[music] In scripture, fruitfulness is
28:07about disciple making.
28:10That's what fruitfulness is about. It's
28:12about spiritual reproduction.
28:15It's about spiritual raising spiritual
28:18sons and daughters. It's about calling
28:21people to follow you as you follow
28:23Christ. That is what fruitfulness is.
28:27You know, the Bible tells us there are
28:29only two things in the world that last
28:31forever. Only two things. God's word and
28:35people,
28:37EVERYTHING ELSE WILL pass away. ALL THE
28:40PERKS, ALL THE WEALTH, ALL THE THINGS
28:44THAT WE HOLD on to so tightly, THEY WILL
28:46ALL PASS AWAY. TWO THINGS REMAIN. The
28:49only two things, two things that are
28:52eternal. Look at your neighbor. Tell
28:54them, "You're going to see me for a
28:56long, long time.
29:01YOU'RE AN ETERNAL BEING.
29:04YOU'RE THE ONLY THING IN THIS ROOM
29:06THAT'S ETERNAL.
29:08PEOPLE, God's word. Those are the only
29:11two things Jesus says. Fruit that will
29:14last. Let me tell you, brothers and
29:16sisters, buildings don't last forever.
29:21Companies don't last forever.
29:25Positions don't last forever.
29:29YEAH. YOUR PHONE WILL NOT RING FOREVER.
29:34very humbling
29:36you know I was recently on a sabbatical
29:39for four for 4 months I was away from
29:41Auno church
29:43and I told them guys
29:46don't call me and I really meant it
29:49don't call me and these guys took me
29:51seriously so they stopped calling and I
29:55remember after about two weeks they
29:57became too good at it
30:00and I'd wake up in the morning there's
30:01no text on my
30:02Nobody has called me. Nobody has checked
30:04on me. Nobody even knows I'm there. And
30:06I began to realize, "OMG
30:11just like that." Have you heard of how
30:13people get depressed when they retire?
30:16>> Yeah.
30:18Your position right now looks LIKE A
30:19VERY IMPORTANT THING.
30:22I had the privilege of of of visiting uh
30:25Egypt and going to the pyramids.
30:28And anybody who's going to the pyramids,
30:30those things were spectacular. I say
30:32they were spectacular because they are
30:34still spectacular today. They are the
30:36most monumental graves that have ever
30:38been made. And they all, every one of
30:40them, and by the way, there are
30:41thousands of them across Egypt and
30:43Sudan. And each of them commemorated the
30:45most powerful man in the world. And when
30:48that person was buried,
30:50everybody stopped. THE WHOLE WORLD
30:53STOPPED. EVERYBODY KNEW THIS ONE, THEIR
30:55name will last forever.
30:58In fact, THEY WERE BURIED WITH servants
31:00and slaves because people are like the
31:01whole country, somebody has to die. You
31:03know, this guy is too big a death
31:07LIKE THEY WERE SO IMPORTANT IN THEIR
31:08TIME. BUT HERE'S THE THING I CAME to
31:10realize. Most of them people don't even
31:14know who they are.
31:17Like today, THEY KNOW OF A HANDFUL of
31:19them that they found before the grave
31:21robbers got there, but most people don't
31:23even know who those people were. And
31:26often they're not even sure when they
31:27ruled.
31:29NOTHING LASTS FOREVER EXCEPT two things.
31:32God's word and people. And the most
31:36thing the most important thing you can
31:37do with your life is to invest your life
31:40in bringing God's word into people's
31:43lives. That's what lasts forever. That's
31:46what fruitfulness is about. The master
31:50wants fruitfulness. You know, I want to
31:51say this for a long time. This this this
31:54was a revelation for me. I didn't always
31:56know this. I thought I did. Years ago,
31:59we started the fearless summit. And I
32:01remember just having such a passion, a
32:03burning passion. God had given us this
32:05vision turning ordinary people into
32:07fearless influencers of society. And I
32:09was so convinced about this. I was sure
32:11that the whole purpose of the church to
32:13raise sons and daughter to raise men and
32:15women to equip them and to send them out
32:18into society. And we talked about that.
32:20Fearless became the place where we
32:22pointed people into society. It was
32:24brilliant. Everybody loved it. IT WORKED
32:26GREAT. MANY PEOPLE GOT INSPIRED AT
32:28FEARLESS AND THEY WENT AFTER Fearless
32:30into the marketplace. Started
32:31initiatives, great initiatives. By the
32:34way, we became famous across the world
32:35because of those initiatives.
32:38But years later, a truth that I could
32:41not escape began to dawn on me. Many of
32:43those people, they went into the world
32:46to change the world with passion for the
32:49world. But a few years later, the world
32:51changed them.
32:54Some of them started NOS's that were so
32:57full of the spirit and so FULL OF FIRE
32:59INSPIRED and they went there and they
33:02started getting money from different
33:04foundations and different organizations
33:06and some of them would tell them tone
33:07down
33:11this Christ thing so much. And very soon
33:14they started operating just like any
33:16other endure. Yes, THEY WERE DOING GREAT
33:17THINGS, but they were not investing in
33:20fruitfulness, THINGS THAT WILL LAST. YOU
33:24KNOW, IF YOU TAKE MONEY INTO A POOR
33:26COMMUNITY and you make rich people,
33:27you're raising rich fools.
33:31>> Yeah, IT'S THE TRUTH. YES, YOU'VE GIVEN
33:33THEM SOME TEMPORAL PLEASURE, temporal
33:36release, BUT IT'S LIKE YOU'RE FATTENING
33:38THEM FOR THE SLAUGHTER. YOU'RE NOT
33:40HELPING THEM GET READY FOR HEAVEN OR FOR
33:43THE THINGS THAT really count. There's no
33:45eternity in the work. And I'm not saying
33:47God isn't pleased with that. It's a
33:49beautiful thing. You're doing it. You're
33:50you're you're relieving people. That's
33:52part of what Christians do. But we have
33:53a bigger mandate. The master wants
33:56fruit.
33:58And so I I began to say, "This isn't
34:00working." And I was so discouraged. At
34:03one point, Pastor Kura, he's our CEO for
34:05Fearless. He'll tell you. I I I told
34:07him, "We're shutting down Fearless."
34:09Because I felt like what I was doing as
34:10a pastor is preparing people to kill
34:12them. I'm sending people into the firing
34:15squad and the world shoots them down. We
34:18raise people to be politicians. They go
34:20out there, politics just corrupts them.
34:22Raise people to be business people, they
34:23get rich and then money. Have you ever
34:25seen that? Pastors, have you ever seen
34:27that? You pray for them, they get rich,
34:29and then they forget church.
34:32On Sunday, they're too busy to be in
34:33church. You know how busy pastor
34:35nowadays I have appointments with the
34:37CEO and we only have board meetings on
34:39Sundays. And also, it's a time I can
34:41walk my dog in Kura. You know, it's like
34:43it's like all of a sudden the things
34:45that the things that you THAT BROUGHT
34:47THEM UP, THEY FORGOTTEN ABOUT THEM. And
34:50I began to understand there was
34:51something we were doing wrong. And the
34:54the thing that God showed me is we were
34:56trying to change a system with
34:58individuals.
35:01Individuals don't change systems.
35:03Systems change systems.
35:06You need another system to change the
35:08broken system of the world. And
35:10disciplehip is God's system.
35:13It's a system that God raises
35:16communities, like-minded communities,
35:19communities that support one another,
35:21PEOPLE WHO THINK TOGETHER, PEOPLE WHO
35:22CAN ALIGN TOGETHER AND they can go out
35:25and bring life to a dying world. And
35:28that's why we changed Fearless Summit
35:30and we started focusing on a completely
35:32different focus. We stopped inviting
35:34speakers who would just inspire us to go
35:36out and die in the marketplace. No, no.
35:39all respect. They are great Christians
35:41doing great things. But I began to focus
35:44more on inviting people who can help us
35:46understand how to bear fruits
35:50and to create systems that actually
35:52change the world. God's people, I
35:54believe we're on the verge right now of
35:55seeing some incredible systems coming
35:56out of this church. Yeah. I believe that
35:59some of the economic revolution that is
36:01coming is going to be a sustainable
36:03revolution. God is going to raise
36:05millionaires and billionaires in this
36:06community and in the church. the sister
36:08churches around us. Yeah, it's going to
36:11happen. It's it's by the way, it's
36:13inevitable because systems are the ones
36:15that change systems. And I believe that
36:17God is giving us the key through
36:19disciplehip for fruitfulness.
36:22That when we when we build those
36:25systems, that's how we end corruption.
36:27This is actually how Africa's corruption
36:29will end. It's when there's a system
36:30that stands because corruption is a
36:32system. My friends, corruption is a
36:34system. Kenyans, you don't look like you
36:36understand what I'm saying in this
36:38country. I mean, corruption is a it's a
36:40problem all over the world. In Kenya, it
36:42is a principality.
36:44Yeah, IT'S A PROBLEM. AND WE'RE NOT
36:46GOING TO CHANGE it by being nice.
36:49We're not going to change it by
36:50intercession.
36:52You know, there are some Christians who
36:53are praying and praying that corruption
36:54ends in this country. Prayer will not
36:56end corruption.
36:58>> Disciplehip will end corruption. Yeah.
37:02It's when we go into that office and we
37:04start to raise a culture. We get one
37:06person and change their thinking and we
37:08get another person and we change their
37:10thinking and together we start changing.
37:12We start spreading the light in a dark
37:14place. AND PRETTY SOON EVERYBODY KNOWS
37:16SOMEBODY WHO IS NOT standing for
37:18corruption. EVERYBODY KNOWS SOMEBODY.
37:20WHEN WHEN I'M STUCK I CALL MY FRIEND AND
37:22that friend says, "Yes, bring it. I'll
37:23sign it. I you don't have to pay me to
37:25sign it." And pretty soon THERE'S A
37:27WHOLE DEPARTMENT that is known for
37:28righteousness in this corrupt
37:29institution. AND FROM THE INSIDE OUT, WE
37:32CHANGE THIS CORRUPT nation and we raise
37:35it up. And the kingdoms of this world
37:37become the kingdoms of our God and our
37:39King. This is what God is calling us to
37:41do. And I believe it will happen because
37:44now we are focusing on fruitfulness. You
37:48can't change a system with individuals.
37:50You change a system with another system.
37:53Now, there's something that I want you
37:54to notice, and this is an encouraging
37:56thing here. The owner did not
38:00he did not condemn the fruit the tree
38:03because it was a mango tree that was not
38:06bearing pineapples.
38:09Have you noticed that he did not condemn
38:12a a mango tree for not bearing
38:14pineapples? Assuming it was a fig tree,
38:18he he condemned it because it was not
38:20bearing what?
38:21>> FIGS.
38:23YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY interesting that
38:25sometimes we get to hear all this stuff
38:26and we're thinking, "But I can't be like
38:28so and so." Listen, God is not asking
38:31you to be like so and so. God wants you
38:33to be you. There is a mission field that
38:36only you can take over for the kingdom.
38:39There are people who only you can bring
38:42into the kingdom of God. There's a PLACE
38:44THAT ONLY YOU THEY CAN LISTEN TO. THEY
38:46WILL NOT even listen to a big pastor on
38:48this stage. YOU HAVE ACCESS TO PEOPLE
38:52AND TO RESOURCES THAT NOBODY ELSE IN
38:54THIS CHURCH HAS. AND GOD WILL not hold
38:57you accountable for not being Pastor M.
38:59God will hold you accountable for not
39:01being the appoint the the the apostle,
39:04the person that he put in that
39:06marketplace to represent him. And I love
39:09that because it means that all of us are
39:12different. SOME OF US ARE LOUD.
39:14SANGUIN'S IN THE HOUSE.
39:18Praise God for you. But you know the
39:20most exciting thing, we don't all have
39:22to be sanguins.
39:24>> Yeah, we don't.
39:27The the melancholics in the house, there
39:28are some things that you can do that the
39:30sanguins cannot do.
39:31>> Yeah, I love that.
39:34FLEGMATICS, I'M SO HAPPY YOU DON'T HAVE
39:36TO BE CALLERICS.
39:38By the way, there are some things that
39:39there are some people callerics can't
39:40reach
39:42because they need wisdom. You know the
39:44problem with clerics? They just push
39:45through. Yeah. afflegatics. They know
39:47how to work with all kinds of people and
39:49they are so gentle with people and there
39:50are people they reach. There are people
39:51you can reach that nobody else can
39:53reach. My my pastor who who brought me
39:55up in the ministry was a melancholic uh
39:59calleric melancholic bishop Oscar and he
40:01was a driver and you know I learned to
40:05be like that
40:07but I'm actually a sanguin. I'm a happy
40:09golucky.
40:11I really like having a good time.
40:14I I am I know it's because of what he
40:17did. I mean like I was discipled well so
40:19I look like my DISCIPLER BUT THE REALITY
40:21IS I'M NOT MY disciper and the biggest
40:24realization and joy in life is one day
40:26when I realize I don't have to be Bishop
40:28Oscar. I can be Pastor M and God will
40:30bless me as I am. In fact, I began to
40:33realize there's a genius that Pastor M
40:35has that nobody else around him has. And
40:38if I just focus on being me with the
40:40gifts God HAS GIVEN ME, THAT'S all that
40:42God requires of me. Come on, somebody.
40:44YEAH. LOOK AT YOUR NEIGHBOR. THAT'S THE
40:46PERSON GOD WANTS THEM TO BE. YEAH. TELL
40:49THEM YOU ARE BRILLIANT AS YOU ARE.
40:52AH, there's someone who's not looking
40:53convinced at the back. Look at them.
40:55Tell them he's talking about you.
40:57Yeah.
41:02There's a there's a there's a lovely
41:04lady who was going to bring me a chair.
41:06Is it here?
41:07Can you bring me that nice chair?
41:10There's there's a there's a view that we
41:14must redefine. And I believe that God
41:16wants to change our paradigm here at
41:18Fearless Summit. I asked them to get me
41:20a chair
41:22because for me, this chair Thank you.
41:24Just put it over here. This chair.
41:29Can I have a volunteer?
41:32Somebody just to Yeah. Thank you. Thank
41:34you. Thank you. Yeah. Thank you.
41:37Come on, let's appreciate my daughter
41:38here who's Pastor Marian. This this
41:42chair represents a position.
41:48Pastor Marion has just been appointed as
41:51the managing director, CEO, board chair
41:58>> of the international multiclobal
42:00corporation
42:03>> in charge of Middle East and Africa. Is
42:05that okay?
42:06>> So that's what the chess represents.
42:08She's a member of your church. So please
42:10sit sit. That's your uh sit. Sit. Sit.
42:12Can we can you just look at her? This is
42:14your member. She has she has received
42:16promotion.
42:18WHAT DO MOST PEOPLE SEE WHEN THEY SEE
42:19THAT promotion immediately? What are you
42:21expecting? Will change in her life?
42:23Money. She's about to get some serious
42:26money, right? What else are you seeing
42:28here?
42:29BENEFITS. SHE'LL BE FLYING first class.
42:32You know, DO YOU KNOW THOSE GUYS WHO
42:33WENT ON THE PLANE fast
42:35>> and then they turn left and you've never
42:38known what happens left? HASHI WILL KNOW
42:40WHAT ELSE IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN HER
42:42LIFE.
42:44She'll be driving.
42:47You know those cars that go like you
42:49turn them like this. You don't do this
42:51like yours. You know, she'll be all
42:52right. What else is she What's going to
42:54happen in her life?
42:56>> Power.
42:57SHE'S GOING TO BE SPEAKING AND PEOPLE
42:59RUN,
43:01>> isn't it? THAT'S ABOUT TO CHANGE. WHAT
43:03ELSE ABOUT TO CHANGE?
43:05>> INFLUENCE. SHE'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO
43:07SPEAK AND PEOPLE WANT TO DO EVERYTHING
43:09SHE WANTS to say. So, SHE HAS INFLUENCE.
43:10PEOPLE WANT TO TALK TO HER. IMPORTANT
43:12PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING TO HER.
43:13ARE YOU BEGINNING TO SEE HOW exciting
43:14this is? Anything else?
43:18Oh, you are seeing tithe. There'll be
43:20tithe in the church. Ah, yeah. Pastor is
43:22saying there'll be tithe. Him is so
43:24excited. Tithe is about to increase in
43:25my church. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, pastor. Why
43:28are you pretending you don't think about
43:29tith in your church? It's true. You're
43:32happy about that. Okay. Now, we're
43:34looking at all these things. Position,
43:36TITLE, INFLUENCE, ALL THESE THINGS.
43:39WE'RE EXCITED. THIS IS POWER. PROXIMITY
43:41TO POWER.
43:43You know what the Holy Spirit is looking
43:45at when he walks around this chair?
43:48He's saying, "That's your mission field.
43:53That is your mission field.
43:57What looks like promotion, what looks
43:59like power, what looks like money, Holy
44:01Spirit is saying, I've handed you a new
44:04mission field.
44:07And in that mission field, I've given
44:10you opportunity. There's an opportunity
44:12to influence, an opportunity to make
44:16disciples at another level, [music] an
44:18opportunity to hire the right people who
44:20are disciple makers. An opportunity to
44:23bring God's kingdom influence into this
44:25company. An opportunity to speak to
44:27people that your pastor could never
44:28speak to. An opportunity TO WALK INTO
44:31SPACES NO CHRISTIAN WALKS INTO
44:33COMFORTABLY AND TO MAKE AN ALTAR OF GOD
44:35IN THAT PLACE THAT THE LIGHT OF GOD IS
44:37GOING TO shine into that place. An
44:39opportunity to raise many other
44:41Christians into positions of influence
44:43like yourself. that power, that thing
44:47that you're celebrating as a promotion,
44:49God sees a mission field.
44:52>> Amen.
44:54>> Are you happy with your mission field?
44:56>> Are you going to be faithful? Amen.
44:58Let's appreciate Pastor Marian. Amen.
45:04Ask your neighbor, what's your mission
45:06field?
45:13I love the final part of this story. I'm
45:15I'm about to conclude.
45:18The owner says, "Cut it down."
45:23Is he being harsh?
45:27Remember we said no. He has every right
45:29because no investor invest for fun. You
45:32invest because
45:35you want return. When you put money into
45:38an investment, what do you want? You
45:41want profit. When you when you put hours
45:44into your job and your career, what do
45:46you want? You want promotion, isn't it?
45:49You're not in the You're not in the
45:50company because you like your boss. Even
45:52if you like your boss, you're there for
45:54a reason. There's something YOU'RE
45:55EXPECTING. WHEN YOU STAY UP ALL NIGHT
45:57WATCHING YOUR favorite football team,
45:59what do you expect?
46:01Some of you, I know what you're doing
46:02last night. This is why you're almost
46:05sleeping in the house of God.
46:07BUT YOU DIDN'T WATCH THAT TEAM BECAUSE
46:08YOU JUST LIKE THEM. YOU WATCH THEM
46:09BECAUSE YOU WANT GOALS, ISN'T IT? WE
46:12INVEST BECAUSE WE WANT RETURN.
46:14And the owner says,
46:16"Don't say that, Pastor Carol. You get
46:19us kicked out of our church." She says,
46:21"Unless you're from us and all." All
46:22right. [cheering]
46:25She said it, not me.
46:29[laughter]
46:30[sighs]
46:31WE DON'T INVEST FOR FUN. You invest for
46:33return. And so when God says cut it
46:36down, that actually is a judgment on
46:40that marketplace Christian who has been
46:42enjoying the perks of the workplace, who
46:45has been chasing the promotions, who has
46:47been focusing on being a good employee,
46:49but has no thought of fruitfulness, and
46:52the master comes and looks at you and
46:53says, "Cut it down. It's time to take
46:56this one home."
46:58But I love what happens next in this
47:00passage. But the master doesn't come
47:03alone. He comes with a gardener. He
47:07comes with an advocate. He comes with a
47:10legal representative to represent this
47:13tree. AND THE GARDENER SAYS, "PLEASE
47:15DON'T CUT IT. GIVE ME ONE MORE YEAR.
47:20ALLOW ME SOME TIME. LET ME DIG around
47:24the roots. LET ME FERTILIZE. GIVE ME ONE
47:27YEAR AND I BELIEVE I WILL SEE SOME
47:29FRUIT." PRAISE GOD THAT YOU HAVE AN
47:31ADVOCATE.
47:33Praise God that Jesus lives TO INTERCEDE
47:35FOR US in the heavenlies. And right now
47:38I BELIEVE JESUS IS SAYING ALLOW THEM TO
47:40COME FOR FEARLESS SUMMIT. LORD GIVE ME
47:42ONE MORE FEARLESS. GIVE ME ONE MORE
47:44OPPORTUNITY. I will fertilize.
47:47I WILL BLESS. I WILL GIVE RESOURCE
47:50BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT fruitfulness will
47:53come from this tree. Yet I love my
47:56advocate. He doesn't give excuses for
47:58me. He doesn't say look look he's
48:00trying. He doesn't say look look THERE
48:03COULD BE FRUITS coming out any time. He
48:05doesn't say that. No excuses. But he
48:08says he by the way he doesn't even say
48:09give the tree more time. This is where
48:12grace comes in. Jesus says give me more
48:16time. Give me time. I believe that our
48:21advocate is saying I may expect fruit
48:24from you but I'm committed to help you
48:27with that fruit.
48:29I'm committed to walk with you. I love
48:32that about our God. He doesn't just
48:34expect things of us, but he gives us the
48:37help to make sure that we come up with
48:39our fruitfulness. Jesus is in this room
48:41today. I believe I'm one who has
48:44received a second chance for
48:45fruitfulness. Today, as we're having
48:48confession time, I remember Pastor Koni
48:50led us to pray confession prayers for
48:52lack of fruitfulness. And my confession
48:55God's people was I said, "God, I wish I
48:57knew what I knew now." 10 years ago, 15
49:01years ago, I wish I knew about
49:03disciplehip the way I know now. I feel
49:05like there are people in Maveno who went
49:07out and imploded because I wasn't there
49:09to disciple them. I didn't put a system
49:11around them. I sent out individuals. I
49:13say, "God, forgive me. Forgive me. I
49:16wish I knew as a pastor WHAT I KNOW NOW.
49:18IF I KNEW WHAT I KNOW NOW, 10 YEARS, 15
49:20YEARS AGO, WE WOULD BE SO FAR.
49:24And I sense Jesus says, I'm your
49:27advocate. I'm a God of a second chance.
49:30Yeah. I'm still with you. The latter
49:33temple was great, but the one that is
49:36coming will be greater. And I look
49:39around now and I see sons and daughters
49:40who are rising up in this movement. I
49:42see amazing sons and daughters who God
49:44is rising up. I see people here. I
49:47remember one of them I was talking to I
49:49would I won't mention I don't have a
49:51permission to share this story but she
49:53got promoted and she entered into a
49:56position that man she was so impressed
49:58by that position and she when she when
50:01they were interviewing her the first
50:03thing she said because she's a disciple
50:04she said uh pastor not pastor boss
50:08bosses thank you for this offer one
50:11thing I need to tell you right from the
50:13get-go I'm a pastor in Maveno church so
50:16weekends I don't do board meetings and I
50:18don't do anything outside my 8 to5
50:22Monday to Friday and of course that's a
50:25career ending move in most places but
50:28she said it with such confidence such
50:30authority such gentleness that the
50:33employer said I like the confidence of
50:35this one she was hired for that position
50:37just just authority as a as a disciple
50:40she knows who she is and then this
50:42disciple say the the boss called her
50:44several times to test this resolve and
50:46she said, "I don't work on weekends. You
50:47understand? I'm a pastor. I'm so now
50:50they call her the bishop of the
50:51organization." And she proudly wears
50:53that title. And and and and and she had
50:56an idea. She gave it to her boss and she
50:58she she didn't care about the idea. She
51:00thought this is a something a loss some
51:02lost a place that the organization is
51:03not doing well. She gave this idea to
51:05the boss and and and the boss loved the
51:07idea. Said, "Put a few notes for me
51:09down." She wrote the notes down and sent
51:11it to the boss. The boss was so
51:12impressed he took the idea to to the
51:15board. And the board said, "Start a
51:17whole new department. Start a whole new
51:20uh uh uh uh division for this uh idea."
51:23And the boss looked and they said, "Who
51:25shall lead it?" And the boss said, "She
51:27should lead it." She came up with the
51:28idea. Come on guys, this is Joseph. THIS
51:31IS DANIEL. THIS IS THIS IS MODERNDAY
51:35DISCIPLES taking over THE MARKETPLACE.
51:37SO NOW THIS DISCIPLE OF THEY HAVE an
51:40opportunity right now. They're starting
51:41a whole different department for this
51:43organization. And one of the things we
51:46came and had a coaching time, we're just
51:47chatting. And I say to her, now you know
51:49who you have, what the first step you
51:50have to do, you have to hire the right
51:52people. And I say to her, there are
51:54people in this community. You need to
51:57hire them. Why? Because you need to
51:58surround yourself with agents of light
52:01because you've be given a foothold into
52:03that place. Now, it's time for you to
52:05start to take over. The person said,
52:06"Done, and we're going." Listen, this is
52:09not an isolated Christian who's caught
52:11up with power. This is a Christian who
52:13understands who they are because they're
52:14grounded in their community. They're a
52:16disciple. THEY HAVE A SYSTEM BEHIND
52:18THEM. AND BECAUSE of that, the world is
52:21about to change. That company is about
52:23to change. This is the power of
52:26disciplehip. This is what we must become
52:28about. The sole reason God invested in
52:31you was fruitfulness. I'm going to give
52:34you one historical story, then I'm going
52:36to conclude. I'm going to close. In the
52:39late 18th century, there was a father
52:41and a son named Henry and John Van. I
52:46don't know if you've heard of them,
52:48Henry and John Van. They had a passion
52:51to see their nation change. They were in
52:53England and at that time England was a
52:55cesspool of corruption. They looked at
52:58the c the British Empire. They saw deep
53:00moral decay. Children were oppressed
53:04through harsh uh uh they they had this
53:06thing child labor. Children working in
53:08factories. If you've ever read Oliver
53:10Twist, I mean children, little children
53:12were put in coal mines and in factories
53:14and abused. Prisoners were treated with
53:16cruelty. There was no rehabilitation at
53:18all in the British penal system. The
53:20economy was extremely dependent on the
53:23cruel, inhumane transatlantic slave
53:27trade. I mean the slave trade was so
53:29intertwined with the British Empire. The
53:32royal family was in it. I mean,
53:33everybody was in it. And it was like the
53:36lifeblood of the empire. It looked like
53:38it would be impossible to ever end that.
53:40They looked at the rich and the rich in
53:42the country were driven by greed and
53:44corruption. Alcoholism and gambling were
53:48rife in their country. Like families
53:50were broken. Illiteracy was THE NORM.
53:53THE POOR HAD ADDICT. THE POOR WERE just
53:55completely disregarded. Nobody cared for
53:57the poor in those countries. In that
53:59country. Does that sound like some
54:00countries you know today?
54:02And like many of us, they looked at
54:05their broken nation and they wished,
54:07they prayed that God would do something
54:09about it. But here's the thing that they
54:11knew that the world often forgets today.
54:14That God's genius strategy to change the
54:17world is never a solo brilliant act. It
54:20is a faithful disciplehip community. And
54:23so what Henry and John did is uh John
54:25the son became the pastor of a little
54:27town of of a small church in a village
54:30called Clap Humpham just outside London.
54:33And this man didn't just preach on
54:35Sundays but they started to build a
54:37disciplehip community. They included
54:39Christians of different professions.
54:41They had people in that community who
54:43are lawyers, who are bankers, who are
54:44politicians. And they helped them. They
54:46began to disciple THESE PEOPLE. THEY GOT
54:48THEM TO move into the same neighborhood
54:50so they can actually be a community
54:52together. And these people opened their
54:54homes every week to one another. They
54:56studied the Bible. They praised God
54:58together. They spoke about their careers
55:00and how their careers can begin to
55:02change, become a change agent to the
55:04world, to the city that they were in.
55:05They sat around dinner tables, prayed
55:07together, studied scripture, and they
55:09held each other accountable. Some of the
55:11wealthy bankers, some of the wealthy
55:13people in the group now began to
55:14dedicate. One of the wealthy men in the
55:16group actually a businessman. He put 80%
55:18of his wealth into the group. He said,
55:20"I'm going to be earning living on 20%.
55:22I will invest in our community. And
55:24because of the resources of the wealthy,
55:26the ones who are doing well, the whole
55:28community was able to form advocacy
55:30groups, they were able to do public
55:32relations, they were able to start to do
55:34things together. Some of the people who
55:35wanted to become politicians were
55:37encouraged. One of the young people who
55:38was encouraged to become a politician
55:40was a man called uh William Wilberforce.
55:42Uh many of you may have heard of William
55:44Wilberforce. And they began to see their
55:46market careers, their marketplace
55:48careers, not as paths for wealth, but as
55:52marketplace, mission places. They began
55:55to realize God put them in the
55:56marketplace as a mission place. And the
55:59result, can I tell you what the result
56:01of this small group became? Because this
56:03community changed the world we live in.
56:06You see, they they transformed
56:08completely the British Empire. Because
56:11of them this slave trade was actually
56:14completely banned. In fact, John
56:16Wilberforce it it was banned the week
56:18before he died. It was his life work.
56:20And when he died, he died having heard
56:22the words this thing has been abolished.
56:25It means they had to go against powers
56:27that they were he was almost
56:28assassinated several times because this
56:30thing was so entrenched. Not only did
56:32they end the slave trade, they also
56:34ended slavery. Basically slavery among
56:37in in the British Empire was completely
56:39ended uh because of these people. Uh
56:41they launched schools for the poor. As a
56:43result, the school system now began to
56:45include everybody, not just the children
56:47of the rich. They pioneered prison
56:49reforms. The entire moral fabric of the
56:52British Empire changed. I mean, history
56:55books would tell you that Britain ended
56:57up becoming completely different from
56:59France and many countries in the
57:01continent where they even killed their
57:02their leaders. But it's because of this
57:05small group. Many people tell you they
57:07were strate they were strategic
57:08geniuses. But actually those of us who
57:10know the Lord, we know exactly what they
57:12were. They were disciple makers. They
57:14walked into the marketplace and they
57:16changed it because they had a system
57:18that could change a system. Come on
57:20people. This thing actually works. This
57:23thing actually works.
57:25So my challenge to you as I conclude,
57:28you must stop trying to survive the
57:29marketplace alone.
57:31Stop trying to be a solo jack bower.
57:35Yeah. Fearless in the marketplace. YOU
57:37WILL DIE. TELL YOUR NEIGHBOR. YOU'LL
57:38DIE. YEAH. This marketplace is not
57:41waiting patiently for you to change it.
57:44The business world is not waiting for
57:46you to end the corruption IN IT.
57:48POLITICS IS NOT WAITING FOR NICE gentle
57:50people to come in and pray and our
57:52country will change. It's out there to
57:54KILL YOU. IT'S NOT A neutral space. It's
57:56a contested space. You need a circle of
57:59believers who know your temptations, who
58:03hold your hands up when the pressures of
58:05the industry threaten to crush you, WHO
58:07WILL HOLD YOU UP SO YOU will not
58:09compromise your faith. [music] And they
58:11must also hold you accountable to form
58:13disciplehip circles in your marketplace
58:15so that you can begin to transform it
58:17one life at a time. Now, at Fearless
58:202026, we'll have great speakers who will
58:23help us to begin to think of how to
58:25influence where God has placed us. We'll
58:28also have opportunities to build
58:29relationships and networks. Can you now
58:31begin to see why these networks are so
58:32important? Yeah. We need to all the
58:34lawyers in this place need to know each
58:36other. Yeah. Because there's a kingdom
58:39vision there that could change this
58:40whole community if the Christian lawyers
58:43can just put their minds together. The
58:44doctors in this house, you need to know
58:46each other. YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT
58:47innovations are needed in your industry.
58:49What's the corruption? How do we face
58:50it? THE REAL ESTATE PEOPLE, YOU NEED TO
58:53KNOW EACH OTHER. YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND
58:55WHO IS IN MY SECTOR. THE MARKETERS, the
58:58IT people, we need to understand who is
59:00who and start to network with one
59:02another. The disciples of this house, we
59:04need to start holding each other
59:05accountable to change the world that God
59:08has put us in. Remember,
59:11remember there are many perks that may
59:13come your way. And in fact, I want to
59:16prophesy over the next few years, many
59:17of you are going to experience some
59:19serious financial breakthroughs. Yeah,
59:22serious.
59:24It's just the season. I just sense that
59:26this is the season and some of you have
59:27been praying for this. It's a season.
59:29But I want you to never forget this
59:31fact. The sole reason that God placed
59:33you there was fruitfulness. I want you
59:36to stand up to your feet with me as I
59:38conclude.
59:41Would you just as you stand, would you
59:43just raise your hand right now? Raise
59:44your hands right now. Say with me, God,
59:48I'm ready for you to speak to me.
59:52I'm ready to be deployed.
59:54I want to see your kingdom come.
59:57>> Oh, come on. Say it to God. I want to
59:59see your kingdom come.
1:00:00>> I want to see your kingom.
1:00:01>> Everywhere you've planted me.
1:00:04>> All that I am.
1:00:06>> All that I am.
1:00:06>> ALL THAT I HAVE.
1:00:08>> ALL THAT.
1:00:08>> ALL THAT I HOPE TO BE.
1:00:10>> All I dedicate to you.
1:00:13>> HELP ME TO BE FRUITFUL.
1:00:15>> Help me to raise up disciples who will
1:00:19change the world for your glory. May I
1:00:21be fruitful. May my business be
1:00:24fruitful. May my career be fruitful. May
1:00:28my influence be fruitful. May my
1:00:31resources be fruitful. May my life
1:00:34produce fruit.
1:00:37Fruit that will last. And when the owner
1:00:40comes seeking fruit.
1:00:42Ah, may I be one of those. May I be one
1:00:46of those who will be found to be
1:00:48fruitful. In the name of Jesus I pray.
1:00:52Somebody give glory to Jesus right now.
1:00:54We love you Lord in Jesus name. Amen.
1:00:59God bless you.
1:01:04>> [music]

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