Billy Ivy

MAWAZO YA KUTIA MOYO – MCHUNGAJI Bill Ivy – JUMANNE – JANUARI 20, 2026
Neno la Mungu ni rasilimali ambayo itatupa nguvu kila wakati katika nyakati zetu za UHITAJI! Nimegundua hili kuwa kweli binafsi wakati wa maisha yangu. Limekuwa nanga kubwa kwa imani yangu.

Mungu anawajali walio wake, akiwa kila mahali ambayo humfanya Yeye kila mahali kwa kujua mambo yote. Kwa hivyo, ananijua wakati wote, ninachofikiria, ninapokata tamaa na ninachohitaji kabla sijakihitaji.

Mathayo 6:25 Kwa sababu hiyo nawaambia, Msijisumbue kwa ajili ya maisha yenu, mtakula nini, au mtakunywa nini; wala miili yenu, mtavaa nini. Je, uhai si zaidi ya chakula, na mwili zaidi ya mavazi? 26 Waangalieni ndege wa angani, kwa maana hawapandi, wala hawavuni, wala hawakusanyi ghalani; na Baba yenu wa mbinguni huwalisha. Je, ninyi si bora kuliko wao? 27 Ni nani kati yenu kwa kujisumbua awezaye kuongeza mkono mmoja kwenye kimo chake?

28 Na kwa nini mnahangaika kuhusu mavazi? Fikirini maua ya shambani jinsi yanavyokua; hayafanyi kazi, wala hayasokoti; 29 lakini nawaambia, hata Sulemani katika fahari yake yote hakuvikwa kama mojawapo ya haya. 30 Basi, ikiwa Mungu huvika hivi majani ya shambani, ambayo leo yapo, na kesho hutupwa oveni, je, hatawavika ninyi zaidi, enyi wenye imani haba? 31 Kwa hivyo msiwe na wasiwasi, mkisema, Tule nini? Au, Tunywe nini? Au, Tuvae nini?

32 (Kwa maana baada ya hayo yote Mataifa hutafuta:) kwa maana Baba yenu wa mbinguni anajua kwamba mnahitaji haya yote. 33 Bali utafuteni kwanza ufalme wa Mungu, na haki yake; na hayo yote mtaongezewa. 34 Basi msiihangaikie kesho; kwa maana kesho itajisumbukia yenyewe. Ubaya wake watosha kwa siku.

Maandiko hayo yanasikika kwa urahisi na hayana uwajibikaji kwa ulimwengu, lakini ni msimamo wenye uwajibikaji zaidi tunaoweza kuufanya kama Mkristo. Maneno hayo yanazungumzia imani yetu kwa Mungu. Hii si imani ya kipofu, lakini tunapofanya yote tunayojua kufanya na haionekani kubadilisha hali, Neno linatoa jibu. Mwamini Mungu, ananijua mimi na mahitaji yangu.

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MAWAZO YA KUTIA MOYO – MCHUNGAJI Bill Ivy – JUMATATU – JANUARI 19, 2026
Ibada haipaswi kuwa jibu la kitu tunachohisi. Ibada yetu ni jibu kwa nafsi ya Yesu Kristo. Unamwabudu nani? Ibada kama nomino ndiyo kitu cha ibada yetu. “Mahali pa Ibada palipotolewa na Mungu” ni Kristo pekee, hakuna kitu – hakuna mahali halisi, huduma fulani au kitu kingine chochote.

Kristo wa Biblia ni nani? Yohana 1:1 Hapo mwanzo kulikuwa na Neno, naye Neno alikuwa pamoja na Mungu, naye Neno alikuwa Mungu.

Yeye alikuwa Neno aliyefanyika mwili na akaishi kati yetu… amejaa neema na kweli (Yohana 1:14).

Ibada yetu ni jibu la Yesu kuja kwetu kibinafsi akiwa amejaa neema na ukweli unaotuweka huru kutokana na hisia za mwili. Haizalishwi na vifaa vya elektroniki bora, muziki wenye sauti kubwa au timu ya sifa na ibada.

Ibada ya kweli hutoka moyoni mwa mtu, ambaye amebadilishwa kuwa kiumbe kipya kwa nguvu ya Roho Mtakatifu. Ni kujibu si hisia kwa hisia za nje, si kwa kuburudishwa, bali imani ya ndani katika Neno, ambalo ni Kristo.

Kama kitenzi, neno ibada ni maisha ya huduma.

Warumi 12:1 Kwa hiyo, ndugu, nawasihi, kwa huruma za Mungu, mtoe miili yenu iwe dhabihu iliyo hai, takatifu, ya kumpendeza Mungu, ambayo ndiyo ibada yenu yenye maana. KJV (…ambayo ni ibada yenu ya kiroho. RSV)

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MAWAZO YA KUTIA MOYO – MCHUNGAJI Bill Ivy – JUMATANO – JANUARI 14, 2026
Leo, inaonekana kuwa vigumu kwa watu kufafanua tofauti kati ya mema na mabaya. Ni kana kwamba hakuna ubaya, na kila kitu kinaweza kuwa sawa ikiwa unaamini kuwa ni sawa. Hata hivyo, kwa wachache, wale ambao wameitwa na Mungu kuwa Bibi Arusi Wake katika wakati wa mwisho, wana hamu ya kufanya chochote ila mapenzi ya Mungu, ambayo si mapenzi ya Mungu ya kuruhusu bali ni yale hasa yaliyo sawa katika mpango wa Mungu kwao.

Nukuu: Wale walio ndani ya bibi arusi hufanya mapenzi Yake tu. Hakuna anayeweza kuwafanya wafanye vinginevyo. Wana “Bwana asema hivi” au wananyamaza. Wanajua kwamba lazima iwe Mungu ndani yao akifanya kazi, akitimiza Neno Lake mwenyewe. Hakukamilisha kazi Yake yote alipokuwa katika huduma Yake duniani kwa hivyo sasa Anafanya kazi ndani na kupitia bibi arusi. Anajua hilo, kwani haikuwa wakati wake wa kufanya mambo fulani ambayo lazima sasa ayafanye. Lakini sasa atatimiza kupitia bibi arusi kazi aliyoiacha kwa wakati huu maalum.

CAB-05 — 5 – Enzi ya Kanisa la Pergame
Mchungaji William Marrion Branham

Ninawezaje kufanya mapenzi kamili ya Mungu na si vinginevyo, na hiyo ni kuwa sahihi na si vibaya? Mapenzi ya Mungu ni Neno la Mungu, ambalo tunakuwa Neno hilo kwa Roho Wake anayeishi ndani yetu.

Kumbuka sala ya BWANA ya maombezi kabla ya kusulubiwa Kwake; Yohana 17:16-17 “Wao si wa ulimwengu, kama mimi nisivyo wa ulimwengu. Uwatakase kwa kweli yako; neno lako ni kweli.”

Bibi arusi wa Yesu Kristo anakuwa Neno, kwa ISHARA inayokaa ndani yao.

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MAWAZO YA KUTIA MOYO – MCHUNGAJI Bill Ivy – IJUMAA – JANUARI 9, 2026
Tunahitaji nini zaidi ya kitu kingine chochote katika kanisa letu kama waumini?

Kama Wakristo wanaojiita “Waumini wa Ujumbe” tunahitaji kuzingatia na kuwa na uhakika wa ujumbe wetu. Kwa sababu tu tuna jina fulani na kujitambulisha nalo – si kitu zaidi ya utambulisho wa dhehebu. Hiyo ndiyo CHOTE inachomaanisha, zaidi ya hayo haimaanishi chochote kabisa.

Mtume Paulo alitangaza nini kwa kanisa la Korintho ambacho kilikuwa kimegawanyika kwa majina na haiba? “Niliazimu kutojua chochote kati yenu, isipokuwa Yesu Kristo naye amesulubiwa.”

Hatupaswi kuhubiri, kukuza au kama waumini wanavyofuata; mitindo ya kanisa katika ibada au uimbaji, mitindo ya mavazi na mwonekano (mwanamume au mwanamke), au siasa za sasa – mambo hayo hayamjengi au kumtukuza Kristo. Nia na malengo yetu yanapaswa kuwa ya kimaandiko, ili “yarejeshwe” kwenye “Ujumbe” wa Agano Jipya na kutambua kwamba huo ndio msimamo wetu na “Ujumbe.” Na hilo liwe hamu yetu kamili leo.

Vinginevyo, ujumbe wetu hautafaidika sana!

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MAWAZO YA KUTIA MOYO – MCHUNGAJI Bill Ivy – IJUMAA – JANUARI 9, 2026
Tunahitaji nini zaidi ya kitu kingine chochote katika kanisa letu kama waumini?

Kama Wakristo wanaojiita “Waumini wa Ujumbe” tunahitaji kuzingatia na kuwa na uhakika wa ujumbe wetu. Kwa sababu tu tuna jina fulani na kujitambulisha nalo – si kitu zaidi ya utambulisho wa dhehebu. Hiyo ndiyo CHOTE inachomaanisha, zaidi ya hayo haimaanishi chochote kabisa.

Mtume Paulo alitangaza nini kwa kanisa la Korintho ambacho kilikuwa kimegawanyika kwa majina na haiba? “Niliazimu kutojua chochote kati yenu, isipokuwa Yesu Kristo naye amesulubiwa.”

Hatupaswi kuhubiri, kukuza au kama waumini wanavyofuata; mitindo ya kanisa katika ibada au uimbaji, mitindo ya mavazi na mwonekano (mwanamume au mwanamke), au siasa za sasa – mambo hayo hayamjengi au kumtukuza Kristo. Nia na malengo yetu yanapaswa kuwa ya kimaandiko, ili “yarejeshwe” kwenye “Ujumbe” wa Agano Jipya na kutambua kwamba huo ndio msimamo wetu na “Ujumbe.” Na hilo liwe hamu yetu kamili leo.

Vinginevyo, ujumbe wetu hautafaidika sana!

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MAWAZO YA KUTIA MOYO – MCHUNGAJI Bill Ivy – SIKU YA MIAKA MIPAFU – JANUARI 1, 2026
Zab 31:15 Nyakati zangu zi mkononi mwako; uniokoe na mikono ya adui zangu, na hao wanaonitesa.

Tunapoanza mwaka mpya, 2026, na tukumbuke kama Mtunga Zaburi alivyoandika; “Nyakati zangu zi mkononi mwako.” Leo, wengi watatoa ahadi za kile watakachofanya vizuri zaidi mwaka huu mpya. Hizo ni ahadi ambazo ni wachache sana watazitimiza, labda wataanza nazo, lakini kukamilisha ni kitu tofauti.

Mwaka 2026, imani yetu kwa chochote kitakacholetwa na mwaka huu inapaswa kuwekwa kwa Yesu Kristo na kuruhusu mapenzi Yake yatukuzwe ndani Yake na si mapenzi yetu wenyewe au mafanikio yetu ndani yetu. Tunaweza tu kufanikiwa tunaporuhusu nyakati zetu kuwa mkononi Mwake.

Matthew Henry ambaye alikuwa mchungaji na mtoa maoni wa Biblia wa siku zilizopita, aliandika yafuatayo kuhusu Zaburi 31:15 mnamo Januari 1, 1713, akikabidhi maisha yake kwa Mungu Mwenye Enzi Kuu kwa mwaka ujao.

“Nikiamini kabisa kwamba nyakati zangu ziko mikononi mwa Mungu, hapa najisalimisha mimi na mambo yangu yote kwa mwaka unaofuata, chini ya uongozi wa Mungu wenye hekima na neema. Iwe Mungu ananiwekea afya au ugonjwa, amani au shida, faraja au misalaba, uzima au kifo— mapenzi yake matakatifu yatimizwe!”

Alifariki mwaka mmoja baadaye.

William Branham – “Kwa maana, hivyo ndivyo mwaka mpya unavyoamuliwa na Mungu, amua tu kukaa katika Neno Lake. – 64-0119 — Shalom

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MAWAZO YA KUTIA MOYO – MCHUNGAJI Bill Ivy – Mkesha wa Miaka Mipya – DESEMBA 31, 2025
Saa sita usiku leo, hapa Amerika kila mtu atakuwa ameamka na kusherehekea. Hiyo ni karibu kila mtu; wachache wetu tutakuwa kitandani tumelala. Ni desturi hapa kuona mambo ya zamani yakitoka na mapya yakiingia, kwa matumaini na azimio kwamba mwaka mpya utakuwa bora zaidi.

Nashangaa, ikiwa watu watatambua; tulivyokuwa ndivyo tulivyo na tutakavyokuwa. Mabadiliko pekee tunayoweza kuwa nayo ni kutoka maisha ya zamani ya dhambi hadi maisha mapya katika Kristo. Kitu ambacho huwezi kufanya mwenyewe, hakuna hatua kumi za maisha bora mwaka wa 2026, moja tu na hiyo ni kuwa Kiumbe kipya na Kristo kinafanya kazi pale Kalvari. Na tunapomkabidhi maisha haya, basi ni maisha kamili ya Kristo yakifanya kazi ndani na kupitia kutokamilika kwetu.

Wafilipi 2:13 Kwa maana ni Mungu afanyaye kazi ndani yenu kutaka na kutenda kwa mapenzi yake mema.

Tunapoanza kutarajia, kukumbuka jana iliyotuleta leo, na leo itatuleta kesho na chochote kilichomo. Ninafurahi sana kwamba Mungu yule yule aliyenilinda mwaka huu atakuwa nami mwaka wa 2026 kulingana na mapenzi Yake mema.

Nadhani tunapaswa kuamka kila siku, tukisali, “Ninamshukuru Mungu kwamba amenipa siku nyingine ya kumtumikia na kufanya mapenzi ya Mungu katika yote aliyoniita kuwa na kufanya – siku hii!”

Ninatarajia kuwa pamoja na Watakatifu wa Hema la Neno Lililo Hai usiku wa leo katika ibada ya mwisho mwaka wa 2025. Nikiamini mwaka mzuri ujao.

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MAWAZO YA KUTIA MOYO – MCHUNGAJI Bill Ivy – JUMANNE – DESEMBA 30, 2025
Nilimjua mkulima mzee ambaye alitumia nyumbu kulima mashamba yake kwa ajili ya kupanda. Nilimuuliza mara moja; ulifanyaje kuweka safu wima? Alisema ilikuwa rahisi, niliweka macho yangu kwenye kitu kilicho mbali, kama nguzo ya uzio na nikaweka macho yangu kwenye hilo na kusogea moja kwa moja kuelekea huko. Alisema, mradi tu nilifanya hivyo kila safu ingefuata mahali pake.

Nashangaa, mtu anapoongoka na macho yake yanaelekezwa Kalvari. Je, ingekuwa vivyo hivyo, je, maisha yetu yatakuwa kama mkulima mzee, wima na mwembamba kama maandiko yanavyotaka?

Tunaweza kuweka macho yetu kwenye kile kilicho wima, Yesu Kristo Neno. Kisha tunapotembea katika ulimwengu huu ambao umejaa mashamba yaliyopotoka ya dhambi safu yetu itakuwa wima.

Hakika tunaishi wakati ambapo shetani ameumba vitu vingi sana ambavyo vitatuelekeza katika njia mbaya, kiasili na kiroho. Anataka kuondoa macho yetu kutoka kwa kitu pekee kitakachotufanya tuendelee moja kwa moja katika Neno.

Yesu Kristo ndiye pekee asiyebadilika ambaye atabaki imara milele – kukuweka ukimzingatia Yeye. Ebr 13:8 Yesu Kristo ni yeye yule jana, na leo, na hata milele.

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MAWAZO YA KUTIA MOYO – MCHUNGAJI Bill Ivy – IJUMAA – DESEMBA 26, 2025
Kwa nini ninamtumikia Mungu? Ibilisi alidhani Ayubu alimtumikia Mungu kwa sababu alikuwa amebarikiwa kimwili na afya njema. Lakini BWANA alipomruhusu aichukue kutoka kwa Ayubu, bado alimtumikia na kumwabudu Mungu.

Mkristo hahitaji kuulizwa kwa nini, ingawa anajua kwa nini. Kama hujui kwa nini, basi nina shaka kama una uhusiano wa kweli na muumba. Mkristo anampenda Mungu kwa sababu alinipenda kwanza na kuweka hamu moyoni mwangu ya kumpenda, kushika Neno Lake na kumtumikia Yeye kila wakati kwa moyo wangu wote! Sio kwa sababu nilitaka kumtumikia Yeye mwanzoni, lakini kwa sababu alinitaka tangu mwanzo na kuweka kitu ndani yangu ambacho kingeitikia wito Wake kwa wakati unaofaa.

Gal 4:3 “Hata sisi, tulipokuwa watoto, tulikuwa watumwa chini ya nguvu za asili za ulimwengu: 4 Lakini utimilifu wa wakati ulipowadia…”

Wakati wetu ulifika wakati Kristo alipotujia kwanza, wakati ambao Mungu katika hekima yake isiyo na kikomo aliuhesabu kuwa bora zaidi na alijua tungemjia kwa upendo.

Kwa hivyo, kama Mtume alivyosema na nimekuwa nikiamini kwa dhati na kushukuru milele; kwamba amenipa uwezo wa kumpenda na kumtumikia kupitia Yesu Kristo. Wokovu wangu si wa nafsi yangu bali wa Yeye kabisa. Ndiyo maana ninamtumikia. Ikiwa Mungu hakuweka upendo wake hapo, mtu yeyote awezaje kumtumikia?

Rum 9:16 Kwa hivyo basi si wa yeye atakaye, wala wa yeye akimbiaye, bali wa Mungu aonyeshaye rehema.

NUKUU: Mtu ni mshindwa, amepotea kabisa wakati wa kuzaliwa kwake. Hakuna wema ndani ya mwanadamu. Ikiwa kuna jambo lolote jema kuhusu mtu, ni sehemu ya Mungu iliyo ndani yake. Kwa maana mtu ndani yake si mwema kabisa. Na kuna wema wowote kwake, ni Mungu aliyemtendea. Kwa hivyo hatuwezi kusema kwamba tulifanya hivi ili tustahili hili. Tuliomba usiku kucha ili kupata hili. Sio kama unafanya hivi au vile; ni Mungu. Si yeye atakaye au yeye akimbiaye, ni Mungu aonyeshaye rehema: iko mikononi mwa Mungu.
57-0326 — Jehovah-Jireh
Mchungaji William Marrion Branham

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MAWAZO YA KUTIA MOYO – MCHUNGAJI Bill Ivy – SIKU YA KRISMASI – DESEMBA 25, 2025
Ninashukuru kwa siku nyingine nzuri ya Krismasi. Ninajua siku imepotea na wana-kondoo huzaliwa katika majira ya kuchipua ya mwaka. Hata hivyo, Kristo Yesu alizaliwa siku moja, na tukio kubwa sana kwamba lilitangazwa na jeshi la Malaika kwa wale ambao wangeweza kuipokea.

Alikuja kwa wachungaji wa kawaida; walijua jinsi mwana-kondoo wa kafara anavyopaswa kuwa, mkamilifu na asiye na dosari. Walikuwa wa kwanza kuambiwa, si Nobel, Kuhani Mkuu au watu wakuu wa dunia, lakini katika kuja Kwake kwa mara ya kwanza alifunuliwa kwa utakatifu. Alizaliwa ghalani, akalazwa kwenye kizimba cha kulishia, na kufunikwa kwa kitambaa cha kitoto.

Kanisa limeifanya Krismasi kuwa Misa ya Kikatoliki, lakini kwa imani, Krismasi ni Mungu akijinyenyekeza ili kuwa katika hadithi kubwa ya ukombozi. Aliletwa ulimwenguni na bikira mdogo na kulelewa na seremala, Yusufu ambaye angefuata maagizo aliyopewa na malaika katika ndoto.

Kamati yake ya kukaribisha ilikuwa ni mifugo ghalani na kisha wakaja wachungaji wa hali ya chini, maskini na waliodharauliwa, lakini wakiwa na uelewa viongozi wa dini hawakuwa nao.

Krismasi hiyo ya kwanza watu wengi walikosa Kuja Kwake kwa mara ya kwanza kwa sababu ya jinsi alivyokuja, kwa UNYENYEKEVU. Anakuja vile katika kuja Kwake kwa mara ya pili ili wale walio Wake kwa kuchaguliwa tangu mwanzo. Usikose Kuja Kwake kwa mara ya pili ambayo ni kwa urahisi.

Mabadiliko: “Lakini mwamini wa kweli hajaribu kutafuta hotuba nzuri ya kiakili, au mtu fulani aliyevaa vizuri, au bwana fulani akiwa jukwaani. Lakini kwa imani rahisi … Kristo ni rahisi sana, kiasi kwamba, wenye hekima huvuka juu yake. Hawapati kamwe.

63-1103 – Nenda, Amkeni Yesu
Mchungaji William Marrion Branham

Kristo mwema kwenu ninyi mtakaopokea!

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MAWAZO YA KUTIA MOYO – MCHUNGAJI Bill Ivy – Mkesha wa Krismasi – DESEMBA 24, 2025
Katika Mkesha huu wa Krismasi inaonekana kuna shughuli nyingi, kununua zawadi hiyo ya mwisho na kujiandaa kwa ajili ya siku ya Krismasi. Hasa katika nchi hii, Amerika. Inanyoosha neva za watu na kuunda mazingira yasiyo matakatifu katika msimu ambao unapaswa kuwa mtakatifu. Ilikuwa haiko hivyo au angalau si mbaya kama ilivyo leo. Ni nini kimebadilika? Kwa nini iko hivyo na ni nini kinachosababisha? Unapomtoa Kristo kutoka kwa utamaduni unaotuzunguka, kutoka shuleni, uwanja wa umma na kutoka makanisani mwetu basi hayupo tena katika maisha yetu na tunachofanya, angalau si kwa kiwango sawa (Ufunuo 3:20).

Mkesha huu wa Krismasi unakumbuka sababu ya msimu huu kuheshimiwa na ni nini. Hatujui siku Kristo Yesu alizaliwa na hakika haikuwa msimu huu wa baridi. Hata hivyo, ni ukweli kwamba alizaliwa na kwa sababu ya kuzaliwa huko Mungu alikuja kuishi na mwili wa mwanadamu. Alifanyika mmoja wetu ili tuweze kuwa wamoja naye kwa Mungu kuishi ndani yetu (2 Wakorintho 5:21).
Krismasi inahusu Uungu kuja duniani. Uungu alizaliwa horini, Uungu ukiishi kati ya wanadamu, Uungu ukifa msalabani mwetu kama mwana-kondoo mkamilifu wa dhabihu, ukichukua dhambi zangu na zako, ukilipa gharama ambayo hakuna mtu wa kidunia angeweza kulipa.

Krismasi inapaswa kumaanisha nini kwetu? Usiku wa leo, tunapokusanyika na familia, iwe wakati wa amani na shukrani tukiwa tumezungukwa na wale wanaopendana. Hakikisha Kristo Yesu ndiye kitovu cha shughuli. Na ukiwa peke yako, Kristo yuko nawe, hakuna kitu muhimu zaidi ya hicho. Ndiyo maana alikuja.

Mathayo 1:23 Tazama, bikira atachukua mimba, atazaa mwana, nao watamwita jina lake Emmanueli, ambalo linatafsiriwa, Mungu pamoja nasi.

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ENCOURAGING THOUGHTS – PASTOR Bill Ivy – CHRISTMAS EVE – DECEMBER 24, 2025

On this Christmas Eve it seems there is so much hustle and bustle, to buy that last present and to make ready for Christmas day. Especially in this country, America. It stretches people’s nerves and creates an unholy atmosphere in a season that should be sacred. It use to not be that way or at least not as bad as it is today. What has changed? Why is it and what causes it? When you take Christ out of the culture around us, out of the schools, the public square and out of our churches He then is no longer in our lives and what we do, at least not to the same extent (Revelation 3:20).

This Christmas Eve remember the reason this season is honored and what it is all about. We do not know the day Christ Jesus was born and it was certainly not this winter season. However, it is a truth that He was born and because of that birth Deity come to live with human flesh. He became one of us so that we could become one with Him by Deity living in us (2 Corinthians 5:21).

Christmas is all about Deity coming to earth. Deity born in a manger, Deity dwelling among mankind, Deity dying on our cross as the perfect sacrificial lamb, taking my sin and yours, paying a price no earthly person could pay.

What should Christmas Eve mean to us? Tonight, as we gather with family, let it be a peaceful and thankful time surrounded with those that love one another. Make sure Christ Jesus is the center of the activities. And if you are alone, Christ is with you, nothing is more important than that. That is why He came.

Matt 1:23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us .

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MAWAZO YA KUTIA MOYO – MCHUNGAJI Bill Ivy – ALHAMISI – AGOSTI 21, 2025
William Branham akizungumza katika Life Tabernacle huko Shreveport Louisiana, ambalo lilikuwa ni kanisa kuu la Kipentekoste la siku hizo. Alihubiri huko mara nyingi na kuwapenda watu na alitaka kuwaona wakiwa na msingi katika ukweli. Walikuwa wanatazamia uamsho mkuu na hatua ya Mungu. Aliongea yafuatayo ambayo yalikuwa ni karipio lililofichwa na nia ya kweli ya kwanini alikuwa pale.

“Na haijaelekezwa kwa kitu cho chote, watu fulani fulani, ama cho chote kile; kwa Kanisa tu, Mwili wa Kristo ambao tunajaribu kuwaongoza kwenye mawazo ya kina na malengo ya juu zaidi, tukiamini ya kwamba Kuja kwa Bwana Yesu kumekaribia. Siutazamii uamsho katika kizazi chetu ninatazamia Kuja kwa Bwana, katika kizazi chetu. – Kutoka kwa mahubiri: Muungano Usioonekana wa Bibi-arusi wa Kristo.

Huwa nashukuru sana kwamba kwa kupangwa na Mungu tangu awali naamini maneno hayo na kutambua siku yangu na UJUMBE wake. Sitafuti kitu kikubwa zaidi, kikubwa zaidi kimekuja na bado yu hai moyoni mwangu!
Malaki 4:5 Angalieni, nitawapelekea Eliya nabii, kabla haijaja siku ile ya Bwana iliyo kuu na kuogofya.

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ENCOURAGING THOUGHTS – PASTOR Bill Ivy – THURSDAY – AUGUST 21, 2025
William Branham speaking at Life Tabernacle in Shreveport Louisiana, which was a great Pentecostal church of the day. He preached there many times and loved the people and wanted to see them grounded in truth. They were looking for a great revival and move of God. He spoke the following that was a veiled rebuke and a true desire of why he was there.

“And it’s not directed to anything, any certain persons, or anything; just to the Church, the Body of Christ that we’re trying to lead to deeper thoughts and higher objectives, believing that the Coming of the Lord Jesus is at hand. We believe that. Much more, it’s twenty years closer than it was the first time I come to Shreveport. Oh, so much has happened since that time! Now we’re looking forward for the Coming of the Lord, in our generation. I’m not looking for revival in our generation. I’m looking for the Coming of the Lord, in our generation.” – From the sermon: The Invisible Union Of The Bride Of Christ.

I am ever so thankful that by God’s predestination I believe those words and recognized my day and its MESSAGE. I am not looking for something greater, the greater has already come and is still alive in my heart!
Mal 4:5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD…

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MAWAZO YA KUTIA MOYO – PASTOR Bill Ivy – JUMATANO – AGOSTI 20, 2025
Kwa Mkristo neno “kuabudu” kimsingi linamaanisha tendo la heshima na heshima kwa Mungu. Ni jibu kwa ufunuo wa Mungu, kuonyesha kuabudu, upendo, na heshima kwa Mungu ni nani na kile Amefanya, hasa kupitia Yesu Kristo.

Je, tunaabuduje? Ikiwa neno la Kiingereza lina maana yoyote, lina maana ya hapo juu, kwa heshima, heshima, na katika maonyesho ya upendo mkubwa. Usiku wa leo tunakusanyika pamoja Living Word Tabernacle kumwabudu Mungu au popote pale unapokusanyika. Mungu ni mmoja tu, naye ana wivu kwa ibada inayomhusu Yeye tu. Na tumpe heshima, heshima na maonyesho ya UPENDO anaostahiki na anatarajia kutoka kwa wale ambao ni wake.

Mwenyezi Mungu atafanya ila, ibada hiyo ni kwa sababu ya wahyi anaoutoa, wahyi juu yake.

50-0819 — Tuonyeshe Baba Na Inatosha
Kuna njia ya kuabudu, na njia, njia sahihi ya kuabudu na njia mbaya ya kuabudu. Sijaribu kukuambia ni njia gani ya kuabudu; lakini mimi nawaambia; kuna njia ambayo unapaswa kumkaribia Mungu. Na kama hutakuja kwa njia hiyo iliyoandaliwa, hakika huwezi kumpata Mungu. – WMB

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ENCOURAGING THOUGHTS – PASTOR Bill Ivy – WEDNESDAY – AUGUST 20, 2025

For a Christian the word “worship” primarily means the act of reverent honor and respect to God. It’s a response to God’s revelation, expressing adoration, love, and reverence for who God is and what He has done, particularly through Jesus Christ. 

How do we worship? If the English word means anything, it means the above, with reverence, respect, and in an expression of great love. Tonight we assemble together at Living Word Tabernacle to worship God or wherever you assemble. There is only one God, and He is jealous for worship that belongs only to Him. May we give Him the reverence, honor and expression of LOVE He deserves and expects from those that are His.

God will only except, worship that is because of the revelation that He provides, a revelation of Himself.

50-0819 — Show Us The Father And It Suffices
There’s a way to worship, and a way, right way to worship and the wrong way to worship. I’m not trying to tell you which way to worship; but I’m telling you; there’s a way that you have to approach God. And if you do not come that provided way, you certainly cannot find God. – WMB

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MAWAZO YA KUTIA MOYO – MCHUNGAJI Bill Ivy – JUMANNE – AGOSTI 19, 2025
Zab 51:16 Maana hupendi dhabihu; vinginevyo ningekupa; wewe hupendezwi na sadaka ya kuteketezwa. 17 Dhabihu za Mungu ni roho iliyovunjika; Moyo uliovunjika na kupondeka, Ee Mungu, hutaudharau.

Daudi alihitaji upatanisho. Upatanisho uliohitajika chini ya sheria ulikuwa dhabihu sahihi, sadaka ya kuteketezwa. Hata hivyo, Daudi alikuwa kiroho vya kutosha kujua, kwamba Mungu alitaka zaidi ya tendo la kimawazo ambalo kwa kweli linakuwa mapokeo tu. Mungu alitaka moyo wake. Sadaka ya roho iliyovunjika na moyo uliopondeka – Mungu mwingine ataidharau na kuikataa ikiwa moyo haumo ndani yake.

Mitambo ya kile tunachojua haitamridhisha Mungu mwadilifu na kile tunachoweza kutoa kwa kawaida au kiroho haitoshi. Moyo usipokuwa sawa, umevunjika na kutubu dhabihu zetu hazitakubaliwa.

Katika andiko hilo hapo juu neno “tubu” lina maana ya kitu kinapovunjwa au kupondwa. Mungu anaona nini anapoona machozi ya moyo uliotubu. Hivyo ndivyo atakavyotoa baraka zake pia. Mtunzi wa wimbo alikuwa sahihi alipoandika: “Machozi ni lugha ambayo Mungu anaelewa …”

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ENCOURAGING THOUGHTS – PASTOR Bill Ivy – TUESDAY – AUGUST 19, 2025

Ps 51:16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering. 17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

David needed an atonement. The required atonement under the law was a correct sacrifice, a burnt offering. However, David was spiritual enough to know, that God wanted more than a mechanical act that actually becomes a mere tradition. God wanted his heart. A sacrifice of a broken spirit and contrite heart – the other God will despise and reject if the heart is not in it.

The mechanics of what we know will not satisfy a righteous God and what we can give naturally or spiritually is not enough. Unless the heart is right, broken and contrite our sacrifices will not be accepted.

In the above scripture the word “contrite” means when something is broken or crushed. What does God see when he sees the tears of a contrite heart. That is what He will grant His blessings too. The song writer had it right when he wrote: “Tears are a language God understands…”

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MAWAZO YA KUTIA MOYO – PASTOR Bill Ivy – IJUMAA – AGOSTI 15, 2025
1 Petro 4:12 Wapenzi, msione ajabu juu ya majaribu makali yanayowapata ninyi, kana kwamba ni kitu kisicho cha kawaida.

Ni mara ngapi tunajiuliza, kesi hii itaendelea hadi lini? Je! Bwana anajua ni kama moto ambao watakatifu wa kwanza walichomwa kwenye mti? Inaonekana ajabu kwetu. Hata hivyo, kama Mkristo jaribio hili kali ni kwa ajili ya ukomavu wetu (kufanywa wakamilifu) na kama Petro alivyosema, “ni kama dhahabu iliyojaribiwa kwa moto.”

Ninyi ni dhahabu ya Mungu ambayo inawakilisha Uungu, moto ni majaribu Anaruhusu kwa hekima yake kufanya kazi kutoka kwetu yote ambayo sio dhahabu. Uwe na subira na uadilifu wa Kikristo ukijua kwamba kutawala pamoja Naye tutateseka pamoja Naye. Unaye Roho wa Mungu kukutegemeza na kukufariji katika mambo yote. Kwa hiyo, dumu katika majukumu yako na utegemee mambo yote kwa Mungu. Jikabidhi Kwake yale ambayo yanaonekana kuwa ya ajabu na yasiyowezekana.

1 Petro 4:13 Lakini furahini kwa kuwa mmeshiriki mateso ya Kristo; ili utukufu wake utakapofunuliwa, nanyi mfurahi kwa furaha tele.

60-0804 – Tai Anapochochea Kiota Chake
“Mtu anapotokea, sijali, anaweza kupiga kelele, anaweza kunena kwa lugha, anaweza kutabiri, anaweza kufanya lolote atakalo, na kama akiingia kwenye jaribu hilo na kuungwa mkono, yeye si mwana wa Mungu. La, bwana. Ikichukua maisha yake, yeye husimama pale vile vile tu, kwa sababu anajua ni nani amemwamini, na ameshawishika kuwa Yeye aweza kushika siku hiyo dhidi yake. – WMB

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ENCOURAGING THOUGHTS – PASTOR Bill Ivy – FRIDAY – AUGUST 15, 2025

1 Peter 4:12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:

How many times do we wonder, how long will this trial go on? Does the Lord know it is like fire which the early saints were burned to the stake? It seems strange to us. However, as a Christian this fiery trial is for our maturity (being made perfect) and as Peter said, “it is as gold tried by fire.”

You are God’s gold which represents Deity, the fire is the trial’s He allows by His wisdom to work out of us all that is not gold. Have patience and Christian integrity knowing that to reign with Him we will suffer with Him. You have the Spirit of God to support and comfort you in all things. Therefore, persevere in your duties and trust all things to God. Commit to Him that which seems strange and impossible.

1 Peter 4: 13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.

60-0804 — As The Eagle Stirreth Up Her Nest

“When a man comes up, I don’t care, he might shout, he might speak with tongues, he might prophesy, he might do whatever he will, and if he comes into that trial and backs up, he’s not a son of God. No, sir. If it takes his life, he stands there just the same, because he knows Who he has believed, and is persuaded He is able to keep that which he has committed to Him against the day. Amen.” – WMB

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MAWAZO YA KUTIA MOYO – PASTOR Bill Ivy – JUMATANO – AGOSTI 13, 2025
Mara nyingi tunatazamia kwa bidii na mahali pabaya ili tukubalike. Tunataka watu watupende na kwa hiyo wafuate umati, hata tunapojua kwamba umati haufai. Kwa nini sisi? Kwa madhumuni ya kukubalika, hakuna mtu anataka kuhisi yuko peke yake.

Kumbuka, tunapaswa kumfuata Kristo Neno na sio umati, umati ukienda kushoto lakini Kristo Neno linakwenda kulia, NENDA HAKI. Unapomfuata utatembea pamoja, ni kitendawili kwa sababu utatembea peke yako na ushirika mzuri.

61-0207 – Matarajio
“Usitafute pongezi za ulimwengu, hutapata, lakini uwe tayari kudhabihu heshima yako. Kila kitu ulicho, toa kwa Ufalme wa Mungu. Toa wakati wako kwa maombi, dhabihu maisha yako, dhabihu mchezo wako wa kadi, dhabihu vitu vyote vya ulimwengu, mpe shetani, mwachie, ni mali yake, tembea na Kristo.” – WMB

Ninatazamia kuwa pamoja na Watakatifu usiku wa leo katika LWT.

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ENCOURAGING THOUGHTS – PASTOR Bill Ivy – WEDNESDAY – AUGUST 13, 2025
Many times we look to hard and in the wrong places for acceptance. We want people to like us and therefore follow the crowd, even when we know the crowd is wrong. Why would we? For the purpose of acceptance, no one wants to feel they are alone.

Remember, we are to follow Christ the Word and not the crowd, if the crowd goes left but Christ the Word goes right, GO RIGHT. When you follow Him you will walk along, it is a paradox because you will walk alone with good company.

61-0207 — Expectation
“Don’t look for the applaud of the world, you won’t have it, but be willing to sacrifice your prestige. Everything that you are, sacrifice it to the Kingdom of God. Sacrifice your time for prayer, sacrifice your life, sacrifice your card game, sacrifice all the things of the world, give it over to the devil, let him have it, it belongs to him, you walk with Christ.” – WMB

I am looking forward to be with the Saints tonight at LWT.

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MAWAZO YA KUTIA MOYO – PASTOR Bill Ivy – IJUMAA, AGOSTI 8, 2025
Sote tunaweza kutazama huku na kule na kuona mkanganyiko mwingi wa kidini – hiyo ni Babeli, ambayo tumeitwa kutoka kwayo. Ufunuo 18:4 Kisha nikasikia sauti nyingine kutoka mbinguni ikisema, Tokeni kwake, enyi watu wangu, msishiriki dhambi zake, wala msipokee mapigo yake.

Huu ni mfumo ambao umejaa uchafu wa kila aina na unaomiliki roho za watu (Ufunuo 18:10-13). Ina athari yake, na ni kuvuta kali sana.

Kama mchungaji ninapaswa kuzingatia nini katika ulimwengu huu wenye nguvu wa kudanganywa kidini;

Kaa mwaminifu kwa Neno na usikengeushwe na kutamani mafanikio makubwa zaidi. Hilo linaweza kuwa ujenzi wa huduma kubwa zaidi, umati mkubwa zaidi katika kanisa lako au kuwa sehemu ya uamsho mkuu mpya. Furahi na utosheke na huduma ambayo Mungu amekukabidhi na uhubiri Injili isiyochujwa, yenye akili timamu na yenye busara ambayo Paulo alitupa katika maandiko – mtu atataka kuisikia.

AT.THY.WORD_ CONNERSVILLE.IN MONDAY_ 53-0608E
Chochote ninachopenda ni kusikia mahubiri mazuri, kusikia mtu akihubiri. Ninaamini, hata hivyo, kati ya mahubiri yote niliyopata kusikia maishani mwangu, ningeishi tu kumsikia Yeye aliposimama pale na kusema, “Njooni Kwangu, ninyi nyote msumbukao na wenye kulemewa na mizigo, nitawapumzisha.” Je, hungependa kusikia hivyo? Nadhani hatutawahi kusikia hivyo. Lakini hapa kuna jambo moja tutakalosikia tukiwa waaminifu: “Ingieni katika furaha ya Bwana, enyi mliobarikiwa, iliyowekewa tayari tangu kuwekwa misingi ya ulimwengu. Umekuwa mwaminifu kwa machache, Mungu atatufanya kuwa mtawala juu ya mengi. – WMB
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ENCOURAGING THOUGHTS – PASTOR Bill Ivy – FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 2025
We can all look around and see so much religious confusion – that is Babylon, which we have been called out of. Revelation 18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.

This is a system that is filled with filthiness of every kind and owns the souls of men (Revelation 18:10-13). It has its effect, and it is a very strong pull.

As a pastor what should my focus be in such a strong religiously deceived world;

Stay faithful to the Word and not sidetracked by desiring greater success. That could be the building of a greater ministry, a larger crowd in your church or being a part of a great new revival. Be happy and content with the ministry God has entrusted you with and preach the unfiltered, sane and sensible Gospel that Paul gave us in the scriptures – someone will want to hear it.

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Anything I like is to hear good preaching, hear a man preaching. I believe, though, of all the preaching I ever heard in my life, I’d just live to heard Him when He stood there and said, “Come unto Me, all ye that labor and heavy laden, I will give you rest.” Wouldn’t you love to have heard that? I guess we’ll never hear that. But here’s one thing we’ll hear if we’re faithful: “Enter into the joys of the Lord, thou blessed, that was been prepared for you from the foundation of the world.” You’ve been faithful over a few things, God will make us ruler over many. – WMB
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MAWAZO YA KUTIA MOYO – MCHUNGAJI Bill Ivy – ALHAMISI, AGOSTI 7, 2025
Martin Luther wa mageuzi na kasisi wa zamani wa Kikatoliki alimuoa Katie von Bora, aliyekuwa mtawa wa zamani. Kanisa la Kirumi lilikuwa limefundisha useja na maisha ya pekee kwa ajili ya huduma namna ya juu zaidi ya maisha ya kiroho. Kwa kweli, Maandiko hayaendelezi kama vile huduma kama ilivyoandikwa na Mtume Paulo katika 1 Timotheo 4: 1-2 – aliiita “mafundisho ya mashetani, kusema uongo na kukataza kuoa.”

Luther na mkewe Katie katika huduma wakawa MFANO wa familia ya Kikristo inayomheshimu Mungu walipoheshimiana katika wakati mgumu sana. Walikuwa katika mivutano ya mara kwa mara wakiwa wenzi wa ndoa na katika huduma huku wakifanya mapenzi ya Mungu pamoja na kulea familia. Luther alihudumu kwenye mimbari huku Katie akimtumikia Mungu nyumbani. Kwa hakika waliweza kumweka Mungu na kanisa lake kwanza, na wakati huo huo, kwa uangalifu kuwa na usawaziko ufaao nyumbani.

Ndoa yao ilikuwa ushuhuda kwa taasisi ya Mungu ya ndoa na MFANO kwetu hata leo tunapomtumikia BWANA na kanisa la Mungu pamoja – huku tukiwa mifano hai kwa wengine.

2 Wakorintho 3:2 Ninyi ni barua yetu iliyoandikwa mioyoni mwetu, inayojulikana na kusomwa na watu wote; si katika vibao vya mawe, bali katika vibao vya mioyo ya nyama.

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ENCOURAGING THOUGHTS – PASTOR Bill Ivy – THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 2025
Martin Luther of the reformation and a former Catholic priest married Katie von Bora, a former nun. The Roman Church had taught celibacy and a single life for the ministry the highest form of spiritual life. Of course, the Scriptures do not promote such among the ministry as is wrote by the Apostle Paul in 1 Timothy 4:1-2 – he called it “doctrines of devils, speaking lies and forbidding to marry.”

Luther and his wife Katie in ministry became the EXAMPLE of a Christian family honoring God as they honored one another in a most difficult time. They were in constant tensions as a couple and in the ministry while doing the will of God together and raising a family. Luther served in the pulpit while Katie served God in the home. They obviously were able to put God and His church first, and at the same time, carefully having the right balance in the home.

Their marriage was a testimony to God’s institution of marriage and an EXAMPLE for us even today as we serve the LORD and God’s church together – while being living examples to others.

2 Cor 3:2 Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men: 3 Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.

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MAWAZO YA KUTIA MOYO – PASTOR Bill Ivy – JUMATANO, AGOSTI 6, 2025
Sote tunajua maisha yetu ya nyuma, baadhi ya mambo mazuri na baadhi ya majuto. Kadiri tunavyokuwa wakubwa ndivyo tunavyotazama nyuma zaidi juu ya yale ambayo yamekamilika, labda kwa kuridhika kwetu, na mambo mengine ambayo tungefanya tena ikiwa tungeweza. Mungu alikuwa katika siku zetu zilizopita, hata makosa – alikuwa hapo. Nini kinafuata?

Zamani zetu hakika ziliamuliwa tangu milele. “Nyinyi nyote mlipangwa na Mungu. Hakuna kinachotokea kwa bahati, kwa Mungu. Yeye anajua yote.” – WMB

Ikiwa maisha yetu ya zamani yalikuwa hivyo, basi wakati wetu ujao unaweza kukabidhiwa kwa Mungu, wakati ujao wa familia yetu na wakati ujao wa watoto wetu. Usijali kuhusu kesho, ishi tu leo ukijua Mungu anaweza kuokoa, ana shauku ya kusikia na karibu nawe katika kila hali ya maisha, yaliyopita na yajayo.

Isaya 41:10 usiogope; kwa maana mimi ni pamoja nawe; usifadhaike; kwa maana mimi ni Mungu wako; naam, nitakusaidia; naam, nitakushika kwa mkono wa kuume wa haki yangu.

Natumai unatazamia ibada yetu ya Jumatano usiku kama nilivyo.

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ENCOURAGING THOUGHTS – PASTOR Bill Ivy – WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 2025
We all know our past, some things positive and some regrets. The older we are the more we look back on that which is finished, perhaps to our satisfaction, and other things we would do over if we could. God was in our past, even the mistakes – He was there. What is next?

Our past was certainly predestined from eternity. “You were all pre-planned by God. Nothing happens by chance, with God. He knows all about it.” – WMB

If our past was so, then our future can be entrusted to God, our family’s future and our children’s future. Don’t worry about tomorrow, just live today knowing the God is able to save, eager to hear and near to you in every situation of life, past and future.

Isaiah 41:10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

I hope you are looking forward to our Wednesday night service as I am.

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MAWAZO YA KUTIA MOYO – PASTOR Bill Ivy – JUMANNE, AGOSTI 5, 2025
Imesemwa, “Tabia zetu hutufinyanga kwa sura ya vile tulivyo, tabia yetu ya maisha iliyo ndani yetu.” Neno la Kiingereza tabia linamaanisha; sifa za kiakili na kimaadili ambazo ni tofauti kwa mtu binafsi. Tunaelewa tabia ya ndege, kwa sababu kuna kitu ndani yake cha kuzalisha manyoya na kuruka. Vivyo hivyo na mbwa, wanataka kumpendeza bwana wao. Nguruwe ana asili chafu, kwa sababu hiyo ndiyo tabia yake, vinasaba vilivyomo ndani yake tangu mwanzo vinamfanya afurahie matope na mteremko.

Ninashangaa – ni sawa na wale wanaodai maisha ya Kikristo lakini wanazungumza na kufanya mambo kinyume na Neno la Mungu – na wanaonekana kufurahia – na mara nyingi hata kubarikiwa kiasili ndani yake? Ni nini tabia ya maisha ndani yao?

Tabia ya Mkristo ni nini? Inaakisiwa katika maisha yako na vile ulivyo ndani. Tabia ya Mkristo ni Kristo, upako unaoishi kupitia wewe katika mambo yote.

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Unaona, sisi, wahusika wetu wanafinyangwa na kile kilicho ndani yetu, na nje yetu huonyesha tu kile kilicho ndani. Tulivyo, jinsi tunavyoenenda, haijalishi tunasema nini, maisha yetu yanazungumza zaidi kuliko maneno yetu. – WMB

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Tafsiri – Kiswahili, Kifaransa, Kihispania
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ENCOURAGING THOUGHTS – PASTOR Bill Ivy – TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2025
It has been said, “Our character molds us to the image of what we are, our character of life that’s in us.” The English word character means; the mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual. We understand the character of a bird, because there is something in him to produce feathers and fly. The same with a dog, they want to please their master. A pig has a dirty nature, because that is his character, the genes that are in him from the beginning make him enjoy mud and slop.

I wonder – is that the same with those that profess a Christian life but speak and do things contrary to God’s Word – and seem to enjoy it – and many times even blessed naturally in it? What is the character of life in them?

What is the Character of a Christian? It is reflected in your life by what you are inside. The Character of a Christian is Christ, the anointing that lives through you in all things.

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You see, we, our characters is molded by what’s on the inside of us, and our outside only expresses what’s on the inside. What we are, how we walk, no matter what we say, our life speaks louder than our words does. – WMB

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Translations – Kiswahili, French, Spanish
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MAWAZO YA KUTIA MOYO – PASTOR Bill Ivy – IJUMAA – AGOSTI 1, 2025
Rekodi za Injili Yesu akiwafufua watu watatu waliokuwa wamekufa; kijana mdogo, msichana mdogo na rafiki Yake. Katika mji wa Naini, mjane mmoja alikuwa amefiwa na mwanawe, katika harakati za kumpeleka kumzika Yesu alimhurumia mama huyu na akamgusa mvulana na kusema “Kijana, nakuambia, Inuka (Luka 7:14).”

Wakati mwingine Aliombwa na kuhani kijana, Yairo aje kumwombea binti yake aliyekuwa mgonjwa karibu kufa, na kabla Yesu hajafika alikufa. Yesu akasema, kijakazi hakufa, bali amelala, akasema na yule msichana; “Mjakazi, inuka (Luka 8:54).”

Mara ya tatu ilikuwa kwenye kaburi la rafiki yake mpendwa Lazaro ambaye Yesu alimpenda. Ingawa alikuwa amekufa siku 4, Yesu alisimama kwenye kaburi baada ya jiwe kuondolewa na akalia kwa sauti kuu; “Lazaro, njoo nje (Yohana 11:43).”

Katika visa vyote vitatu wale waliokufa walifufuliwa. Yesu alifanya nini ili kutimiza miujiza hiyo yenye kutokeza? Alizungumza na watu wote watatu waliokuwa wamekufa kana kwamba hawakuwa wamekufa bali wamelala usingizi, usingizi ambao ungeweza kuamshwa na Neno Lake likiwaita warudi.
Tumefundishwa, “Neno Lililonenwa ndiyo mbegu ya asili.” Tunapokuwa wafu au tumelala katika nia zetu kwa Kristo, kwa mawazo ya kimadhehebu ya wanadamu ambayo ni mauti kwa nafsi lazima kitu fulani kikuletee tena.

Kristo peke yake ndiye atakayezungumza nawe kibinafsi na kukuita uzima kama alivyofanya kwa mvulana katika mji wa Naini, binti Yairo au Lazaro. Acha hiyo iwe muujiza kwa ufufuo wako wa uzima. Mbegu ya Neno lililonenwa si mbegu ya kimadhehebu ya kile ambacho watu huita uzima unaoongoza kwenye mauti tu. Ni wale tu wanaoweza kusikia wataishi tena.

Ufunuo 2:7 Yeye aliye na sikio, na alisikie neno hili ambalo Roho asema…
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ENCOURAGING THOUGHTS – PASTOR Bill Ivy – FRIDAY – AUGUST 1, 2025
The Gospel’s records Jesus raising three people who were dead; a young lad, a little girl and His friend. At the city of Nain, a widow had lost her son, in the process of taking him to his burial Jesus had compassion on this mother and touch the boy and said “Young man, I say unto thee, Arise (Luke 7:14).”

Another time He was asked by a young priest, Jairus to come and pray for his daughter that was sick to death, and before Jesus arrived she died. Jesus said, the maid is not dead, but sleepeth and spoke to the girl and said; “Maid, arise (Luke 8:54).”

The third time was at the grave of His dear friend Lazarus whom Jesus loved. Though he had been dead 4 days, Jesus stood at the tomb after the stone was rolled away and cried with a loud voice; “Lazarus, come forth (John 11:43).”

In all three cases they who were dead came back to life. What did Jesus do in order to accomplish these outstanding miracles? He spoke to all three persons that had died as if they were not dead but asleep, a sleep that could be awakened by His Word calling them back.
We have been taught, “the Spoken Word is the original seed.” When we are dead or asleep in our own mind to Christ, by denominational thoughts of men which is death to the soul something must bring you back.

Christ alone will speak to you personally and call you to life as He did to the boy in the city of Nain, Jairus’s daughter or Lazarus. Let that be a miracle for your resurrection to life. The spoken Word seed is not a denominational seed of what men call life that leads only to death. Only those that can hear will live again.

Rev 2:7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith…
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MAWAZO YA KUTIA MOYO – PASTOR Bill Ivy – JUMATANO – 30 JULAI, 2025
Nehemia 8:10 “…kwa kuwa furaha ya BWANA ni nguvu zenu.” Ilikuwa siku kuu huko Yerusalemu, hekalu lilikuwa likijengwa upya, na watu walisimama pamoja kwenye Lango la Maji, wakati kuhani Ezra alipokuwa akisoma Kitabu, Sheria ya Mungu kama alivyopewa Nabii Musa. Wakakusanyika pamoja, wanaume kwa wanawake, na wote walioweza kusikia kwa ufahamu, na kitabu hicho kiliposomwa, kuhani na Walawi wakawafahamisha watu yale waliyosomewa. “Basi wakasoma katika kitabu katika torati ya Mungu kwa sauti kubwa, wakatoa maana, na kuwafahamisha hayo usomaji (Nehemia 8:8).

Hii ilikuwa siku kuu kwa wale waliokuwa wamekusanyika kwenye Lango la Maji. Haukuwa wakati wa kuogopa au kuchoka, bali kufurahi na kushangilia. Hii ndiyo ingekuwa nguvu yao, ambayo ingetokana na kusikia na KUFUNDISHWA NENO la Mungu na wale waliowekwa rasmi kufanya hivyo. “Kwa sababu walikuwa wameelewa maneno waliyohubiriwa (Nehemia 8:12).”

Na sisi katika maskani ya Living Word, tuwe na furaha ile ile inayotupa nguvu za kiroho tunaposikia Neno LILILOSOMWA na KUHUBIRIWA usiku wa leo (Jumatano).

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ENCOURAGING THOUGHTS – PASTOR Bill Ivy – WEDNESDAY – JULY 30, 2025
Nehemiah 8:10 “…for the joy of the LORD is your strength.” It was a great day in Jerusalem, the temple was being rebuilt, and the people stood together at the Water Gate, as Ezra the priest read the Book, the Law of God as given to the Prophet Moses. They gathered together, both men and women and all that could hear with understanding, and as the book was read, the priest and the Levites caused the people to understand what was being read to them. “So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading (Nehemiah 8:8).”

This was a great day for those that had gathered at the Water Gate. It was not a time to dread or be weary, but to rejoice and be glad. This would be their strength, that would originate from hearing and be TAUGHT the WORD of God by those who were ordained to do so. “Because they had understood the words that were declared unto them (Nehemiah 8:12).”

May we at Living Word Tabernacle, have the same joy that gives us spiritual strength as we hear the Word READ and PREACHED tonight (Wednesday).

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MAWAZO YA KUTIA MOYO – PASTOR Bill Ivy – IJUMAA – 25 JULAI, 2025
Baadhi yetu tunapenda sana. Na kwa sababu hiyo watajenga ukuta ambao ni mgumu kubomoa wanapoudhiwa na wale wanaowapenda. Hawatamruhusu mkosaji kuvuka ukuta huo, bado wanapenda lakini wanalindwa katika upendo huo.

Hisia hizo zinaweza kuwa za kawaida kwa uzoefu wa kibinadamu kwa wale wanaopenda sana.

BWANA Yesu anatupenda sana kama Wateule wa Mungu sana na tunamkosea karibu kila siku. Upendo wake unashinda hisia za kibinadamu zikiwa zimeguswa na udhaifu wetu (udhaifu). Waebrania 4:15 “Kwa maana hatuna kuhani mkuu asiyeweza kuchukuana nasi katika mambo yetu ya udhaifu…” Kwa maneno mengine, Yeye anajua jinsi unavyohisi, ukiwa umeshiriki uzoefu wetu wa kibinadamu ili kutuhurumia.

Neno, ambalo ni Kristo, daima hubaki vile vile katika UPENDO Wake kwa watoto Wake Wateule. Warumi 8:38-39: “Na nina hakika kwamba hakuna kitu kinachoweza kututenganisha na upendo wa Mungu …” Ninataka kukumbuka daima kwamba, kwa daima kufanya haki na kufikiri sawa, wakati Inaonekana kama mambo si sawa.

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ENCOURAGING THOUGHTS – PASTOR Bill Ivy – FRIDAY – JULY 25, 2025
Some of us love very deeply. And because of that they will build a wall that is hard to pull down when offended by those they love. They will not let the offender cross that wall, they still love but become guarded in that love.

Those feelings can be normal to human experience in those that love deeply.

The LORD Jesus loves us deeply as the very Elected of God and we offend Him almost daily. His love supersedes human feelings having been touched by our infirmities (weaknesses). Hebrews 4:15 “For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities…” In other words, He knows how you feel, having shared in our human experience to sympathize with us.

The Word, which is Christ, always remains the same in His LOVE for His Elected children. Romans 8:38-39: “And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love…” I want to always remember that, by always doing right and thinking right, when It seems if things are not right.

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MAWAZO YA KUTIA MOYO – PASTOR Bill Ivy – JUMATANO – TAREHE 23 JULAI, 2025
Jumatatu mfumo wetu mkuu wa viyoyozi ulishuka nyumbani kwetu. Usiku wa huzuni ulioje kwani halijoto ilifika nyuzi joto 85 huku tukitokwa na jasho na kujaribu kulala. Nashukuru Jumanne kitengo kilirekebishwa, na tukalala kwa raha. Hapo ndipo niliposhukuru kwa ghafula kwa kiyoyozi chetu kuliko wakati mwingine wowote, kwani tulipumzika vizuri sana kwenye hewa yenye baridi.

Hii inaonyesha sheria ya utofautishaji, nilipokuwa na kitu kizuri, sikuithamini sana, labda niliichukulia kawaida. Hata hivyo, nilipoipoteza ndipo nilitambua jinsi ilivyokuwa muhimu kwangu, na nilipoirudisha, niliweza kuithamini zaidi kuliko kabla sijaipoteza.

Sheria ya kutofautisha ni muhimu kwetu kama Wakristo. Tunaweza kufurahia siku nzuri zaidi kwa sababu tulikuwa na siku mbaya. Tunathamini vitu zaidi baada ya kuvipoteza na kisha kuvirudisha. Ndiyo maana Mungu ataturuhusu tuone tofauti kwa wakati. Tunapohisi kana kwamba Mungu hajali, basi Anatuthibitishia kwamba Yeye hujali, jinsi tunavyompenda na kuthamini zaidi Yeye ni nani na kile Anachotufanyia.

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Usiogope. Mungu anaendesha pepo. Mungu anaendesha safina. Ametoa vitu vyote. Mbona, Nuhu asingekuwa na ushindi wowote, isingekuwa dhoruba na majaribu. Ikiwa tutapitia tu handaki salama kidogo la kupita, hakuna furaha. Dhoruba za maisha, ni nini hutufanya tuwe na furaha. Hatungeweza kujua mchana ulikuwa nini isipokuwa tungekuwa na giza. Hatungeweza kujua kilele cha mlima kilikuwa isipokuwa tungekuwa na mlima. Hatungeweza kujua afya njema ilikuwa nini isipokuwa ungekuwa na ugonjwa fulani. Huwezi kamwe kujua jinsi ya kufurahia wokovu isipokuwa wakati mmoja ulikuwa mwenye dhambi. Mungu aliumba vitu vyote, sheria ya kutofautisha. Anakupenda. – WMB

Watakatifu wa Maskani ya Neno Hai, ninaweza kufurahia kuwa kanisani pamoja nanyi usiku wa leo, kwa sababu imekuwa siku kadhaa tangu tukutane. Tunatazamia kukuona kwenye ibada yetu ya Jumatano usiku.

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ENCOURAGING THOUGHTS – PASTOR Bill Ivy – WEDNESDAY – JULY 23, 2025
Monday our central air conditioning system went down at our home. What a miserable night as the temperature reached about 85 degrees as we sweated and tried to sleep. Thankfully Tuesday the unit was repaired, and we slept in comfort. It was then that I suddenly was so thankful for our air-conditioning more than ever, as we rested so very well in the cool air.

This demonstrates the law of contrast, when I had something good, I did not appreciate it as much, perhaps I just took it for granted. However, when I lost it then I realized how important it was to me, and when I got it back, I could appreciate it so much more than before I lost it.

The law of contrast is important for us as Christians. We can enjoy a good day more because we had a bad day. We appreciate things more after we lose them and then get it back. That is why God will allow us to see the difference at time. When we feel as if God doesn’t care, then He proves to us He does, how much more we love and appreciated who He is and what He does for us.

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Don’t be scared. God’s driving the winds. God’s driving the ark. He has all things provided. Why, Noah wouldn’t have had any victories, wouldn’t have been storms and trials. If we’re just put through a little safe tunnel to run through, there’s no joy. The storms of life, what makes us have the joy. We’d never know what daylight was ‘less we had some dark. We’d never know what a hilltop was ‘less we had a mountain. We’d never know what good health was ‘less you had some sickness. You’d never know how to enjoy salvation ‘less you was once a sinner. God’s made all things, the law of contrast. He loves you. – WMB

Living Word Tabernacle Saints, I can appreciate being in church with you tonight, because it has been several days since we assembled. Looking forward to seeing you at our Wednesday night service.

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MAWAZO YA KUTIA MOYO – PASTOR Bill Ivy – JUMANNE – JULAI 22, 2025
Zaburi 147:4 “Huihesabu hesabu ya nyota, Aziita zote kwa majina yake. Ni zaidi ya mawazo yetu ya kibinadamu jinsi hii inaweza kuwa. Sayansi inajua mambo machache sana kwa kulinganisha mbingu zilizo juu, hata hivyo katika mabilioni kwa mabilioni ya miaka nuru ya anga, Mungu anajua kila nyota na anaweza kuziita kwa jina.

Kama muumini wa Kikristo, kuna nyakati, na inaweza kuwa sasa, kwamba inaonekana kana kwamba Mungu yuko mbali sana. Tunashangaa, je, anavutiwa na kile kinachoendelea katika maisha yangu. Na bila shaka, jibu ni ndiyo, Anakujua na Anajali.

Matt 10:29 Shomoro wawili hawauzwi kwa senti moja? na hata mmoja wao hataanguka chini bila Baba yenu. 30 Lakini hata nywele za vichwa vyenu zimehesabiwa zote. 31 Basi msiogope, ninyi mna thamani kuliko shomoro wengi.

Hakuna nyota saba tu ambazo Yesu anashikilia katika mkono wake wa kuume (Ufunuo 1), wewe ni nyota mbinguni iliyohifadhiwa katika mawazo ya Mungu tangu mwanzo. Hawezi kukusahau. Na siku moja utayadharau yote yaliyowahi kutokea katika maisha haya kama uchungu unaokua kwa ajili ya kuingia kwako katika nchi bora.

VITA.KUBWA.ILIVYOPIGWA_ JEFF.IN V-3 N-11 SUNDAY_ 62-0311
Nami nikasema, “Mahali fulani mle ndani nilikuwa nimeonyesha, wakati mmoja kwenye chumba cha kutazama, nyota ya nyota, kuanzia na bikira, ikipitia katika wakati wa kansa, na kuendelea mpaka wa mwisho alikuwa ni simba, Leo Simba. Kuja kwa kwanza kwa Kristo kupitia kwa bikira; Nami nikasema, “Nilijaribu niwezavyo kuiona hiyo nyota ya nyota, na siwezi kuiona; lakini hata hivyo, iko pale. Wale waliofunzwa wanajua iko pale. Ayubu aliiona; mwanadamu alizoea kuiangalia; ilikuwa ni Biblia siku moja. Lakini katika kundi hilo kubwa la mamilioni na mabilioni ya—ya miaka ya nuru, Mungu anaketi katikati ya hayo yote, akitazama mama yangu Paulo kule chini;

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ENCOURAGING THOUGHTS – PASTOR Bill Ivy – TUESDAY – JULY 22, 2025
Psalms 147:4 “He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.” It is beyond our human thinking how this could be. Science knows very little in comparison about the heavens above, yet in the billions upon billions of light years of space God knows every star and can call them by name.

As a Christian believer, there are times, and it might be now, that it seems as if God is a long way away. We wonder, is He interested in what is going on in my life. And of course, the answer is yes, He knows you and He cares.

Matt 10:29 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. 30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.

There are not only seven stars that Jesus holds in His right hand (Revelation 1), you are star in heaven held in God’s mind from the beginning. He cannot forget you. And one day you will look down on all that ever happened in this life as just growing pains for your entrance into a better land.

THE.GREATEST.BATTLE.EVER.FOUGHT_ JEFF.IN V-3 N-11 SUNDAY_ 62-0311
And I said, “Somewhere in there I had pointed out to me, one time in an observatory, the zodiac, beginning with the virgin, coming over through the cancer age, and on down until the last was the lion, Leo the Lion. The first coming of Christ by the virgin; the second coming by the Lion of the tribe of Juda.” And I said, “I tried my best to see that zodiac, and I can’t see it; but yet, it’s there. Those who are trained know it’s there. Job saw it; man used to look at it; it was a Bible at one day. But in that whole great mass of millions and billions of–of light years, God sets in the midst of all of it, and He looks down. Paul is in there; my mother’s in there somewhere looking down.”

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MAWAZO YA KUTIA MOYO – PASTOR Bill Ivy – JUMATATU – 21 JULAI 2025
Neno la Kiingereza STANDARD maana yake ni – mazoezi yanayokubalika yaliyoanzishwa kuwa kielelezo au mfano wa kile kinachotumika kuhukumu mambo.

Kama Wakristo lazima tuwe na kiwango, na hicho ni Neno la Mungu (Biblia). Nyakati zinapokuwa na changamoto, na ziko zaidi ya hapo awali, tunahitaji kiwango cha kweli. Tunaishi katika enzi ambayo kila kitu kinakubalika hata na Wakristo wa kihafidhina. Ni mtazamo wa kiasi, “kila mtu anaenda mbinguni” hakuna dira ya maadili kama kiwango cha kuishi au kumhukumu mtu yeyote. Je, Biblia imekuwa kitabu cha kizamani kwa wengi, “isome ukitaka pia, lakini usiichukulie kwa uzito.” Je, huu ni mtazamo usiosemwa wa watu wanaojiita Wakristo na jinsi wanavyoishi leo bila ujuzi wowote au hamu ya Neno la Mungu kuwa KWELI.

Wakati kiwango hakipo tena kanisani huakisi katika maisha ya Kikristo. Tabia za zamani, tabia za kidunia huingia tena katika maisha ya watu. Hawafikirii chochote wala hawana imani yoyote ya kufanya vibaya. Chochote tunachoruhusu, hata kama ni makosa, tunakuza! Tunapoanza kuruhusu ukosefu wa viwango vya Kikristo kanisani, kwa hakika tunakuza kile ambacho si kielelezo na kielelezo sahihi kwa wengine kufuata.

Viwango vya Kibiblia ambavyo tunafundishwa kutoka mimbarani, hutupatia changamoto kwa kutuleta pamoja chini ya bendera ile ile ya imani, huleta utulivu na umoja katika nyakati hizi zenye changamoto.

Katika mahubiri, “Kushindana kwa Bidii kwa Ajili ya Imani Ambayo Ilikabidhiwa Mara Moja kwa Watakatifu” William Branham alitoa kauli ifuatayo:
“Paka hatua zako rangi nyekundu, na uangalie jirani yako atafanya nini. Yeye hana budi kupaka rangi yake nyekundu. Unaona? Ukibadilisha hiyo Chevrolet kwa Ford, biashara ya Ford itakuwa nzuri. Hiyo ni kweli. Hivyo ndivyo tu…Kila mtu anataka kupatana na huyo mwingine. Hiyo ni kweli. Siku zote nilisema, sikujali kama suruali yangu ililingana na koti la Mungu, au kufunga koti langu. hiyo ni aina ya ulinganifu tunaopaswa kufanya: kuendana na kiwango cha Mungu na kisha…?…mambo yatakuwa sawa.”

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ENCOURAGING THOUGHTS – PASTOR Bill Ivy – MONDAY – JULY 21, 2025
The English word STANDARD means – acceptable practice established to be a model or example of that which is used to judge things by.

As Christians we must have a standard, and that is God’s Word (the Bible). When times are challenging, and they are more than ever before, we especially need a true standard. We live in an age when everything is acceptable even by the most conservative Christians. It is an attitude of moderation, “everyone is going to heaven” there is no moral compass as a standard to live by or judge anyone by. Has the Bible become an obsolete book to most, “read it if you want too, but don’t take it serious.” Is this the unspoken attitude of nominal Christian people and how they live today without any knowledge or desire for God’s Word as TRUTH.

When a standard no longer exists in church it reflects in Christian lives. Old behaviors, worldly behaviors creep back into people’s lives. They think nothing of it nor have any conviction of doing wrong. Anything we permit, even if it is wrong, we promote! When we begin to permit a lack of a Christian standard in the church, we are actually promoting that which is not the correct model and example for others to follow.

Biblical standards we a taught from the pulpit, challenge us by bringing us together under the same banner of faith, it brings a calm and a united front in these challenging times.

In the sermon, “Earnestly Contending For The Faith That Was Once Delivered To The Saints” William Branham made the following statement:
“Paint your steps red, and watch what your neighbor will do. He just has to paint his red. See? You swap that Chevrolet for a Ford, Ford business will get good. That’s right. That’s just the way…Everybody wants to match the other one. That’s right. Always said, I didn’t care whether my trousers matched my coat, or my tie matched my coat. I want my experience to match God’s Bible. So that’s kind of matching we ought to do: match up with the standard of God and then…?…things will be right.”

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MAWAZO YA KUTIA MOYO – MCHUNGAJI Bill Ivy – JUMATANO – TAREHE 16 JULAI 2025
Kitu chochote chenye thamani kubwa lazima kijaribiwe ili kuthibitisha thamani yake. Kuna miundo mikubwa kama vile madaraja katika maji hatari, au minara ambayo lazima ijaribiwe ili kuthibitisha uwezo wao wa kusimama kwa ajili ya usalama wa wengine. Ni vitu vingapi vinavyojaribiwa ambavyo tunatumia kila siku, vitu ambavyo hatungetumia isipokuwa vijaribiwe, chakula, vipengele vya usalama kwenye magari yetu, kompyuta, n.k.

Je, tunapuuza kupima kile ambacho ni kikubwa zaidi, kile tunachosikia na kupokea kwa kuokoa roho zetu na utakaso wa maisha yetu. Kama waamini Wakristo, hatupaswi kamwe kuwa wafuasi vipofu, haijalishi jinsi jambo fulani linaweza kuonekana kuwa la kusadikisha! Hatuwezi kuamini katika jambo lolote tu, bali ni lile litakalofaulu JARIBU LA NENO (Biblia).

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Utajuaje lililo sawa na lisilo sahihi? Ipe mtihani wa Neno. Hiyo ndiyo njia ya kujua kama ni sawa au si sahihi. Ni hayo tu; lipe tu jaribio la Neno. Ona inavyosema kuhusu Neno. Roho yo yote, ona inavyosema kuhusu Neno. Kama likilikana Neno, si la Mungu. Unaona? Haidhuru ni nini, kama ikilikana Neno, si la Mungu. – WMB

Neno la Mungu, Biblia imejaribiwa kikamilifu na imestahimili jaribu la wakati na itaendelea hata katika siku ngumu sana za maisha yako kama Mkristo. Unaweza kupima mambo yote kwa NENO!

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ENCOURAGING THOUGHTS – PASTOR Bill Ivy – WEDNESDAY – JULY 16, 2025
Anything of great value must be tested to prove its value. There are mighty structures such as bridges across dangerous waters, or towers that must be tested to prove their ability to stand for the safety of others. How many things are tested that we use daily, things that we would not use unless they were tested, food, safety features on our cars, computers, etc.

Do we overlook testing that which is greatest, that which we hear and receive to the saving of our soul and the sanctifying of our life. As Christian believers, we should never be blind followers, no matter how convincing something may appear to be! We cannot believe in just anything, but only that which will pass the WORD TEST (the Bible).

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How you going to know what’s right and wrong? Give it the Word test. That’s the way to tell whether it’s right or wrong. That’s it; just give it the Word test. See what it says about the Word. Any spirit, see what it says about the Word. If it denies the Word, it’s not of God. See? No matter what it is, if it denies the Word, it’s not of God. – WMB

Unquote: God’s Word, the Bible has been fully tested and has stood the test of time and will carries on even in the most difficult days of your life as a Christian. You can test all things with the WORD!

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MAWAZO YA KUTIA MOYO – PASTOR Bill Ivy – JUMATATU – 14 JULAI, 2025
Kwa sababu mtu anaamini kitu haimaanishi kuwa ni kweli. Kwa sababu tu kitu kinajulikana na kimekuwa kikisemwa au kufanywa kwa njia fulani, haifanyi kuwa sawa. Kwa sababu tu mtu huzungumza kwa uhakika kuhusu jambo fulani na kusadiki kabisa moyoni mwake kwamba anachosema ni kweli haimaanishi kwamba anazungumza ukweli.

Tunapokomaa katika Mungu, tunatafuta, na kukua katika unyenyekevu, ni lazima tushike imani yetu kwa moyo na akili iliyo wazi, tukiwa tayari kufikiria kwa makini uthibitisho mpya kama Wayahudi wa Beroya wanaofafanuliwa katika Matendo 17:11 . Tunaamini kwa koma, pamoja na kitu kingine chochote ambacho Mungu atafunua katika Neno Lake kwa Roho Mtakatifu ndani yetu ambaye ni mwalimu na kiongozi wetu (Yohana 14:26).

Kuamini sio kutupa nje mantiki na ushahidi wote unaopinga kile tunachoshikilia kuwa kweli, tunaweza kuwa tunashikilia mapokeo ya muda mrefu ya mwanadamu. Ukweli unaotoka kwa Mungu hauogopi kuwa na nuru mpya juu yake. Nuru inapaswa kuwa kipimo cha NENO kila wakati. Yaani; Biblia inasema nini, halafu kwa maombi na Roho Mtakatifu tunachunguza kile tunachosikia na kile tunachoamini, si kuthibitisha kuwa si sahihi, bali kuthibitisha kuwa ni sahihi kwa zaidi ya hisia tu. Sio imani ya kweli kuamini kitu kwa sababu tu tumesikia kuwa ni kweli bila uchunguzi wowote wa kweli (Yohana 5:39).

Angalia kile unachoamini katika ufahamu bora ulionao na uweke koma kisha uwe wazi kwa ushahidi mpya bila kukubali uwongo kwa upofu? Hatupaswi kamwe kufikiria kuwa tunajua zaidi juu ya somo lolote bila kujua kweli. Hiyo itakuwa ni kuwa na roho isiyofundishika ambayo haiwezi kuendelea katika kuelewa ukweli.

Walio bora zaidi kati yetu watakuwa na ufunuo (ufahamu) unaoendelea katika imani zetu zozote za Kikristo. Tunabadilishwa kuwa mfano mkuu zaidi wa Mungu (Neno Sura) tunapopokea ukweli. Ukweli huo lazima utegemee msingi imara wa Neno la Mungu na si juu ya shimo lisilo na mwisho la utupu (Ufunuo 17:8).

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Na ikiwa Mungu amesema jambo lolote, ni msingi imara zaidi ambao tunaweza kukaa juu yake. Imani haiwezi kutulia juu ya mwingine. Imani haiwezi kupata mahali pake pa kutulia juu ya mchanga unaobadilika-badilika wa mawazo ya watu. Lakini inachukua msimamo wake wa milele juu ya Mwamba usiotikisika wa Neno la Milele la Mungu. Tunaweza kutulia juu yake ikiwa Mungu alisema hivyo. Hiyo inapaswa kumaliza. – WMB

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ENCOURAGING THOUGHTS – PASTOR Bill Ivy – MONDAY – JULY 14, 2025
Just because a person believes something doesn’t mean it’s true. Just because something is familiar and has always been said or done a certain way, does not make it right. Just because someone speaks confidently about something and is fully convinced in his heart that what he says is the truth doesn’t mean he is speaking the truth.

As we mature in God, we seek, and grow in humility, we must hold our beliefs with an open heart and mind, willing to carefully consider new evidence like the Berean Jews described in Acts 17:11. We believe with a comma, plus anything else God will reveal in His Word by the Holy Spirit within us which is our teacher and guide (John 14:26).

To believe is not to throw out all logic and evidence that challengers what we hold true, we might be holding to a long-standing tradition of man. Truth that is from God is not afraid to have new light thrown on it. The light should always be the test of the WORD. That is; what does the Bible say, and then by prayer and the Holy Spirit we examine what we hear and what we believe, not to prove it wrong, but to prove it right by more than just a feeling. It is not true faith to believe something just because we have always heard it to be true without any real examination (John 5:39).

Look at what you believe in the best understanding you have and put a comma on it and then be open to new evidence without blindly accepting falsehoods? We should never think we know more about any given subject without really knowing. That would be to have an unteachable spirit that cannot progress in understanding truth.

The best of us will have a progressive revelation (understanding) in any of our Christian beliefs. We are transformed into a greater image of God (Word Image) as we receive truth. That truth must be based on a solid foundation of God’s Word and not on a bottomless pit of nothingness (Revelation 17:8).

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And if God has said anything, it is the most solid foundation that we can rest on. Faith can rest on no other. Faith cannot find its resting place upon the shifting sands of people’s ideas. But it takes its everlasting stand upon the unmovable Rock of God’s eternal Word. We can rest on it if God said so. That should settle it. – WMB

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MAWAZO YA KUTIA MOYO – MCHUNGAJI Bill Ivy – IJUMAA – 11 JULAI 2025

Maisha yetu hapa yanapaswa kuwa ya furaha na amani. Ninaamini hiyo ni tamanio la BWANA kwetu sote. Ndiyo, ni kweli, wakati katika safari hii iitwayo maisha, tutaendelea kupata majaribu, maumivu ya moyo, machozi, kutengana na kukatishwa tamaa.

Wakati fulani uzoefu huu utakuwa mgumu kustahimili. Tunalia na kuomba, “Nashangaa kwa nini iko hivi, Bwana?” Tuna imani kwamba Mungu anajua na anajali, lakini yuko wapi tunapomhitaji zaidi? Tunashangaa hata, kuna mtu anayejali?

Mkristo, wakati mwingine inachukua muda kutambua kwamba Mungu yuko kila wakati, jua bado linaangaza juu ya mawingu na litaangaza tena. Ukiweza tu kuwa na subira, Mungu anafanya kitu ndani yako kwa faida yako. Hapo utaelewa.

Na sisi sote tutakapofika katika nchi hiyo kubwa ng’ambo ya mto wa uzima, ndipo tutaelewa kwa kweli kwa nini ilibidi iwe. Kama vile mwandishi wa wimbo alivyoandika kwa msukumo, “Itafaa yote tutakapomwona Yesu.”

1 Petro 5:6 Basi nyenyekeeni chini ya mkono wa Mungu ulio hodari, ili awakweze kwa wakati wake; 7 huku mkimtwika yeye fadhaa zenu zote; kwa maana yeye hujishughulisha sana kwa ajili yenu.

Tunajua kwamba Mungu anajali, je, unajali kwamba anajali?

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Anga ya mawingu na dhoruba za maisha sio ishara za kutokubaliwa na Mungu. Wala anga angavu na maji tulivu ni ishara za upendo na kibali chake. Kibali chake kwa yeyote kati yetu ni NDANI YA MPENDWA tu. Upendo wake ni wa kuchagua aliokuwa nao kwetu kabla ya kuwekwa misingi ya ulimwengu. Je, anatupenda? Ah ndio. Lakini tutajuaje? Tutajua kwa sababu ALISEMA HIVYO, na kudhihirisha ya kwamba alitupenda kwa maana alituleta kwake na kutupa Roho wake, akituweka kama wana. Na nitathibitishaje upendo wangu Kwake? Kwa kuamini kile Alichosema, na kwa kujiendesha kwa furaha katikati ya majaribu ambayo Yeye katika hekima Yake anaruhusu yatimie. – WMB

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ENCOURAGING THOUGHTS – PASTOR Bill Ivy – FRIDAY – JULY 11, 2025

Our life here should be one of joy and peace. I believe that is the LORD’S desire for all of us. Yes, it is true, while in this journey called life, we will continue to experience trials, heartaches, tears, separations and disappointments.

At times these experiences will be hard to bear. We weep and pray, “I wonder why it is this way, Lord?” We have faith that God knows and that He cares, but where is He when we need Him the most? We even wonder, does anyone care?

Christian, sometimes it takes time to recognize that God is there all the time, the sun is still shining above the clouds and will shine through again. If you can just have patience, God is working something out in you for your good. Then you will understand.

And when we all arrive in that great land beyond the river of life, then we will truly understand why it had to be. As the song writer wrote by inspiration, “It will be worth it all when we see Jesus.”

1 Peter 5:6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: 7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

We know that God cares, do you care that He cares?

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The cloudy skies and storms of life are no signs of God’s disapproval. Neither are bright skies and still waters signs of His love and approval. His approval of any of us is only IN THE BELOVED. His love is elective which He had for us before the foundation of the world. Does He love us? Ah yes. But how shall we know? We shall know because He SAID SO, and manifested that He did love us for He brought us to Himself and gave us of His Spirit, placing us as sons. And how shall I prove my love to Him? By believing what He said, and by conducting myself with joy amidst the trials that He in His wisdom allows to come to pass. – WMB

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MAWAZO YA KUTIA MOYO – MCHUNGAJI Bill Ivy – JUMATATU – JULAI 7, 2025
Nini nguvu zaidi, UPENDO au CHUKI? Katika ulimwengu huu mbovu wa vita na tetesi za vita, ugomvi wa kisiasa kati ya vyama vya siasa na familia nyingi zilizo hatarini kusambaratika, inaonekana CHUKI ina nguvu kuliko UPENDO. Ninaamini inaonekana hivyo kwa sababu tunaona CHUKI nyingi zaidi katika ulimwengu huu kuliko hapo awali. Kila kitu na kila hatua anayofanya mtu inaonekana kuwa imetokana na CHUKI.

Hata hivyo, kama Muumini wa Biblia najua kwamba UPENDO una nguvu zaidi kuliko CHUKI, upendo utashinda chuki katika mapambano yote ya maisha, kwa sababu tu ya nguvu zake.

Kulikuwa na Wafalme wawili, wote waliotiwa mafuta kuwa Shepards wa Israeli, majina yao yanajulikana kwa Wakristo wote, Daudi na Mfalme Sauli. Mfalme Sauli alijawa na chuki, kwa sababu ya kutotii Neno la Mungu kimakusudi. Daudi alijawa na upendo na bila kujali alichomfanyia mfalme Sauli alibaki mwaminifu kwa UPENDO wake kwa Sauli, bila kulitii Neno la Mungu. Hangesema au kuwadhuru watiwa-mafuta wa Mungu. Tunajua kwamba mwishowe UPENDO wa Daudi ulishinda, bila kujali CHUKI iliyojaribu kuchukua maisha yake, kwa sababu tu upendo ulikuwa na nguvu kuliko chuki.

Daudi hakuwahi kuwa Sauli kwa maneno au matendo yake, lakini katika kila jambo, hata katika makosa yake makubwa ya maisha bado alikuwa mtu anayeupendeza “moyo wa Mungu mwenyewe” kwa sababu ya upendo uliokuwa ndani ya moyo wake. Mwisho daima utahalalisha upendo wako au chuki ambayo inaweza kuwa ndani yako, hata ikiwa hautambui.

UPENDO ni wa milele, kwa sababu Mungu ni UPENDO.

Tumeambiwa, “upendo unapokadiriwa, ndipo kitu kikubwa kuliko kitu kingine chochote kitakachochukua nafasi.” Katika safari ya maisha tukiwa Mkristo, na tusisahau hilo kamwe na sikuzote tudumishe upendo mioyoni mwetu, bila kujali pambano hilo ni kali kadiri gani.

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Upendo unashinda kila kitu. Na upendo unapoonyeshwa, neema huingia kuusaidia. Basi ni upendo halisi unaoshinda. – WMB

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ENCOURAGING THOUGHTS – PASTOR Bill Ivy – MONDAY – JULY 7, 2025

What is stronger, LOVE or HATE? In this evil world of wars and rumors of war, political strife between political parties and so many families at risk of falling apart, it looks like HATE is stronger than LOVE. I believe it seems that way because we see more HATE in this present world than ever before. Everything and every move a person make seems to be based on HATE.

However, as a Bible Believer I know that LOVE is stronger than HATE, love will defeat hate in all struggles of life, simply because of its strength.

There were two Kings, both anointed to be Shepards of Israel, their names are familiar to all Christians, David and King Saul. King Saul was filled with hate, because of his willful disobedience to God’s Word. David was filled with love and regardless of what King Saul had done to him he stayed true to his LOVE for Saul, without compromising the Word of God. He would not say or do harm to God’s anointed. We know that in the end David’s LOVE won, regardless of the HATE that tried to take his life, just because love was stronger than hate.

David never became a Saul in his words or action, but in everything, even in his great errors of life he was still a man after “God’s own heart” because of the love that dwelled within his heart. The end will always justify your love or the hate that could be in you, even if you do not realize it.

LOVE is eternal, because God is LOVE.

We have been told, “when love is projected, then something greater than anything else will take over.” In life’s journey as a Christian, may we never forget that and always keep love in our heart, regardless of how severe the struggle.

This was the subject Sunday morning in my sermon titled; “A DIFFERENT WORLD” the subject was, what is our FOCUS today. Archived at www.livingwordtabernacle.com

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Love conquers everything. And when love is projected, grace comes in to help it. Then it’s real conquering love. – WMB

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MAWAZO YA KUTIA MOYO – PASTOR Bill Ivy – SIKU YA UHURU – TAREHE 4 JULAI 2025
Leo ni tarehe 4 Julai, Siku ya Uhuru inaadhimishwa nchini Marekani. Ninashukuru Mungu aliniruhusu nizaliwe hapa na kuishi katika Nchi ambayo ilianzishwa na Mungu kwa misingi ya uhuru wa kidini. Hata hivyo, kimaandiko hilo halipaswi kubaki. Taifa hili ni matanga yote na hakuna nanga na kinabii hufikia mwisho wake.

Taifa hili linapatikana kinabii katika Ufunuo 13 ambayo ni hesabu ya taifa hili. Alianza na koloni kumi na tatu za asili, bendera ya kwanza ilikuwa na nyota kumi na tatu, na kumi na tatu pia ni nambari ya mwanamke, mwanamke ambaye atatawala Amerika. Hii inafanywa kwa kujiunganisha na kanisa, Ukatoliki na katika muungano huu, kutakuwa na sanamu ya mnyama (Roma) na udhibiti wa biashara ambayo itaathiri uwezo wa ulimwengu wa kununua au kuuza, kuunda alama, alama ya kidini, ambayo itakuwa ya madhehebu. Utalazimika kuwa wa dini moja ya ulimwengu na kuchukua alama yake.

Hata mwamini wa kawaida kabisa lazima aone kwamba tuko pale, na taifa hili lililokuwa kubwa zaidi halitakuwa “kuu tena,” kwa sababu tunaweza kuliona likikaribia zaidi na zaidi hadi mwisho.

Mtazamo wetu kama Wakristo na usiwe wa kisiasa, lakini katika tarehe hii ya 4 Julai na tuamue kuweka kando chochote na kila kitu kitakachotuzuia kuwa sehemu yetu ya uamsho wa Bibi-arusi wa Neno la Kristo unaotuleta kwenye Ufalme mwingine.

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ENCOURAGING THOUGHTS – PASTOR Bill Ivy – INDEPENDENCE DAY – JULY 4, 2025
Today is the 4th of July, Independence Day celebrated in America. I am thankful God permitted me to be born here and live in a Country that was established by God on the bases of religious freedoms. However, scripturally that is not to remain. This nation is all sails and no anchor and prophetically comes to its end.

This nation is found prophetically in Revelation 13 which is this nation’s number. She began with thirteen original colony’s, the first flag had thirteen stars and stripes, and thirteen is also the number of the woman, a woman that will rule in America. This is done by uniting herself with a church, Catholicism and in this union, there will be an image to the beast (Rome) and a controlling of commerce that will affect the world’s ability to buy or sell, creating a mark, a religious mark, which will be denominationalism. You will have to belong to the one world religion and take its mark.

Even the most casual believer must see we are there, and this once great nation is not going to be “great again,” because we can see it getting closer and closer to the end.

May our attitude as Christians not be a political one, but on this 4th of July may we determine to lay aside anything and everything that will hinder us from being our part of the Bride of Christ’s Word revival that brings us to another Kingdom.

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MAWAZO YA KUTIA MOYO – MCHUNGAJI Bill Ivy – JUMATANO – TAREHE 2 JULAI 2025
Wengi wetu tunaishi sana katika siku za nyuma au zijazo. Ni rahisi kufanya hivyo, kwa njia hiyo tunaonekana kukwepa ukweli wa sasa.

Ya sasa ina matatizo, mazingira ambayo hatukuwahi kuyapanga ambayo ni lazima yashughulikiwe leo. Tunapotoroka katika siku zilizopita au zijazo hatutawahi kushinda sasa, kwa hivyo hatutashinda katika siku zijazo. Ni rahisi kuona kile ambacho Mungu amefanya, na tunajua na kuamini kile atakachofanya lakini vipi kuhusu LEO yetu? Je, Yeye pia ni Mungu leo?

Sote tumesema, “ikiwa mambo yanaweza kuwa kama yalivyokuwa, au kesho itakuwa bora” na tusahau kile kinachoweza kuwa cha ajabu katika SASA. Ni lazima tuishi leo, kwa ajili ya Mungu, kwa ajili ya familia yetu na kwa ajili yetu wenyewe, na kwa kufanya hivyo tutapata furaha kubwa zaidi kesho na kisha kufurahia leo ambayo inakuwa zamani.

Kisha tunaweza kusema; Nimejitahidi kadiri niwezavyo kuishi kwa ajili ya Mungu na familia yangu siku zote katika wakati uliopo na si kuishi tu katika ulimwengu wa kuwaziwa wa wakati uliopita au ujao.

Mshairi alisema hivi; “Wakati huu ni wakati wako pekee wa kuishi, wengine wote wamekufa au hawajazaliwa.”

Katika Yohana 11, wakati Lazaro alikufa, na Yesu alifika baadaye, Martha alisema, “Bwana, kama ungalikuwa hapa, hangalikufa” akimaanisha zamani.
Kisha akasema, “Najua atafufuka tena katika ufufuo siku ya mwisho” akizungumzia wakati ujao.
Yesu alimsahihisha katika wakati wa sasa – “MIMI NDIMI UFUFUO NA UZIMA” – Alimkumbusha kwamba Yeye ni Mungu leo, bila kujali nini kingekuwa au wakati ujao unaweza kuwa nini.

Acha Mungu awe “leo” katika maisha yako kwa moyo wako wote, na utatambua baraka za Mungu sio jana au kesho tu!
Ebr 13:8 Yesu Kristo ni yeye yule jana na leo na hata milele.

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ENCOURAGING THOUGHTS – PASTOR Bill Ivy – WEDNESDAY – JULY 2, 2025

Many of us live too much in the past or the future. It is easier to do so, that way we seem to escape present reality.

The present has problems, circumstances we never planned that must be dealt with today. When we escape into the past or future we will never overcome in the present, therefore will never overcome in the future. It is easy to see what God has done, and we know and believe what He will do but what about our TODAY’S? Is He also God today?

We have all said it, “if things could be like they were, or tomorrow it will be better” and overlook what can be wonderful in the NOW. We must live today, for God, for our family and for ourselves, and in doing so we will find a greater happiness tomorrow and then enjoy today that becomes the past.

We can then say; I have done my best to live for God and my family always in the present and not to just live in an imaginary world of the past or future.

The poet said it like this; “This moment is your only living time, all others are either dead or unborn.”

In John 11, when Lazarus died, and Jesus arrived afterward, Martha said, “Lord, if you would have been here, he would not have died” referring to the past.

She then said, “I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day” speaking of the future. 

Jesus corrected her in a present tense – “I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE” – He reminded her that He is God today, regardless of what could have been or what the future could be.

Let God be “today” in your life with all your heart, and you will recognize God’s blessing are not just yesterday or only tomorrow!

Heb 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

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MAWAZO YA KUTIA MOYO – MCHUNGAJI Bill Ivy – JUMANNE – JULAI 1, 2025
Ombi langu asubuhi ya leo lilikuwa “Bwana, nisaidie niwe chombo kinachofulika kama udongo mikononi mwako.” Yaani kuwa na akili nyumbufu, kwa kuwa na MOYO unaoweza kufundishwa, moyo ambao ni wa mtu mkubwa na bora kuliko moyo wangu mwenyewe. Kiumbe cha Kimungu kinachoishi na kudhibiti kila kitu anachotaka niwe.

Je, Mfinyanzi hapaswi kuwa na uwezo juu ya udongo ili kuufanya jinsi anavyotaka uwe, kuangalia, kuishi, kufikiri na kusema? “Na ili audhihirishe wingi wa utukufu wake juu ya vyombo vya rehema, alivyoviweka tayari kwa utukufu (Warumi 9:23).

Mikono ya BWANA Yesu na initengeneze katika sura aliyoniitia, kwa kuwa bwana wa moyo wangu. Moyo ambao ni laini na unaoweza kunyumbulika, si kuamini chochote kinachokuja katika mawimbi ya etha ya maisha, lakini kuwa na uwezo wa kuruhusu Mungu kunitengeneza katika sura yake, ambayo ni kuunda moyo wangu.

Ndiyo maana moyo wako lazima uwe makao ya Mungu na ambayo yatatengeneza mawazo yako na yote uliyo nayo katika mwili huu wa kufa.

Israeli, ingawa walikuwa watu wateule wa Mungu walikuwa na mioyo migumu na waliangamia jangwani kwa sababu yake. Mitume kumi na wawili walikuwa na mioyo migumu kwa kuanzia, lakini wakati Roho Mtakatifu alipokaa ndani ya mioyo yao, mioyo yao ikawa laini na yenye kukubalika kwa mapenzi na kusudi la Mungu kwa maisha yao.

2 Wakorintho 3:3 mmedhihirishwa kwamba mmekuwa barua ya Kristo tuliyoitumikia, iliyoandikwa si kwa wino, bali kwa Roho wa Mungu aliye hai; si katika vibao vya mawe, bali katika vibao vya mioyo ya nyama.

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ENCOURAGING THOUGHTS – PASTOR Bill Ivy – TUESDAY – JULY 1, 2025

My prayer this morning was “Lord, help me to be a vessel pliable as clay in your hands.” That is to have a flexible mind, by having a HEART that can be taught, a heart that belongs to someone bigger and better than my own heart. A Divine Being living and controlling all that He wants me to be.

Should not the Potter have power over the clay to make it the way He desires it to be, look, live, think and speak? “And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory (Romans 9:23).”

May the hands of the LORD Jesus shape me into the image He has called me to be, by being the master of my heart. A heart that is soft and pliable, not to believe anything that comes across the ether-waves of life, but to be able to let God shape me into His image, which is to shape my heart.

That is why your heart must be the dwelling place of God and that will shape your thinking and all that you are in this mortal flesh. 

Israel, though they were God’s chosen people had hard-hearts and perished in the wilderness because of it. The twelve Apostles had hard-hearts to begin with, but when the Holy Spirit took up resident in their hearts, their hearts became soft and pliable to the will and purpose of God for their lives.

2 Cor 3:3 Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.

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MAWAZO YA KUTIA MOYO – PASTOR Bill Ivy – JUMATATU – 30 JUNI, 2025
Anachofanya mtu, kazi zake – zinatangaza tabia yake. Kristo alikuwa kazi ya Mungu. Na Kristo alitangaza tabia ya Mungu. Ilikuwa ni Mungu katika Kristo akiupatanisha ulimwengu na nafsi Yake.

Je, tunatangaza nini? Matarajio yetu ya kibinafsi na uwezo wetu wa kibinadamu? Ndiyo, sote tunazo, hata hivyo tunapompa Mungu haki ya njia katika maisha yetu, anaweza kutangaza tabia YAKE kupitia YOTE tunayofanya, hata matamanio na uwezo wetu vitaakisi Mungu.

Mungu anajenga Kanisa na hilo halionyeshwi tu katika huduma kuu ambazo tunaweza kuziona au kuzijua. Ni tabia ya Mungu inayoakisiwa katika mwili wa binadamu wa watu wa kawaida ambao husalimisha mapenzi yao kwa mapenzi ya Mungu. Atakuwa na Kanisa lenye tabia Yake, analomwita Bibi-arusi wa Kristo akijitayarisha kwa Karamu kuu ya Arusi mbinguni.

Je, tuko karibu kiasi gani? Naamini kila kitu tumepewa ili kujitayarisha kwa tukio hili kubwa.

Usitafute mambo mazuri hapa, watu wakuu au kampeni kubwa. Unapotafuta kitu kikubwa sana, unapuuza tabia ya Mungu. Tafuta kile ambacho tayari kimetolewa kwa wale wanaoweza kupokea. Hiyo ni kazi ambayo itatangaza tabia yake ndani yetu, sisi ni nani hasa kama kanisa la kweli la Yesu Kristo.

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Ujumbe wa wakati wa mwisho ni kumtayarisha Bibi-arusi na kujiandaa kwa ajili ya unyakuo. Je, inaweza kufanya nini? Kulingana na Malaki 4, ni kuwarudisha kwenye imani iliyokabidhiwa watakatifu mara moja: kuwarudisha kwenye imani ya baba zao, sehemu ya Kipentekoste, katika wakati wa kurejeshwa. “Nitarudisha, asema Bwana.” Hilo ni tukio la kweli–uinjilisti wa wakati wa mwisho. – WMB

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ENCOURAGING THOUGHTS – PASTOR Bill Ivy – MONDAY – JUNE 30, 2025
What a person does, his works – declare His character. Christ was God’s work. And Christ declared God’s character. It was God in Christ reconciling the world unto Himself.

What do we declare? Our personal ambitions and human abilities? Yes, we all have them, however as we give God the right-of-way in our life, He can declare HIS character through ALL that we do, even our ambitions and abilities will reflect God.

God’s building a Church and that is not just reflected in great ministries that we may see or know. It is the character of God reflected in human flesh of ordinary people that yield their will to God’s will. He will have a Church with His character, that He calls the Bride of Christ making ready for the great Marriage Supper in the sky.

How close are we? I believe everything has been given to us to make ready for this great event.

Don’t look for great things here, great men or big campaigns. When you look for some great big something, you overlook God’s character. Look for what has already been given to those who can receive it. That is a work that will declare His character in us, who we really are as the true church of Jesus Christ.

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The end-time message is to get the Bride ready and prepared for the rapture. What can it do? According to Malachi 4, is bring them back to the faith that was once delivered to the saints: bring them back to the faith of the fathers, the Pentecostal part, in the restoration time. “I will restore, saith the Lord.” That’s real event–end-time evangelism. – WMB

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MAWAZO YA KUTIA MOYO – PASTOR Bill Ivy – JUMATANO – TAREHE 25 JUNI, 2025
Uvutano wa “UONGOZI” unaoufuata una nguvu kiasi gani, kwa mema au mabaya.Hitler alipoongoza taifa lake, ilikuwa zaidi ya mtu mwenye mamlaka bali roho iliyoathiri maisha ya taifa zima kwa ajili ya uovu, vita, na mauaji ya watu wasio na hatia bila sababu za kiakili au za busara.Watu walipofushwa katika mwenendo wao na roho ya “UONGOZI” iliyotawala.

Kwa upande mwingine, kuna “UONGOZI” kwa Mkristo unaoathiri mwenendo na maisha yao kwa wema. Ilikuja kwa Yesu Kristo, na sasa zaidi ya hapo awali. Sio kumfuata katika mwili alioishi duniani, bali ni roho, ambayo ni Roho Mtakatifu, maisha yake halisi ambayo hutuathiri sisi kama waumini.

Kwa hiyo, hii ROHO ya “UONGOZI” inapaswa kutufanyaje kutenda na kutenda? Mtume Yakobo alisema hivi; Yakobo 3:17 Lakini hekima itokayo juu, kwanza ni safi, tena ni ya amani, upole, rahisi kusikiliza, imejaa rehema na matunda mema, haina ubaguzi, haina unafiki. 18 Na tunda la haki hupandwa katika amani na wale wafanyao amani.

Hata hivyo, palipo kinyume kuna roho nyingine inayotawala; Yakobo 3:14 Lakini mkiwa na wivu wenye uchungu na ugomvi mioyoni mwenu, msijisifu, wala msiseme uongo juu ya kweli.15 Hekima hiyo haishuki kutoka juu, bali ni ya dunia, ya kidunia, ya kishetani. 16 Kwa maana pale palipo na wivu na ugomvi ndipo pana fujo na kila tendo baya.

Akimnukuu William Branham; “Kama Uzima wa Kristo ukiwa ndani yako, utazaa Uhai Wake ndani yako. ‘Kazi nizifanyazo ninyi nanyi mtazifanya.’ Kazi zile zile, kwa maana ni uzima ule ule.”

Na huo “UONGOZI” uwe mvuto wa yote tunayofanya na kuyasema!

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ENCOURAGING THOUGHTS – PASTOR Bill Ivy – WEDNESDAY – JUNE 25, 2025
How strong is the influence of the “LEADERSHIP’ you follow, for the good or bad. When Hitler led his nation, it was more than a person in control but a spirit that affected the lives of the entire nation for evil, war, and the murder of innocent people for no sane or sensible reason. People blinded in their conduct by a spirit of “LEADERSHIP” that controlled.

On the other hand, there is a “LEARDERSHIP” to the Christian that affects their conduct and life for good. It came by Jesus Christ, and now more than ever. It is not following Him in the flesh He lived in on earth, but a spirit, which is the Holy Spirit, His literal life that influences us as believers.

Therefore, how should this SPIRIT of “LEADERSHIP” cause us to act and do? The apostle James said it like this; James 3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. 18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.

However, where the opposite is there is another spirit that controls; James 3:14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. 16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

Quoting William Branham; “If the Life of Christ is in you, it will produce His Life in you. ‘The works that I do shall you do also.’ The same works, because it’s the same life.”

May that “LEADERSHIP” be the influence of all we do and say!

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MAWAZO YA KUTIA MOYO – PASTOR Bill Ivy – JUMANNE – JUNI 24, 2025
Leo watu hujenga akilini mwao mfano wa Mungu, unaolingana na mtindo wao wa maisha. Amri ya pili iliyotolewa kwa Israeli ilikuwa “Usijifanyie sanamu ya kuchonga” hii inaweza kuwa kitu kinachomwakilisha Mungu kwako. Tuliumbwa kwa mfano wa Mungu na tukaanguka kutoka kwa sanamu hiyo katika bustani ya Edeni. Picha hiyo ilikuwa Neno la Mungu ambalo ni sura tunayopaswa kurejeshwa pia.

Kwa hiyo, kama wateule wa Mungu, tunakuwa mfano wa Mungu, Mungu akionyesha Neno lake kupitia kwetu. Tunadhihirisha imani yetu katika Neno la Mungu na kisha Mungu anajieleza Mwenyewe, kama tafakari ambayo inaweza kuonekana na wale wanaotuzunguka.

Ni shahidi gani ametufanya, na ni mifano gani ya hili tunayo katika Neno la Mungu; Nuhu, Danieli, watoto watatu wa Kiebrania, na wengine wakiakisi Mungu kupitia ushuhuda wa maisha yao.

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Na kila mtu aliyewahi kumtumikia Mungu, akawa mfano wa Mungu, alikuwa ni Mungu akidhihirisha Neno Lake Mwenyewe kupitia kwao. Kwa sababu, watoto wa Kiebrania walisema, “Mungu wetu aweza kutukomboa.” Hawakuwa na ufunuo wake, si zaidi ya hayo. “Lakini,” alisema, “hata hivyo, hatutaisujudia sanamu yako.” Ilikuwa ni nini? Walikuwa wakionyesha imani yao katika Neno la Mungu. Naye Mungu akajidhihirisha na kuakisi, Naye alikuwa ni Mtu wa nne waliyemwona, katika kile kioo mle ndani. Mungu, akijidhihirisha Mwenyewe kupitia sanamu zake zilizo hai! – William Branham

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ENCOURAGING THOUGHTS – PASTOR Bill Ivy – TUESDAY – JUNE 24, 2025
Today people build in their minds an image of God, one that fits their lifestyle. The second commandment give to Israel was “You shall not make for yourself a carved image” this could be something that represents God to you. We were made in the image of God and fell from that image in the Garden of Eden. That image was the Word of God which is the image we are to be restored back too.

Therefore, as the elect of God, we become an image of God, God expressing His Word through us. We express our faith in the Word of God and then God expresses Himself back, as a reflection that can be seen by those around us.

What a witness He has made us, and what examples of this we have in God’s Word; Noah, Daniel, the three Hebrew children, and others reflecting God through the testimony of their lives.

IDENTIFICATION_ PHOENIX.AZ WEDNESDAY_ 63-0123
And every person that ever served God, become an image of God, was God expressing His own Word through them. Because, the Hebrew children said, “Our God is able to deliver us.” They had no revelation of it, no more than that. “But,” said, “however, we’ll not bow down to your image.” What was it? They was expressing their faith in the Word of God. And God expressed Himself back and reflected, and He was the fourth Man that they seen, in that mirror in there. God, expressing Himself through His living images! – William Branham

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MAWAZO YA KUTIA MOYO – PASTOR Bill Ivy – JUMATANO – TAREHE 18 JUNI, 2025
Matt 24:44 Kwa sababu hiyo ninyi nanyi jiwekeni tayari; kwa maana katika saa msiyodhani Mwana wa Adamu yuaja.

Tumekuwa tukishughulika kwa muda mrefu, wengi wamelala katika BWANA, wengine wameanguka kiroho na kuhoji kila kitu. “Iko wapi ahadi ya kuja kwake, kwa maana tangu mababu walipolala, vitu vyote vinakaa kama vile tangu mwanzo wa kuumbwa” (2 Petro 3:4).

Ninataka kusimama kibali wakati huo uliowekwa (Luka 21:36). Nisiruhusu kamwe moyo wangu kulemewa, kufadhaika na kulemewa na wasiwasi wa ulimwengu huu na mambo ya asili ya maisha haya, siku hiyo isije kwa ghafla na isiyotarajiwa (Luka 21:34).

Hakika, wakati ambao tayari umepangwa na Mungu, umekaribia. Siku tukufu, nitaona mpendwa ambaye tayari ameshaenda! Basi si muda mrefu kabla ya kupata chenji yangu!

MAISHA.YA MILELE.NA.JINSI.YA.KUPOKEA.IT_ JEFF.IN 54-1231
Siku fulani tukufu atakuja. Yote yamepangwa mapema. Na wanaume na wanawake wanaofikiria juu yake, wakati mwingine washairi huimba nyimbo hizi “Oh, kutakuwa na mkutano hewani.” – WMB

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ENCOURAGING THOUGHTS – PASTOR Bill Ivy – WEDNESDAY – JUNE 18, 2025
Matt 24:44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.

We have been occupying for a long time, many have fallen asleep in the LORD, others have spiritually fallen into complacency and question everything. “Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation (2 Peter 3:4).”

I want to stand approved at that appointed time (Luke 21:36). May I never allow my heart to be overburdened, depressed and weighed down with worries of this world and natural things of this life, lest that day come suddenly and unexpected (Luke 21:34).

Surely, the time that is already arranged by God, is near. Some glorious day, I will see a loved one that has already gone on! Then it will not be long before I get my change!

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Some glorious day He will come. It’s all prearranged. And the men and women who think of it, sometimes poets sing these songs “Oh, there’s going to be a meeting in the air.” – WMB

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MAWAZO YA KUTIA MOYO – PASTOR Bill Ivy – JUMANNE – JUNI 17, 2025
Ilikuwa ni kwa makusudi kwamba Mariamu angeweza kwenda haraka nyumbani kwa Zakaria na kumwambia Elizabeti binamu yake kwamba alikuwa na mtoto, mtoto wa pekee na kwamba alikuwa hajaolewa wakati huo (Luka 1:39).

Kwa nini alimwambia, na angewezaje kumwambia jambo ambalo lilionekana kuwa si sawa, na itakuwa vigumu kuamini? Je, inaweza kuwa; kwa sababu aliamini neno la Malaika aliyemletea UJUMBE – “Mariamu akasema, Tazama, mimi ni mjakazi wa Bwana; na iwe kwangu kama ulivyosema.”

Hadithi ya kushangaza na isiyowezekana, angewezaje kuthubutu kumwambia mtu yeyote? Hakuweza kumwambia mtu yeyote TU, lakini Elizabeti alikuwa wa pekee na ALIWEZA kupokea salamu hii kutoka kwa Mariamu kwa furaha na msisimko, ambayo ilizaa maisha huko Elizabeti ambako kunaonekana hakuna uhai – “Elizabeti aliposikia salamu ya Mariamu, mtoto [YOHANA MBATIZAJI] akaruka tumboni mwake, na Elisabeti akajazwa na kutawaliwa na Roho Mtakatifu”

Ni kweli, si mtu yeyote tu anayeweza kupokea ujumbe huo usio wa kawaida. Hata hivyo, kama wawili waliamini salamu za Masihi ajaye, ni wale tu waliowekwa rasmi kupokea UJUMBE wa Kristo Neno wanaweza kuamini!

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Alimwamini Mungu, hakuhoji kamwe. Alisema, “Tazama mimi mjakazi wa Bwana. Ndipo ikatokea ile Mbegu halisi. – WMB

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Tafsiri – Kiswahili, Kifaransa, Kihispania
https://www.livingwordtabernacle.com/pastor-postDetail.php?MAWAZO-YA-KUTIA-MOYO-iliyotafsiriwa-na-google-katika-lugha-ya-Kiswahili.-196

https://www.livingwordtabernacle.com/pastors-postDetail.php?PENS-ES-ENCOOURAGEANTES—TIA-TIA-MAWAZO-106

https://www.livingwordtabernacle.com/pastors-postDetail.php?PENSAMIENTOS-ALENTADORES—MAWAZO-YA-HIMIZA-HISPANIA-183

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ENCOURAGING THOUGHTS – PASTOR Bill Ivy – TUESDAY – JUNE 17, 2025
It was with purpose that Mary could quickly go to the house of Zachariah and tell Elizabeth her cousin that she was with a child, a special child and her being unmarried at the time (Luke 1:39).

Why did she, and how could she tell her something that seemed wrong, and would be hard to believe? Could it be; because she believed the Angel’s word that brought the MESSAGE to her – “And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word.”

A strange and impossible sounding story, how could she dare to tell anyone? She could not tell JUST anyone, but Elizabeth was special and COULD receive this greeting from Mary with joy and excitement, which produced life in Ellizabeth where there seem to be no life – “when Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby [JOHN THE BAPTIST] leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with and controlled by the Holy Spirit”

It is true, not just anyone can receive the supernatural message. However, as two believed the greetings of a coming Messiah, only those ordained to receive the MESSAGE of Christ the Word can believe!

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She believed God, never questioned. She said, “Behold the handsmaid of the Lord. No matter how much criticism I have to bear from the world, be it unto me according Thy Word.” There come forth the genuine Seed. – WMB

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Translations – Kiswahili, French, Spanish
https://www.livingwordtabernacle.com/pastors-postDetail.php?MAWAZO-YA-KUTIA-MOYO-iliyotafsiriwa-na-google-katika-lugha-ya-Kiswahili.-196

https://www.livingwordtabernacle.com/pastors-postDetail.php?PENS-ES-ENCOURAGEANTES—ENCOURAGING-THOUGHTS-106

https://www.livingwordtabernacle.com/pastors-postDetail.php?PENSAMIENTOS-ALENTADORES—ENCOURAGING-THOUGHTS-SPANISH-183

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MAWAZO YA KUTIA MOYO – MCHUNGAJI Bill Ivy – JUMATATU – JUNI 16, 2025
Kwa dunia hii katika machafuko kama haya, lazima kuwe na mahali ambapo kuna amani. Mahali ambapo kunaweza kuwa na amani katika maisha yetu ya kila siku na muhimu zaidi amani ya akili, bila kujali kinachotokea katika ulimwengu huu mwovu tunamoishi. Kama kuliwahi kuwa na wakati kwa Bibi-arusi wa Yesu Kristo kuwa na “…amani ya Mungu, ipitayo akili zote,” ni sasa. Na ni amani hii ambayo “itawahifadhi mioyo yenu na nia zenu katika Kristo Yesu (Wafilipi 4:7).”

Hili ni jambo tunalopaswa kuwa nalo, na haliji kwa wahubiri bora, waimbaji au programu mpya katika kanisa. Wala haiji kwa sababu ya mahali pazuri zaidi pa ibada kama Kaini alivyotokeza au mchanganyiko wa Neno na Injili ya kijamii – mambo ya kufanya na kuburudisha.

Kila mtu anataka kuwa sehemu ya kitu, kitu ambacho kitamfanya ajisikie vizuri, lakini kuwa mwangalifu ni nini unajiunganisha mwenyewe pia. Kumbuka, Neno la Mungu linamwita mwamini kujitenga kabisa na kutokuamini. Kwa hiyo, je, unaungana na Biblia, ambayo ni kuunganishwa na Yesu Kristo ambayo imefunuliwa kwetu kama ilivyoahidiwa na Maandiko. Au ni Yesu wa kimadhehebu, kwa mawazo na mawazo ya kibinadamu. Ibada ambayo haijaamriwa na Mungu na asili yake ni mizizi ya madhehebu ambayo bila kujali matokeo yameishia kwenye KIFO na sio amani.

Mtume katika Wafilipi aliendelea kusema; “Yale mliyojifunza, na kuyapokea, na kuyasikia, na kuyaona kwangu, yatendeni; na Mungu wa amani atakuwa pamoja nanyi (Wafilipi 4:9).

Amani iliyokuja kwa muumini katika siku za Paulo, kwa kusikia kile ambacho tayari alikuwa amezungumza nao kama Mjumbe wa Zama. Neno lilo hilo humpa Bibi-arusi wa Kristo amani katika nyakati hizi za taabu kwa kusikia na kupokea BWANA ASEMA HIVI ujumbe uliokuja kwa kizazi hiki tunachoishi sasa.

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Yeye ni [Bibi-arusi wa Kristo] akijiunganisha Mwenyewe na BWANA ASEMA HIVI bila kujali madhehebu yo yote ama mtu ye yote anasema nini. Anajiunganisha Mwenyewe. Anajiandaa. Kwa nini? Yeye ni Bibi-arusi. Hiyo ni kweli. Naye amejiunganisha Mwenyewe na Bwana-arusi Wake, unaona, na Bwana-arusi ni Neno. “Hapo mwanzo kulikuwako Neno, naye Neno alikuwako kwa Mungu, naye Neno alikuwa Mungu. Naye Neno alifanyika mwili, akakaa kwetu.” – WMB

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ENCOURAGING THOUGHTS – PASTOR Bill Ivy – MONDAY – JUNE 16, 2025
With this world in such chaos, there must be a place where there is peace. A place where there can be peace in our everyday lives and most importantly peace of mind, regardless of what takes place in this evil world in which we live. If there ever was a time for the Bride of Jesus Christ to have “…the peace of God, which passeth all understanding,” it is now. And it is this peace that will “keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:7).”

This is something we must have, and it does not come by better preachers, singers or new programs in the church. Nor does it come because of a more beautiful place of worship as Cain produced or a mixture of the Word with a social Gospel – things to do and entertain.

Everyone wants to be a part of something, something that will make them feel better, but be careful what it is you unite yourself too. Remember, God’s Word calls the believer to a total separation from unbelief. Therefore, are you uniting with the Bible, which is a uniting with Jesus Christ that has been revealed to us as promised by Scripture. Or is it a denominational Jesus, by human thoughts and ideas. A worship that is not ordain by God and has its origin from denominational roots which regardless of the results have always ended in DEATH and not peace.

The Apostle in Philippians went on to say; “Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you (Philippians 4:9).”

A peace that came to the believer in Paul’s day, by hearing what He had already spoke to them as the Messenger of the Age. The same Word gives the Bride of Christ a peace in these troublesome times by hearing and receiving THUS SAITH THE LORD a message that came to this generation in which we now live.

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She’s [the Bride of Christ] uniting Herself with THUS SAITH THE LORD regardless of what any denomination or anybody else says. She’s uniting Herself. She’s getting ready. Why? She is the Bride. That’s right. And She’s united Herself with Her Bridegroom, see, and the Bridegroom is the Word. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us.” – WMB

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MAWAZO YA KUTIA MOYO – MCHUNGAJI Bill Ivy – IJUMAA – TAREHE 13 JUNI, 2025
Iran iliamka asubuhi ya leo (Ijumaa) kwa shambulio kubwa kutoka kwa Israeli na tangazo la vita. Iran imekuwa adui mkubwa wa Israel kwa ahadi ya kuiangamiza Israel. Uwezo wa nyuklia nchini Irani ungewezesha hili, isipokuwa kuharibiwa na Israeli kama walivyopanga kukamilisha asubuhi ya leo.

Kwa kadiri ya uelewa wangu, Iran inaitwa Uajemi au Elamu katika Biblia. Inaonekana kinabii Iran itahusika katika vita vya Gogu na Magogu wakati serikali kuu za ulimwengu zitakapokuja dhidi ya Israeli (Ufunuo 20:8-9). Inaonekana kana kwamba Urusi, taifa kutoka kaskazini mwa Israeli (Ezekieli 38:6) litaungana na Iran na mataifa mengine kwa uharibifu wao kamili (Ezekieli 38 na 39).

Mungu aliahidi kuwapigania Israeli na kuwaangamiza maadui zake wote kwa njia isiyo ya kawaida. Hili ni tukio muhimu asubuhi ya leo ambalo ni mwanzo wa mambo makubwa zaidi yajayo. Kwa Bibi-arusi wa Kristo, mwisho wa mambo haya utakuja wakati mwingine uliowekwa na Mungu, hakika Mwamini atakuwa salama katika banda la Mungu (Zaburi 27: 5). Na sisi zaidi kuliko hapo awali, katika unyofu wa moyo; Luka 21:36 Basi, kesheni ninyi kila wakati, mkiomba, ili mpate kuokoka katika haya yote yatakayotokea, na kusimama mbele za Mwana wa Adamu.

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SWALI: Je, Ezekieli 38 na 39 zitatimia kabla ya unyakuo?
Sasa kama utagundua, Ezekieli 38 na 39 inahusu Gogu na Magogu, ambayo ni Urusi, nchi ya kaskazini. Sasa, sisemi ya kwamba jambo hili ni sahihi, bali kwa njia yangu ya kulifundisha, ya kwamba, itatimia baada ya kunyakuliwa, baada ya kanisa kutwaliwa. Na Mungu anashughulika na Gogu na Magogu wanaposhuka mbele ya Israeli pale. Nami nafikiri hilo litatimia baada ya kunyakuliwa. Sasa, hiyo haifanyi hivyo. Unaona? Lakini hiyo ni njia yangu tu ya kuifundisha. Nadhani hilo ndilo walitaka kujua, wazo langu lilikuwa nini. – William Branham

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ENCOURAGING THOUGHTS – PASTOR Bill Ivy – FRIDAY – JUNE 13, 2025
Iran woke up this morning (Friday) to a major attack from Israel and a declaration of war. Iran has been an avowed enemy to Israel with a promise to destroy Israel. A nuclear capability in Iran would make this possible, unless destroyed by Israel as they set out to accomplish this morning.

To the best of my understanding, Iran is called Persia or Elam in the Bible. It seems prophetically Iran will be involved in the battle of Gog and Magog when the world powers come against Israel (Revelation 20:8-9). It seems as if Russia, a nation from the north of Israel (Ezekiel 38:6) will join in alliance with Iran and other nations for their total destruction (Ezekiel 38 and 39).

God promised to fight for Israel and destroy all her enemies supernaturally. This is a significant event this morning that is the beginning of greater things to come. For the Bride of Christ, the conclusion of these things will come at another time appointed by God, surely the Believer will be safe in God’s pavilion (Psalms 27:5). May we more than ever, in sincerity of heart; Luke 21:36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

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QUESTION: Will Ezekiel 38 and 39 come to pass before the rapture?
Now if you will notice, Ezekiel 38 and 39 deals with Gog and Magog, which is Russia, the north country. Now, I do not say that this is correct, but to my way of teaching it, that, it comes to pass after the rapture, after the church is taken up. And God deals with Gog and Magog when they come down before Israel there. And I think that will come to pass after the rapture. Now, that doesn’t make it so. See? But that’s just my way of teaching it. I suppose that’s what they wanted to know, what my idea was. – William Branham

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MAWAZO YA KUTIA MOYO – PASTOR Bill Ivy – JUMANNE – JUNI 10, 2025
Ninashukuru sana kuitwa kwenye Karamu ya Arusi ya Mwana-Kondoo na kuwa na uwezo wa ndani wa kukubali wito huo. Ni fursa iliyoje kuitwa na kuchaguliwa na yule pekee ambaye ana haki ya kuchagua wale ambao atakuwa sehemu yao hapa na katika umilele ujao. Hili si jambo dogo, ni kubwa katika ufahamu wa jumla wa mema na mabaya. Cha kusikitisha ni kwamba, wengine hawawezi kamwe kuokolewa, labda wa kidini, lakini bila hamu ya kweli ya kutii KWELI YOTE katika Neno la Mungu kwa siku hii tunayoishi.

Ni Neema ya ajabu jinsi gani kwako, ikiwa hamu hii imewekwa moyoni mwako kuamini YOTE ambayo Mungu amesema na kuyatii. Kwa sababu wewe ni Bibi-arusi Wake, Yeye anakujali licha ya kushindwa kwako. Anajua hamu yako kuu ni kusikia Neno Lake na kulitii kutoka ndani kabisa ya moyo wako, ukiwa na shauku ya kuwa kama Kristo zaidi.

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Mungu akiita, akichagua. Sasa, unaweza pia kukabiliana nayo, kuna watu ambao hawataokolewa kamwe. Kuna watu ambao hawataokolewa kamwe hata wafanye nini. Na unajua hilo. Kuna watu wamekusudiwa kupotea. Kuna watu ambao wamechaguliwa tangu awali kuokolewa. Wote waliochaguliwa tangu awali kuokolewa, wataokolewa, bila kujali. – WMB

BIBLIA INAWEKA WAZI KABISA!

Yuda 4 Kwa maana kuna watu waliojiingiza kwa siri, watu walioandikiwa tangu zamani hukumu hii, wasiomcha Mungu, wabadilio neema ya Mungu wetu kuwa ufisadi, na kumkana yeye aliye peke yake Bwana, na Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo.
2 Timotheo 3:8 Kama vile Yane na Yambre walivyompinga Musa, vivyo hivyo hawa nao wanaipinga ile kweli, watu walio na akili mbovu, wasio na imani.
Mathayo 7:21 Si kila mtu aniambiaye, Bwana, Bwana, atakayeingia katika ufalme wa mbinguni; bali ni yeye afanyaye mapenzi ya Baba yangu aliye mbinguni.

JE, HII INAMFANYA MUNGU MWEMA AU MBAYA?

Je, Mungu ni Mungu mwema? Ndiyo, lakini ili awe Mungu mwema ni lazima awe Mungu wa haki ili kuleta hukumu juu ya wale waliokataa wema wake na rehema zake kwa wale ambao isipokuwa yeye. Ikiwa umeikubali, ni shukurani gani iwe moyoni mwako, kwamba ameweka kitu ndani yako ili kukubali upendo wake kwa kutamani na isipokuwa KWELI yake.

WENGINE WAMEPAKWA NA KUANDALIWA KWA UTUKUFU WAKE

Mungu pia ameamua kujulisha utukufu wake katika vyombo fulani vya rehema. Warumi 9:23 na ili audhihirishe wingi wa utukufu wake juu ya vyombo vya rehema, alivyoviweka tayari kwa utukufu (Warumi 9:23).
Nafikiri Mungu nimeokoka kwa sababu nilitimiza masharti ya Mungu. Aliniita, nami nilijua aliniita. Nilimkubali kwa Neno Lake!

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Unasema, “Vema, Mungu atukuzwe, niliokolewa kwa sababu niliacha kunywa pombe. Utukufu kwa Mungu, nilikuwa na mtetemeko wa mgongo wangu. Nilikuwa na upepo mkali wa kasi ukanipiga usoni. Je! unaamini hilo, Ndugu Branham? Hakika. Lakini ninataka kuona ni wapi huo upepo wenye kasi na nguvu unatoka kwanza. Unaona? Hiyo ni kweli, kweli. Hiyo ni sawa, kutetemeka, lakini sijaokolewa kwa sababu nilikuwa na kitetemeshi, na si kwa sababu nilikuwa na upepo mkali na wa kasi. “Huamini katika hilo, ndugu?” Ndiyo, ninafanya. Lakini ngoja kidogo; turudi hapa kidogo tu. Ibilisi ana bidhaa bandia pale. Nimeokoka kwa sababu nilitimiza masharti ya Mungu. Aliniita, nami nilijua aliniita. Nilimkubali kwa Neno Lake; kwa hiyo, naweza kumwambia Shetani, “BWANA ASEMA HIVI. – WMB

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ENCOURAGING THOUGHTS – PASTOR Bill Ivy – TUESDAY – JUNE 10, 2025
I am so thankful to be called to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb and have the inward ability to accept that call. What a privilege to be called and chosen by the only one that has the right to choose those He will be a part of here and in the eternities to come. This is not a little thing, it is huge in the overall understanding of good and evil. Sadly, some can never be saved, religious perhaps, but without a true desire to obey ALL the truth in God’s Word for this day in which we live.

What amazing Grace it is to you, if this desire has been placed in your heart to believe ALL that God has said and to obey it. Because you are His Bride, He cares for you despite your failures. He knows your greatest desire is to hear His Word and obey it from the depths of your heart, with a longing to be more like Christ.

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God calling, electing. Now, you might as well face it, there’s people that’ll never be saved. There’s people that’ll never be saved no matter what they do. And you know that. There’s people that’s predestinated to be lost. There’s people that’s predestinated to be saved. All that’s predestinated to be saved, will be saved, regardless. – WMB

THE BIBLE MAKES THIS VERY CLEAR!

Jude 4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Timothy 3:8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.
Matthew 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

DOES THIS MAKE GOD GOOD OR BAD?

Is God a good God? Yes, but to be a good God He must be a God of justice to bring judgement on those who rejected His goodness and mercy to those who except it. If you have accepted it, what thanksgiving should be in your heart, that He has placed something within you to accept His love by desiring and excepting His TRUTHS.

SOME ARE ORAINED AND PREPARED FOR HIS GLORY

God has also determined to make known His glory in certain vessels of mercy. Rom 9:23 And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory (Romans 9:23).
I think God I am saved because I met God’s conditions. He called me, and I knew He called me. I accepted Him on His Word!

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You say, “Well, glory to God, I got saved because I quit drinking. Glory to God, I had a shiver run down my back. I had a rushing, mighty wind to hit me in the face. Do you believe that, Brother Branham?” Sure. But I want to see where that rushing, mighty wind come from first. See? That’s right, truly. That’s shiver’s all right, but I’m not saved because I had a shiver, and not because I had a rushing, mighty wind. “You don’t believe in that, brother?” Yes, I do. But wait a minute; let’s back up here just a little bit. The devil’s got some counterfeits along there. I’m saved because I met God’s conditions. He called me, and I knew He called me. I accepted Him on His Word; therefore, I can tell Satan, “THUS SAITH THE LORD.” – WMB

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MAWAZO YA KUTIA MOYO – PASTOR Bill Ivy – IJUMAA – JUNI 6, 2025
Leo ni kumbukumbu ya miaka 81 ya D-day na mwanzo wa kushindwa kwa ufalme mbaya wa Ujerumani ya Nazi. Ilikuwa ni vita ya kutisha ambayo hatimaye iliokoa ulimwengu kutoka kwa mipango ya mtu aitwaye Adolf Hitler mwenye tamaa isiyotosheka ya kuitawala dunia.

Shetani anayo tamaa hiyo hiyo na anaidumisha mpaka mwisho wake. Lakini tulikuwa na siku ya D katika Kristo siku hiyo pale Kalvari wakati mipango mikuu ya adui yetu ilipovunjwa na yule aliyepigania na kuushindia ulimwengu-wa-Wake-mwenyewe ushindi mkubwa pale msalabani. Ndiyo, vita vyetu vya maisha bado vinaendelea kati ya mema na mabaya, lakini kwa sababu ya D-day yetu katika Kristo tutakuwa na sherehe ya siku ya ushindi tutakapokutana pamoja kwenye karamu hiyo ya ushindi mbinguni.

Endelea kushinikiza vita huku ukikaa na NENO!

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Hiyo ni kweli. Huna budi kulijua Neno. Kaa kwenye Neno. Unaona, ile vita kuu imekaribia. Sasa, tumecheza kanisa kwa miaka na miaka, lakini saa imefika sasa ambapo Yambre na Yane watampinga Musa kama Biblia ilivyosema wangempinga. Na itakuwa vita vya kiroho: migogoro. Kutakuwa na baadhi tu kuendelea. Kanisa la kimadhehebu litasonga mbele moja kwa moja kuingia katika utawala, na kuendelea jinsi linavyokwenda. Lakini ninamaanisha mwamini wa kweli wa kweli anakuja kwenye uwanja huo wa vita. Na afadhali uwe mjuzi na ujue unachofanya, ama ungeweza kuchukua pepo mchafu kwa urahisi sana na usijue. Kama ni kinyume cha Neno hili, usiliamini. Kaa na Neno hilo. – WMB

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ENCOURAGING THOUGHTS – PASTOR Bill Ivy – FRIDAY – JUNE 6, 2025
Today marks the 81st anniversary of D-day and the beginning of the defeat of an evil empire of Nazi Germany. It was a horrifying battle that eventually saved the world from the plans of a man named Adolf Hitler with an unsatiable desire to rule the world.

Satan has the same desire and maintains it until his end. But we had a D-day in Christ that day on Calvary when the great plans of our enemy was thwarted by one who fought and won for the world-of-His-own a great victory at the cross. Yes, our battle of life still rages between good and evil, but because of our D-day in Christ we will have a victory day celebration when we meet together at that victory supper in the sky.

Keep pressing the battle as you stay with the WORD!

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That’s right. You’ve got to know the Word. Stay on the Word. See, the great battle is at hand. Now, we’ve played church for years and years, but the hour’s come now that when Jambres and Jannes will withstand Moses as the Bible said they would. And it’s going to be spiritual battle: conflict. There’ll be some just continue on. The denominational church will just move right on into domination, and go on the way it goes. But I mean the real true believer is coming to that battlefield. And you’d better be versed and know what you’re doing, or you could take an evil spirit so easy and not know. If it’s contrary to this Word, don’t believe it. Stay with that Word. – WMB

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MAWAZO YA KUTIA MOYO – MCHUNGAJI Bill Ivy – ALHAMISI – JUNI 5, 2025
Tunaishi katika jamii za wakulima. Ninapotazama mashamba ya mahindi na bidhaa nyingine yanakua kwa kasi na uzuri. Walakini, sio asili, ni mbegu zilizochanganywa. Vitu vingine vimevukwa kwenye mbegu ili kuifanya ikue haraka na kuonekana bora.

Je, ni bora zaidi? Inaweza kuonekana bora, lakini haiwezi kujizalisha yenyewe, imekufa wakati iko hai kwa sababu sio asili na inabidi kunyunyiziwa na kutunzwa mara kwa mara ili iendelee kukua.

Mbegu ya asili haiko hivyo; itajizalisha tena na tena na inaweza kusimama peke yake katika msimu mgumu wa kilimo. Hivyo, Mkristo hawezi kuchanganywa na mawazo ya kimadhehebu, kubebwa na kubembelezwa ili kuwaweka kanisani. Wao ni wa Uzao wa Asili, ambao ni Kristo Neno. Hiyo ndiyo tu wanayohitaji ili kustahimili mambo magumu zaidi maishani.

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Hawa alijaribu kuchanganya Neno, hapo mwanzo. Mungu akamwambia, “Siku utakapokula matunda yake, siku hiyo utakufa.” Alijaribu kulizalisha kwa maarifa ambayo Shetani alimpa. Na alipofanya hivyo, alipoteza jamii yote ya wanadamu, papo hapo, kwa ibilisi, alipojaribu kuchanganya Neno la Mungu lisiloghoshiwa na maarifa. Haitokani na ujuzi wa ulimwengu.

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ENCOURAGING THOUGHTS – PASTOR Bill Ivy – THURSDAY – JUNE 5, 2025
We live in farming communities. As I look at the fields of corn and other commodities they are growing fast and beautifully. However, they are not original, they are hybridized seeds. Other things have been crossed into the seed to make it grow faster and look better.

Is it better? It may look better, but it cannot reproduce itself, it is dead while it is living because it is not original and has to be sprayed and constantly cared for to keep it growing.

The original seed is not that way; it will produce itself over and over and can stand alone in the difficult growing season. Thus, the Christian cannot be mixed with denominational thoughts, babied and pampered to keep them in church. They are of the Original Seed, which is Christ the Word. That is all they need to survive the most difficult things in life.

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Eve tried to hybrid the Word, in the beginning. God told her, “The day you eat thereof, that day you die.” She tried to breed It in with knowledge that Satan give her. And when she did, she lost the whole human race, right there, to the devil, when she tried to mix God’s unadulterated Word with knowledge. It doesn’t come from the knowledge of the world.

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MAWAZO YA KUTIA MOYO – PASTOR Bill Ivy – JUMATANO – TAREHE 4 JUNI, 2025
Rom 9:16 Hivyo basi, si kutoka kwa mtu anayetaka, wala si kutoka kwa mtu anayepiga mbio, bali ni wa Mungu arehemuye.

“Basi basi…” Nitamrehemu nitakayemrehemu. Kuna wengi wanaotaka kuokolewa. Kuna wengi wanaofikiri wameokolewa, labda kwa hisia fulani au hisia walizopitia. Wengine wanaamini kuwa wao ni wa Mungu kwa sababu ya baraka zao au mambo makuu wanayofikiri wanamfanyia Mungu. “Basi basi…” nitamrehemu nitakayemrehemu.

Mungu atakuwa na watu, nao kwa wito wake pekee. Yeye hufanya uchaguzi, hatukumtafuta kamwe, mpaka alipotutafuta kwanza.
Mtume Petro aliandika hivi; 2 Petro 1:1 … kwa wale waliopata imani yenye thamani, sawa na sisi, kwa haki ya Mungu na Mwokozi wetu Yesu Kristo;

Mtume Yohana alisema hivi; 1 Yohana 3:1 Tazameni, ni pendo la namna gani alilotupa Baba, kwamba tuitwe wana wa Mungu;

BWANA akasema hivi; Yohana 14:6 Yesu akamwambia, Mimi ndimi njia, na kweli, na uzima;

Kama nilivyoandika hapo juu; wengi wanajaribu kumtumikia, wengine wanafikiri wanafanya lakini hawawezi – ninawahurumia kwa dhati. Lakini wewe na mimi kwa mwito wa Mungu mioyoni mwetu, na mwitikio wetu kwa Neno la Mungu lililotuita, si kitu kingine chochote, tunaweza kushukuru Yeye ana Bibi-arusi katika dunia hii aliyoichagua na si chaguo la mwanadamu.

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Sio yeye anayetaka kuokolewa, anayeokolewa. Ni yeye ambaye ameokolewa kwa chaguo la Mungu. Esau alitaka kuokolewa pia. Alilia kwa uchungu, na hakuweza kupata mahali pa kutubu. Alitaka kuokolewa. Si kwa sababu unataka kuokolewa. Mungu alisema, “Nimemfanya mgumu nitakayemfanya mgumu. Ninamrehemu nitakayemrehemu.” Hiyo ni kweli. Alisema, “Kabla ya Esau au Yakobo, ama kuzaliwa, bila kujua mema na mabaya,” Mungu alisema, “Nampenda Yakobo na namchukia Esau.” Naye Esau alijaribu kujiweka sawa na Mungu na hakuweza. Farao alijaribu kupata haki na Mungu na hakuweza kufanya hivyo. Kwa hivyo sio wewe, sio kile unachotaka. Ni kile ambacho Mungu amekuagiza ufanye. Hiyo ni kweli. – WMB

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ENCOURAGING THOUGHTS – PASTOR Bill Ivy – WEDNESDAY – JUNE 4, 2025
Rom 9:16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth , but of God that sheweth mercy.

“So then…” I will have mercy on whom I WILL HAVE MERCY. There are many that want to be saved. There are many who think they are saved, perhaps by some emotion or feeling they experienced. Others believe they are God’s because of their blessings or the great things they think they do for God. “So then…” I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy.

God will have a people, and they will by His calling alone. He does the choosing, we never sought after Him, until He first sought after us.
The apostle Peter wrote it like this; 2 Peter 1:1 …to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:

The apostle John said it like this; 1 John 3:1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God:

The LORD said it like this; John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

As I wrote above; many try to serve Him, others think they do but cannot – I sincerely feel sorry for them. But you and I by the call of God in our heart, and our response to the Word of God that called us, nothing else, we can be thankful He has a Bride on this earth of His choosing and not man’s choice.

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It’s not him that wants to get saved, that’s saved. It’s him that’s saved by God’s choice. Esau wanted to get saved too. He wept bitterly, and couldn’t find no place to repent. He wanted to get saved. It ain’t ’cause you want to get saved. God said, “I’ve hardened who I will harden. I have mercy on whom I want to have mercy.” That’s right. He said, “Before Esau or Jacob, either was born, not knowing right and wrong,” God said, “I love Jacob and hate Esau.'” And Esau tried to get right with God and couldn’t. Pharaoh tried to get right with God and couldn’t do it. So it’s not you, not what you want. It’s what God has ordained for you to do. That’s right. – WMB

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MAWAZO YA KUTIA MOYO – PASTOR Bill Ivy – IJUMAA – MEI 30, 2025
Nikiwa mtoto nakumbuka katika kanisa dogo la mashambani ambako nililelewa nikiimba wimbo wa zamani, Sweet Beulah Land.
Loo, nchi ya Beulah, nchi ya Beulah Tamu, nikiwa juu ya Mlima mrefu zaidi ninaposimama, ninatazama mbali ng’ambo ya bahari, ambapo Nyumba za kifahari zimetayarishwa kwa ajili yangu, na kutazama ufuo wa Utukufu unaong’aa, – Mbingu yangu nyumbani kwangu milele!

Maneno Beulah Land daima yalibaki katika akili yangu ndogo nilipokuwa mtoto. Labda kwa sababu kulikuwa na dada katika kanisa aitwaye Beulah. Na kila mara nilihusisha wimbo huo naye. Alikuwa maalum, Dada Christion akitumia kiti cha magurudumu kwa sababu ya polio. Hiyo ilikuwa miaka mingi iliyopita na hayuko tena kwenye kiti cha magurudumu bali ana Mwili mbinguni ambako hakuna viti vya magurudumu.

Beula, katika Agano la Kale maana yake ni “kuolewa” (Isaya 62:4). Israeli walikuwa wamemwacha Mungu, na kwa sababu hiyo walitolewa katika NCHI yao ya ahadi. Lakini Neno la Mtume lilisema wakirudi kwake, watarudishwa katika NCHI yao, WATAOLEWA humo. Muungano ambao ni lazima usivunjike.

Beulah Land yetu iko wapi? Ni Neno la Mungu kwa njia ya Roho Mtakatifu ambalo tumerejeshwa kwake kwa ahadi ya wakati wa mwisho. Na tumwabudu Yeye kila wakati, tukifurahiya kuwa katika NCHI hiyo, tukiwa na ufikiaji wa yote tunayohitaji kwa roho yetu na ufufuo ambao utabadilisha mwili huu.

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Je! hufurahi kwa kupanda kutoka Misri? Loo, ilitolewa kutoka kwenye vile vyungu kuu vya vitunguu saumu, na vyungu vya nyama, na mambo ya ulimwengu, dansi na shughuli za ulimwengu, na sasa, imetupwa katika nchi ya Beula, Amina, tukiwa na mkutano wa kambi hapa nje. Tuna heka heka zetu, lakini bado tunaelekea kwenye nchi ya ahadi. Nguzo ya Moto bado inasonga mbele, ikijenga kambi mpya kila mwaka. Je, hiyo ni sawa?

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ENCOURAGING THOUGHTS – PASTOR Bill Ivy – FRIDAY – MAY 30, 2025
As a child I remember in the little country church where I was raised singing the old hymn, Sweet Beulah Land.
Oh, Beulah land, Sweet Beulah land, as on the highest Mount I stand, I look away across the sea, where Mansions are prepared for me, and view the shining Glory shore, – my Heaven my home for evermore!

The words Beulah Land always stuck out in my little mind as a child. Probably because there was a sister in the church named Beulah. And I always associated the song with her. She was special, a Christion Sister confined to a wheelchair because of polio. That was many years ago and she is no longer in a wheelchair but has a Body in heaven where there are no wheelchairs.

Beulah, in the Old Testament the means “married” (Isaiah 62:4). Israel had forsaken God, and because of that they were taken out of their promise LAND. But the Word of the Prophet said if they return to Him, they would be restored to their LAND, MARRIED to it. A union that must be unbreakable.

Where is our Beulah Land? It is the Word of God by the Holy Spirit which we have been restored to by the promise of the end-time. Let us always worship Him, pleased to be in that LAND, having access to all we need for our soul and the resurrection which will change this body.

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Aren’t you glad you come up out of Egypt? Oh, was taken out from the old garlic pots, and flesh pots, and things of the world, dances and carrying on of the world, and now, pitched up in Beulah land (Amen), having a camp meeting out here. We have our ups-and-downs, but we’re still going towards the promised land. The Pillar of Fire is still marching on, building new camps every year. Is that right?

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MAWAZO YA KUTIA MOYO – MCHUNGAJI Bill Ivy – ALHAMISI – MEI 29, 2025
Neno daima litasahihisha makosa katika kile tunachosema au kufanya. Neno lazima daima liwe chini yake, haijalishi nafasi yetu katika maisha, na bila kujali sisi ni nani.

Mariamu na Yusufu walimkuta mtoto aliyetoweka Yesu hekaluni akiuliza na kujibu maswali ambayo kumi na wawili ninyi wazee hamkupaswa kuyaelewa (Luka 2:48-49). Mariamu ilibidi atulie na kufadhaika kidogo alipomwambia; “Baba yako na mimi tumekuwa tukikutafuta kwa shauku.” Upesi Yesu mwenye umri wa miaka 12, ambaye alikuwa mfano halisi wa Neno alirekebisha kosa kwa sababu Mariamu alikuwa amekana ushuhuda wake mbele ya kuhani kwamba Yusufu hakuwa baba wa mtoto bali Roho Mtakatifu. “Hamkujua ya kuwa imenipasa kuwa katika kazi ya Baba yangu?” Alikuwa akisahihisha kauli yake na kumjulisha kila aliyekuwepo baba yake.

Hata hivyo, kuna sehemu nyingine ya andiko hili. Yesu akiwa Neno, alijisalimisha kwa Neno kama mtoto wa mgodi kwa kujisalimisha kwa utii kwa Mariamu na Yusufu. “Kisha akashuka pamoja nao mpaka Nazareti, akawa chini yao…”

Ni mfano gani kwa kila mzazi, kila mtoto na kila Mkristo. Tutasahihishwa na Neno kisha tunapaswa kujisalimisha kwa Neno hilo bila kujali sisi ni nani.

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Mvulana wa umri wa miaka kumi na miwili angewezaje, nasi hatuna rekodi ya Yeye hata kuwa shuleni, akili Yake ingewezaje kuwa kuu hata kujadiliana na makasisi, wahenga, watu wenye elimu? Na mbona, wakati, alipoita ya kwamba Yusufu huyu alikuwa baba Yake, upesi Neno la Mungu^Yeye alitengwa. Yeye alikuwa Neno, na Neno lilisahihisha kosa, “Hamjui ya kuwa imenipasa kuwa katika kazi ya Baba Yangu? Huyo hakuwa tu mvulana huyo mdogo mwenye umri wa miaka kumi na miwili. Hilo lilikuwa ni Neno la Mungu likinena kupitia kinywa Chake kidogo cha kitoto, kusahihisha makosa; akitenganisha, kama alivyofanya hapo mwanzo, giza na nuru, uongo na Kweli, mauti na Uzima.
Ni utengano. Daima Neno linahitaji utengano kamili na kamili, bila kujali. Yesu alisema, “Neno la kila mtu na liwe uongo;
Kote katika nyakati, jambo lile lile limetukia. Ni kutenganisha. Daima huwatenga watu wake na ukafiri. Alifanya hivyo hapo mwanzo; Anafanya vivyo hivyo leo. Kila mmoja wa manabii alitengwa na kutokuamini. Wao, sababu ya wao kufanya hivyo, ni kwa sababu Neno la Bwana liliwajia. – William Branham

Unquote: Ni mambo rahisi ambayo tunapuuza. Mola atusaidie sisi sote isipokuwa kusahihishwa kisha tunyenyekee.

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ENCOURAGING THOUGHTS – PASTOR Bill Ivy – THURSDAY – MAY 29, 2025
The Word will always correct the errors in what we say or do. The Word must always be submitted-to, no matter what our position in life, and regardless of who we are.

Mary and Joseph found the missing child Jesus in the temple asking and answering questions which a twelve you old should not have understood (Luke 2:48-49). Mary had to be relieved and a little upset when she said to Him; “Your father and I have been anxiously searching for you.” Quickly a 12-year-old Jesus, which was the embodiment of the Word corrected the error because Mary had denied her testimony before the priest that Joseph was not the father of the child but the Holy Ghost. “Did you not know that I must be about My Father’s business?” He was correcting her statement and letting all that was present know who His father was.

However, there is another part to this scripture. Jesus being the Word, submitted Himself to the Word as a miner child by submitted Himself in obedience to Mary and Joseph. “Then He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was subject to them…”

What an example for every parent, every child and every Christian. We will be corrected by the Word and then we must submit ourselves to that Word regardless of who we are.

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How could a twelve-year-old boy, and we have no record of Him even being in school, how could His intelligence be so great as to debate with the priests, sage, learned man? And why, when, she called that this Joseph was His father, quickly the Word of God… He was separated. He was the Word, and the Word corrected the error, “Know ye not that I must be about My Father’s business?” That was not just that little twelve-year-old boy. That was the Word of God speaking through His little childish mouth, to correct error; separating, like He did in the beginning, darkness from light, a lie from the Truth, death from Life.
It’s a separation. Always the Word requires total and complete separation, regardless. Jesus said, “Let every man’s word be a lie; let Mine be true.”
All down through the ages, this same thing has happened. It’s a separating. Always He Separates His people from the unbelief. He did it at the beginning; He does it same today. Each one of the prophets was separated from unbelief. They, reason they did that, is because the Word of the Lord came to them. – William Branham

Unquote: It is the simple things we ignore. Lord help us all to except correction and then submit to it.

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MAWAZO YA KUTIA MOYO – PASTOR Bill Ivy – JUMANNE – MEI 20, 2025
Eze. 9:4 Bwana akamwambia, Pitia kati ya mji, kati ya Yerusalemu, ukatie alama katika vipaji vya nyuso za watu wanaougua na kulia kwa ajili ya machukizo yote yanayofanyika kati yake.

Muhuri wa Roho Mtakatifu, ni nani aliye nao leo, katika siku hii ya uovu, unaotambulika kwa kuugua na kulia kwao, wakimwaga machozi kwa sababu ya matendo ya kuchukiza yanayofanywa leo? Sio tu na watu tusiowajua, bali wale tuliowahi kuabudu nao, ambao wanaishi ndani na ulimwenguni kana kwamba bado ni Wakristo na wanatarajia uwatendee hivyo.

Niliamka asubuhi ya leo, nikilia kwa sababu ya wazo hili sana, sikukasirika lakini nikiwa nimevunjika moyo sana na kujiuliza, “watu wanawezaje kufanya hivyo ambao wakati mmoja walitembea na BWANA?” Naanza kuwaombea roho zao ziamshwe tena kwa uwezo wa Mungu. Kusanyiko letu la Kila mwaka na liwe na matokeo kama hayo kwa wale walio na mahitaji makubwa ya kiroho.

Hakuna maisha mengine ambayo ningetaka kuishi zaidi ya maisha ya Kristo!

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Sasa, nataka kukuuliza swali. Nitakuuliza swali hili. Nini kingetukia leo kama Roho Mtakatifu angepitia Jeffersonville, New Albany, na Louisville, kuwatia muhuri wale alasiri ya leo ambao wangekuwa nyumbani, “Mungu, tuma ufufuo, wenye njaa sana ya mkutano. Ee Mungu, angalia dhambi za jiji hili. Loo, si ni jambo la kutisha, Mungu? Loo, si Wewe tafadhali umtume mtu fulani, Ee Bwana, mhubiri mwema. “Angefunga wapi? Fikiria hilo? – William Branham

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ENCOURAGING THOUGHTS – PASTOR Bill Ivy – TUESDAY – MAY 20, 2025
Ezek. 9:4 And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.

The seal of the Holy Ghost, who has it today, in this evil day, identified by their sighing and crying, pouring out tears because of the abominable acts being done today? Not just by people we do not know, but those we once worshipped with, that live in and with the world as if they are still Christians and expect you to treat them as such.

I awoke this morning, crying because of this very thought, not angry but so broken and asking myself, “how can people do it that once walked with the LORD?” I begin to pray for their souls to be once more awakened by the power of God. May our coming Annual Convention have such an effect on those that have deep spiritual needs.

No other life would I want to live than a life for Christ!

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Now, I want to ask you a question. I’ll ask you this question. What would take place today if the Holy Ghost went through Jeffersonville, New Albany, and Louisville, to seal those this afternoon who would be at home, “God, send a revival, just so hungry for a meeting. O God, look at the sins of the city. Oh, isn’t it terrible, God? Oh, won’t You please send a revival, God. Send some good preacher, send someone. O Lord, let the Holy Ghost just… ” Where would He seal? Think of that? – William Branham

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MAWAZO YA KUTIA MOYO – PASTOR Bill Ivy – JUMATATU – MEI 19, 2025
Nilikua nasikia wimbo; “Njoo nyumbani, njoo nyumbani, ni wakati wa chakula cha jioni” na Ira F. Stanphill. Ilitumika kama ukumbusho wa faraja na usalama wa nyumbani kama mtoto. Familia na mama wenye upendo na furaha ya kuwa pamoja katika “Chakula cha jioni” kitu ambacho Waamerika wasifanye tena, haswa katika enzi hii ya chakula cha haraka, cha kielektroniki.

Kuna maana kubwa zaidi kwa maneno ya wimbo huu kwangu leo. Ni mwito kwa wakati wa karamu kuu zaidi, “vivuli vinarefuka upesi” kwangu katika mavuno ya maisha yangu ninahisi wito zaidi kuliko wakati mwingine wowote wa karamu kuu zaidi. Hiyo ndiyo Karamu ya Arusi ya Mwana-Kondoo, ni wakati wa jioni kwa Bibi-arusi wa Kristo, na tumepokea Ujumbe kutoka mbinguni ambao unatuita mahali pa faraja, usalama na makao halisi pamoja na Yesu Kristo na wale wote ambao tungependa kula chakula cha jioni nao tena. Natumai wote ninaowapenda watakuwepo!

Miaka mingi iliyopita katika siku za utotoni
Nilikuwa nikicheza hadi vivuli vya jioni vinakuja
Kisha pitia njia hiyo ya zamani inayojulikana
Ningesikia mama yangu akiita jua linapotua.

Njoo nyumbani, njoo nyumbani ni wakati wa chakula cha jioni
Vivuli vinarefuka haraka
Njoo nyumbani, njoo nyumbani ni wakati wa chakula cha jioni
Tunaenda nyumbani mwishowe.

UFUNUO 19:9 Naye ajua kwangu, Andika, Heri walioalikwa kwenye karamu ya arusi ya Mwana-Kondoo. Naye anijua, Haya ni maneno ya kweli ya Mungu.

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Kwa hiyo kutakuwa na mkutano hewani moja ya siku hizi, katika ule mtamu, mtamu mara kwa mara. Kaa tayari tu. Jiweke tayari. Osha moyo wako kutoka kwa mawazo yote mabaya. Uwe na imani kwa Mungu, haijalishi giza linaonekanaje na wangapi wanacheka na kufanya mzaha na kusema umefanya kosa. Endelea kuishi utakatifu na kuishi kwa ajili ya Mungu. Endelea tu; saa itafika. – WMB

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Tafsiri – Kiswahili, Kifaransa, Kihispania
https://www.livingwordtabernacle.com/pastor-postDetail.php?MAWAZO-YA-KUTIA-MOYO-iliyotafsiriwa-na-google-katika-lugha-ya-Kiswahili.-196

https://www.livingwordtabernacle.com/pastors-postDetail.php?PENS-ES-ENCOOURAGEANTES—TIA-TIA-MAWAZO-106

https://www.livingwordtabernacle.com/pastors-postDetail.php?PENSAMIENTOS-ALENTADORES—MAWAZO-YA-HIMIZA-HISPANIA-183

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ENCOURAGING THOUGHTS – PASTOR Bill Ivy – MONDAY – MAY 19, 2025
I grew up hearing the song; “Come home, come home, it’s supper time” by Ira F. Stanphill. It served as a reminder of the comfort and security of home as a child. A loving family and mother and the joy of being together at “Supper Time” something must American’s no longer do, especially in this fast food, electronic age.

There is a greater meaning to the words of this song for me today. It is a call to a greater suppertime, “the shadows lengthen fast” for me in the harvest of my life I feel the call more than ever to a greater suppertime. That is the Marriage Supper of the Lamb, it is the evening time for the Bride of Christ, and we have received a Message from heaven that is calling us to a place of comfort, security and a real home with Jesus Christ and all those we would love to eat supper with again. I hope all that I love will be there!

Many years ago in days of childhood
I used to play till evenin’ shadows come
Then windin’ down that old familiar pathway
I’d hear my mother call at set of sun.

Come home, come home it’s suppertime
The shadows lengthen fast
Come home, come home it’s suppertime
We’re going home at last.

REVELATION 19:9 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.

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So there’s going to be a meeting in the air one of these days, in that sweet, sweet by-and-by. Just stay ready. Keep yourself ready. Purge your heart from all evil thinking. Have faith in God, no matter how dark it looks and how many laughs and makes fun and says you’ve made a mistake. Keep right on living holy and living for God. Just keep moving on; the hour will arrive. – WMB

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Translations – Kiswahili, French, Spanish
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MAWAZO YA KUTIA MOYO – MCHUNGAJI Bill Ivy – ALHAMISI – MEI 15, 2025
Ulimwengu tunaoishi ni mahali pa kutisha; hakuna ubaguzi au mahali pa kukimbilia kwa kawaida. Watu wa sayari hii wamepita njia ya kila kizazi kabla yake na wako kwenye kilele cha uasherati na uovu wote. Mdini sana, lakini kama Kaini ambaye alikataa dhabihu sahihi alipopewa nafasi na Mungu na kukataliwa (Mwanzo 4:7). Watu wanaishi kwa roho ya Yuda, ambaye alitoka kuzimu na kurudi kuzimu, akiiacha roho yake kuathiri kila kitu dhidi ya Kristo. Hata Kanisa lililopakwa mafuta na huyo mpinga-roho limemsulubisha Kristo Neno upya katika wakati huu wa mwisho wa giza kamili kiroho. Utalazimika kuwa kipofu ili usiione.

Ni nini kinachoushikamanisha ulimwengu huu, ulimwengu uliowekwa kwa hukumu? Jambo moja, ninyi mnaoamini kweli na kutembea pamoja na Msaidizi (Roho Mtakatifu) kama Bibi-arusi wa Yesu Kristo. Maadamu UKO hapa inazuia ghadhabu kamili ya Mungu juu ya ulimwengu unaomkataa Kristo. Lakini mara Roho Mtakatifu atakapoondoka na Bibi-arusi wa Yesu Kristo pamoja naye – itakuwa vigumu kufananisha shida na ghadhabu ambayo itageuzwa kuwa hasara kwa watu wa ulimwengu huu.

2 Thes 2:7 Maana ile siri ya kuasi sasa inatenda kazi; 8 Ndipo atakapofunuliwa yule Mwovu, ambaye Bwana atamwua kwa roho ya kinywa chake, na kumwangamiza kwa mng’ao wa kuwapo kwake; 9 yeye ambaye kuja kwake ni kwa mfano wa kutenda kwake Shetani, kwa uwezo wote na ishara na maajabu ya uongo.

Ninamshukuru Mungu kwa Ujumbe kutoka kwa kiti cha enzi cha Mungu ambao umekuja moyoni mwangu; REV 18:4 Kisha nikasikia sauti nyingine kutoka mbinguni ikisema, “Enyi watu wangu, tokeni kwake, msishiriki dhambi zake, wala msipokee mapigo yake.”

UFUNUO.WA.YESU.KRISTO – KANISA.KITABU.ZA.KITABU CHA.KITABU.1
Bibi-arusi ataondolewa duniani. Atanyakuliwa kabla ya dhiki kuu kukutana na Bwana wake angani. Kwa miaka mitatu na nusu wakati ghadhabu ya kulipiza kisasi ya Mungu inamwagwa, atakuwa katika Karamu kuu ya Arusi ya Mwana-Kondoo. Ndipo atarudi, akimuacha bibi-arusi Wake katika “nyumba ya Baba Yake,” huku akijitambulisha Mwenyewe kwa ndugu zake. Wakati huohuo, agano la mpinga-Kristo ambalo Wayahudi wamefanya na Rumi litavunjwa. Rumi na washirika wake ndipo wanatuma majeshi yao kuwaangamiza Wayahudi wote wanaomcha Mungu, wanaotii Neno. – William Branham

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ENCOURAGING THOUGHTS – PASTOR Bill Ivy – THURSDAY – MAY 15, 2025
The world we live in is a horrible place; there is no exception or place of refuge naturally speaking. The people of this planet have gone the way of every generation before it and are at the top of all immorality and wickedness. Very religious, but like Cain who refused the correct sacrifice when given the opportunity by God and was rejected (Genesis 4:7). People live by the spirit of Judas, who came from hell and went back to hell, leaving his spirit to affect everything against Christ. Even the Church anointed by this anti-spirit has crucified Christ the Word afresh in this final age of complete darkness spiritually. You would have to be blind not to see it.

What holds this world together, a world that is set for judgment? One thing, YOU that truly believe and walk with the Comforter (Holy Spirit) as the Bride of Jesus Christ. As long as YOU are here it holds back the complete wrath of God upon a Christ rejecting world. But once the Holy Spirit is gone and the Bride of Jesus Christ with it – it will be hard to image the trouble and wrath that will be turned loss on the people of this world.

2 Thess 2:7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. 8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: 9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders…

I thank God for a Message from the very throne of God that has come to my heart; Rev 18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.

THE.REVELATION.OF.JESUS.CHRIST – CHURCH.AGE.BOOK CPT.1
The bride will be taken off the earth. She will be caught up before the great tribulation to meet her Lord in the air. For three and one-half years while the retributive wrath of God is poured out, she will be in the great Marriage Supper of the Lamb. Then will He return, leaving His bride in “His Father’s house,” while he makes Himself known to His brethren. At this very time, the antichrist covenant that the Jews have made with Rome will be broken. Rome and her allies then send their troops to destroy all the God-fearing, Word-abiding Jews. – William Branham

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MAWAZO YA KUTIA MOYO – PASTOR Bill Ivy – JUMANNE – MEI 13, 2025
Yohana 14:5 Tomaso akamwambia, Bwana, sisi hatujui uendako; na jinsi gani tunaweza kujua njia? 6 Yesu akamwambia, Mimi ndimi njia, na kweli, na uzima;

Swali bado linaulizwa; “njia ni nini.” Ungefikiria kama mtu yeyote, baada ya zaidi ya miaka mitatu ya kufundishwa na Kristo, Thomas angejua. Haijalishi uko karibu kiasi gani na ukweli, bado unaweza kuwa kipofu na kujaribu kuutafuta mahali pasipofaa. Bado wapo wanaoitafuta katika hali ya kibinadamu, matamanio ya kibinafsi na kile wanachoamini kuwa ni ukweli.

Nabii kwa kizazi, katika mahubiri yake kamili ya mwisho “UONGOZI” alituelekeza kwenye uongozi wa Kristo ambaye angekataliwa na kanisa kulingana na unabii wa Biblia (Ufunuo 3:20). Kanisa la Kikristo mwishowe lisingejua – “njia, na kweli, na uzima,” likimkataa YEYE kwa ajili ya mambo mengine, mambo ya kidini, ili kupendwa na ulimwengu na kuwa na ufanisi wa asili (Ufunuo 3:17).

Ninamshukuru Mungu kwa Ujumbe kutoka kwenye kiti cha enzi cha Mungu, ujumbe ambao ulinielekeza kwenye ile ambayo ni “NJIA” na njia pekee.

381-3 A.RESUME.OF.THE.AGEs – CHURCH.AGE.KITABU CPT.10
Si hata kwa dakika moja kuwaletea watu ujumbe wapate kunifuata, au kujiunga na kanisa langu, ama kuanzisha ushirika na madhehebu fulani. Sijawahi kufanya hivyo na sitafanya hivyo sasa. Sipendezwi na mambo hayo, lakini nina shauku katika mambo ya Mungu na watu, na nikiweza kutimiza jambo moja tu nitaridhika. Jambo hilo moja ni kuona kuanzishwa uhusiano wa kweli wa kiroho kati ya Mungu na wanadamu, ambamo wanadamu wanakuwa viumbe vipya katika Kristo, wakiwa wamejazwa na Roho Wake na kuishi kulingana na Neno Lake. Ningewaalika, kuwasihi na kuwaonya wote kusikia sauti Yake kwa wakati huu, na kuyatoa maisha yenu kabisa Kwake, hata kama ninavyoamini moyoni mwangu kwamba nimetoa yote yangu Kwake. Mungu akubariki, na kuja kwake kufurahi moyo wako. – William Branham

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ENCOURAGING THOUGHTS – PASTOR Bill Ivy – TUESDAY – MAY 13, 2025
John 14:5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? 6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

The question is still asked; “what is the way.” You would have thought if anyone, after over three years of being taught by Christ, Thomas would know. No matter how close you are to truth, you can still be blind to it and try to seek it in the wrong place. There are still those that look for it in human terms, personal desires and what they believe is the truth.

A prophet to the generation, in his last full sermon “LEADERSHIP” pointed us to the leadership of Christ who would be rejected by the church according to Bible prophecy (Revelation 3:20). The Christian Church in the end would not know – “the way, the truth, and the life,” rejecting HIM for other things, religious things, to be popular with the world and have natural prosperity (Revelation 3:17).

I thank God for a Message from the very throne of God, a message that pointed me to that which is the “WAY” and the only way.

381-3 A.RESUME.OF.THE.AGES – CHURCH.AGE.BOOK CPT.10
Not for one moment do I bring a message to the people that they may follow me, or join my church, or start some fellowship and organization. I have never done that and will not do that now. I have no interest in those things, but I do have an interest in the things of God and people, and if I can accomplish just one thing I will be satisfied. That one thing is to see established a true spiritual relationship between God and men, wherein men become new creations in Christ, filled with His Spirit and live according to His Word. I would invite, plead and warn all to hear His voice at this time, and yield your lives completely to Him, even as I trust in my heart that I have given my all to Him. God bless you, and may His coming rejoice your heart. – William Branham

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MAWAZO YA KUTIA MOYO – PASTOR Bill Ivy – IJUMAA, MEI 9, 2025
Ulimwengu unamzungumzia Papa mpya wa Kikatoliki kutoka Marekani. Vyombo vya habari vyote vinazungumza juu yake na vinaonekana kusawazishwa jinsi hii ni kubwa, ingawa hawajui chochote kuhusu mambo ya Kibiblia na hawajali sana. Ulimwengu wa kanisa unastaajabishwa na kile kinachoendelea. Kwa nini ulimwengu unavutiwa sana na hii?

Hii ni serikali kuu ya ulimwengu kisiasa na kidini hadi hapo juu, inawakilisha Ukristo ulimwenguni kote, iwe ya Kikatoliki au ya Kiprotestanti. Mifumo yote ya makanisa, “Wakristo” wenye roho za kimadhehebu wanazaliwa katika mfumo huu wa Kanisa wa ulimwengu kama wanatambua au la. Wao ni binti za mama yao wa kanisa (Ufunuo 17:5).

Je, hii ina maana gani kwa sisi tunaoishi bila ya mfumo huo wa kanisa, huku Kristo akiwa ni kichwa tu cha kanisa na si mwanadamu?

Tunajua hii kama mamlaka kuu ya mwisho ya mataifa, Rumi. Atavumilia hadi mwisho kulingana na unabii wa Danieli na kuangamizwa na ufalme mkuu zaidi utakaotawala kwa haki (Danieli 2:40-45). Tunaelewa kwamba katika Ufunuo 13:11 kuna unabii wa Biblia kuhusu Marekani, kama mamlaka kutoka duniani, taifa ambalo lingeonekana kama mwana-kondoo mwenye pembe mbili za kisiasa na za kidini. Taifa hili lingeanza na uhuru wa kidini. Hata hivyo, mwishowe ingezungumza kama joka, na kutumia uwezo wote wa mnyama wa kwanza mbele yake. Huu ungekuwa ni mfumo wa kanisa la ulimwengu (Roma) unaopanda juu ya nguvu za Shetani mnyama.

Taifa hili lingetengeneza sanamu ya mnyama (madhehebu), litakuwa ni muungano wa nguvu za kidini na kisiasa na lingedhibiti biashara, kile tunachonunua au kuuza kwa kulazimishwa kwa “alama ya mnyama.” Alama hii itakuwa isipokuwa uongozi wa mtu mmoja wa Papa na fundisho lake ambalo ni mtu wa mpinga Kristo. Kanisa linalojiita la Kikristo litaliona kama tukio kubwa la kiroho ili kupata usalama wa kiroho na umoja. Ulimwengu utaanguka kwa ajili ya udanganyifu wa Shetani ukifikiri kuwa ni wa Mungu.

Tumekuwa na nabii aliyethibitishwa (William M. Branham) kulingana na unabii wa Biblia wa nyakati za mwisho (Malaki 4:5-6, Ufunuo 10:7) ili kuona utimilifu wa unabii huu wa Biblia kama Papa anayetoka Marekani akiongoza ulimwengu kwenye uharibifu. Huu haukuwa unabii wa kibinafsi wa William Branham, lakini tafsiri ya maandiko ambayo angeweza kuelewa kwa jicho lake la kinabii.

Usifuatilie kando juu ya nambari, tarehe, majina na kadhalika. Tumekuwa kila kitu tunachohitaji kama Bibi-arusi wa Kristo kuelewa matukio haya ya nyakati za mwisho.

Sasa tunaye Rais (Donald Trump) katika nchi hii ambayo inaangazia biashara ya kimataifa na biashara. Sasa kuna Papa mpya kutoka Marekani anayetimiza unabii wa Biblia (Ufunuo 13:11-18).

Bibi-arusi wa Kristo anapaswa kuwa wapi katika haya yote? Ulimwengu sasa unaungana chini ya kiongozi mmoja, Papa. Kanisa la kweli la Yesu Kristo linaungana chini ya Kristo Neno. Mambo haya yanapaswa kulisukuma Kanisa la kweli la Mungu pamoja, waamini wa kweli wa kweli wakiunganishwa pamoja na upendo wa Mungu, litapata hiyo asali ya wema wa kindugu inayoleta jiwe kuu la msingi. Tutaungana kwa ajili ya kwenda nyumbani, ufufuo na mabadiliko ya watakatifu walio hai.

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ENCOURAGING THOUGHTS – PASTOR Bill Ivy – FRIDAY, MAY 9, 2025
The world is talking about the new Catholic Pope from the United States. All the news media are talking about it and seems to be fixated on how great this is, even though they know nothing about Biblical things and really care less. The church world is awed with what is taking place. Why is the world so enamored with this?

This is a world power politically and religiously to the above, it represents Christianity worldwide, whether Catholic or Protestant. All church systems, denominational spirited “Christians” are born into this world Church system whether they realize it or not. They are daughters to their church mother (Revelation 17:5).

What does this mean to those of us that live independent of that church system, with Christ only as the head of the church and not man?

We know this as the last great gentile power, Rome. She will endure to the end according to Daniels prophecy and be destroyed by a greater kingdom that will rule in righteousness (Daniel 2:40-45). We understand that in Revelation 13:11 there is a Bible prophecy concerning the United States of America, as a power out of the earth, a nation that would look like a lamb with two horns political and religious. This nation would begin with religious freedom. However, in the end it would speak like the dragon, and exercise all the power of the first beast before it. This would be the world church system (Rome) riding on the power of Satan the beast.

This nation would make an image to the beast (denominationalism), it will be a uniting of religious and political power and would control commerce, what we buy or sell by a forcing of the “mark of the beast.” This mark would be excepting the one-man leadership of the Pope and his doctrine which is the person of the antichrist. The nominal Christian church will look at it as a great spiritual happening to secure spiritual safety and unity. The world will fall for Satan’s deception thinking it to be of God.

We have had a vindicated prophet (William M. Branham) according to end-time Bible prophecy (Malachi 4:5-6, Revelation 10:7) to spiritually see the fulfillment of this Bible prophecy as a Pope coming out of the United States leading the world to ruin. This was not a personal prophecy of William Branham, but the interpretation of the scripture that he could understand with his prophetic eye.

Do not get side-tracked on numbers, dates, names and so forth. We have been everything we need as the Bride of Christ to understand these end-time events.

We now have a President (Donald Trump) in this country that is focusing on international trade and commerce. There is now a new Pope from the United States fulfilling Bible prophesy (Revelation 13:11-18).

Where should the Bride of Christ be in all of this? The world is now uniting under one head, the Pope. The true Church of Jesus Christ is uniting under Christ the Word. These things should drive the true Church of God together, the real true believers being cemented together by the love of God, she will find that honey of brotherly kindness that brings the headstone. We will unite for the going home, the resurrection and the change of the living saints.

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MAWAZO YA KUTIA MOYO – MCHUNGAJI Bill Ivy – JUMATATU – MEI 5, 2025
Ah, nguvu ya ujana. Je, tunaweza kuwa nayo tena baada ya kuwa mzee. Mtunga-zaburi Daudi alielewa hisia alipoandika hivi: “Nilikuwa kijana na sasa ni mzee.”

Yote yanamaanisha nini?

Tuna majira katika maisha yetu, ikiwa maisha yetu yamejaa, misimu ambayo LAZIMA ije. Tunakuja katika ulimwengu huu, na ni majira ya kuchipua ya maisha, na kila kitu kinafanywa kwa ajili yetu na wengine. Kisha kuna ukuaji wa kiangazi tunapofikia ukomavu wetu wenyewe. Tunakuwa jinsi tulivyo mbali na wale waliotupenda na kuishi sehemu kubwa ya maisha yetu kwa ajili yetu. Kisha inakuja msimu wa vuli wakati majani huanza kugeuka, hivyo nywele zetu huanza kubadilika kuwa kijivu, mabega yetu yanainama na nguvu zetu huanza kudhoofika. Mwisho wa yote ni majira yetu ya baridi ya maisha, na ndipo tunajua misimu mingine yote hiyo imepita, nje ya mwili na maisha hapa kama tunajua huanza kupoa hadi inakuwa baridi na utulivu.

Lakini huo ndio mwisho?

Kutakuja SPRING nyingine, kijana wa milele mbele ya wale tunaowapenda na kutusaidia katika kila msimu wa maisha hapa. Yohana 14:2 “Nyumbani mwa Baba yangu mna makao mengi…” – miili mipya ambayo haitakuwa na majira ya ukuaji na kifo!

FELLOWSHIP.BY.REDEMPTION_ JEFF.IN – SUNDAY_ 55-0403
Sijawahi kuamini ya kwamba Mbinguni palikuwa mahali ambapo kuna kundi la majengo, ambapo kuna kundi la nyumba huko juu zilizotengenezwa kwa chokaa, zimepakwa karatasi, rangi ukutani. Sijawahi kuamini kwamba kiumbe kisicho cha kawaida kitalazimika kuishi katika nyumba halisi. Ninaamini, wakati Yesu aliponena katika Yohana 14 alisema, “Nyumbani mwa Baba Yangu mna makao mengi,” alimaanisha, “mwili, makao.” Kwa maana Maandiko yanathibitisha jambo lile lile, yanasema, “Ikiwa maskani hii ya duniani ikiharibiwa, tunayo ambayo tayari inangoja.” – WMB

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ENCOURAGING THOUGHTS – PASTOR Bill Ivy – MONDAY – MAY 5, 2025
Oh, the strength of youth. Can we have it again after becoming old. The Psalmist David understood the feeling when he wrote, “once I was young and now, I am old.”

What does it all mean?

We have seasons in our life, if our life is full, seasons that MUST come. We come into this world, and it is the springtime of life, and everything is done for us by others. Then there is summer growth as we come to our own maturity. We become how we are apart from those that loved us and lived much of our lives for us. Then comes the fall season as the leaves begin to turn, so our hair begins to change to gray, our shoulders stoop and our strength begins to weaken. Last of all is our winter of life, and then we know all those other seasons have passed, out body and life here as we know begins to cool down until it becomes cold and still.

But is that the end?

There will come another SPRING, an eternal youth in the presence of those we love and helped us through every season of life here. John 14:2 “In my Father’s house are many mansions…” – new bodies that will not have seasons of growth and death!

FELLOWSHIP.BY.REDEMPTION_ JEFF.IN – SUNDAY_ 55-0403
I’ve never believed that heaven was a place where there’s a bunch of buildings, where there’s a bunch of houses up there made with mortar, daubed up with paper, paint on the wall. I’ve never believed that a supernatural being would have to live in a literal house. I believe, when Jesus spoke in John 14 said, “In My Father’s house is many mansions,” He meant, “a body, a dwelling place.” For the Scriptures verify the same thing, they say, “If this earthly tabernacle be dissolved, we have one already waiting.” – WMB

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MAWAZO YA KUTIA MOYO – PASTOR Bill Ivy – IJUMAA – MEI 2, 2025
Mawazo yetu si mawazo ya Mungu. Mawazo yake ni ya juu sana kuliko tunavyoweza kufikiria katika ubongo wetu rahisi wa kibinadamu na bila kujali IQ yetu.

Akili ya Mungu imeandikwa na manabii katika kitabu chetu tunachokiita Biblia. Kwa wengi maneno hayo, hadithi na mafumbo yanaweza kuonekana kuwa ya kipumbavu kwa mwanadamu. Hiyo ni kwa sababu kwa uwezo wetu wote hatuwezi kufikiri kama Mungu anavyofikiri. Ndiyo, kama waamini tunaye Roho Mtakatifu ambaye ataruhusu akili ya Kristo kuzalisha unyenyekevu (Wafilipi 2:5-8). Kama wanadamu tunaye Roho wa Mungu kwa kipimo. Utimilifu wa mawazo ya Mungu unapatikana tu katika nafsi ya Yesu Kristo.

Hii ndiyo sababu Mungu alimtumia Nabii katika enzi hii ya mwisho ya kanisa ili kuanzisha, kuweka nafasi na kutupa maarifa ya yale mambo ambayo Mungu amesema nasi, ambayo wakati fulani hata yanaonekana kuwa ya kipumbavu kwa akili zetu za asili ( Malaki 4:5-6, Ufunuo 10:7 ).

Ninamshukuru Mungu kwa yale ambayo kwa neema yake ameruhusu Bibi-arusi wake kuona, kuelewa na kuishi. Tumepewa ujumbe wa ajabu, ufunuo wa kweli wa Yesu Kristo katikati ya kanisa lake. Na hili liishi mioyoni mwetu.

NI.HII.ISHARA.YA.MWISHO.SIR_ JEFF.IN 62-1230E
Itachukua nabii. Biblia inasema kwamba angekuwa hapa. Hiyo ni kweli. Malaki 4 inazungumza ya kwamba atakuwa hapa, nasi tunaamini ya kwamba atakuwa hapa. Tunamtafuta, na tunatazamia udhihirisho wake. Nasi tutaona Neno la Mungu lililothibitishwa.
Kutakuwa na wachache tu watakaoielewa. “Kama ilivyokuwa katika siku za Nuhu, ndivyo itakavyokuwa katika kuja kwake Mwana wa Adamu.” Ni nini kiliokolewa? Nafsi tano. Katika siku za Lutu kweli kulikuwa na watatu waliookolewa. Mke alianza na kupoteza. Ndivyo itakavyokuwa katika kuja kwake Mwana wa Adamu. Kutakuwa na wachache sana waliookolewa, waliotafsiriwa wakati huo. – WMB

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ENCOURAGING THOUGHTS – PASTOR Bill Ivy – FRIDAY – MAY 2, 2025
Our thoughts are not Gods thoughts. His thoughts are so much higher than we could imagine in our simple human brain and regardless of our IQ.

The mind of God has been written by the prophets in our book we call the Bible. For many those words, stories and parables can seem foolish to man. That is because at our very best we cannot think as God does. Yes, as believers we have the Holy Spirit which will allow the mind of Christ to produce humility (Philippians 2:5-8). As mortals we have the Spirit of God by measure. The fulness of Gods thoughts are only found in the person of Jesus Christ.

This is why God used a Prophet in this final age of the church to establish, positionally place and to give us the knowledge of those things that God has spoken to us, which at times even seem foolish to our natural mind (Malachi 4:5-6, Revelation 10:7).

I thank God for what He has graciously allowed His Bride to see, to understand and live. We have been given a wonderful message, a true revelation of Jesus Christ in the midst of His church. May this live in our hearts.

IS.THIS.THE.SIGN.OF.THE.END.SIR_ JEFF.IN 62-1230E
It will take a prophet. The Bible says that he would be here. That’s right. Malachi 4 speaks that he’ll be here, and we believe that he will. We’re looking for him, and we’re looking for his manifestation. And we’ll see the vindicated Word of God.
There’ll just be a few understand it. “As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the coming of the Son of man.” What was saved? Five souls. In the days of Lot there was actually three saved. The wife started out and lost. So shall it be in the coming of the Son of man. There’ll be very few saved, translated in that time. – WMB

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MAWAZO YA KUTIA MOYO – MCHUNGAJI Bill Ivy – ALHAMISI – MEI 1, 2025
Nilipokuwa mtoto, nakumbuka nilienda kumwona mama yangu akiwa na maumivu katika miguu yangu. Kwa uangalifu angesema, usijali, ni maumivu tu ya kukua. Nina hakika alikuwa sahihi, kwa sababu nilikua na kimo nilicho leo. Nguvu na afya.

Ninaamini kama Wakristo, tunalalamika kuhusu mambo tunayopitia, inaweza kuwa maumivu ya kukua kiroho? Hata Yesu Kristo aliteseka alipokua na kufikia ukamilifu wake.

Ebr 5:8 Ingawa alikuwa Mwana, alijifunza kutii kwa mateso hayo yaliyompata; 9 Naye alipokwisha kukamilishwa, akawa sababu ya wokovu wa milele kwa wote wanaomtii;

Ukuaji wa asili na wa kiroho ni mchakato wa mabadiliko, Mungu habadiliki, lakini tunabadilika. Tunakua kutoka utukufu hadi utukufu katika sura yake. Mabadiliko yanaweza kuwa chungu lakini ni ya lazima kwetu tunapokua katika ile Taswira ya Neno tuliyoitwa kuwa. Asante Mungu kwa mchakato unaotufikisha kwenye ukomavu katika Kristo ili tuwe na manufaa katika kanisa lake.

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Jinsi Bw. Lily, mchungaji Lily, yeye ni shule nzuri sana—mwalimu mzuri wa Biblia, Bw. Lily; anashuka kwenye giza, mahali penye giza; alijisukuma juu kupitia giza la dunia. Hivyo, nini cha kufanya? Ili kujitukuza? Kutukuza kila kitu kinachokutana naye. Na inambidi kuhangaika mchana na usiku ili kuweka mng’ao wake wa uzuri, kuweka manukato yatiririke. Yeye vunjwa mchana na usiku kutoka duniani kutoa nje.
Hivyo ndivyo Mkristo wa kweli hufanya. Omba na kunyenyekea na kukaa mbele za Mungu mchana na usiku ili uweze kujitoa kwa mtu mwingine. Sio kile unachohifadhi, ni kile unachotoa ambacho kinahesabiwa. Lazima ujitoe kwa wengine. Hivyo ndivyo Yesu alivyofanya. Alijitoa kwa wengine. – WMB

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ENCOURAGING THOUGHTS – PASTOR Bill Ivy – THURSDAY – MAY 1, 2025
When I was a child, I remember going to see my mother with pains in my legs. Caringly she would say, don’t worry, it is just growing pains. I am sure she was correct, because I grew up to the stature I am today. Strong and healthy.

I believe as Christians, we complain about things we go through, could it be spiritual growing pains? Even Jesus Christ suffered as He grew to His perfection.

Heb 5:8 Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; 9 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;

Natural and spiritual growth is a process of change, God does not change, but we do. We grow from glory to glory into His image. Change can be painful but necessary for us as we grow into that Word Image we have been called to be. Thank God for the process that brings us to maturity in Christ to be useful in His church.

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How Mr. Lily, pastor Lily, he’s a wonderful school–a wonderful Bible teacher, Mr. Lily is; he gets down into the dark, the dark place; he pushed himself up through the darkness of the earth. So, what to do? To glorify himself? To glorify everything that comes in contact with him. And he has to toil day and night to keep his radiance of beauty, to keep the perfume a-flowing. He’s pulled day and night from the earth to give out.
That’s what a real Christian does. You pray and humble yourself and keep before God day and night in order you might give yourself to somebody else. Not what you keep, it’s what you give that counts. You must give yourself out to others. That’s the way Jesus did. He gave Himself to others. – WMB

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MAWAZO YA KUTIA MOYO – PASTOR Bill Ivy – IJUMAA – TAREHE 25 APRILI, 2025
Kama mchungaji naona wengi wamejawa na wasiwasi, hata mimi lazima nipigane nayo kila wakati. Hakuna hata mmoja wetu ambaye amesamehewa. Ndugu Branham aliandika juu ya hali hizi katika akili ya mwanadamu kuwa za kawaida katika Wakati wa Kanisa la Laodikia (Ufunuo 3:14).

“Katika kizazi kimoja tumeenda mbali kabisa kutoka kwa enzi ya farasi na magari hadi enzi ya anga za juu, na tunajivunia na kujisifu juu yake; lakini ndani kuna pango tupu lenye giza ambalo linalia kwa mateso, na BILA SABABU INAYOJULIKANA mioyo ya watu inashindwa kwa hofu na ulimwengu umetiwa giza hivi kwamba enzi hii inaweza kuitwa enzi ya magonjwa ya akili. Haina amani na inajivunia. hulia kwamba ina wingi wa vitu vyote, lakini inaendelea kuwaka kwa tamaa kama moto usiotosheka, ‘Hakuna amani,’ asema Mungu wangu kwa waovu.”

Unquote: Ni dawa gani ya muumini? Mithali 3:5 “Mtumaini BWANA kwa moyo wako wote, Wala usizitegemee akili zako mwenyewe.” Kwa maneno mengine, usitembee kwa kuona, bali kwa imani! Soma andiko hili tena na tena kisha umtumaini BWANA kwa moyo wako wote. Ni jambo ambalo lazima ufanye mwenyewe na Yeye atafanya mengine.

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ENCOURAGING THOUGHTS – PASTOR Bill Ivy – FRIDAY – APRIL 25, 2025
As a pastor I find so many are filled with anxiety, even I must constantly fight it. None of us are exempt. Brother Branham wrote of these conditions in the human mind being normal in the Laodicean Church Age (Revelation 3:14).

“In one generation we have gone all the way from the horse and buggy age to the space age, and we are proud and boastful about it; but inside is a dark void cavern that is crying out in torment, and WITHOUT A KNOWN REASON men’s hearts are failing for fear and the world is so darkened that this age could well be called the age of neurotics. It boasts, but it cannot back it up. It cries peace, and there is no peace. It cries that it has a great amplitude of all things, but it keeps burning with desire like an unsatisfied fire! ‘There is no peace,’ saith my God to the wicked.”

Unquote: What is the antidote for the believer? Prov 3:5 “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.” In other words, don’t walk by sight, but by faith! Read this scripture over and over and then trust in the LORD with all your heart. It is something you must do yourself and He will do the rest.

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MAWAZO YA MCHUNGAJI
1 Wathesalonike 5:12 Basi, ndugu, tunawasihi muwatambue wale wanaojitaabisha kati yenu, na kuwasimamia ninyi katika Bwana, na kuwaonya; 13 na muwastahi sana katika upendo kwa ajili ya kazi yao. Na muwe na amani ninyi kwa ninyi.

KUWAJUA wanaofanya kazi katika makanisa yenu, ni kuwakiri kwamba wao ni mhubiri au mwalimu aliyetumwa na Mungu. Hatupaswi kumfuata mtu yeyote kwa upofu, haijalishi anatoka wapi au anadai kuwa nini. Ambao tunawasikia wakihubiri Injili lazima wawe kitu kimoja na ujumbe wao, si kusema maneno tu, bali kuishi maneno wanayozungumza. Ndugu Branham alisema hivi, nukuu; “Mhubiri ameitwa kuhubiri lake, na kuliishi pia. Ikiwa huwezi kuliishi, basi uache kulihubiri. Lakini unatakiwa kuishi mahubiri yako.”

Unquote: Kadiri washiriki wanavyosikia sauti nyingi, ndivyo watakavyochanganyikiwa zaidi. Kwa mfano, ng’ambo, unaweza kumwalika mhubiri wa Marekani, na kila mtu atakuja kumsikiliza, lakini UNAMJUA? Je, unajua maisha yake, amekuja kupendekezwa na waziri unayemwamini unayemfahamu. Mchungaji, ikiwa yeye ni mchungaji wa kweli anawajua kondoo wake, na anajua wanachohitaji, na watu wanapaswa kumjua mchungaji wao kwa usawa ili waweze kushikilia maneno yake. Na mchungaji anapokuwa na mtu mwingine amesimama nyuma ya mimbari ikiwa ametumwa na Mungu ujumbe wao utakuwa wa kuunga mkono kile ambacho mchungaji amehubiri kwa mkutano wake.

Ndugu Branham kama nabii alijua umuhimu wa jambo hili na akalifundisha, nukuu; “Na sasa tena, ningependa kusema jambo hilo, katika wakati huu, ya kwamba, nikijua ya kwamba watu hushikilia maneno yako; wanashikilia, kwa mchungaji wao. Na, bila shaka, nimekuwa mchungaji. Na wanashikilia maneno ya mchungaji, kama tu ilivyokuwa kati ya mauti na uzima.”

Unawezaje “kuwastahi sana katika upendo, kwa ajili ya kazi yao” kulingana na maandiko (1 Wathesalonike 5:12-13) ikiwa hujui kama Paulo anavyohitaji.

Inasikitisha, watu katika kanisa, kwa sababu zisizo sahihi watafuata haraka wale wanaokuja kwa jina lao wenyewe. Pengine ni haiba yao, huko waliko, hata kuona zawadi si lazima kumfanya mhubiri kutumwa kwako na Mungu. Yesu alipitia hali hiyohiyo, Alikuja ametumwa na Mungu akiwa na mamlaka ya mbinguni nyuma Yake na hakukubaliwa na Wake. Wanachagua kukiri mmoja aliyekuja kwa jina au mamlaka yao wenyewe.

Yohana 5:43 Mimi nimekuja kwa jina la Baba yangu, wala ninyi hamnipokei; mwingine akija kwa jina lake mwenyewe, mtampokea huyo.
Watawala wa Kiyahudi walijua vya kutosha kwamba yeye ni mwalimu aliyetoka kwa Mungu; lakini hawakuchagua kumkiri hivyo, walichagua kutoka kwa mtazamo wa kimwili.

Mchungaji Bill Ivy – Living Word Tabernacle, Campbell Missouri Marekani

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A PASTOR’S THOUGHTS
1 Thessalonians 5:12 And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; 13 And to esteem them very highly in love for their work’s sake. And be at peace among yourselves.

To KNOW them which labor in you churches, is to acknowledge them that they are a preacher or a teacher sent by God. We should not blindly follow anyone, no matter where they are from or what they claim to be. Who we hear preach the Gospel must be one with their message, not just to say words, but to live the words they speak. Brother Branham said it like this, quote; “The preacher’s called to preach his, and to live it too. If you can’t live it, then you stop preaching it. But you’re supposed to live your sermons.”

Unquote: The more voices the congregation hears, the more confused they will become. For example, overseas, you can invite an American preacher, and everyone will come to hear him, but do you KNOW him? Do you know his life, has he come recommended by a trusted minister that you know. The Pastor, if he is a true shepherd knows his sheep, and knows what they need, and the people should know their shepherd equally so they can hold to his words. And when a pastor has someone else standing behind the pulpit if they are sent of God their message will be supportive of what the pastor has preached to his congregation.

Brother Branham as a prophet knew the importance of this and taught it, quote; “And now again, I’d like to say that, in this time, that, knowing that people holds to your words; they do, to their pastor. And, of course, I’ve been a pastor. And they hold to a pastor’s words, just like it was between death and life.”

How can you “esteem them very highly in love for their work’s sake” according to the scripture (1 Thessalonians 5:12-13) if you do not know them as is required by Paul.

It is sad, people in a church, for the wrong reasons will follow quickly those that come in their own name. Perhaps it is their charisma, where they are from, even seeing a gift does not necessarily makes a preacher sent to you of God. Jesus experienced the same, He came sent of God with the authority of heaven behind Him and was not acknowledge by His own. They choose to acknowledge one that came of their own name or authority.

John 5:43 I am come in my Father’s name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name , him ye will receive.
The Jewish rulers knew well enough that he was a teacher come from God; but they did not choose to acknowledge him as such, they chose from a carnal point of view.

Pastor Bill Ivy – Living Word Tabernacle, Campbell Missouri USA

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