Bible Verses

But when he, the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak of his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. He will bring glory to me by taking from what is mine and making it known to you. All what belongs to the Father is mine. That is why I said the Spirit will take from what is mine and make it known to you. John 16:13-15.


Simon Peter answered. ‘you are the Christ, the Son of the living God.’ Jesus replied, ‘Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by man, but by my Father in heaven. And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom  of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Matthew 16:16-19

Arise, shine for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you. See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the Lord rises upon you and his glory appears over you. Isaiah 60:1, 2.

In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, ‘why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he has risen! Remember what he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: ‘The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.  Luke 24:5-8.

Brothers, choose seven men from among you who are known to be full of the Spirit and wisdom, we will turn this responsibility over to them and will give our attention to prayer and the ministry of the word Acts 6:3, 4.

Therefore go and make disciples of al nations, baptizing them in the name of the Sather and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age. Mathew 28:19-20.

I am the Lord; that is my name! I will no give my glory to another or my praise to idols, Isaiah 42:8

When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he thought, ‘surely the Lord is in this place, and I was not aware of it’ He was afraid and said, ‘How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; and this is the gate of heaven. Genesis 28:16-17

Jesus answered, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life.  No one comes to the Father except through me. John 14:6

Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like starts in the universe as you hold out the word of life-in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor for nothing. Philippians 2:14-16

I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “Who ism and who was and who is to come, the Almighty. Revelation 1:8.

One thing I ask of the Lord, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple. For in the day of trouble he will keep me safe in his dwelling; he will hide me in the shelter of his tabernacle and set me high on a rock. Psalms 27:4, 5.
Joseph Maina

PERSONAL PROFILE
I am single Kenyan born in the Murang’a County in the 1980s. I am a first born and grew up with a brother and two sisters in the agricultural rural Kenya besides the ever flowing river Mathioya where we enjoyed fishing and swimming while boys. My not well up family is in the “Mbari Ya Kio” village where I spent my childhood and early youth life. I recall my family was not peaceful. Early life was never enjoyable for me. Personal dissatisfaction about why I didn't have an admirable family like my agemates often left me stressed in school, especially in my days as a pupil at Kiriko Primary School. 
To ensure that my own family shall be better and fouded on Godly principles. I and many of the boys and girls in our village struggled to get education but amidst the many challenges I thank God I went through primary and secondary education and also managed to be a student with KASNEB, Be at Word of Faith College, Christian Life International Bible College and others.
As a young boy, I yearned for identity and self-assertion. I am adventurous, I love reading and traveling. Life has taught me to be responsible self-dependent and reliant on God. I will forever remember the most influential man in my life, my late grandfather. He particularly played a lifetime impacting role during my early formative years. He instilled in me the values of hard work, being a decisive man and stable, focused and a thirst for God. He loved me and I would look up to him. He is the family member, who more than anybody else directed me to God. Gave me a Bible as a gift, directed me to the paths of knowing God. Boys need real men to be men in future.
Conversion and Christian Growth
I grew up an Anglican like my grandfather. I loved going to church, was baptized although not confirmed. But with the onset of adolescence where we started being on our own, religion seemed to wane in me. After all no one had ever personally introduced me to Christ even if I had been to church all along and preachers often preached to us during our school parades in Primary school. But the sense of the fear of God had endured in my life all along.
One day while in form one, I was going home from school on a Tuesday evening. I was led to Christ by a passionate young man who I met on the way going about his business. He led me to kneel down by the road where I repented my sins and confessed Christ as my Lord and savior. That’s when I became 'born again.’  I personally decided to follow Christ. I meant it and it was in obedience to the word of God. What a relieve of my burden of sins I had! All my sins had been washed away. I felt so free. What an overflow of the peace of God! I was finally a new creature, born by God, born from above. I had been born of God, God was my Father and I was His Child. Born by the will of God as described in John 1:12, 13. That was the foundation of my relationship with God. All what God has done for me has followed that bold step I took. No wonder I am passionate to have others know Christ as savior. It changes the human destiny!
After the new birth, I immediately started going to church, my childhood church. But the deep thirst I had for God had me wanting for a passionate, Spirit-empowered, charismatic church. I on one day fasted that God would give me a church. Then during the school holidays, a young man invited us for a youth seminar and later a rally. I felt my thirst quenched. I realized I was a believer without a pastor. But then discovered that my spiritual thirst could be quenched at the Glory of Christ Centre Kiria-ini, a church about 5 kilometres away from home in a rural town, of course different from my rural agriculultural background. I made the hard choice. I joined this lively church and became a disciple under Samuel Kahuho the pastor of this church. That was the second wisest decision I made after I had become a Christian. I was now under the ministry of a pastor and he eventually became the real pastor who brought me up in the Lord for a long time. He is a genuine pastor –teacher who naturally cares for God’s flock. Thirsty for God, I was fully involved in the church activities and programmes.  For the more than a decade I have been in Christ, I have never missed a Sunday service. My spiritual growth has been a process. I passed through the Beginners’discpleship programs and leadership training programs. I have attended many training programs out of the church. I have studied with the International Bible School for a certificate, I am a Bachelors’ degree graduate in practical ministries with the Word of Faith Bible College and I am an undergraduate with Christian life International Bible College based in Nakuru. The leadership conferences and seminars I have attended, especially with Clarence Matheny Ministries at Ongata Rongai among others have inspired and motivated me. I have been blessed and spiritually inspired by many servants of God, including many at Word of Faith Bible College under Bishop Thomas Muthee.
Ministry
Christian leadership and ministry develops through service to God. I have always been actively involved in Christian service all along. I naturally hate idleness. I am ever doing something in life and in the kingdom of God.    Immediately after salvation, I became a Sunday school teacher, a youth minister where I have personally ministered to thousands of youths in my church and in other churches and schools. I have been a discipleship pastor for over five years and have discipled hundreds of young believers. I love missionary work, going to young churches and empowering them in reaching out to the lost in their community. I, with others have founded two missionary outreach movements. The shining youth Fellowship, an interdenominational youth resource movement that has worked with youths in churches within Murang’a and Nyeri counties. Hundreds of youths have heard the gospel and come to Christ in our interdenominational ministry. Christ’s Mission International Network was formed with some colleagues that we met at the bible college. We have preached the gospel in Kenya. Tanzania and Rwanda. We intend to reach out the East African Africa and beyond with the gospel through established networks with churches, institutions and fellow like-minded Christians. The church of christ should invest in missions It’s my prayer to God that He will bless us with the resources that we need to play our part in the fulfillment of the Great commission, in achieving the mission of Christ.
I love Jesus so much and I want to serve Him as long as I live. I look forward to be greater economically, spiritually and in ministry so as to do more for God. I believe that God blesses us for us to work for Him. I look forward to establishing, together with a great team, a great missionary movement that will reach nations and people with the Gospel of Christ.  This will help establish many young and weak churches in East Africa and motivate many to participate in the fulfillment of the great Commission. Led of God and working with him, all things are possible. Join us. Lets work for God. Do what He has called you to do. Serving God is what will be rewarded in heaven and not the other things we do in our secular life occupations. Hallelujah!