Joyous Christian Centre - Maun

Divine Truth Assembly will host a crusade from 13th-15th August at Legonono Kgotla in Gumare||

The crusade will be hosted by Apostle Bernard Kanthaga.

Our father, Apostle Gabriel Motswagole has been invited to this special occassion as the Guest Preacher.

“Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another and all the more as you see the Day approaching” (Hebrews 10:25 ).

“For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them” (Matthew 18:20)

Assemblies of God, Maun Botshabelo hosts Youth Week||

HOSTS: Apostle G.Motswagole and Pastor N.Ken

DATE: 28th July 2026-02nd August 2026

THEME: When Heaven Seems Silent

SCRIPTURE: PSALMS 13:1, 2, 5, 6

Be encouraged to join this special service.Come expectant, leave transformed!!

Message from our Sunday service (26 July 2026) delivered by Servant of God, Apostle Gabriel Motswagole||

SCRIPTURE: Judges 13

TITLE: The start of a new season

The book of Judges was written to show how God raises judges to deliver His people. Now we are in chapter 13, where we experience the birth of a great man; Samson.

Where we have read, the season was about to end and another was about to start. Every time one season ends, another one comes. Even in our lives, when something is ending, there is something that is starting. And I am here today to declare that you are about to experience a new thing.

The Bible says the children of Israel were captives for 40 years by the Philistines. Manoah was from the clan of Dan, who was the 5th born of Jacob, one of the 12 tribes of Israel. So Dan was the 5th. And number 5 is a number of grace. So Manoah is from the clan of Dan. But where we have read they say, "the wife of Manoah" — no name is given for the wife. But they are telling us about Manoah.

The children of Israel, because of the evil they had done, God allowed the Philistines to capture them for 40 years. For 40 years they had been captured. I have been asking myself, why this number of years? I realized that in life we go through things, and those things have seasons. The phase of life that you are in has an end. And as long as there is an end, there is a start.

The children of Israel were captured for 40 years, and God realized that the time is over. The time has come for me to set them free from the hands of the Philistines. Remember, the children of Israel had at some point been delivered from Pharaoh in Egypt. Here they are being delivered from the Philistines.

And God is looking for a woman who is barren — a lady who is in pain and going through something. I believe she was asking herself questions. And I want you to know that God knows whatever you are going through. God knew Manoah’s wife was barren. But God’s plans are not our plans. God sees our cry. I hope you are in Christ Jesus, so we don’t cry as those without hope.

God sent someone to appear before this woman. He wants to set Israel free, and He does it with living people. Even when God was delivering Israel from Egypt, Moses had to be born. Whenever God wants to deliver, He brings something fresh.

The years of suffering had to come to an end. So the Lord had to look for someone who had nothing, and He sent an Angel to Manoah’s wife and said, "You are about to carry someone special."

When something special comes, there has to be an instruction. You have experienced pain, but God wants to bring instruction in your life. Because you are used to this crying and suffering, God has to use someone in your life. And the angel said to Manoah's wife, "Don’t take wine." In other words, this thing coming needs purity. The experience that you have will not help you in what is coming.

You have been crying, and the Lord says that season is coming to an end. July 2026 is the end of your misery. Prepare for something new the Lord wants to do for you.

When the wife heard the news, she carried it to the husband. And the husband says, "I want to hear it for myself," and he starts to pray. You cannot receive something from God without prayer. It is when you begin to come to a point of realizing that something is ending, and you know something is about to come that you have to pray in earnest. You have to position yourself for that something to come.

When a woman is carrying a baby, the time of giving birth is a time to believe that something has to come out. You have been carrying this something in your belly. Now it is big, it has to come out. You are now too old to stay in that suffering. You can’t cry anymore. Something has been built inside you. When maturity takes place, delivery has to come. When God realizes that this thing gave you maturity, He answers. But you have to follow the instructions.

He gave an instruction before Samson was born, "Do not put a razor on his head. Allow the hair to grow." The instructions come. And that instruction is a secret: follow it.

And follow instruction. This afternoon the Lord said to me, "The season is coming to an end, and I the Lord am starting a new thing."

When something new is coming, obedience is king. The wife of Manoah had to obey what she was told by the angel. I don’t know what you have been facing. When the Lord says your breakthrough has come, the instruction is to obey the laws of the Lord.

I know when you go to witch doctors they will give you medicines and tell you, "Do this and this," and if you don’t, it will turn back to you. Even if someone you meet along the way, you will not talk back.

Obedience is key when you get into a new season. When you get into a new season, there is another thing that you have to do: live by faith. Because where you are right now you don’t have experience, and you will have to exercise faith to get what the Lord has in store for you for it is difficult to please God without faith.

When you start the journey of marriage, put your trust in God, not your partner, because He is the only one who knows the way. Faith is the key.

Here is the lesson: Because God wanted to save Israel, why not use someone who has been there or already has children? I want you to understand something: God doesn’t share His glory with anyone.He doesn’t respect any man.

Manoah’s wife was able to see the angel because she was in need. It means she had been asking. Take the example of Hannah and Peninnah. Hannah was busy asking, while Peninnah was mocking Hannah. When God answers, He looks at the heart that is earnestly begging. The one who has nothing will ask in faith. This is a lesson, because God is looking for those who are in hunger.

So when a season is about to start, the ending is not nice. But those who endure in that season, the Lord will lift them up.

Most of the time we miss the blessing because we quit when we feel the pain. We respond to what we are going through. We oppress ourselves in the end and don’t wait for the new season. We speak the negative.

But look at Jesus on the cross between two criminals. One says, "If you are the Son of God, help us." But the other one says, "Remember me when you are in paradise." The other one is thinking of the end. The other one is faithful about the future.

When Jesus is on the cross, he is not looking at Mary, he feels the pain of the end, and He looks at the Father and says, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?"

So when you are in pain, look at Jesus, the author and the finisher. It doesn’t end. Even when you are buried, when your body dies, it is not over.

Key Points
1. Every ending has a beginning - 40 years of captivity ended.
2. God uses the barren/needy-He doesn’t share His glory. He looks for a hungry heart.
3. New season-New instructions- Purity, obedience, no wine, no razor.
4. Prayer + Faith - Manoah prayed. You can’t receive without prayer.
5. Endure the pain- Don’t quit before delivery. Look to Jesus.PREACHER : Apostle Gabriel Motswagole

Join us for a SUNDAY SERVICE with Apostle Gabriel Motswagole

Date: 12th July 2026

Time: 09AM

Venue: The church premises near NKK Bus Office, Riverside Ward

Invite your family and friends

THEME: REVIVE US AGAIN LORD/VIOLENT FAITH THAT DEMANDS MERCY

GUEST PREACHER: Apostle Enerst Nkgorisang

SCRIPTURES: Matthew 20:29-33, Matthew 11:12, Jeremiah 2:13

DATE: Thursday 09 July 2026

From the time John the Baptist started preaching..
The Bible says in *Matthew 11:12*:
_"From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been subjected to violence, and violent people have been raiding it."_

Tonight God is saying there is a kind of violence he is looking for, not violence with hands, not violence with fighting. Violence of faith.

A violence that says: Jesus, I will not be quiet until You see me.`

May the Lord be glorified.

MATTHEW 20:29-33

Let’s read,
_"As Jesus and his disciples were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed him. Two blind men were sitting by the roadside, and when they heard that Jesus was going by, they shouted, 'Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!'_
_The crowd rebuked them and told them to be quiet, but they shouted all the louder, 'Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!'_
_Jesus stopped and called them. 'What do you want me to do for you?' he asked._
_'Lord,' they answered, 'we want our sight.'_
_Jesus had mercy on them and touched their eyes. Immediately they received their sight and followed him."_

POINT 1: THEY USED FAITH, NOT SIGHT

Church, there is another violence which we saw in the 2 blind men. They forced Jesus to see them.

But how did they force Him? Did they use their hands? No. They used their faith.

People tried to stop them. The disciples tried to stop them, but they didn’t understand that the people they tried to stop don’t walk by sight, but by faith.

They never saw Jesus with their physical eyes, but by faith they saw Him.

That is you tonight.
There are things that you have waited for, but you waited by faith.
You’ve been waiting for Jesus to see it and I’m here to tell you: Revival is the answer.

When faith cries out, Jesus stops.

POINT 2: THE KINGDOM IS GOVERNED BY MERCY

What did they shout They shouted: Son of David, have mercy on me!
Why mercy? Because the kingdom of God is governed by mercy.

Listen to me, if there is something that is going to be used at the end to judge everything, it is this one question:
Did you do things by mercy or not?

Jesus was stopped by mercy. For us to serve you, it is when we are moved by mercy.

You can heal those who are sick when you can feel mercy for them.

Jesus spent his whole ministry showing mercy.

The Bible says: _"Jesus had mercy on them and he healed them."_
It is mercy that goes first.

Tonight I decree: You are going to receive the mercy of God.
That mercy is going to change your life.

The Lord was speaking to Jeremiah and He said: My people have deserted me... digging wells that cannot hold water. — Jeremiah 2:13`
But today, in this revival, there is something that will hold water in your life.
If there is something that can shift Jesus, bring Him to the place of mercy. Cry out:Jesus, have mercy on me!`

POINT 3: NO TIME FOR GIVING UP

Church, there is no time for giving up. Giving up is one of the deadliest weapons that the devil uses because faith is kindled by hope.
Do you know that all of us, we are living because of hope for tomorrow?
If there is anything that connects people, it is hope for tomorrow.

Sometimes our faith is disturbed by what we see. The enemy can use anything, even children, even noise to bring disturbance so that faith cannot do what it is supposed to do. Maybe the 2 blind men were blessed because they could not see anything else that could distract them. They only moved by faith.

But tonight, if your ears are open, the Lord is going to touch your life.

Let hope rise again.

The Bible says Jesus had mercy on them, and He healed them.
Tonight Jesus has heard you.

Join us for an Intense Revival Experience from 8-9 July 2026||

SCRIPTURE:

Psalm 85:6
Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you?

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