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Reforms 101: From City to Country
DAY 1: SABBATH
Session 1: Cities and current events – Eric Osoro
- There are many temptations in the city CL 13.2
- Modern Kenyan parents have become helicopter parents. They are taking an overprotective attitude towards their children
- Raising children has become a nightmare through threats of
- Take your children away from the cities where there are less temptations CL13.1
- Are we training ourselves to become medical missionaries? There is a health crisis in the making. CL 6.4.
- Climate change crisis is here wit us. It’s going to create the Great Depression
- Climate change crisis will lead to the Sunday Law.
- Climate changes must be made by 2020. World leaders must listen to Pope Francis
- Macron raised a carbon tax creating a revolution in France. The root of the problem was carbon tax imposed to reduce carbon emission to curb climate change.
- We must prepare to leave the cities now. Those who delay will not be able to leave.
- Climate Change is about common good – bringing the laws that are going to affect us. The DNA of Laudato Si is the Sunday Law
- The French Revolution is about to repeat itself Ed 228.2
- Labour unions will result in civil war, with will5MR 305.4
- Oppression (Psalm 72.3) will lead to cruelty (Ezekiel 18:18). There will be scattered (Ezekiel 34.4) that results in division (Genesis 49:5-7).
- It will be said that there calamities will continue to happen until Sunday Law is strictly enforced – GC 590.1
Session 2: Country living – Sammy Buruchara
- Numbers 6:27
- Do not conform to this world. Romans 12:2
- Wen you come to the point of truth, do not hesitate
- A home in the country is God’s ideal place to raise our families CL10.4
Why leave the cities
- The time to leave Babylon is now Revelation 14:8
- The crisis before us will be terrible. GC622.4
- To escape God’s judgement
- The primary reason to leave the cities is character development.
- The best place to locate the home is in the country
Character development
- Pride and ambition cannot be satisfied PP49.3
- Cain was the builder of the first cityGenesis 4:16
- The first Babylon was during the time of Babel, the land of Shinar Genesis 11:1-5
- Cain represents the wicked and Abel the righteous
- Gen 10:8-10
- It is ten times harder to develop character of our children in the city FE 326
- It requires a sacrifice to leave the city.
- Parents need to take their children out of the cities and train and educate then for usefulness
- “Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.” – Ezekiel 16:49
- Pride, fullness of bread and abundance of idleness as were the sin of Sodom, is the same sin that exists in the cities today
- Moses became patient, reverent and humble when he went into the country PP 251
- Do not consider it a privation when you are called to leave the cities and move out into the country places. Here there await rich blessings for those who will grasp them. By beholding the scenes of nature, the works of the Creator, by studying God’s handiwork, imperceptibly you will be changed into the same image.– Manuscript 85, 1908. {CL 14.5}
- The character of the Christian is to be a REPRODUCTION of the character of Christ. 1SM105
- God’s training is not in the city, but in the country.
- The science of saving souls is the highest science.
- John the Baptist, Moses,
DAY 2: SUNDAY
01 What do we do when God gives us a Country Home?
02 Perfection of character
03 Keeping the Sabbath
04 Health reform
05 Manual labour
06 Industries
07 Medical medical missionary work
08 Evangelistic work
01 Character perfection
- Vanity and pride is okay, thanks to social media
02 Keep the Sabbath
It is almost impossible to keep the Sabbath in the city.
There is too much hustle and bustle in the city. It does not allow you to keep the Sabbath.
03 Health reform
Anything that has eye and a mouth should not be eaten
Flesh diets should never be part of food
05 Manual labour
- Labour is a source of happiness and a safeguard against temptation
- God is a constant worker.
- Action pervades the whole of creation
- God has hidden in the earth gold and silver, and it is for us to get it
- The exercise most beneficial to the youth will be found in useful employment
- Youth should be acquitted to everyday duty
- No line of manual training is of more value tan in agriculture
06 Industries
- Soap making
- Bee keeping – it’s almost a no brainer. It’s the easiest skill
- Carpentry
- Sewing and knitting
- Herb growing – Moringa powder
- Publishing
PROGRAMME
City – V – Country
Date: 8th and 9th June 2019
Venue: Lenana Conference Centre on Jacaranda Avenue off Gitanga Road
Sabbath 8th June
0900-1000 Cities and current events (Eric Osoro)
1000-1030 5 minutes Bilha to announce next workshop
5 minutes Magoma to give update on November Prophecy Conference
5 minutes Arnold to do an appeal for ALIVE
1030-1100 Why the need for “Out of City meetings” (Sammy Buruchara)
1100-1130 5 minutes Ernest to discuss the website (NOT A LAUNCH please)
5 minutes Mase to do offertory
5 minutes Mwalimu Kevin to do an appeal for LIGHT
1130-1300 Why leave the Cities? (Sammy Buruchara)
1300-1345 Lunch
1345-1400 Song service
Testimonies
1400-1420 Ernest Moturi
1420-1440 Onesmus and Priscilla Mboya
1440-1500 Kevin and Rachael Agui
1500-1520 Dedi and Edna Maganga
1520-1540 Eric and Sheila Osoro
1540-1600 Sammy and Sylvia Buruchara
1600-1645 Q&A – Panel Discussion
1645-1700 Benediction (Sammy Buruchara)
Sunday 9th June – Matters Practical
0900-1000 Where do we go when we leave the cities? (Sammy Buruchara)
Choosing a country home in Kenya. What are the practical aspects of obtaining land and making it habitable and self-sustaining?
1000-1100 What do we do when God gives us a Country Home? (Sammy Buruchara)
How to earn a living while in the country, and the state of cottage industries in Kenya
1100-1230 Extensive Discussion and Q&A
1300 Break