C3 Nairobi

C3 Nairobi

At C3 Nairobi, we believe that Nairobi is our city, and as part of His global church, we stand united with every church in our community. Our mission—"Our city, His church, my call"—reminds us that each of us is individually called to serve, while together we work to transform our city. Guided by our tagline, "Love God, Love People," we embrace our unique role in impacting Nairobi with Christ's love and hope. Welcome to C3 Nairobi!

  1. 28 Jun

    A Royal Priesthood in a Strange Land | 1 Peter Ch 2 | C3 Nairobi

    What happens when the culture around you keeps pulling you toward a version of life you were never meant to live? Peter wrote to a scattered, pressured people who needed an answer to that exact question, and his answer still holds today. This episode walks through 1 Peter chapter 2, unpacking what it means to be chosen, built into something bigger than yourself, and set apart for a purpose that has nothing to do with where you happen to be standing. The Old Testament split kings and priests into separate roles. In Christ, believers carry both, spiritual authority and a mandate to represent heaven wherever they land, whether that is Nairobi, London, or anywhere in between. From there the conversation turns practical. How do you conduct yourself in a society that does not share your values? How do you honor authority without losing your convictions? The difference between submission and obedience gets real attention here, because you can respect a system without agreeing with every part of it, and Christ himself modeled that tension under far greater pressure than most of us will ever face. In this episode: What it means to be chosen and built as a royal priesthoodHow to conduct yourself as an ambassador in a society that does not share your valuesThe difference between submission and obedience, and why it mattersLiving with eternal hope as your true identity, not your circumstancesChrist's example under suffering, and what it means to follow itYou are not a permanent resident here. You are just passing through, and this episode helps you live like it. www.c3churchnairobi.com

    59 min

  2. 21 Jun

    Ransomed and Reborn | 1 Peter Ch 1 | C3 Nairobi

    Can you love someone you have never seen? Peter says yes, and he says it produces a joy that words cannot hold. This episode walks through the second half of 1 Peter chapter 1, tracing what it means to belong to God not as a slave under obligation, but as a child who has been ransomed at an unthinkable price. The message opens with a contrast between sight dependent loyalty, the kind that only follows what it can verify, and a faith that trusts even without seeing. That contrast becomes the doorway into everything Peter writes next. From there the teaching moves into the cost of that ransom. Not silver, not gold, both of which lose their value, but the blood of Christ himself. That price reframes everything: an identity that does not come from status, money, or the empty patterns handed down from previous generations, but from being adopted into a family where obedience flows from love rather than fear. The sermon closes by asking a question every listener will have to sit with: is your witness for Jesus bold, or has it quietly become a secret one? In this episode: Why faith without sight produces a joy that circumstances cannot touchThe true cost of the ransom paid for us, and why gold and silver could never cover itThe difference between obedience as a slave and obedience as a beloved childHow inherited patterns of chasing money, status, or pleasure fall short without God at the centerA direct challenge to examine whether your faith is visible or hidden This is a message about identity, cost, and the kind of love that outlasts everything else. www.c3churchnairobi.com

    32 min

  3. 14 Jun

    Living as Foreigners with Hope | 1 Peter Ch 1 | C3 Nairobi

    You sneeze in a foreign market and the whole crowd scatters. Suddenly you understand something you never felt at home: you don't belong here. That dislocation is not a problem to fix. According to Peter, it's the whole point. This message opens the first letter of Peter, written to believers who had been scattered across hostile territory, living as resident aliens with no civic standing and no guarantee the world would warm to them. They had said yes to Jesus expecting things to get easier. Instead, they got harder. Peter's answer is not a promise that the pressure will lift. It's a reminder of who they are and what is already secured for them, kept somewhere change and decay cannot reach. The heart of it is an inheritance you cannot lose. Every earthly thing you accumulate, the penthouse, the car, the savings, sits within reach of rust and ruin, and none of it travels where you are going. Peter points past all of it to a treasure already held in safekeeping, and he insists this changes how you live right now. You stop bracing for collapse and start living with expectation. The trials are real, but they are one chapter, not the whole book, and they are doing something: testing faith the way fire purifies gold, proving it genuine. This is also a word about restoration, that the same God who lifted Peter after he failed refuses to let cancel culture have the final say over anyone who returns to Him. In this episode: Why feeling like a foreigner in this world is a sign of belonging, not a defectThe difference between an inheritance that decays and one kept beyond all reachHow to read trials as a single chapter rather than the entire story of your lifeWhat it means that genuine faith is proven, not just professedWhy a community of grace refuses to throw the last stone at the fallenYour circumstances are loud, but they are not the final word. Press play. www.c3churchnairobi.com

    36 min

  4. 6 Jun

    Marriage – Part 2 (Discipleship Evangelism Level 2)

    In this second lesson on marriage, Naomi and Stefan Lombard continue exploring God’s blueprint for a thriving marriage. Learn practical biblical principles for communication, unity, conflict resolution, intimacy, and building a relationship that honors Christ. Whether you are married, engaged, or preparing for the future, this teaching offers valuable wisdom for cultivating a strong and lasting marriage rooted in God’s Word.

    57 min

  5. 6 Jun

    Marriage – Part 1 (Discipleship Evangelism Level 2)

    Marriage is God’s idea and was designed to reflect His love, unity, and purpose. In this lesson, Naomi and Stefan Lombard share biblical insights and practical wisdom on God’s design for marriage, the roles of husbands and wives, and how Christ-centered relationships can thrive. Discover foundational truths that will help you build strong, healthy, and God-honoring relationships according to His Word.

    50 min

  6. 10 May

    The Witness Within Us | C3 Nairobi

    You were never meant to navigate life alone. Before Jesus ascended, He made a promise that would change everything: the Helper was coming. Not as a distant force or a religious concept, but as a Person. One who would live within you, speak to you, and remind you of exactly who you are. This message from Naomi Lombard unpacks one of the most underestimated realities in the Christian life: the Holy Spirit is not here to expose you. He is here to remind you. There is a difference between condemnation and conviction, and understanding that difference can completely reshape how you relate to God. Conviction draws you closer. It does not push you away. Drawing from John 16, 1 Corinthians 2, and the Song of Solomon, Naomi traces the threefold ministry of the Holy Spirit: He convicts of sin, righteousness, and judgment. But not in the way most people expect. The sin He convicts of is the root sin of not trusting Jesus. The righteousness He convicts of is yours, in Christ. And the judgment He reminds you of is the devil's, not yours. He is continuously pointing you back to your identity, your inheritance, and your victory. In this episode: Why conviction and condemnation are not the same thing, and why the distinction mattersHow the Holy Spirit's primary ministry is revealing what you already have in ChristWhat it means to find yourself in Scripture, the way Jesus and John the Baptist didWhy God wants to speak into the things that confuse and trouble you, big and smallHow the Holy Spirit is singing over you right now, and what it means to become familiar with that songThe witness within you is not silent. Press play and listen. This message is brought by Naomi Lombard, a leader with Andrew Wommack Ministries Kenya and a member of C3 Nairobi. Find them at https://awmkenya.net/ www.c3churchnairobi.com

    45 min

  7. 3 May

    The Spirit Who Expands Us | C3 Nairobi

    Imagine standing in a room and taking one step forward every time life handed you an advantage. Private schooling. A safety net. Connections. Paved roads. And then the room goes quiet, and you look around, and the gaps are obvious. Some people are ten steps ahead. Some are still at the back wall. The world has a lot to say about those gaps. It says the ones at the front are more likely to make it. It says the gaps are permanent. It says your starting line is your destiny. But the Holy Spirit is a great disruptor. This episode opens with a striking exercise that exposes how much of our positioning in life was shaped by factors we never chose. Then it does something unexpected: it refuses to leave you there. Because the real gap is not between people in a room. It is between who you are right now and who the Spirit is commissioning you to be. In this message, we explore what it means to grow in the knowledge of the Holy Spirit. Not just that He lives in you, but what He actually came to do. He does not come simply to comfort. He comes to enlarge. He expands your identity, your vision, your courage, and your capacity to carry what God has placed in your hands. In this episode: Why impostor syndrome is not a confidence problem but a theology problemHow the Holy Spirit upgrades your identity before He upgrades your circumstancesThe difference between information and illumination, and why only one of them changes your futureWhat it means to move in courage before you feel readyWhy the oil stopped when the vessels ran out, and what that reveals about your capacityYour starting line was largely outside your control. Your finish line is pure divine appointment. Press play. www.c3churchnairobi.com

    54 min

  8. 19 Apr

    Hearing God's Voice | C3 Nairobi

    Most people are not waiting for God to speak. They are waiting to hear something that confirms what they have already decided. The Hebrew word for "hear" is shema, and it does not separate hearing from obeying. They are the same motion. Biblical hearing is not acoustic or passive. It is a whole-life response: understand, believe, act, move. Philip demonstrated this when he left a thriving revival in Samaria to stand on a desert road, with no explanation given. He heard. He moved. And on that road he found one man who would carry the gospel into Africa. God rarely gives the full picture. He gives the next step. And the next step is only available to the person who obeyed the last one. But hearing gets complicated because three voices are speaking into your life at any given moment: the enemy, your own desires, and God. The most dangerous of the three is not the enemy. It is you. Your own ambition can generate an internal voice that sounds exactly like conviction, that feels exactly like God. Discernment is not the ability to tell right from wrong. It is the ability to tell right from nearly right. And it is not a gift that arrives fully formed. It is a capacity built over time, by reason of use, by years of bringing decisions before God and tracking what happens. In this episode: Why hearing God is obedience, not passive receptionHow to identify the three voices speaking into your life, and why your own voice is the most dangerousWhat discernment actually is, and how confirmation bias quietly distorts itHow community is not optional for the hearing life, and what to do when two sincere believers claim opposite words from the same GodHow to cultivate a hearing life, and why seasons of silence are not abandonmentHe is not silent. The question is whether you have become the kind of person who, when you hear, moves. www.c3churchnairobi.com

    1hr 3min
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At C3 Nairobi, we believe that Nairobi is our city, and as part of His global church, we stand united with every church in our community. Our mission—"Our city, His church, my call"—reminds us that each of us is individually called to serve, while together we work to transform our city. Guided by our tagline, "Love God, Love People," we embrace our unique role in impacting Nairobi with Christ's love and hope. Welcome to C3 Nairobi!

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  • Creator
    C3 Nairobi
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    102
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © C3 Nairobi
  • Show Website
    C3 Nairobi