C3 Nairobi

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Sunday messages from C3 Church Nairobi, a church family in Westlands, Nairobi, and part of C3 Church Global. Wherever you're listening from, we're glad you're here. Each message opens the Bible and brings it close to everyday life: work, home, friendships and faith. If you're ever in Nairobi, come and join us in person, Sundays 10:00 AM at AIRC, KALRO, Waiyaki Way. Come as you are. c3churchnairobi.com

2d ago

Dominion | C3 Nairobi

If a hundred million landed in your account today, would you still go to work on Monday? Your honest answer reveals what you are really working for. This message argues that money was never the point. Before sin entered the story, God blessed the first humans and gave them a mandate: be fruitful, fill the earth, subdue it and rule over it (Genesis 1:28). Work, skill and enterprise were part of God's design from the beginning, and that calling has never been withdrawn. Stepping into it takes faith, the kind the priests showed when they walked into a flooded Jordan before the waters held back. The sermon presses past the question of how much you earn to ask whose it is and what it is for. Jesus warned that life does not consist in the abundance of possessions, and that the heart follows its treasure. Owning things often ends with things owning you. So believers work as stewards rather than owners, measuring success by the kingdom of God instead of profit or power. Integrity stops being optional, whether that means refusing a bribe, keeping honest scales or paying wages on time, because people judge God by how His people do business. From there the message sets out how to put your skills to work for God's kingdom: seek it first, hold everything as a steward, deal honestly when no one is checking, work as though for the Lord, build for the generation after you, trust God beyond what you can see, love the people you lead, and take the faithful risks Jesus commends in the parable of the talents. In this episode: What a windfall question reveals about why you workWhy the mandate to rule creation came before the fallWhy owning things often ends with things owning youHow honest scales and fair wages reveal the character of GodWhy business can be ministry, and faithfulness means using what you have been givenYour work was never only about the money. Guest speaker: Ken Monyoncho, CITAM Valley Road (citam.org) www.c3churchnairobi.com
Oct 25

Why We Tithe | C3 Nairobi

Will God curse you if you don't tithe? Most of us have heard some version of that warning, usually with a threat attached. This message takes the question head on, and the answer is better news than fear ever offered. The tithe, a tenth of income given to the church, is often dismissed as an Old Testament rule that passed away with the law. Yet the first tithe in Scripture appears centuries before the law was given, when Abraham, a man who walked with God by faith, gave a tenth to Melchizedek. So the practice still stands. What has changed is the curse. Malachi's warning was true for Israel under the old covenant, but Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. Fear is no longer the motive. That clears away another assumption too. God does not need our money. Every animal of the forest and the cattle on a thousand hills already belong to Him. Funding the gospel matters, but it is a byproduct. What God asks for is the heart: "My son, give me your heart." Tithing becomes a practical way to remind ourselves that God, not a salary, is our source, and to choose faith over sight when every visible need pulls the other way. The message closes with a warning against treating generosity as a transaction. God is not a slot machine, and giving is not a way to bend His arm. Giving grows out of relationship with a Father who loves us whether we give or not, and our motive matters more than the amount. In this episode: Why the tithe predates the law, and what Abraham and Melchizedek show usHow the cross changes the way we read Malachi 3Why God does not need your money, and what He asks for insteadTithing as a practical step from living by sight to living by faithWhy giving from relationship outlasts giving from fear or formulaGenerosity was never about what God could squeeze out of you; it was always about your heart. www.c3churchnairobi.com
Oct 11

Fixed Worth, Growing Value | C3 Nairobi

In 2007, one of the world's finest violinists played Bach in a Washington subway station on an instrument worth millions. About a thousand people walked past. He made $32. Three nights earlier, people had paid $100 a seat to hear him. Same musician. Same violin. Same music. The only thing that changed was the room. This message is about the gap between what you are worth and what you are paid. Your worth was settled by God, and no salary, invoice or rejected quote can raise or lower it. But the value you bring to the world, and what the world pays for it, can grow. It asks the question churches usually skip: how do followers of Jesus earn well, honestly and to the glory of God? It moves in three steps. First, recognise what God has placed in your hands, from Bezalel in Exodus, filled with the Spirit for craftsmanship, to the skills you may never have thought of as spiritual. Second, develop them with diligence, because rain only helps the farmer who has planted. Third, position them wisely, so you are not playing for $32 in a place that was never going to see what you carry. Along the way you will hear how a lost job, three weeks after a wedding, became the start of a new career, and why paying people well is not generosity but duty. The goal is not a bigger lifestyle. It is a bigger pie: more to steward, give and pour into family, community and the kingdom. In this episode: Why work came before the fall, and why Monday is not a curseThe difference between price and value, and what a client really means when they say you are too expensiveHow to use wisdom in your career while staying open to God's interruptionsThree ways the market pays you: for your input, your output, or the value you createHow to position your work so the right people see it, from customer awareness to a simple weekly reportSome are called to the subway and some to the concert hall, but nobody should stay in the subway just because they never learned the way out. www.c3churchnairobi.com
Oct 4

Faithful with What Is Entrusted | C3 Nairobi

Ten guests went out to meet a bridegroom. Only five thought to bring extra oil. When he ran late, theirs were the only lamps still burning. Most of us were taught how to earn money, and the world is very good at teaching us how to spend it. Almost nobody teaches us how to manage it. This message starts with a simple conviction: everything in your hands has been entrusted to you by God, and faithfulness is not measured by the size of your balance but by what you do with what you have. Borrowing the image of Jesus' story of the ten bridesmaids, and the small, wise ant of Proverbs that stores up food before winter, this episode lays out a clear and workable plan. Give first. Live on about sixty percent of your take-home pay. Then give every remaining portion a specific job before the month decides for you. It is honest about the late paycheck, the hospital bill nobody planned for, and the stolen phone that wrecks a perfect budget. It is just as honest about the slow pressure that keeps good earners broke: comparison, upgrades, and a lifestyle that grows every time the income does. Whether you are building your first budget, carrying debt, or simply trying to make it to next payday, you will find a place to start here, and a reason to start now. In this episode: Why giving comes first, and why it is a question of the heart before it is a question of the pocketThe emergency fund as your jar of oil: what it is for, what it is not for, and how to set a first three-month targetA replacement fund for the big expenses that always arrive unannouncedHow small, faithful amounts saved early grow into real security for retirementPractical ways to resist lifestyle creep, from where you live to how long you keep your phoneLife will throw curveballs. This is how you make sure your lamp is still burning when they land. www.c3churchnairobi.com
Sep 27

More Than My Balance | C3 Nairobi

Open your banking app and look at the number. Now notice what it does to your chest. Panic? Pride? Fear about the month ahead? Every one of those reactions is understandable. But underneath them sits a bigger question: does that number actually tell you who you are? This message is not anti-money. Money is good, prosperity is not wicked, and nobody is closer to God because they are broke. But money makes an offer: security, significance and status. The offer is attractive because it is partly true, and that is exactly what makes it dangerous. Jesus tells the story of a farmer whose harvest overflowed, and instead of widening his world, it shrank it. He fed his soul on his inventory, and God called him a fool. Then Jesus names the real issue: you cannot serve God and be enslaved to money. Whatever you treasure quietly shapes your heart, and the heart is more than feelings. It is your will, your character, the core of who you are. So where does your worth actually come from? Before Jesus had preached a sermon or performed a public miracle, the Father called him his beloved Son. Identity came before performance. In the wilderness, Jesus refused to prove himself through bread, power or glory, because he already knew who he was. And at the cross, the record against us was cancelled and paid in full. A price tag is set by the market and moves every day. Your value was fixed at the cross, and it does not move at all. In this episode: Why Jesus never condemns the rich farmer for succeeding, and what he condemns insteadThe Greek word for greed, and why its appetite has no ceilingWhat the Bible means by "heart," and why your feeds and habits are forming yoursThe difference between the price of something and its valueHow the baptism and temptation of Jesus settle identity before achievement You are not what you earn. You are not what you achieve. You are who you are in Christ. Learn to hold money without letting money hold you. www.c3churchnairobi.com
Sep 20

Stewardship | C3 Nairobi

Open your hands. Look at them. What's actually in there? Nothing, not permanently anyway. Everything you're holding today, your time, your talent, your relationships, your money, was given to you by someone else, and one day it goes back. This message asks the question most people avoid: if none of it is really yours, what does it mean to manage it well? The starting point is ownership. Before stewardship makes sense, you have to settle who owns what you're holding. From there comes a simple framework: it belongs to someone else, it's entrusted to you, you're responsible for how you handle it, and you'll eventually give an account for it. That last part is the one most people skip past fastest. The message pushes beyond money into six areas everyone is stewarding whether they realize it or not: time, talent, relationships, influence, opportunities, and resources. Wasted time, buried talent, neglected relationships, misused influence, missed doors, and mismanaged money all get named as the same problem wearing different clothes. And on money specifically, one line lands hard: it's meant to be managed, not worshipped. In this episode: The four part framework for stewardship: ownership, entrustment, responsibility, accountabilityWhy nothing you own leaves with you, and what that should change todayThe six areas everyone is stewarding, not just moneyWhy money is meant to be managed, not worshippedPermission to actually enjoy what's been entrusted to you, not just give it all awayYou won't walk away with a five-step plan. You'll walk away asking better questions about what's already in your hands. www.c3churchnairobi.com
Aug 23

Discerning False Teachers | 2 Peter Ch 2 | C3 Nairobi

Counterfeits are everywhere. A watch that looks like a Rolex but reads a different name on the dial. Shoes stitched to look like a famous brand but spelled just a little bit wrong. The fake only fools you until you look closely, and Peter says the same is true of false teachers in the church. This episode moves through 2 Peter 2, where Peter turns from encouragement to warning. He has just reminded believers that they have been given everything they need for a godly life. Now he says the greater danger to the church was never persecution from outside, it was persuasion from within. Drawing on Jesus' charge to Peter in John 21 to feed the flock and take care of the flock, Kevin Vikilu shows why shepherding has always carried two halves: nourishing people with truth, and naming danger before it does damage. The heart of the message is a simple but unsettling idea: appetite reveals identity. A false teacher may have a platform, a gift, even a Bible in hand, but what they consistently pursue, protect, and return to tells you who they actually are. Peter points to Balaam, a genuinely gifted prophet who loved money more than obedience, as proof that gifting was never a stand in for character. The episode also unpacks Peter's warning about counterfeit freedom, the kind that promises liberty but delivers slavery, and why a dog returning to its vomit and a washed pig returning to the mud are pictures of transformation that never actually happened. In this episode: Why Peter frames the church's greatest threat as internal, not externalThe shepherd's twofold calling to feed the flock and protect the flockWhat "appetite reveals identity" means for spotting a false teacherThe Balaam warning: why spiritual gifting never guarantees godly characterHow counterfeit freedom always leads back into bondageYou do not need sharper detection skills. You need a deeper knowledge of the true Shepherd. www.c3churchnairobi.com
Aug 16

Exceedingly Great and Precious Promises | 2 Peter Ch 1 | C3 Nairobi

What if everything you need for a full, godly life has already been provided? Not promised for someday, but given, secured, and waiting to be received? That is the claim Peter opens with in his second letter. Writing to believers scattered across a hostile empire, facing real persecution under Emperor Nero, he does not offer sympathy or survival tips. He points them to something more durable: the exceedingly great and precious promises of God, given through his divine power, sufficient for everything that pertains to life and godliness. The sermon works through 2 Peter chapter one from the ground up. It begins with the phrase "like precious faith," from verse one, and the Greek word behind it: isotimos, meaning of equal value or honour. Every believer carries the same quality of faith. The question is never whether you have it. The question is whether you know how to work it. From there the teaching moves to verse two, where Peter ties the multiplication of grace and peace directly to the knowledge of God. Not head knowledge or accumulated information, but the intimate, conceived, life-producing knowledge that the scriptures model from Genesis onward. The parable of the sower frames what that looks like practically: different conditions of heart produce different yields from the same seed. The Word is always incorruptible. The variable is always the soil. Verses five through eleven call believers to build on that foundation diligently and consistently, adding virtue, knowledge, self-control, perseverance, godliness, brotherly kindness, and love. Peter closes the chapter by anchoring everything in the reliability of scripture itself: even his own eyewitness account of the transfiguration is surpassed by the more sure word of prophecy. The written Word is not a consolation prize for those who were not there. It is the greater gift. In this episode: Why "like precious faith" means every believer carries the same quality of faith as the early apostles, and what it means to work itHow grace and peace are multiplied through intimate, meditative knowledge of God rather than information aloneThe parable of the sower as a diagnostic for the condition of your heart toward the WordThe chain of virtues in 2 Peter 1:5-7 and why diligence is not optional for fruitful Christian livingWhy Peter places the written Word above his own eyewitness testimony, and what that means for how you approach scripture God has withheld nothing. The invitation now is to know him well enough to receive what he has already given. www.c3churchnairobi.com

Sunday messages from C3 Church Nairobi, a church family in Westlands, Nairobi, and part of C3 Church Global. Wherever you're listening from, we're glad you're here. Each message opens the Bible and brings it close to everyday life: work, home, friendships and faith. If you're ever in Nairobi, come and join us in person, Sundays 10:00 AM at AIRC, KALRO, Waiyaki Way. Come as you are. c3churchnairobi.com

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C3 Nairobi
Years Active

2022 - 2026
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113
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