Rebuild the Altar - Apostle Mignonne Kabera
Apostle Mignonne from Rwanda brought a message that reached beyond the walls of the church and straight into the places within us that desperately need rebuilding: the altar, our relationships, and ourselves.
Rebuilding is not easy.
Apostle Mignonne Kabera
Rebuilding means returning to what once stood and repairing what has been broken. But before anything can be rebuilt, the wrong foundations must first come down.
She took us to the story of Gideon, who had to tear down his father's altar because it was the wrong altar. Sometimes rebuilding requires the courage to destroy what has become familiar. It requires prayer in the night seasons, away from applause and the eyes of people. Nehemiah inspected the broken walls at night, carrying a vision of what Jerusalem could become before anyone else could see it.
Your vision is the picture of your future. Nehemiah saw beyond the ruins. He gathered information, discerned what needed to change, and quietly began the work. There are seasons when you cannot announce what God is rebuilding in you; you simply have to pray, tear down, and build again.
Apostle Mignonne reminded us that we are not in the marketplace merely to make money. We are at the Fish Gate, a place of influence, business and people. And God is restoring the Fish Gate. Our businesses, our capital, our influence must become platforms through which Christ is revealed. People should encounter our values, our character and our behaviour and see something different.
Then came the Old Gate, a call back to the ancient foundations. The church must return to Christ. The old foundations that sustained the Church cannot be discarded simply because they are old. They are precious because they are rooted in Christ.
No one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 3:11 (NIV)
The challenge is not merely to hear powerful preaching, but to receive the grace to implement what has been preached. Everything will eventually be tested and revealed. What are we building? What foundation are we standing on? What are we passing on to the next generation?
The story of Solomon and Rehoboam became a sobering reminder that what one generation builds can be abused by the next. Yet even in the midst of failure, there is hope: God is not merely the God of a second chance; He is the God of many chances.
And perhaps that was the cry beneath the entire message: it is not too late to rebuild. The altar can burn again. The walls can rise again. The relationships can be restored. The foundations can be repaired. And what you thought was lost can come back into your hands.
As Apostle Mignonne prayed over Kisumu and Naivasha and declared fire, the atmosphere carried one unmistakable assurance: you are about to recover all. What is broken is not the end of the story. Rebuild.