31 August 2026Rhema Feast

The Holy Spirit: The Power Behind the Rebuilder

The Rhema Feast 2026 stage at Uhuru Park, the Nairobi skyline behind it

As a child, I went for a walk with my Father and at some point, my small legs could not carry me anymore; I was tired. My father took me up and carried me on his shoulders. What he saw, I saw. Where he stepped, I stepped.
Bishop J.B. Masinde

There comes a point in every journey when your legs simply cannot carry you anymore.

You have tried. You have walked as far as your strength allows, but eventually, you realise that if you are going to go any further, someone stronger has to carry you. If we are going to be rebuilders, we must know the One who makes rebuilding possible: the Holy Spirit.

Delegates filling the grass at Uhuru Park on the opening morning — Day 1. Uhuru Park fills from the early morning.

Bishop J.B. began by taking us all the way back to the beginning.

The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
Genesis 1:2 (NKJV)

Bishop J.B. Masinde preaching, lit against a dark stage

Before anything was rebuilt, the Spirit was already there. The Holy Spirit is hovering, looking for places that are void, formless and covered in darkness. And nothing is beyond His reach.

Then God spoke. “Let there be light.” And there was light. God didn't spend His time explaining the darkness. He didn't analyse how empty the earth was. He didn't give the darkness more attention than it deserved. He declared what He wanted to see.

Bishop J.B. Masinde with one hand raised, mid-sentence — “He declared what He wanted to see.”

Bishop J.B. Masinde preaching in daylight, the crowd filling the frame behind him — “He declared what He wanted to see.”

And perhaps that is a word for us as we leave Rhema Feast and step into what God has ahead. Don't spend all your energy talking about what isn't working, don't make a permanent home in the place that God is calling you out of, don't keep rehearsing the bleakness; declare what you want to see.

To declare God's Word boldly, to walk in obedience, and to become the people He has called us to be, we need the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is our Helper and our Guide. The Greek word Parakletos speaks of one who comes alongside us, one who walks with us so that we don't have to navigate the journey alone.

Two women worshipping with their faces lifted — One who comes alongside us.

A man in the crowd with both hands raised and eyes shut — One who comes alongside us.

Remember the picture of the father carrying his tired child? That is the beauty of the Holy Spirit; when your strength runs out, He carries you, when you don't know which way to go, He guides you because He already knows the way.

A worshipper kneeling face-down on the grass at Uhuru Park

In Acts 2, Peter stood on the day of Pentecost and quoted the prophecy of Joel:

And it shall come to pass afterward that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh…
Joel 2:28 (NKJV)

Bishop J.B. Masinde on the stage edge, preaching to a field of thousands — “On all flesh.” The gathering stretches to the far side of the park.

The days have come when the Holy Spirit will not just come on one person and go away; He is being poured on all men. We will see what others are not seeing, and hear what others are not hearing. Just like Joseph in whom was the spirit of God, and Daniel who got a revelation of the King's dream; you shall be a solution to your people, to your country, and to your generation. You came to Rhema Feast for a total makeover. When the Holy Spirit comes on you, He will give you a total makeover so you can receive what God has for you.

A young woman in the crowd worshipping with her eyes closed — Poured out on all flesh.

A woman in the crowd with both arms stretched wide in worship — Poured out on all flesh.

Worship carried the ground before the Word was preached on it. Njoki Munyi, Joanna Neema, Boaz Danken and Ntokozo Mbambo led the park through the afternoon and into the dark, and by the time the teaching began the field had been singing for hours.

The worship team on the Rhema Feast stage, the RF mark lit behind them — The stage at Uhuru Park through the afternoon.

Njoki Munyi leading worship, head back, mid-note — Njoki Munyi and Ntokozo Mbambo lead the park in worship.

Ntokozo Mbambo with both arms open on the night stage — Njoki Munyi and Ntokozo Mbambo lead the park in worship.

When you leave this place, you shall rebuild cities, industries, businesses, and ministries.

The R Collective performing in hard hats and high-visibility vests, staging the work of rebuilding — The R Collective take the stage in hard hats and hi-vis: the theme, performed.

But as it is written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”
1 Corinthians 2:9 (NKJV)

There is a version of you that eye has not seen, ear has not heard, and has not entered the hearts of men.

Hands and phones raised in a delighted crowd, a woman laughing at the centre — The park, mid-celebration.

And they came. Across the park, the placards went up and the counting began - men and women standing to give their lives to Christ on the first night of the Feast.

A new believers placard held up in a crowd of raised hands — New believers, Day 1.

New believers standing together across the park, placards above them — New believers, Day 1.

Kenyan flags raised above the crowd at Uhuru Park — Nations in one park - Kenya, and the flags of many others.

May you receive the promise of the Father.