Pastor M

This powerful teaching helps you move from just thinking about serving God to becoming passionate about your God given calling and ministry

How do you get over deep hurts by people who should have known better?

We live in an era of great offence and outrage! Some of the most powerful movements of our time have been driven by offence. It's so easy today to carry great offence from what was done to you by others and not to realise how dangerous a place that puts you in. Learn about the hidden dangers of offence and what you can begin to do about them!

Three common lies that many today believe about sex as well as one truth you need to know!

Why is it that even after hearing these messages, many people will still most likely make these same mistakes in their relationships – whether married or single? The key reason is because we as a generation enter into marriage for the wrong reasons! We don’t understand the purpose of marriage. So today, we talk about the wrong reasons that people get married and then examine the right reasons why...

Part 2 of this exciting series. Learn about the value of family friends and how to avoid the dangers of the 'spark theory'. Whether you are married or single, you will gain new insights and wisdom to help you navigate the maze that is modern-day relationships!

Many RELATIONSHIPS are not doing well today. The lockdowns of COVID-19 didn’t help things either. Separation and divorce rates have skyrocketed around the world. Marital breakdown all around us has resulted in cynicism and disillusionment in the younger generation. With all too few models of healthy relationships to learn from in life or in the media, we find ourselves floundering in our relations...

The enemy gains access to a believer’s life only if a door is opened to give him a legal foothold in that person's life or bloodline. One door that many people don’t know about and yet one of the most common for the oppression of believers today is that of passivity. Learn about the dangers of passivity and how to overcome them!

You don’t have to be a pastor or missionary to be a servant of God! When the bible talks about priests, prophets, pastors and evangelists, its clear it’s talking about servants of God. But the good news is that people who are not professional ministers are also called to be servants of God! This talk explains the characteristics of called people and also the benefits of serving God.

What do you do when a Christian finds themselves ensnared by sin through ignorance or wilful disobedience? Church Discipline is the process by which the church seeks to lovingly restore believers who have been ensnared by sin. This talk gives a biblical perspective of church discipline and explains how we do it at Mavuno Church.

When we talk about leadership conduct, we are talking about the standards, principles and broad guidelines we must observe as we are engaged in ministry. They are not laws, but they are helpful guidelines for practicing ministry and for living with wisdom. There are many areas where kingdom leaders are tested. Some of the most obvious are money, sex and power. All these are extremely addictive and...

Today, I want to speak about something that is one of the critical factors that has allowed global church movements to spring up in places like Korea, Nigeria, India and Brazil. The concept I am talking about is the concept of HONOR.

How do you help people grow in their faith? Many people automatically think this requires a curriculum or study. However, much of the time, your discipleship of others will not be based on a study but on spiritual conversations, helping people to apply what God is saying to them specifically in their lives. This talk gives you some tools that can be really helpful as you do this.

A talk about the difference between Life Groups and Discipleship Groups and why we at Mavuno Church settled for the latter. Also how Discipleship Groups grow and multiply and the important place of DG leaders!

Teaching of God's word is not just to increase people's information and knowledge. Learn about the powerful transaction that takes place when we receive the teaching of our spiritual authority and also teach it to others. Something so powerful that the miracle working prophet Elijah called it 'a difficult thing'! 

Evangelism is a scary word for many Christians. But what many don't realise is that it can bring you more joy than almost anything else and greatly energise your faith. Learn the whats, whys and hows of this incredibly important practice, including an extremely simple hack that could revolutionise your faith!

Why pray if God Already Knows What Will Happen?  Why pray if God already knows what I will say?’  I already prayed about this thing. Why does God want me to pray about it again?  Learn the answers to these questions and understand why it is critical for you to develop the habit of daily prayer!

Prophetic declarations over the year 2022 based on 1Corinthians 2:9 'No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him'.

Today, we are talking about the nature of discipleship, or how to be a destiny helper to someone else. This message is for you if you’ve been a Christian for a long time, as it will help you see how simple it is to fearlessly influence people wherever God has placed you. It’s also for you if you are a relatively new Christian, as it will help you see how you can accelerate your spiritual growth. A...

How can you locate the destiny helpers that God puts in your way to help you become everything that God created you to be? What are the things that could cause you to miss out on seeing them when they come?

In the series 'Limitless', we're learning about an extremely important way that we can each begin to remove spiritual limits from our life and connect with our God given destiny. You see, every single person was created to fulfil a God given purpose. None of us was put on earth to be born, go to school, get a job, get married, make money and then die. God shaped you for purpose! And along the jour...

Declarations and pronouncements based on God's promises and teaching about first fruits. 'No mind has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has imagined the things that God has in store for those who love Him!' 1 Cor.2:9

Every healthy family has rhythms - the things they do together that are part of their family culture. They help the family to stay true to who they are. Learn about our family rhythms and why we are so passionate about them!

What are the greatest barriers to being a church family? Learn about the independent spirit, the spirit of offence, the orphan spirit, the critical spirit and the spirit of strife. And also what it means to be planted in God's house!

Did you know that the core business for every Christian is to make disciples? This explains what we at Mavuno are learning about making disciples. The Gathering is a coming together of leaders from different Mavuno campuses to learn and grow together.