{"id":3280,"date":"2026-03-13T07:15:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T07:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/?p=3280"},"modified":"2026-03-16T01:32:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T01:32:50","slug":"152-6-mar-2026-new-plymouth-interview-with-dayton-davis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/?p=3280","title":{"rendered":"152. 6-Mar 2026: New Plymouth, Interview With Dayton Davis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hello family in Christ, After hearing some of brother Dayton&#8217;s testimony, we decided to ask Dayton to share in a video, and he gladly accepted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So we introduce to you, brother in Christ and fellow evangelist, Dayton Davis from New Plymouth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dayton Davis, evangelist, New Plymouth 6 March 2026\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q8UDu7SCkG0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">God has blessed Dayton with a mini music studio at home and through the Holy Spirit, he writes music to sing on the street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\"><strong>1 Peter 4:10-11 <\/strong> <sup>\u00a0<\/sup>As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another,\u00a0as good stewards of\u00a0the manifold grace of God.\u00a0If anyone speaks,\u00a0let him speak\u00a0as the\u00a0oracles of God. If anyone ministers,\u00a0let him do it\u00a0as with the ability which God supplies, that\u00a0in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the\u00a0dominion forever and ever. Amen.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dayton Davis sharing his testimony in song 6 March 2026\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lcaP4jZdIP8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are very encouraged to hear brother Dayton using the gifts God has given him, for the Kingdom of Heaven. He knows people need Jesus and is actively sharing the good news and doing the word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\"><strong>1 Corinthians 12:4-6.<\/strong>  There are&nbsp;diversities of gifts, but&nbsp;the same Spirit.&nbsp;There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord.&nbsp;And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God&nbsp;who works&nbsp;all in all.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\"><strong>James 1:22.<\/strong>  But&nbsp;be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In doing so, he is storing up treasures in Heaven, praise God and glory to Jesus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\"><strong>Mathew 6:19-21 NKJ. <\/strong> Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal<sup>&nbsp;<\/sup>but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.&nbsp;For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>What are you doing for Jesus ?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Have you got your light up on the lamp stand for everyone to see ?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Is your lamp filled with oil ? ( Holy Spirit )<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>When you pass from this wold, what treasure have you stored up?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Have you stored up worthless earthly treasure for yourself, that has no value in the Kingdom of Heaven ?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Or are you obedient to the Lord&#8217;s leading, to use your gifts and talents, for His glory ?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We know that God does not wish that any should perish, but they perish due to lack of knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">True wealth is the things we do for Jesus, or in other words, the works He does through a surrendered vessel. (reaching out to those in need or lost )<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We already have received our inheritance and invitation to the wedding feast. Many have been invited, but were not willing to come. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The King of Kings sends us, His servants, out to the highways, to fill the wedding hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Will you go if He sends you ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Or more importantly, will you be going to the wedding feast and do you have the correct wedding garment on ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\"><strong>Mathew 22:1-14 <\/strong> And Jesus answered\u00a0and spoke to them again by parables and said:\u00a0\u201cThe kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who arranged a marriage for his son,\u00a0and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding; and they were not willing to come.<\/mark><\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\">Again, he sent out other servants, saying, \u2018Tell those who are invited, \u201cSee, I have prepared my dinner;&nbsp;my oxen and fatted cattle&nbsp;are&nbsp;killed, and all things&nbsp;are&nbsp;ready. Come to the wedding.\u201d \u2019&nbsp;But they made light of it and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his business.&nbsp;<sup>&nbsp;<\/sup>And the rest seized his servants, treated&nbsp;them spitefully, and killed&nbsp;them.&nbsp;<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\">But when the king heard&nbsp;about it,&nbsp;he was furious. And he sent out&nbsp;his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.&nbsp;Then he said to his servants, \u2018The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not&nbsp;worthy.&nbsp;<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\">Therefore go into the highways, and as many as you find, invite to the wedding.\u2019&nbsp;So those servants went out into the highways and&nbsp;gathered together all whom they found, both bad and good. And the wedding&nbsp;hall&nbsp;was filled with guests.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\">\u201cBut when the king came in to see the guests, he saw a man there&nbsp;who did not have on a wedding garment.&nbsp;So he said to him, \u2018Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding garment?\u2019 And he was&nbsp;speechless.&nbsp;<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\">Then the king said to the servants, \u2018Bind him hand and foot,&nbsp;take him away, and cast&nbsp;him&nbsp;into outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.\u2019<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\">\u201cFor many are called, but few&nbsp;are&nbsp;chosen.\u201d<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">May the fruit of your branch, connected to Jesus, produce a mighty yield for the Kingdom of Heaven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\"><strong>John 15:5-6.<\/strong> I am the vine, you&nbsp;are&nbsp;the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much&nbsp;fruit; for without Me you can donothing.&nbsp;If anyone does not abide in Me,&nbsp;he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw&nbsp;them&nbsp;into the fire, and they are burned.&nbsp;If you abide in Me, and My words&nbsp;abide in you,&nbsp;you&nbsp;will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.&nbsp;By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit;&nbsp;so you will be My disciples.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">God bless you all, We hope, this blog, lead by the Holy Spirit, has encouraged and edified you, in your walk with Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With love from your brother in Christ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you for joining us here, you are welcome to leave a comment if you like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paul<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>You can navigate to our SFC YouTube channel by clicking here:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@ServantsinChrist\">www.youtube.com\/@ServantsinChrist<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">____________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>New Plymouth<\/strong>&nbsp;is the major city of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taranaki\">Taranaki<\/a>&nbsp;region on the west coast of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Island\">North Island<\/a>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Zealand\">New Zealand<\/a>. It is named after the English city of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Plymouth\">Plymouth<\/a>, in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Devon\">Devon<\/a>, from where the first English settlers to New Plymouth migrated. The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Plymouth_District\">New Plymouth District<\/a>, which includes New Plymouth City and several smaller towns, is the 10th largest district (out of 67) in New Zealand, and has a population of 90,100 \u2013 about two-thirds of the total population of the Taranaki region and 1.7% of New Zealand&#8217;s population. This includes New Plymouth City (60,200),&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Waitara,_New_Zealand\">Waitara<\/a>&nbsp;(7,720),&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Inglewood,_New_Zealand\">Inglewood<\/a>&nbsp;(3,970),&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C5%8Cakura\">\u014cakura<\/a>&nbsp;(1,780),&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C5%8Ckato\">\u014ckato<\/a>&nbsp;(561) and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Urenui\">Urenui<\/a>&nbsp;(429).<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Plymouth#cite_note-NZ_population_data_2018-2\">[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The city itself is a service centre for the region&#8217;s principal economic activities, including intensive pastoral activities (mainly&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dairy_farming\">dairy farming<\/a>) as well as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Petroleum\">oil<\/a>, natural gas and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Petrochemical\">petrochemical<\/a>&nbsp;exploration and production. It is also the region&#8217;s financial centre as the home of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/TSB_(New_Zealand)\">TSB Bank<\/a>&nbsp;(formerly the Taranaki Savings Bank), the largest of the remaining non-government New Zealand-owned banks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Notable features are the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Botanic_garden\">botanic garden<\/a>&nbsp;(i.e.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pukekura_Park\">Pukekura Park<\/a>), the critically acclaimed Len Lye Centre and Art Gallery, the 13&nbsp;km (8.1&nbsp;mi)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Plymouth_Coastal_Walkway\">New Plymouth Coastal Walkway<\/a>&nbsp;alongside the Tasman Sea, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Len_Lye\">Len Lye<\/a>-designed 45-metre-tall (148&nbsp;ft) artwork known as the&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wind_Wand\">Wind Wand<\/a><\/em>, Paritutu Rock, and views of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mount_Taranaki\">Mount Taranaki<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New Plymouth was awarded the most liveable city (for a population between 75,000\u2013150,000) by the International Awards for Liveable Communities in 2021. In 2023, New Plymouth was awarded New Zealand&#8217;s most beautiful small city by Keep New Zealand Beautiful.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Plymouth#cite_note-3\">[3]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;It also won multiple awards in 2008. The city was in 2010 chosen as one of two walking &amp; cycling &#8220;Model Communities&#8221; by the government. Based on New Plymouth&#8217;s already positive attitude towards cyclists and pedestrians, the city received $3.71m to invest into infrastructure and community programmes to boost walking and cycling.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Plymouth#cite_note-4\">[4]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Plymouth\"><strong>Wikipedia<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello family in Christ, After hearing some of brother Dayton&#8217;s testimony, we decided to ask Dayton to share in a video, and he gladly accepted. 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