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Apostle Grace Lubega
John 3:5 (KJV); Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
Salvation is the greatest miracle. This is why the winning of souls is one of the primary mandates of the Church of Christ.
One of the most indelible marks of a prosperous ministry, one that is in the perfect will of God, is soul-winning.
If a ministry is not winning souls to the Kingdom of God, there hangs a great question mark over its relevance to the eternal plan of heaven and divine purpose.
Indeed, it is godly for the blind to see, the lame to walk, the deaf to hear, for demons to be cast out of the possessed, and for all manner of miracles to happen within a congregation.
However, God can grow a man’s limb but that same man may still not go to heaven. A man might receive his sight only to follow a straight path into eternal damnation.
The Master paints a solemn picture of this truth in Matthew 18:8 when He says that it is better for a man to enter into life maimed than having two hands or feet to be cast into everlasting fire.
Today, I urge you to take the responsibility of soul-winning much more seriously. Let it be a part of your goals, plans, and aspirations. You should not allow a week or month to pass when you have not reached out to a lost soul.
I leave you with the words of the man of God, Charles Spurgeon who famously said, “If sinners be damned, at least let them leap to hell over our dead bodies. And if they perish, let them perish with our arms wrapped about their knees, imploring them to stay. If hell must be filled, let it be filled in the teeth of our exertions, and let not one go unwarned and unprayed for.”
FURTHER STUDY: Proverbs 11:30, Mark 16:15
GOLDEN NUGGET: Salvation is the greatest miracle. Take the responsibility of soul-winning much more seriously. Let it be a part of your goals, plans, and aspirations. You should not allow a week or month to pass when you have not reached out to a lost soul.
PRAYER: Loving Father, I thank You for this truth. I heed the noble commandment of the Great Commission. The Bible says that the wise win souls. I am a soul winner because Your wisdom is working in my spirit. My heart beats for the lost and with fervour, I preach Your message of salvation, in Jesus’ name, Amen.
Luganda
EKYAMAGERO EKISINGAYO
Omutume Grace Lubega.
Yokaana 3:5 (KJV): Yesu n’addamu nti Ddala ddala nkugamba nti omuntu bw’atazaalibwa mazzi na Mwoyo, tayinza kuyingira mu bwakabaka bwa Katonda.
Obulokozi kye kyamagero ekisingayo. Eno y’ensonga lwaki okuwangula emyoyo bwe bumu ku buvunaanyizibwa obusookerwako obw’ekkanisa ya Kristo.
Akamu ku bubonero akasinga obukulu ak’obuweereza obukulaakulanye, obwo obuli mu kwagala Kwa Katonda okutuukiridde, kwe kuwangula emyoyo.
Singa obuweereza buba tebuwangula myoyo eri obwakabaka bwa Katonda, awo wabaawo akabuuza akanene ku mugaso gwabwo eri enteekateeka ey’olubeerera ey’eggulu wamu n’ekigendererwa eky’obwakatonda.
Ddala, kyabwakatonda amaaso amazibe okulaba, abalema okutambula, emizimu okugobwa okuva mu abo mwe gibadde na buli kikula kya byamagero okutuukawo mu massekkati g’ekibiina.
Wabula, Katonda akyayinza okukuza okugulu kw’omuntu kyokka omuntu y’omu oyo n’atagenda mu ggulu. Omuntu asobola okuzibuka amaaso kyokka n’agoberera ekkubo erimutwala butereevu mpaka mu kuzikirira okw’olubeerera.
Mukama atusiigira ekifaananyi ekimu ku mazima gano mu Matayo 18:8 bw’agamba kisingako omuntu ayingire mu bulamu nga mulema okusinga okubeera n’emikono ebiri oba amagulu n’asuulibwa mu muliro ogutazikira.
Leero, nkukubiriza okutwala obuvunaanyizibwa obw’okuwangula emyoyo ng’obutali bwa kusaaga okusingawo nga bw’obadde obutwala. Leka bubeere kitundu ku by’ogenderera okukola, entegeka zo n’ebiruubirirwa byo. Tolina kukkiriza wiiki oba mwezi okuyita nga tonoonyezzayo mwoyo ogwabula.
Nkulekera ebigambo by’omusajja wa Katonda, Charles Spurgeon eyateranga ennyo okugamba, “abonoonyi bwe baba baakuzikirizibwa, waakiri ka bakongojje okugenda mu ggeyeena nga bayita ku mirambo gyaffe. Era bwe baba baakusaanawo, leka basaanewo ng’emikono gyaffe gyezinze ku maviivi gaabwe, nga gibasaba okusigalawo. Ggeyeena bw’eba yakujjuzibwa, leka ejjuzibwe amannyo g’amaanyi gaffe, era waleme kubaawo yadde n’omu agenda nga talabuddwa oba nga tasabiddwa.
YONGERA OSOME: Engero 11:30, Makko 16:15
AKASUMBI KA ZAABU: Obulokozi kye kyamagero ekisingayo. Twala Leero, nkukubiriza okutwala obuvunaanyizibwa obw’okuwangula emyoyo ng’obutali bwa kusaaga okusingawo nga bw’obadde obutwala. Leka bubeere kitundu ku by’ogenderera okukola, entegeka zo n’ebiruubirirwa byo. Tolina kukkiriza wiiki oba mwezi okuyita nga tonoonyezzayo mwoyo ogwabula.
ESSAALA: Kitange omwagalwa, Nkwebaza ku lw’amazima gano. Mpuliriza etteeka ekkulu ery’okutumibwa okusingayo. Baibuli egamba abagezi bawangula emyoyo. Ndi muwanguzi wa myoyo kubanga amagezi Go gakola mu mwoyo gwange. Omutima gwange gukubira abo abaabula era mu maanyi, mbuulira obubaka bwo obw’obulokozi, mu linnya lya Yesu, Amiina.
Runyankore
EKY’OKUTANGAAZA EKIRIKUKIRAYO
Entumwa Grace Lubega
Yohaana 3:5; Yesu yaagarukamu ati: Buzimazima ninkugambira nti: Omuntu, ku aba atazairwe maizi na Mwoyo, tabaasa kutaaha omu bukama bwa Ruhanga.
Okujunwa nikyo ky’okutangaaza ekirikukirayo. Egi niyo nshonga ahabwenki okuburira abantu kujunwa nibwo buvunanizibwa bw’okubanza bw’ekanisa ya Kristo.
Bumwe aha bumanyiso obutarikweeba bw’obuheereza burikugogyeera, oburi omu kukunda kwa Ruhanga okuhikire, n’okuburira abantu kujunwa.
Obuheereza bwaaba butarikuburira abantu bakaija omu bukama bwa Ruhanga, aho nihaba hariho ekibuuzo kihango aha mugasho gwabwo omu nteekateeka y’Iguru hamwe n’ekigyendererwa ky’obwa Ruhanga.
Buzima, n’eky’obwa Ruhanga empumi kureeba, ebimuga bikagyenda, abafu b’amatu bakahurira, zadaimooni zikabaingwa omu bakwatsirwe hamwe n’eby’okutangaaza by’emiringo mingi kubaho omu ruterane.
Ruhanga nabaasa kukiza okuguru kw’omuntu kwonka omuntu ogwo abure kuza omwiguru. Omuntu nabaasa kureeba gye kwonka akuratire omuhanda gw’okuchweerwa orubanja ebiro byona.
Mukama natworeka ekishushani ky’amazima aga omu kitabo kya Matayo 18:8 ku arikugira ati, nikirungi omuntu kutaaha omu magara ari ekimuga embu y’okunagwa omu muriro ogutarirara aine emikono yombi nari ebigyere byombi.
Erizooba ninkwehanangiriza kugira obuvunanizibwa bw’okuburira abantu kujunwa nk’ekintu kikuru munonga. Reka kibe kimwe aha byoyorekyereire, enteekateeka yaawe n’ebi orikwenda kukora. Toshemereire kwikiriza esabiiti nari okwezi kurabaho otaronzire omuntu obuzire.
Ninkureka n’ebigambo by’omushaija wa Ruhanga, Charles Spurgeon owabaire nakira kugira ati, “Abasiisi bachweerwa orubanja, baze gehena aha mutwe gw’emibiri yaitu. Kandi, kunarahwerekyerere, bahwerekyerere emikono yaitu ebabumbataire omu maju gaabo, nitubehanangiriza kutsigara. Gehena yaba eri eyokwijura, reka eijure omu maino g’okwehayo kwaitu, kandi hatagira owagyenda atahabwiirwe kandi atashabairwe.”
SHOMA NEEBI: Enfumu 11:30, Mako 16:15
EZAABU: Okujunwa nikyo ky’okutangaaza ekirikukirayo. Gira obuvunanizibwa bw’okuburira abantu kujunwa nk’ekintu kikuru munonga. Reka kibe kimwe aha byoyorekyereire, enteekateeka yaawe n’ebi orikwenda kukora. Toshemereire kwikiriza esabiiti nari okwezi kurabaho otaronzire omuntu obuzire.
OKUSHABA: Taata omukundwa, Ninkusiima ahabw’amazima aga. Ninyorobera ekiragiro kirungi eky’okutumwa okukuru. Baiburi negira eti abanyabwengye nabarikuburira abantu kujunwa. Nimburira abantu kujunwa ahabw’okuba obwengye bwaawe nibukorera omu mwoyo wangye. Omutima gwangye niguyayanira ababuzire n’omujinya, nimburira obutumwa bwaawe bw’okujunwa, omu eiziina rya Yesu, Amiina.
Acoli
TANGO MA DONG DIT LOYO
Lakwena Grace Lubega
Jon 3:5 (KJV): Yecu odok iye ni, “Adada awacci ni, dano ka pe ginywale ki pii ki Cwiny, pe twero donyo i ker pa Lubaŋa.
Lare aye obedo tango ma dong dit loyo. Man aye oweko lare pa dano obedo ikin tic me acel me kom pa Kricito.
Lanyut ma pire tek loyo pa Kanica ma tye ka dongo, gin acel ma tye i miti pa Lubanga kikome, obedo weko dano gu lare.
Kace Kanica mo petye ka weko dano lare pi ker pa Lubanga, lapeny madit bedo tye ikom ber ne bot yob me polo ma labed naka dok miti pa polo.
I ada, obedo tic pa Lubanga pi lutoo wang neno, pi lungolo me wot, pi jo ma itgi oto woko me neno, pi catan a ki ikom ngatma cen tye ikome dok pi lakit tango ducu me time i kin lwak dano.
Ento, Lubanga twero weko cing ngatmo dongo ento ngat acel-lu pwod pe twero ceto ipolo. Ngatmo twero cako neno keken me lubu yoo ma atir me donyo ka kamarac ma labed naka.
Ladit nyutu cel ma pire tek me ada man i buk pa Matayo 18:8 ma en waco ni twora ma idonyo i kwo ma ciŋi lakucel peke nyo laput, ber makato ma ibedo ki ciŋi aryo nyo tyeni ducu giboli kwede woko i mac ma pe to.
Tin, an acuku cwinyi me kwanyo tic me weko dano gulare calo ginma pire tek twaltwal. Wek obed ikin ginma imito timo ne, yub dok ginma igomo pire. Pe omyero iwek cabit onyo dwe okati mape ya iloko ki ngatmo ma peya olare.
Aweki ki Lok pa latic pa Lubanga, Charles Spurgeon ma owaco Lok ma oywek ni, “kani lubalo kibolo gi woko, olo twal wek gu kom me ceto i kapiny manongo dong wa too. Dok ka gubale woko, wek gubale kun cingwa ogwako congi, kun woto ki bito gin pe me ceto. Kani kapiny omyero obed ma opong, wek opong ki lak me temme wa, dok pe iwek ngatmo oceti mape ki wace dok peki Lego pire.”
KWAN MUKENE: Carolok 11:30, Marako 16:15
LWOD MADIT: Lare aye obedo tango ma dong dit loyo. Wek obed ikin ginma imito timo ne, yub dok ginma igomo pire. Pe omyero iwek cabit onyo dwe okati mape ya iloko ki ngatmo ma peya olare.
LEGA: Wora me amara, Apwoyi pi ada man. An awinyo cik ma pire tek loyo ma kicwala kwede. Baibul waco ni jo ma ryek gi weko dano lare. An abedo ngatma weko dano lare pien ryeko ni tye ka tic icwinya. Cwinya gonne pi jo ma gurweny dok ki cwinya ducu, an apwonyo lokki me lare pa Dano, inying Yesu, Amen.
Runyoro - Rutooro
Omukwenda Grace Lubega
EKY’AMAHANO EKIKUSINGAYO
Yohaana 3:5 (KJV); Yesu yagarukamu ati, Mali mali ninkugambira, Okwihaho buli omuntu azairwe amaizi kandi n’Omwoyo, tasobora kutaaha obukama bwa Ruhanga.
Okujunwa nikyo ekyamahano ekikusingayo. Kinu nikyo habwaki okucungura emyoyo nibwo obujunanizibwa bw’okubanza obwe’Kanisa ya Kristo.
Kamu haburoorwaho obutasobora kweba obwobuhereza obukurakuraine, obwo obuli omu kugonza kwa Ruhanga okuhikire, kuli kucungura emyoyo.
Kakusangwa obuhereza buba butakucungura myoyo kutaaha omubukama bwa Ruhanga, aho habaho ekikaguzo kyamaani ekikuru ha kugasa kwabwo hali entekaniza eyobusinge bwoona ey’omu iguru kandi n’ekigendeerwa eky’obwa Ruhanga.
Malikwo, kiri ky’obwa Ruhanga omufu wamaiso kutandika kurora, omulema kurubata, omufu w’amatu kutandika kuhuura, emizimu kubingwa kuruga omubantu ekaba ehambire kandi nabuli kika kyeky’amahano kyoona okubaho omu kitebe.
Nobukyakuba, Ruhanga nasobora okugaruraho okuguru kwomuntu okwa cwekereho ira baitu omusaija niwe omu ogwo okesanga atagenzere omu iguru. Omuntu abaire afiire amaiso nasobora kutandika kurora baitu akamaliira akwasire oguterekeriire omugehena eyebiro n’ebiro.
Omwegesa natwoleka n’amaani ekisisani eky’amananu ganu omu Matayo18:8 obwakugamba ngu kikusingaho habw’omusaija okutaaha omubwomeezi ali mulema okusinga okuba n’emikono ebiri oba amaguru akanagwa omu muuro ogutaraara.
Kirokinu, ninkwekambisa kutwaara obujunanizibwa obwokucungura emyoyo omulingo gw’amaani kukiraho. Leka kibe kimu habirubirirwa byawe, entekaniza, nokuruhiira. Tosemeera kwikiriza wiiki oba okweezi kurabaho otahikirire omwoyo ogwabuzire.
Ninkulekera ebigambo by’omusaija wa Ruhanga, Charles Spurgeon ayagambire ekikira kuhuurwa, “Kakusangwa abasiisi banagibwa omugehena hakiri leka bacumbagire okutaaha omugehena tumazire kufa. Kandi kakusangwa bahwerekeera, leka bahwerekeera emikono yaitu ebezingire omumaguru gaabu, nitubesengereza kusigara. Egehena bweraaba yokwijura, leka eijule omukunena kw’amaino gaitu n’amaani, kandi leka hatabaho noomu akugenda atagambiirwe kandi atasabiirwe.”
GALIHYA N’OSOMA: Enfumu 11:30, Marako 16:15
EKIKURU MUBYOONA: Okujunwa nikyo eky’amahano ekikusingayo. Twaara obujunanizibwa obwokucungura emyoyo omulingo gw’amaani kukiraho. Leka kibe kimu habirubirirwa byawe, entekaniza, nokuruhiira. Tosemeera kwikiriza wiiki oba okweezi kurabaho otahikirire omwoyo ogwabuzire.
ESAARA: Taata ow’engonzi, Ninkusiima habw’amananu ganu, nimpuliriza ekiragiro ekyomuhendo eky’Obuhereza obukukirayo. Baibuli egamba ngu owamagezi asingura emyoyo. Nyowe ndi musinguzi w’emyoyo habwokuba amagezi gaawe nigakoora omu mwoyo gwange. Omutima gwange niguteera habw’ababuzire kandi n’okurumiirwa, nintebeza obukwenda Bwaawe obw’okujunwa, omu ibara lya Yesu, Amiina.
Kiswahili
MUUJIZA MKUBWA KABISA
Mtume Grace Lubega
Yohana 3:5 (KJV); Yesu akajibu, Amin, amin, nakuambia, Mtu asipozaliwa kwa maji na kwa Roho, hawezi kuuingia ufalme wa Mungu.
Wokovu ni muujiza mkuu zaidi. Hii ndiyo sababu kuvuta roho za watu ni mojawapo ya majukumu ya kimsingi ya Kanisa la Kristo.
Mojawapo ya alama zisizofutika za huduma yenye mafanikio, iliyo katika mapenzi kamili ya Mungu, ni uvutaji wa roho za watu.
Ikiwa huduma haivuti roho za watu kwa Ufalme wa Mungu, kuna alama kuu ya swali juu ya umuhimu wake kwa mpango wa milele wa mbinguni na kusudi la Mungu.
Kwa hakika, ni kimungu kwa vipofu kuona, viwete kutembea, viziwi kusikia, kwa mapepo kutolewa kwa waliopagawa na kila aina ya miujiza kutokea ndani ya kusanyiko.
Hata hivyo, Mungu anaweza kuotesha kiungo cha mwanamume lakini mtu huyo huyo bado asiende mbinguni. Mwanadamu anaweza kupata kuona kwake ili tu kufuata njia iliyonyooka kwenye laana ya milele.
Mwalimu anatoa taswira ya dhati ya kweli hii katika Mathayo 18:8 anaposema kwamba ni afadhali mtu kuingia katika uzima akiwa kilema kuliko kuwa na mikono miwili au miguu na kutupwa katika moto wa milele.
Leo, ninakusihi uchukue jukumu la kuvuta roho za watu kwa umakini zaidi. Wacha iwe sehemu ya malengo, mipango na matarajio yako. Haupaswi kuruhusu wiki au mwezi kupita wakati haujafikia roho aliyepotea.
Ninakuacha na maneno ya mtu wa Mungu, Charles Spurgeon ambaye kwa umaarufu alisema, “Wadhambi wakihukumiwa, angalau waruke kuzimu juu ya miili yetu iliyokufa. Na ikiwa wanaangamia, na waangamie tukiwa tumeyafunika magoti yao kwa mikono yetu, tukiwasihi wakae. Ikiwa Jahannamu lazima ijazwe, na ijae katika meno ya bidii yetu, na mtu asiende bila kuonywa na bila kuombewa.”
MASOMO YA ZIADA: Mithali 11:30, Marko 16:15
UJUMBE MKUU: Wokovu ni muujiza mkuu zaidi. Chukua jukumu la kuvuta roho kwa umakini zaidi. Wacha iwe sehemu ya malengo, mipango na matarajio yako. Haupaswi kuruhusu wiki au mwezi kupita wakati haujafikia roho aliyepotea.
SALA: Baba Mpenzi, Nakushukuru kwa kweli hii. Ninatii amri tukufu ya Agizo Kuu. Biblia inasema kuwa wenye hekima huvuta roho za watu. Mimi ni mshindi wa nafsi kwa sababu hekima yako inafanya kazi katika roho yangu. Moyo wangu unapiga kwa ajili ya waliopotea na kwa bidii, ninahubiri ujumbe wako wa wokovu, katika jina la Yesu, Amina.
Simon the Sorcerer was a Christian convert and believer in Jesus Christ (Acts 8:13). However, he did not understand how the kingdom of God works. This is seen from the fact that he attempted to buy the gift of God with money.
In Matthew 7:7, the Bible says “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.”
When God gives a man instructions through dreams, He opens the ears of the man, places there instruction, and then seals it therein.
When you became a new creature in Christ, you entered into a world of spirits. It is not merely a spiritual world, it is a world of spirits. To call it a spiritual world would imply that the entities therein have a tendency to be merely spiritual yet in fact, every entity in there is by nature a spirit. 
Many people in this world simply exist. If they look back at their lives and how they lived, their existence in the flesh is all they have to show for their days on the earth. As such, they fall victim to the vagaries of time and the critical pen of history that refuses to spare them even a footnote in the biographies of great men.
The mind is one of the most powerful tools given by God to man. It has a great and limitless creative capacity.
There are trials in the life of a Christian which happen because of divine purpose. For example, Jesus’ forty days in the wilderness were divinely ordained before He could begin His earthly ministry.
The Bible, in our theme scripture, reveals to us that the children of Israel were more in number and mightier than the Egyptians.
The beginning of finding yourself is in understanding predestination. It is predestination that gives clarity to the call of God upon your life and the call gives the grace of justification and glorification.