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Run Your Race

Run Your Race

Apostle Grace Lubega

2 Corinthians 10:12, (KJV), For we dare not make ourselves of the number,or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves,and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.

It is a lack of wisdom to compare yourself with any one. When you compare yourself to another, you will never have gratitude before God.

God has called you to run your own race, to keep your course. It doesn’t matter how successful your peers might be, how they might have made greater strides in life than you. You have your own story: write it with your own pen and not that of another man.

The success of another man can only be a lesson from which you learn. It should never be a bench mark against which you judge your capabilities or your sense of identity.

When a man uses the success of another to judge his sense of identity and his abilities, he births in himself the gull of bitterness. This bitterness in any one’s spirit is the very ground in which possibilities for growth wither and die.

FURTHER STUDY: Hebrews 12:1, John 21:22

GOLDEN NUGGET:
It is a lack of wisdom to compare yourself with any one.

PRAYER: Father, I thank you for this wisdom. My identity and ability is not measured by what others have done and achieved but my understanding and knowledge of who I am in you. I know my race and course and follow after it with my eyes set on you the author and finisher of my faith. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

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Our Talk With God

Our Talk With God

Apostle Grace Lubega

Isaiah 1:18 (KJV); Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

In the New Testament dispensation, we have the liberty to reason with God. However, we do not do it in the manner of the man of the Old Testament.

The old man was enslaved by sin, so most of his dealings with God focused on the sin issue.

The new man is a slave to righteousness, his dealings with God ought to be of things higher.

The depths in God are too vast for the Church to centre only on the substance of sin. Beyond that, there is more in God to explore.

It does not mean that we should not live moral lives. By all means we should. However, after that, there is more in God.

God seeks to commune with you about why Christ apprehended you, how to seek and know Him because it is eternal life, the apostleship to obedience of all nations and the illumination of your eyes that you might know the hope of your calling and the glory of His riches in the saints.

He wants to reason with you about the exceeding greatness of His love, its width, breadth and height that you might be filled with all the fullness of God. Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY: Hebrews 12:22-23, Philippians 3:20

GOLDEN NUGGET:
The depths in God are too vast for the Church to centre only on the substance of sin. Beyond that, there is more in God to explore.

PRAYER: Father, I thank you for your Word. I understand the substance of heavenly conversations, I am perfect in Word and speech because I have understood the testimony of imputed righteousness. The substance of my communion with you is of things that pertain to the higher calling in Christ. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

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Of Children And Sons: Obedience

Of Children And Sons: Obedience

Apostle Grace Lubega

Isaiah 9:6 (KJV), For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

Children are born, sons are given. It means that when someone is a child in the ministry, we nurture and tend them as new born babies.

When they transition into sons, they become gifts to us. Sons add profit to the ministry while children only feed from it.

Not all children transition into sons. Some Christians remain babes for years because they do not diligently apply themselves to the principles by which children become sons.

This transition starts from the place of obedience. Every child, in the ministry, ought to learn to be obedient to the instruction of their spiritual authority.

Many times, instructions are given from the altar: win souls, give and love, study the Word. Those are not mere words, they are keys; opportunities for access into deeper graces in the Spirit.

Learn to honour spiritual instruction. It will unlock doors for your elevation, growth and maturity.

FURTHER STUDY: Hebrews 13:17, Hebrews 13:7

GOLDEN NUGGET:

Children are born, sons are given. When someone is a child in the ministry, we nurture and tend them as new born babies. When they transition into sons, they become gifts to the ministry.

PRAYER: Father, I am grateful for your Word. I understand the pattern of obedience to instructions. I am a truly submitted spirit who honours what they that you have set over me say. I observe the end of their conversation and imitate their faith. By this wisdom, I grow and profit the kingdom. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

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Stick To The Principles

Stick To The Principles

Apostle Grace Lubega

Hebrews 10:39 (KJV),  But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.

The principles of God are above your personal needs. It means that regardless of how constrained you might feel, stick to the principles.

Tithe, even when you are indebted and seemingly overwhelmed by dues that need to be paid. Pray and attend service, give God attention and time even when you feel exhausted after a long day at work. Never compromise the principles. Live a life without excuses!

Sometimes this compromise might seem like a shortcut, a relief of the pressures you feel. Allow God to build in you that character of faithfulness. He will not forget your labour of love(Hebrews 6:10). That is how promotions, increase and multiplication in the things of the Spirit comes. Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY: Hebrews 10:23, Hebrews 11:6

GOLDEN NUGGET: 

The principles of God are above your personal needs.

PRAYER: Father, I thank you for your Word. I honour you above all things. You are the God who never fails, you’re forever faithful. I choose to trust in you, to walk by the dictates of the Word knowing that it is impossible for you to lie. I am steadfast in faith, looking to you the author and finisher of my faith. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

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The Good Fight of Faith

The Good Fight of Faith

Apostle Grace Lubega

1 Timothy 6:12 (KJV); Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life whereunto thou art also called and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

The fight of faith is not about fighting the things that are working against you.

I have known Christians who when faced with struggles get into warfare and start to fight what they perceive to be the cause of these issues coming against them. They spend hours in prayer binding, breaking and pulling down strongholds in the name of fighting the good fight of faith.

1 John 4:4; Ye are of God little children and have overcome them because greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.

Your victory is a past tense affair. Christ defeated everything that might attempt to come against you. Why would you fight that which Jesus Christ has already defeated? That is the wrong fight.

Whatever you fight, you ignite, never forget that. Your fight of faith is to believe in the finished work of God. Learn to stay calm in the storm and to maintain your confession of faith to the end. Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY: Hebrews 10:39, Hebrews 3:14

GOLDEN NUGGET:
Whatever you fight you ignite, never forget that.

PRAYER: Father, I thank you for this Word, this divine wisdom by which we war. For indeed wisdom is better than weapons of war. I am a child of rest and hold on to my confession of faith to the very end. Thank you because you have taught me to rest and to be at peace under every circumstance. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

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Confounded to God

Confounded to God

Apostle Grace Lubega

Acts 2:6-8(KJV) Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language. And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans? And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?

In Genesis 11:1-9, the Bible speaks of an experience when men were of one language and one speech and started to build a tower and make a name for themselves.

They were a people who did not acknowledge God in their increase and multiplication.

Because of this, the Bible reveals that God confounded their language and scattered them allover the earth.

The New Testament explains a similar experience in Acts 2. When the disciples were filled with the Holy Ghost, they spoke with different tounges, and the people who heard them were confounded and amazed. That day, thousands gave their lives to Christ.

That very language that confounded the men without drew them to eternal salvation. By the unity of language and speech, the Church draws men to God. Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY: Romans 1:5, Genesis 11:1-9

GOLDEN NUGGET:
By the unity of language and speech, the Church draws men to God.

PRAYER: Father I thank you for the great mandate we have as the body of Christ. Thank you for the unity of the faith and of language and speech. I understand purpose and the divine need to advance the kingdom of God. The language I speak is understood by all men. By it, multitudes are drawn to the kingdom. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

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Hunger for God

Hunger for God

Apostle Grace Lubega

Psalms 107:9(KJV), For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.

Hunger for the things of God is not a one time experience. No man ought to be hungry for God today and be too satisfied to seek for more of Him tomorrow.

Hunger is also not the frantic short lived excitement when you listen to or read a particularly stirring message.

It is a perpetual and continuous experience that increases in response to the revelation of God.

God has sent a famine in the earth for His Word(Amos 8:11). This famine was sent so we respond to the knowledge He is pouring out.

By prophesy, in the last days knowledge shall increase(Daniel 12:4). If a man is not hungry, it is because he is indifferent to knowledge. As God increases knowledge, He desires that you be hungrier for more.

Understand our times as days of the increase of knowledge. This knowledge must provoke you to hunger. Let hunger drive you to the closet to pray, let hunger cause you to seek Him more than ever before. Hallelujah !

FURTHER STUDY: Amos 8:11, Luke 6:21

GOLDEN NUGGET:
Understand our times as days of the increase of knowledge. This knowledge must provoke you to hunger. Let hunger drive you to the closet to pray, let hunger cause you to seek Him more than ever before.

PRAYER: Father, I thank you for your word. It convicts me to deeper places in communion and prayer. I respond to knowledge by seeking more. Each time I am launched into these eternal depths, my spirit is exposed to the ultimate experience of your person. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

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Ask The Hard Questions

Ask The Hard Questions
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Apostle Grace Lubega

Psalms 27:4 (KJV); One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple.

There are men in the life of the Spirit who asked questions because they desired distinctive answers to propel them to purpose.

We learn from them that our places of inquiry in the
temple of the Lord go beyond simply needing answers to carnal issues but answers to experiences in the Word that may seem “incomplete” in our understanding.

Take the example of Peter. Peter knew that there were those that had been judged during the days of Noah and he wondered about their salvation.

When he asked this question, the Lord carried him into an experience where he realized that Jesus Christ had descended and preached to those spirits too(1 Peter 3:19-20).

How about Jude? Jude studied the account of the death of Moses and found that
by the scriptures, his body had never been found and that no man knew where
he had been buried. When he asked the hard questions, God carried him into an
experience where he saw Satan and the arch angel Michael fighting over Moses’
body(Jude 1:9).

The Bible is more than a collection of stories. It is an eternal record of the lives of men from which we are continually learning(Romans 15:4). Part of that learning comes from God-led experiences of these accounts and not simply what we read in print.

When you learn to ask these questions (as one who seeks to know more after the pattern of the Spirit of truth), the Word of God comes alive to you because God answers the
questions that some prefer to only theorize about. Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY: Luke 1:1-4, Ps 119:96

GOLDEN NUGGET:
The Bible is more than a collection of stories. It is an eternal record of the lives of men from which we are continually learning. Part of that learning comes from God-led experiences of these accounts and not simply what we read in print.

PRAYER: Father, I am grateful for your Word. Thank you for redefining the wisdom and the understanding by which I inquire in your courts. By the Spirit of truth, I am led into deeper experiences of the Word. Your Word continually comes alive for me. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

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POSEZ LES QUESTIONS DIFFICULES

Psaumes 27:4 (KJV) Je demande à l’Eternel une chose, que je désire ardemment: Je voudrais habiter toute ma vie dans la maison de l’Eternel, Pour contempler la magnificence de l’Eternel Et pour admirer son temple.

Il y a des hommes dans la vie de l’Esprit qui ont posé des questions parce qu’ils voulaient des réponses distinctives pour les propulser au but.

Nous apprenons d’eux que nos lieux de renseignement dans le temple du Seigneur va au-delà du simple besoin de réponses à des questions charnelles mais répond à des expériences dans la Parole qui peuvent sembler « incomplètes » dans notre compréhension.

Prenons l’exemple de Pierre. Pierre savait qu’il y avait ceux qui avaient été jugés pendant les jours de Noé et il s’interrogeait sur leur salut.

Quand il a posé cette question, le Seigneur l’a porté dans une expérience où il s’est rendu compte que Jésus-Christ était aussi descendu et prêché à ces esprits (1 Pierre 3:19-20).

Qu’en est-il de Jude ? Jude a étudié le compte de la mort de Moïse et a constaté que par les écritures, son corps n’avait jamais été trouvé et qu’aucun homme ne savait où il avait été enterré. Quand il a posé les questions difficiles, Dieu l’a porté dans un expérience où il a vu Satan et l’archange Michel se battre au-dessus du corps de Moïse (Jude 1: 9).

La Bible est plus qu’une collection d’histoires. C’est un témoignage éternel de la vie des hommes à partir de laquelle nous apprenons continuellement (Romains 15:4). Une partie de cet apprentissage vient des expériences de ces récits guidées par Dieu et non simplement de ce que nous lisons en version imprimée.

Lorsque vous apprenez à poser ces questions (en tant que personne cherchant à en savoir plus après le modèle de l’Esprit de vérité), la Parole de Dieu vous vient à l’esprit parce que Dieu répond aux questions que certains préfèrent seulement théoriser. Alléluia !

ÉTUDE COMPLÉMENTAIRE : Luc 1:1-4, Psaumes 119:96

PÉPITE D’OR : La Bible est plus qu’une collection d’histoires. C’est un témoignage éternel de la vie des hommes à partir de laquelle nous apprenons continuellement (Romains 15:4). Une partie de cet apprentissage vient des expériences de ces récits guidées par Dieu et non simplement de ce que nous lisons en version imprimée.

PRIÈRE : Père, je suis reconnaissant pour ta Parole. Merci d’avoir redéfini la sagesse et la compréhension par lesquelles je m’informe auprès de vos tribunaux. Par l’Esprit de vérité, je suis conduit à des expériences plus profondes de la Parole. Ta Parole est toujours vivante pour moi. Au nom de Jésus. Amen.

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Inquire of the Ancient Paths

Inquire of the Ancient Paths

Apostle Grace Lubega

Jeremiah 6:16 (KJV); Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.

Your spirit is eternal. Because it is, you have the ability to live in different times by the Spirit and to walk in the realm of eternal life.

Some people are limited by their existence in the flesh. However, by virtue of your nature, if you so desire to walk back in time and understand the experiences of they of old, there is a grace in God to take you there if you inquire of the Lord to lead you.

God is the same yesterday, today and forever. He does not want you to only walk in the future. He wants you to inquire of the ancient paths too. How did the creation experience unfold? What was Moses’ experience on the Mount? How did Elijah, Daniel and all the great prophets live?

If you wish to know the things in the past that pertain to the life of the gospel, those things are so easy to access because the eternal God is present in the past like He is in the future and He is ready to reveal these truths and experiences to you. Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY: Ecclesiastes 3:11 (NLT), Psalm 27:4

GOLDEN NUGGET:
You have the ability to live in different times by the Spirit and to walk in the realm of eternal life.

PRAYER: Father, I thank you for this knowledge. I am not limited by the flesh because I am an eternal being. My place of inquiry in your presence is redefined and as such, I seek to know things that pertain to this life of the gospel. I am carried to the places of experience that give answers to spiritual questions. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

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The Believer

The Believer

Apostle Grace Lubega

2 Peter 1:3(KJV); According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:

Everything you ever needed in this life has already been given to you. A believer is not one who is ‘believing God.’

Faith is not believing that God is going to do something for you. It is believing that He has done it for you.

The reason why some people do not get results from God is because they make the attainment of biblical promises a future experience.

They are believing God for a car, marriage and children. Their faith is in the future, yet the scriptures are clear that faith is a now issue.

Like our theme scripture explains, YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN everything that pertains to life and godliness. If you have been given, then you ought not to be believing.

Faith does not bring the promises of God from the future and place them in the present. Faith reveals to you that it is already done. Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY: Hebrews 11:1, Romans 4:20

GOLDEN NUGGET:
Faith is not believing that God is going to do something for you. It is believing that He has done it for you.

PRAYER: Father, I am thankful for this knowledge that defines how I believe. I understand the finished work and this defines my way of prayer and the pattern of my faith. All I need has been given. My life is an overflow of thanksgiving because I have all that I will ever need. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

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The Quickened Life

The Quickened Life

Apostle Grace Lubega

Psalms 90:14(KJV); O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

Delay is a spirit. There are Christians who when the manifestation of the promises of God in their lives delays, always assume that it is God who is the cause of this delay because he intends to fulfill these promises “in his time.”

The spirit of delay ought never to be confused with God’s timing.

Like our theme scripture reveals, we ought to be satisfied while it is still early that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

It is part of the joy of salvation for a believer to see God early. It is not God’s intention that you do in twenty years what you should have done in two years.

God does not want to give you a husband when you are old and grey. He does not want to give you a car at ninety when you can no longer drive it. That is not God.

As a child of God, you can have what you need, when you need it and in the way you need it. Launch into that liberty of the Spirit. It is your portion in Christ. Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY: Daniel 10:1-4, John 6:63

GOLDEN NUGGET

As a child of God, you can have what you need, when you need it and in the way you need it. God has called you to that liberty of the Spirit.

PRAYER: Father, I thank you for the quickening of your Spirit. Your Word gives life and propels me faster into the manifestation of your promises. I can never be delayed because my nature is of a quickening Spirit. I have what I want, when I want it and in the way I want it because that is my liberty in Christ. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

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The Word Is Timeless

The Word Is Timeless

Apostle Grace Lubega

Psalms119:89 (NIV); Your word, Lord is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens.

The Word of God is not designed to function according to the times of the earth but according to the times of heaven. 

Just because the Bible has events that happened within the earthly time dispensation does not mean that the Word of God is not eternal.

This understanding ought to define your study of the Word. The Word may say, ‘In the years to come, God will reveal His mercy…’ 

One man will read this and understand that in the years to come, God will help him. But another will look at the same scripture and understand it with the mind of ‘now faith…’ 

When you understand the timelessness and eternal nature of the Word, the fullness of scripture ceases to be a future experience. Get into the Word and own its experiences in ‘now faith’.

FURTHER STUDY: 1 Peter 1:25, Matthew 24:35

GOLDEN NUGGET: 
Get into the Word and own its experiences in ‘now faith’.

PRAYER: Father, I thank you for this wisdom. I understand how the Word functions. I do not extend the manifestation of its experiences to the future but know that by faith, they are now. These experiences define my message and ministry in the earth. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

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