To Need Him

Apostle Grace Lubega

Psalms 42:1(KJV); As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.

The need for God is a revelation.

There are three kinds of people in this world. There are those who genuinely need God, those that think they need him but their actions speak otherwise and those that do not believe they need him.

Lifting up one’s hands in worship and singling to ‘Lord I need you’ does not mean that one genuinely needs God.

Claiming to need him does not mean that you need Him.

The need for God is more than the desire for His intervention in a financial situation. The need for Him is more than wanting him to deal with a health issue, family issue or other problem.

It is when He opens your eyes to your true state as a man and His true state as the saviour of your soul.

It is the realisation that even if you had all the wealth and accomplishments in the world, only He can fill the void in your spirit.

May God continually flood your spirit with this understanding.

FURTHER STUDY: Psalms 27:4, Psalm 84:10

GOLDEN NUGGET:

The need for God is a revelation.

PRAYER: Father in heaven, I thank you for this Word. Thank you for opening my eyes to the truth of how much I need you. I desire more than what your hand can give but what your heart can reveal. I know in my hearts of hearts that I need you more than the air that I breathe and more than my next heartbeat. I live my life in this revelation. In Jesus name. Amen.

The Grace And The Sin Question

Apostle Grace Lubega

Romans 3:8(KJV); And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.

No man needs a license to sin. But every man needs grace to overcome sin.

It has often been claimed that preaching the grace encourages men to sin because it gives them permission to do as they will because of God’s abundant love that covers the multitude of sins.

This is what Paul was accused of in our theme scripture. There are those who attended his meetings and all they heard was that he was telling people that it is okay to do whatever they want with their bodies because of the available grace of God. 

No one can preach true grace without understanding the magnitude of sin. Sin was so powerful that the only fit price for its destruction was the blood of divinity and the sacrifice of Christ at Calvary.

To deal with sin, God had to send His son to die.

God first reveals to you the cost of sin before He opens your eyes to the saving power of grace. 

In Romans 5, he draws this contrast. He says, ‘For if many died by one man’s trespass [Adam’s sin], much more [abundantly] did God’s grace and the gift [that comes] by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, overflow to [benefit] the many. So then as through one trespass [Adam’s sin] there resulted condemnation for all men, even so through one act of righteousness there resulted justification of life to all men. For just as through one man’s disobedience [his failure to hear, his carelessness] the many were made sinners, so through the obedience of the one Man the many will be made righteous and acceptable to God and brought into right standing with Him.’
In preaching grace, we never down play the consequence of sin to humanity. We emphasise the power of grace that overcame sin.

This is why we respect that very grace and never take it in vain. 

Glory to God!

FURTHER STUDY: Romans 5 AMP, John 1:17

GOLDEN NUGGET:

 No man needs a license to sin. But every man needs grace to overcome sin.

PRAYER: Lord, I thank you for your grace. It is unfailing, unending and abundant. Every morning when I wake up, I awaken to grace and mercy. Every breath that I take, is an extension of your grace and mercy. This is what humbles me and reminds me to never take this grace in vain. I embrace it as the power that has overcome sin because the Bible says that sin has no dominion over me because I am not under the law but under grace. In this understanding, I live in continuous victory. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

The Power Of His Grace – 2

Apostle Grace Lubega

Matthew 12:20(KJV); A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.

The Power Of Grace – 1

Apostle Grace Lubega

Hebrews 4:15-16(KJV);  For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us, therefore, come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

Grace never fails.

For grace to fail, is for God to fail because it is His divine ability in a man to will and to do according to His good pleasure.

Our theme scripture reveals that grace is always available at every hour of need and all we need is the boldness to reach out in faith.

Do you need the grace to walk out of weakness? It is available. Do you need the grace to say no to addiction? it is available.

If you have struggled with any issue and have failed to break through, weigh yourself against the scales of self-righteousness and your own works.

You will realise that there is a legal aspect in your attempt to walk out of that weakness.

It has always been claimed that God helps those who help themselves. That is nowhere in the scriptures.
Jesus helps those who need help, not those who help themselves.

Child of God, you can never do it in your own strength. God is trying to tell you that every time you try to do it on your own, you will fail. He wants you to allow Him to work through you.

Embrace His grace.

FURTHER STUDY: Philippians 2:13, 2 Corinthians 3:5

GOLDEN NUGGET: Grace never fails.

PRAYER: Loving Father, I thank you for this day. I thank you for your abundant and unending grace, that sees past my weakness, to the things that you have done and are continually doing in me. I receive it and walk in it. It is the source of my victory and the foundation on which I stand. My heart is yielded that you may work in me and through me like you wish and desire. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Our High Priest

Apostle Grace Lubega

Hebrews 4:15(KJV); For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

God is not indifferent to your pain. He is not indifferent to your situation and neither is He indifferent to any of your suffering.

The Bible, through our theme scripture reveals that we have a High Priest who is touched with the feeling of our infirmities. 

The Amplified Bible says that our High Priest is not the kind who does not UNDERSTAND, SYMPATHISE AND HAVE A SHARED FEELING with our weakness.

Whatsoever you are going through, our Lord Jesus knows exactly how you feel. He is intimately acquainted with the degree of your pain, your heartbreak, your agony and how much you may be hurting.

The reason He cares is that He knows your struggles and knows them all too well.

He is not out of touch with your reality. He experienced it all and overcame.

Christ could not have qualified to take away sin if He had never felt how we feel when we are weak. He knows how you feel when someone angers you and as such, He is able to help you.

He is not without compassion. 

He does not seek to merely judge you. His heart’s desire is to love you out of any form of weakness.

This is why we must be patient with other people because Christ is patient with them.

It is why we must strive to understand them because Christ understands them.

Glory to God.

FURTHER STUDY: John 3:16, Romans 5:8

GOLDEN NUGGET:

Christ could not have qualified to take away sin if He had never felt how we feel when we are weak. He knows how you feel when someone angers you and as such, He is able to help you. He does not seek to merely judge you. His heart’s desire is to love you out of any form of weakness.

PRAYER: Father, I thank you for the priceless and indescribable gift of your son, Jesus Christ. Thank you for the pattern that He set for me. I embrace your unfailing grace and extend this same grace to everyone around me. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

To Value Access

Apostle Grace Lubega

Hebrews 10:29 (NLT) Just think how much worse the punishment will be for those who have trampled on the Son of God, and have treated the blood of the covenant, which made us holy, as if it were common and unholy, and have insulted and disdained the Holy Spirit who brings God’s mercy to us.

We live in a generation that erroneously places a lot of value on scarcity.

What this means is that it is easy to despise something or someone because they are readily available. They believe that the harder something is to access, then the more precious it is.

I have seen this pattern in how some Christians treat men and women of God. They treat with familiarity and contempt, those that have made themselves easily accessible and treat with honour and respect those that can only be accessed through a legion of secretaries.

This pattern is also in how some treat God. They have seen the demonstration of power and healing far too many times that they can dishonour the presence of God because His power is something they see every day.

For some, it is revelation. They treat as common that which is uncommon because it is readily available.

You ought not to attach value to what you cannot access and devalue what you have access to.

You pay a higher price when you dishonour what is expensive and available.

It means you do not know how to receive love.

Access is a privilege that should never be abused.

No matter how available a man of God is, how available revelation is, how available God’s power is, always maintain an attitude of humility and reverence towards them.

FURTHER STUDY: 1 Peter 1:8, Matthew 7:6

GOLDEN NUGGET:

Access is a privilege that should never be abused. No matter how available a man of God is, how available revelation is, how available God’s power is, always maintain an attitude of humility and reverence towards them.

PRAYER: Lord, I thank you for the access that I have in you. The Bible says that by faith we have access to grace. I understand the boundaries of liberty and can never abuse them. I walk in wisdom toward those of authority that have gone ahead of me, I treat your Word with reverence. In this knowledge, I grow in the things of the spirit, In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Of True Freedom

Apostle Grace Lubega

Numbers 11:4-6(NKJV); Now the mixed multitude who were among them [c]yielded to intense craving; so the children of Israel also wept again and said: “Who will give us meat to eat? We remember the fish which we ate freely in Egypt, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic; but now our whole being is dried up; there is nothing at all except this manna before our eyes!

What does it mean to be free?

From our theme scripture, the children of Israel interpreted freedom as the life they led in Egypt when they ate cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and garlic.

They were willing to return to captivity as long as they could have these foods.

What deception!

You would rather eat manna when you are free than melons when you are bound because true freedom comes with the availability of manna.

Manna here represents the Word of God.

What does this mean?

You are better off coming to church even when you have no job than having a job that keeps you away from the presence of God.

You would rather seek God when you have no money in your pocket than abandoning the Church because you acquired some wealth.

It is much better to keep in the Word without a spouse than have a spouse who keeps you out of the Word.

Manna is much more important than any of the material things that many define as freedom.

Value revelation above wealth. Value revelation above any material things.

Revelation is the source of true freedom.

FURTHER STUDY: John 8:36, John 8:32

GOLDEN NUGGET:

Value revelation above wealth. Value revelation above any material things. Revelation is the source of true freedom.

PRAYER: Father, thank you for this Word. I thank you because these are the days of knowledge and in this knowledge, we find freedom. I accord the Word the honour and respect that it deserves. Because you have exalted it above your very name, I exalt it above anything that I know. In this wisdom, I walk and live as a free person, with the very freedom that Christ has given me. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

The Voice Of Counsel

Apostle Grace Lubega

Proverbs 24:6(KJV); For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in a multitude of counsellors there is safety.

By wise counsel, you make war.

There are people who are struggling with certain battles whether in relationships or financially because they despised the voice of counsel.

For some, the voice of counsel was the instruction of their spiritual authorities cautioning them not to take a certain path. For others, the voice was that of their biological parents telling them that a relationship they were getting into was not healthy.

The results of their disobedience have been disastrous. It may take years to undo the effect of what they got themselves into. Their lives will never be the same again because of the decisions they made.

Child of God, never kill the voice of counsel in your life.

Even if you do not agree with what your authority says, have the patience and humility to heed to instruction even when it does not make sense.

Your man or woman of God sees much farther than you do. Your parents, by reason of experience and the wisdom that comes with ag,e see more than you do.

Never put them in a place where they prefer silence over the need to instruct you in a matter because silence is worse than rebuke.

When the voice of counsel is silent, you are not safe.

Always be humble in receiving instruction. It is by the voice of counsel that you will withstand many storms in life.

FURTHER STUDY: 1 Timothy 1:18, Proverbs 19:20-21

GOLDEN NUGGET:

Always be humble in receiving instruction. It is by the voice of counsel that you will withstand many storms in life.

PRAYER: Lord, I thank you for this day. I thank you for the wise people in my sphere of influence. I choose to always be humble and heed instruction. I receive chastisement with joy because I know that those words add to me, they do not take from me. In this knowledge, I live a life of continual victory because I know how to fight. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

A Conscience Void Of Offence

Apostle Grace Lubega

Acts 24:16(KJV); And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.

Self-mastery entails exercising yourself to have a conscience that is void of offence toward God and man.

It is one thing to strive not to offend God but the Bible also requires that we strive not to offend fellow men.

This area of mastery is governed by the royal law of love.

In this life of the gospel, there shall be many occasions for men to provoke you to anger.

How you respond determines whether your conscience is void of offence towards fellow men.

Christ set a pattern for us in this regard.

He said in Matthew 5:39, ‘But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.’ That is a man who has exercised himself to have a conscience void of offence toward men.

It is the humility to be wrong to men yet true to God.

It is the wisdom to withhold your words when you may have a lot to say to those that accuse you falsely.

It is never taking petty revenge on those that ill-treat you because you must minister love to those that hate you and those that imitate you.

It is asking for forgiveness even when you are the one who has been wronged.

May you walk in this understanding.

FURTHER STUDY: Matthew 5:44, 1 Corinthians 8

GOLDEN NUGGET:

Self-mastery entails exercising yourself to have a conscience that is void of offence toward God and man.

PRAYER: Lord, thank you because of your love in my spirit. Thank you because this love manifests in every circumstance. I live the love walk because it is in my nature. By this, I never stumble the brethren through my responses to people and situations. I pray for those who wish me ill and choose to bless those that persecute me. This is how I have learned Christ and this is how I change my world. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

The Responsibility Of The Anointing

Apostle Grace Lubega

Jeremiah 10:15(KJV); They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

Our theme scripture speaks of men that are the work of errors. Such men, the Bible reveals, perish in the time of their visitation.

This means that when they are exposed to the anointing or to certain privileges in God, these very privileges destroy them.

This is not because the privileges in themselves are a bad thing but because the individuals do not have the wisdom to handle the responsibility which comes with these privileges.

You may want God to anoint you, but do you have the wisdom to handle the anointing?

You may want God to give you a large following, but do you have the wisdom to deal with all those people?

How about wealth? There are those who crave it desperately and the moment they get it, they are destroyed because they do not know how to manage and deal with wealth. Do you?

How do you handle power? How do you deal with the secrets of men?

In Luke 12:48, the Bible says that to whom much is given, much is required.

The primary requirement from anyone who has access to divine privileges is the maturity to handle that which God has trusted you with.

It is not your portion as a child of God to be a victim of the things that you desire in God.

When He says that He has made us able ministers (2 Corinthians 3:6), it means that the ability and grace to handle divine privilege is also available as long as we yield ourselves to its work.

God’s name be praised.

FURTHER STUDY: Luke 12:48, 2 Corinthians 3:5-6

GOLDEN NUGGET:

The primary requirement from anyone who has access to divine privileges is the maturity to handle that which God has trusted you with.

PRAYER: Father, I thank you for this Word. Thank you for the desires you have placed in my spirit because they are godly desires. Above all, I thank you for the wisdom to handle that which you have made available to me. Like Christ grew in wisdom because of the responsibility upon his life, I grow in the very same wisdom. To the glory of your name. Amen.

The Cardinal Law Of Progress

Apostle Grace Lubega

Isaiah 54:17(KJV); No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.

God raises a ministry based on the faithfulness of the minister.

It is He who exalts every man. If God raises a man, no other man can bring him down. No newspaper or tabloid can destroy him.

If it is God who opened a door, your enemies cannot close it. They may try, but if it means that He needs to break through “a wall” to give you access, He will do it. If He must remove “a roof”, He will do so.

Life has been designed in such a way that you will always outlive your accusers.

This is a cardinal law of progress.

Church history testifies to this. David outlived Saul and Absalom; the Bible outlived Voltaire; the testimony of Christ, even in death has outlived its critics.

Our theme scripture reveals that no weapon fashioned against you shall prosper and every tongue that rises against you in judgment, you shall condemn.

The condemnation of these tongues is not necessarily what you say in reaction to what your accusers claim. It is the continual growth and success that God brings to your life that inevitably silences your critics.

They may continually point fingers at you but you will keep growing and eventually, you will be too big for their voices to count.

God is more than eager to prove to your enemies that He has called you.

This is your portion in Christ.

Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY: Psalms 75:7, Psalms 23:5

GOLDEN NUGGET:

Life has been designed in such a way that you will always outlive your accusers. This is a cardinal law of progress.

PRAYER: My loving Father, I thank you for my life. Thank you for the course you have set before me. It is a course of continuous victory in Christ. My path grows brighter and brighter. I am shining with the glory of God. I am better today than I was yesterday. I will be better tomorrow than I am today. Because I am called of you, my path goes upward and upward only. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

The Heritage Of His Servants – 3

Apostle Grace Lubega

2 Samuel 15:23-24(KJV); And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness. And lo Zadok also, and all the Levites were with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God: and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went up until all the people had done passing out of the city

When King David fled from his son Absalom’s invading troops, the Bible reveals that the covenant box left with him.

The covenant box represented the presence of God.

Think about it.

It is this very covenant box that Uzzah touched and died (2 Samuel 6:7). It is this very covenant box that brought plagues to the Philistines (1 Samuel 5 and 6).

However, despite all of David’s mistakes, despite the fact that at that point in time, he was deemed unworthy in the eyes of Israel, the covenant box went with him.

What does this mean to the Christian?

The presence of God does not depart from you simply because you made a mistake. God does not cast you away from His presence.

He says I will never leave you nor forsake you (Deuteronomy 31:6).

In Isaiah 49:15, He says that a mother may abandon a child that she bore but He will never forget you!

Some Christians leave church and abandon ministry because they think that the presence of God has departed from them because of their failures.

This is not so, child of God.
He is with you. He goes before you, is beside you and is in you.

His name be praised!

FURTHER STUDY: Deuteronomy 31:6, Isaiah 49:15

GOLDEN NUGGET:

The presence of God does not depart from you simply because you made a mistake. God does not cast you away from His presence.

PRAYER: Father, I am grateful for this Word. I have been sealed with the Holy Spirit and the anointing abides with me forever. Your presence in my life shall never depart because this is your promise to me. I live life in the consciousness that you are ever-present. In Jesus’ name. Amen.