Pitching Tents – 2

Apostle Grace Lubega 

Hebrews 11:8-9(AMP); [Urged on] by faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed and went forth to a place which he was destined to receive as an inheritance; and he went, although he did not know or trouble his mind about where he was to go. [Prompted] by faith he dwelt as a temporary resident in the land which was designated in the promise [of God, though he was like a stranger] in a strange country, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, fellow heirs with him of the same promise.

Tents in the scriptures are an analogy of the temporary nature of a man’s situation when seen through the eyes of faith. 

The spirit of faith functions mightily in men who know how to pitch tents. That is what we see in the life of Abraham, the father of faith. As our theme scripture reveals, he lived in tents with Isaac and Jacob, fellow heirs with him of the same promise. 

Abraham left the comfort of his father’s house, his family, and his home country.

This tells us that tents are not pitched in familiar places.

When God deals with men of faith, He takes them away from anything they may rely on in the flesh; whether it is friends, family, or anything that spells security.

If you feel alienated, and out of your comfort zone, consider these moments as an opportunity to pitch a tent. 

FURTHER STUDY: 2 Corinthians 4:18, Genesis 12:1

GOLDEN NUGGET:

When God deals with men of faith, He takes them away from anything they may rely on in the flesh; whether it is friends, family, or anything that spells security.

PRAYER: Father, I thank you for this wisdom. Thank you for the things that you are doing in my life, for the separations and the consecrations and for the wilderness experiences. Every day, I grow in faith in the knowledge that greater things are to come. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Pitching Tents – 1

Apostle Grace Lubega

Hebrews 11:8-9(AMP); [Urged on] by faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed and went forth to a place which he was destined to receive as an inheritance; and he went, although he did not know or trouble his mind about where he was to go. [Prompted] by faith he dwelt as a temporary resident in the land which was designated in the promise [of God, though he was like a stranger] in a strange country, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, fellow heirs with him of the same promise.

Tents in the scriptures represent the testimony of faith for men that see greater visions in and by God. 

When a man pitches a tent, it is a statement to the realm of the spirit that his present situation is not permanent and that he trusts God for greater things.

This was the story of Abraham and the patriarchs. The Bible says that they lived in tents as temporary residents in the land designated for the promise. 

Abraham was wealthy in his own right and could have put up a more permanent structure. However, through the life of Abraham, God wanted to set a pattern for the church.

The instruction in this pattern is that men of faith pitch tents when they receive the Word of God. 

When such a man pitches a tent, he in essence is saying that he knows that God is not done with him and that he sees a much brighter future.

“Arrivalism” is a burden of men that can’t dream the God dream.

It doesn’t matter how much success you achieve. You must have the wisdom of a man who pitches tents; who constantly tells God that he expects and is hungry for more. 

God wants to do exceedingly abundantly above what you will ever expect. Learn to pitch tents!

Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY: Ephesians 3:20, Deuteronomy 32:15

GOLDEN NUGGET:

When a man pitches a tent, it is a statement to the realm of the spirit that his present situation is not permanent and that he trusts God for greater things.

PRAYER: Father, I thank you for this wisdom. Thank you for the great things that you have in store for me. I know that you are not done with me; that the future has precious and unimaginable things. I choose to pitch tents in the knowledge that greatness awaits me. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Understanding God’s Mind Through Patterns – 2

Apostle Grace Lubega 

1 Timothy 1:16 (KJV)  Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.

There are a series of events in the scriptures that form patterns that instruct us on the ways of God.

But, it is one thing for a series of events to form patterns and it is another for a man to be a pattern in himself.

As our theme scripture paints, Paul became a pattern of revealing God’s mercy and Grace to the sinner, and this was for the sake of those who would come after.

Not only Paul, but our father Abraham is a pattern of faith, Enoch a pattern of walking with God, Daniel a pattern of prayer, David a pattern of a godly heart, Solomon a pattern of wisdom, and above all, Christ the pattern of the God kind of life.

The spiritual realm has respect for men that are patterns. 

That is why the evil spirit asked the sons of Sceva, “Jesus I know and Paul I know, but who are you?” (Acts 19:15).

Men can only live for so long in the body, but patterns are eternal.

God has called you to be a pattern. Everything about your life can become an instruction. A life divinely lived reveals far greater truths than any sermon preached.

Find your course and walk it well, your pattern will become clear.

Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY: 1 Corinthians 4:16 Hebrews 6:12

GOLDEN NUGGET:
God has called you to be a pattern. Everything about your life can become an instruction. A life divinely lived reveals far greater truths than any sermon preached.

PRAYER: Loving Father, I thank you for this truth and for who you have made me be. Thank you for my authority in the realm of the spirit, for my sound, and for the crown that I carry. My life is an example, for this generation and the generations to come. 
In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Understanding God’s Mind Through Patterns – 1

Apostle Grace Lubega

1 Corinthians 11:1(AMP); Pattern yourselves after me [follow my example], as I imitate and follow Christ (the Messiah).

Understanding how patterns work is a key element in spiritual growth. These patterns form the basis of instruction.

The Bible is full of patterns. 

For example, In Genesis, we see the patterns of creation. In these, we see the pattern of light as it comes to manifestation, the power of the Word in shaping substance. The pattern of redemption can be traced from the Garden of Eden to the sacrifice of Isaac by Abraham, to the Passover lamb, all the way to the death of Christ at Calvary. 

Another pattern is impartation. There is a pattern in how the Patriarchs blessed their sons, how Paul related with Timothy, and how Christ dealt with the apostles. 

With every pattern of scripture is a revelation of the heart and wisdom of God pertaining to the maturation of His seed.

This is very critical in how you study the scriptures. If you never look at the scriptures through the lens of these patterns, you will continually miss vital instructions from God and never appreciate how He works with us.

Patterns will teach you how we grow; how we build ministry and how we sustain success.

Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY: Romans 15:4, 1 Corinthians 10:11

GOLDEN NUGGET: With every pattern of scripture is a revelation of the heart and wisdom of God pertaining to the maturation of His seed.

PRAYER: Loving Father, I thank you for your Word. Thank you for its precepts, lines, and verses that point me in the way that I should go. By the Word, my paths are straightened and my focus is sharpened. I learn from the Patriarchs and the great men of old. I receive understanding from how they lived their lives and how You dealt with them. I grow and mature as I pattern myself to eternal truths. In Jesus’ name, Amen

The Persevering Spirit

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 devil can fight hard, but he cannot fight for long.

When you understand this as a believer, you will learn to endure through situations. 

Life can throw all kinds of challenges at you. Like Job, in the scriptures, you may be battered by bad news from all sides all at once, but you must understand the great law of perseverance.

Perseverance is the difference between the man whom history remembers and the one who history rejects; the one who wins and the one that almost wins; the one who attained victory and the one who gave up one step away from victory.

The persevering Christian has this mentality; I am closer than I think. This is what causes them to never draw backwards or to give up.

You must live such a crazy life of faith that even the devil gets tired of afflicting you in that area because he knows you are a tight nut to crack. 

Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY: 2 Timothy 2:3, Proverbs 18:14

GOLDEN NUGGET: 
The devil can fight hard, but he cannot fight for long

PRAYER: Father, I thank you for this truth. I thank you because I am strengthened in my inner man every day. I can never faint in the day of adversity because I understand the law of perseverance. It doesn’t matter what comes at me, I stand strong in faith. To the glory of your name, Amen.

In The Kidron Moments

Apostle Grace Lubega 

2 Samuel 15:23(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.

Kidron carries strong significance throughout the scriptures. 

It is in the brook Kidron that the Levites dumped the unclean things they found in the temple (2 Chronicles 29:16). 
The Kidron valley was a burial ground for common people. 

It was not an admirable place; it was a place of darkness, death and all sorts of waste.

The writer in our theme scripture was deliberate in pointing out that King David found himself having to go over the brook Kidron. This was not a place for a king to be seen. However, the situation in his life had reduced him to this state.

Our Lord Jesus Christ also experienced the Kidron moment, because the Garden of Gethsemane is located in the valley of Kidron(John 18:1). In this moment, He sweated blood and even cried to the Father, that if it be possible, the cup of suffering be taken away from Him.

Kidron moments may come, but it is important to remember that they are not there to stay. 

Those around you may think that you have come to the end of your rope; your life and your abilities but never forget who is with you and for you. 

In Kidron, the temptation to give up and abandon the path of purpose may be very strong but hold onto the author and finisher of your faith.

God is with you. Like David returned and claimed His kingdom, so shall all that you lost be restored to you. Like Christ overcame death and claimed eternal victory, so shall all the things that seem dead in your life come to life again.

Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY: Psalms 23:4, Matthew 26:36-46

GOLDEN NUGGET: Kidron moments may come, but it is important to remember that they are not there to stay. God is with you. Like David returned and claimed His kingdom, so shall all that you lost be restored to you. Like Christ overcame death and claimed eternal victory, so shall all the things that seem dead in your life come to life.

PRAYER: Loving Father, I thank you for this Word. You are my anchor, my hope and my firm foundation. You are the peace in the storm and the solid ground when mountains tremble. It doesn’t matter what I go through, I live in the blessed assurance that I have overcome. To the glory of your name, Amen.

The Surety Of Joy – 2

Apostle Grace Lubega 

Psalm 30:5(KJV); For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

God has promised us that joy will always come to us. The joy question is not a matter of “may or might”. It is an absolute in the equation of your victory.

How then does joy come? 

What makes joy an absolute in the storms and fires of life?

The Bible reveals that it comes in the morning. 

Across scripture, morning is synonymous to when a person receives revelation and the Word of God. 

Therefore, the guarantee that joy will come is when you receive the revelation of the Word of God concerning your situation. 

When you receive His Word, you can dance through adversity and rejoice despite your pain. 

You can smile through persecution and celebrate through trial and travail.

That is why men and women of the Word are consistently overflowing with joy no matter what they face in life.

Hallelujah! 

FURTHER STUDY: James 1:2, 1 Peter 1:6-8

GOLDEN NUGGET:

The guarantee that joy will come is when you receive the revelation of the Word of God concerning your situation. 

PRAYER: Father, I thank you for the precious gift of your Word. It is my anchor and strength. Through the Word, I scale mountains and go through valleys. I seek understanding and revelation in all situations because it is the guarantee of my victory. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

The Surety Of Joy – 1

Apostle Grace Lubega 

Psalm 30:5(KJV); For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

Joy is a guarantee for every believer who chooses to trust in God.

It does not matter what valley you go through; what storms rage against you; what fires burn through your life or what rivers you have to cross. God has determined that your end will always be joyous.

He says, “weeping may endure for a night...” 

In the mind of God, pain, suffering or affliction are an issue of “may.” They are not the general rule of life. They are not the standard expectation of the child of God.

He further says, “…BUT joy cometh in the morning.” 

There is no qualification on the possibility of joy. Joy comes in the morning! 

Regardless of what you are facing, live with this blessed assurance, joy comes. Yes, you may be in pain but joy comes. Yes, you may be battling with disappointment but joy comes. Yes, your heart may be bleeding because of betrayal but joy comes. 

Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY: 2 Corinthians 4:17-18, Psalm 94:19

GOLDEN NUGGET:

Regardless of what you are facing, live with this blessed assurance, joy comes. Yes, you may be in pain but joy comes. Yes, you may be battling with disappointment but joy comes. Yes, your heart may be bleeding because of betrayal but joy comes. 

PRAYER: Loving Father, I thank you for this truth. Thank you because Joy is my portion; it is my end; my destination. Because of this truth, I know that my future is brighter than the mysteries of the present. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Building Foundations – 2

Apostle Grace Lubega

Proverbs 3:20(KJV); By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.

By the knowledge of God, depths are broken up. Understand that these depths are deeper places in Him. 

Depths are broken for the laying of a foundation because God knows that you can never go high if you have not gone deep enough.

In 1 Corinthians 3:11, Paul says, ” For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.“

The foundation is Christ.

When depths are broken, we go deeper in Christ; the church grows more and more into Him. 

How much do we know and understand Christ? How much of the Christ realities have we matured into?

We have to be better than the men in Hebrews, whom when Paul is trying to explain of Melchisedec there is a place they are not able to understand “Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing” (Hebrews 5:10-11).

When the church rejects revelation; it rejects Christ.

Embrace knowledge and revelation with gladness and joy because it deepens and strengthens your understanding of Christ the foundation.

FURTHER STUDY: Hebrews 5:10-11, 1 Corinthians 3:11

GOLDEN NUGGET:
Embrace knowledge and revelation with gladness and joy because it deepens and strengthens your understanding of Christ the Foundation.

PRAYER: Loving God, I thank you for this truth. Thank you because we are in a dispensation of knowledge and of broadness. I rise to the times; I seek knowledge with diligence and as I do, I grow into you in all things. In Jesus’ name, Amen. 

Building Foundations – 1

Apostle Grace Lubega

Proverbs 3:20(KJV); By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.

The knowledge of God breaks depths. This means that it reveals even deeper knowledge in God. The more you know Him, the deeper you know Him.

But what is the mind of the Spirit in the breaking of depths? What is the purpose of this deeper knowledge in Him?

The mind of God in all this is that you can only break to build. God never breaks when He does not intend to build because He is not the author of “tohu vabo hu.” He is not a God of chaos, confusion or waste. In the beginning, when He saw “tohu vabo hu”, He spoke light and went about shaping beauty out of destruction.

God does not break to break. This means that the deeper knowledge in God cannot destroy a man. I have heard people belittle revelation claiming that it is the recipe for all forms of extremism. No. Depths are never broken to cause more breakage. 

When depths are broken, men are built in wisdom and in understanding. When depths are broken, men are built in power and authority. When depths are broken, men are built in love, mercy and grace.

Hallelujah! 

FURTHER STUDY: 1 Corinthians 2:10, Romans 11:33-36

GOLDEN NUGGET:

When depths are broken, men are built in wisdom and in understanding. When depths are broken, men are built in power and authority. When depths are broken, men are built in love, mercy and grace.

PRAYER: Father, I thank you for this Word. Thank you for the abundance of knowledge that you have availed for me. I hunger and thirst for more and yield to it. I am going deeper in you every day. I am discovering unsearchable places. To the glory of your name, Amen. 

Wisdom For Preservation – 2

Apostle Grace Lubega

Job 38:17(KJV); Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?

There are people who are gates of death or doors to the shadow of death. This is because of the spirit that is usually at work in such individuals.

One such spirit every wise man needs to steer clear of is the spirit of the strange woman. In proverbs 5:5, the Bible says Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. 

The strange woman is more than that woman whom a man seeks outside his marital bed. This spirit can work even in men( like the Jezebel spirit works in both men and women).

One critical thing about the spirit of a strange woman is what the Bible reveals in Proverbs 2:16-17. It reveals that she forgets the covenant of her God! This means that a strange woman can even be a believer but she or he dishonours, abuses and disregards this covenant.

There are Christians who require very little motivation to denounce the faith. There are people who don’t need so much to compromise Christian virtues. There are people who can trade a clean conscience before God so easily. They are strange.

The Bible says they are doors that lead to death. For Solomon, they corrupted his wisdom and tainted his legacy. Strange men and women in pastoral positions have destroyed entire ministries. 

It is prudent to recognise strangeness. Keep from this door, child of wisdom. 

FURTHER STUDY: Proverbs 5:3-7, Proverbs 2:16-19

GOLDEN NUGGET:

The strange woman forgets the covenant of her God. It is prudent to recognise strangeness. Keep from this door, child of wisdom. 

PRAYER: Father, I thank you for this day. Thank you for this wisdom that preserves and keeps me. I have the judgment that discerns strangeness and the understanding to know what to do. This knowledge keeps my ministry; my business; my marriage; my career and all my dealings. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Wisdom For Preservation – 1

Apostle Grace Lubega

Job 38:17(KJV); Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?

Death has gates and it’s shadow has doors.

These gates and doors are traits, circumstances and even people that expose you to death or it’s consequences. 

Disease is a shadow of death; there are circumstances, habits and people that lead you to it. Addiction is a shadow of death, there are circumstances, habits and people that lead you to it. It is the same with mental anguish, pain and many other negative aspects of life. 

One of the doors you must guard against is fear. In Psalm 23:4, David declares, “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil.”

David was in a dangerous place, life seemed against him but he refused to allow fear to control him because fear is a straight path to all sorts of destruction. 

Look at what fear did to Job. In Job 3:25 He says, “For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.”

When he walked through the door of fear, he lost everything. 

That’s how terrible and devastating fear can be, child of God. Always recognise the door of fear and determine not to walk through it.

Yes, you may be in the valley of the shadow of disease, of financial distress or of career breakdown; walk away from the door of fear.

Let your blessed assurance be that God is with you. That whatever you are going through cannot overcome you.

Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY: Proverbs 29:25, 2 Timothy 1:7

GOLDEN NUGGET: Always recognise the door of fear and determine not to walk through it. Let your blessed assurance be that God is with you. That whatever you are going through cannot overcome you.

PRAYER: Father, I thank you for this Word. Thank you because no matter the flood, no matter the fire, you are with me. You will never leave me nor forsake me and that is my blessed assurance. I rise above fear and take bold steps in faith knowing that nothing can harm me. In Jesus’ name, Amen.