Know Your Times

Apostle Grace Lubega

Matthew 16:3 (KJV); And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowering. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?

We are all excited about defining SEASONS in this life: seasons of increase, seasons for elevation and seasons for spreading forth. But not many understand their TIMES.

They rejoice in the anticipation of SEASONS but are indifferent to the convictions of TIMES.

As a child of God, you ought to know your TIMES!

Even the enemy can discern seasons but he cannot discern your times of access because that is a heavenly affair.

For example, he sensed the season when the Messiah was born but he did not know the exact time. His solution was to kill every child of the age of two and below (Matthew 2:7-16).

The man at the pool of Bethesda knew the season when the angel stirred the water but he always missed the time! (John 5:1-8). As such, someone always got in before him and was healed.

In our theme scripture, Christ reminds us of the need to understand TIMES and their SIGNS.

David needed the sons of Issachar. The Bible says they had an understanding of TIMES to know what Israel ought to do (1 Chronicles 12:32).

It is good to know the SEASONS but it is MOST IMPORTANT that in the season, you know your TIMES because it is the understanding of times that gives you access to the graces released in any season. Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY: 1 Chronicles 12:32, John 5:1-8

GOLDEN NUGGET:

As a child of God, you ought to know your times; it is the understanding of TIMES that gives you access to the graces released in any SEASON.

PRAYER: Father, I am most grateful for this Word. This divine wisdom positions me perfectly in accordance to the time of the Spirit. I am never outside the divine calender because I understand my times. I know what I ought to do at all the critical points of my life because this knowledge rests in me. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

A Godly Report

Apostle Grace Lubega

Numbers 13:32 (KJV): And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.

In our theme scripture, God called the feedback of the spies an evil report. Although these men were right in their observations, they were not necessarily TRUE.

Many people seek for evidence in order to approve something as true. This is a recipe for deception because we live in a world where there is alot of evidence of things that are not true.

It was a fact that the walls of the city were great; it was a fact that great giants lived there BUT was it true that they could not defeat its inhabitants? No.

Truth is not necessarily what you see with your eyes or what is reasonably accurate. Truth is the person of God.

Every time you see truth, you behold God and the testimony of His Word.

This is what Joshua and Caleb beheld. They did not see great walls, they saw the God who penetrates any barrier. They did not see the sons of Anak, they saw the God who slays giants.

Behold truth. Behold God. Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY: Numbers 14:9, 2 Corinthians 5:7

GOLDEN NUGGET:

Truth is not necessarily what you see with your eyes or what is reasonably accurate. Truth is the person of God. Every time you see truth, you behold God and the testimony of His Word.

PRAYER: Loving father, I am grateful for your Word. It is the foundation of my victory, my source of strength and the affirmation on which I stand. I look at life through the eyes of the Word and behold truth every day. Nothing in this world can shake me because my walk is one of faith. Regardless of what is around me, I have created my world by the power of your Word and I see its realities manifest every day. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

What Is Your Destiny?

Apostle Grace Lubega

Romans 1:11-12 (KJV); For I am yearning to see you, that I may impart and share with you some spiritual gift to strengthen and establish you; That is, that we may be mutually strengthened and encouraged and comforted by each other’s faith, both yours and mine.

In our theme scripture, the word used for establish is “sterizo” which is translated to mean setting one in a particular direction or on a particular course [of destiny].

Destiny is not the things you hope to do ten years from now or things to accomplish in the future.

Destiny is when one walks in the fulfillment of the purpose of God for his or her life. This divine purpose is the grace revealed to us for the advancement and enlargement of the kingdom of God .

That is why true Christian maturity requires that a man sees his end in God. That is your destiny.

This experience teaches one to number their days and apply their heart to the wisdom of God ( Psalms 90:12).

When a person sees their end they know what to do at every stage of their life.

God has not called you to simply survive on this earth. He has called you to influence, impact, change lives , to be bread to the hungry and water to the thirsty, to subdue the earth, to be rain to barren grounds and an answer to the nations. That is the story of your life. Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY: Psalms 90:12, 2 Timothy 4:7

GOLDEN NUGGET:
Destiny is when one walks in the fulfillment of the purpose of God for his or her life. This divine purpose is the grace revealed to us for the advancement and enlargement of the kingdom of God.

PRAYER: My loving father, I thank you for this Word. I know that your plans for me are good, plans to give me an expected end. I am set on the course that you have put before me and can never turn to the left or right. I run my race with wisdom and diligence and can never be diverted by the vanities of this world. Every day, I rest in the assurance that I will surely finish well. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

What Quickens Us

Apostle Grace Lubega

Exodus 16:13, 15 (KJV); And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host…And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the Lord hath given you to eat.

On their journey through the wilderness, the children of Israel fed on two things that have distinctive spiritual meaning.

These were manna and quail.

They called the bread from heaven manna because they did not know what it was. This represents unknown revelation.

Quail on the other hand is translated from the Hebrew to mean sluggishness.

This all spells the sluggish spirit because of the lack of interpretation of the revealed things. They spent forty years meandering in the desert because there is a knowledge of God they had no understanding of.

Sluggishness and slowness in the things of the Spirit happens to those who do not understand the Word.

The Word of God revealed to your Spirit is what quickens you! Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY: John 6:63, John 6:48-51

GOLDEN NUGGET:

Sluggishness and slowness in the things of the Spirit happens to those who do not understand the Word. The Word of God revealed to your Spirit is what quickens you!

PRAYER: My loving father, I thank you for your Word. It is spirit and life and quickens me in every area of my life. I yield to knowledge and revelation. Delay is not my portion, my life is in perfect tune with the timing of the Spirit. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

God Wants Your Heart

Apostle Grace Lubega

Jeremiah 17:10 (KJV); I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings

There are three levels of sanctification: sanctification unto obedience, sanctification unto the purification of your conscience and sanctification unto the place of your commissioning.

God cannot commission you a certain way, when you are wanting in purity of conscience.

The purity and state of your heart (conscience) defines how far you will go in God.

That purity of conscience comes from the primary places of obedience.

And these primary places of obedience are defined by some of the most basic instructions and convictions of the Spirit: those things that cause you to keep quiet even when you have an opinion; to love when you feel truly hated; to bless when you are cheated and to pray for your accusers when they revile you.

FURTHER STUDY: 1 Peter 1:2, Psalms 139:23

GOLDEN NUGGET:

The purity and state of your heart (conscience) defines how far you will go in God.

PRAYER: My loving father, I thank you for this great word. I am grateful in the knowledge that you are dealing with me every day. You have given me your heart oh Lord and out of it flow priceless treasure. I demonstrate love in all that I do because my conscience is clear. To the glory of your name. Amen.

Lessons In Virtue: A Man Of Vision

Apostle Grace Lubega

Genesis 13:15 (KJV); For all the land which you see, to you will I give it, and to your descendants forever.

One of the greatest blessings that a man can receive from God is a vision for his life.

Vision is the value attached to every man because every man in the spirit realm represents a vision.

That is why as a woman, you don’t just marry a man because he is “tall, dark and handsome”. Your greatest attraction ought to be his vision.

In the same way, a man ought to seek for the wife who sees what he sees and believes in his vision even when circumstances seem to speak contrary.

And, every man with a vision deliberately patterns his life. Such a man does not make critical decisions on impulse, he lives his life by pattern.

When God grants you the vision for your life, you learn to put an order to the things that you do and how you do them.

You don’t just build ministry, you do so by pattern. You don’t just do business, you do so by pattern. You don’t just marry, you marry by pattern.

FURTHER STUDY: Psalms 37:23, Proverbs 29:18

GOLDEN NUGGET:
One of the greatest blessings that a man can receive from God is a vision for his life. And, every man with a vision deliberately patterns his life.

PRAYER: My Great Lord, I thank you for this Word. It casts light on the things that define me and what I live for. Thank you for the vision for my life and the path that you have set before me. You have placed no limits on how far I can go. In faith, I step and stretch forth to do mighty exploits because you have made me able. Greatness is mine because I see what you cause me to see. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Look Within

Apostle Grace Lubega

Ecclesiastes 3:11 (KJV); He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.

The greatest revelation of success is to always remember to look within when outside seems to be failing.

Whatsoever you are looking for is inside you!

Nothing you see physically defines you.

God has placed the world in your heart. It means that whatever you need is on the inside.

Other versions render our theme scripture as, “He has set eternity in their heart.” It means that what God has placed in you is eternal in nature.

The wisdom in you is eternal; the knowledge in you is eternal; the revelation in you is eternal; the grace upon your life is eternal!

Always look within, child of God. Whatever is within is timeless. What is outside is only temporal.

When you learn to live your life from the inside out, you will continuously walk in victory. Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY: Proverbs 4:23, Philemon 1:6

GOLDEN NUGGET: The greatest revelation of success is to always remember to look within when outside seems to be failing.

PRAYER: My loving father, I thank you for this great truth. Thank you because my eyes are set on you and what you have placed on the inside of me. I am defined by the abundance of the treasures in my heart because that is your work my God. I refuse to be moved by any negative circumstances around me. This is my victory and with this understanding, I expand on every side. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

A Crazy Life Of Faith

Apostle Grace Lubega

2 Corinthians 5:13 (KJV); For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause.

The gospel is called “foolishness” to those that are perishing(1 Corinthians 1:18).

Unfortunately, we live in a time where what people call the gospel is mere political correctness; this ought not to be so!

We are supposed to be so crazy in faith that those of this world indeed call us “foolish!”

Have the sort of faith that makes people think you are crazy! Speak the kind of words that make others think you are insane. Have the kind of vision that shocks men because it can only be fulfilled by God.

If you want to be the greatest preacher, turn your bedroom into a stadium and preach to your great audience. If you want a car, go buy a tyre as a point of contact!
If you want to get married, go shopping for a wedding dress before you see the man!

If you are not crazy a certain way, you will not see God manifest like you should.

Talk big until you are big! Talk large until you are large! Exercise your spirit! Create your world. Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY: Mark 9:23, Hebrews 10:38

GOLDEN NUGGET:

If you are not crazy a certain way, you will not see God manifest like you should. Talk big until you are big! Talk large until you are large! Exercise your spirit! Create your world.

PRAYER: My Great Father, I thank you for this Word for today. What a privilege to know that whatsoever I ask in faith is mine. I am a believer! I refuse to dream small, I refuse to have a narrow vision. I am an answer to this world! Nations are calling my name. I am expanding on every side and my tents are enlarged every day. I am a demonstrator of the power of God. The world testifies of the greatness radiating from the inside of me; they see and know that I am not just a normal person. I am a child of God, an heir of heaven, destined to reign. To the glory of your name! Amen.

Taste And See That The Lord Is Good

Apostle Grace Lubega

Psalms 34:8 (KJV) “O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.”

There is a difference between testifying to other men about the experiences you have tasted and making the very men to whom you testify taste and experience what you have tasted.

This is what distinguishes one who functions merely by the gift upon his life and one who is ministering in maturity. By the gift, you may taste the experiences of the Spirit but it is by maturity in ministry that you cause others to taste what you have experienced.

That is why sometimes we have many men who can pray for the sick and open blind eyes but are not able to minister the substance of those experiences to the people they minister to that they also should taste and experience them in the end.

In Romans 12:7, Paul exhorts us to “wait on our ministering.” This means that when it comes to ministry, it is not about simply teaching, prophesying or demonstrating power, it is about waiting on the Lord.

The place of waiting on our ministry gives one the wisdom and revelation that defines the substance of which many are caused to taste of the experiences that the minister has enjoyed.

What is this substance? How is it formed?

The Bible says, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” (Hebrews 11:1)

The word used for substance in the Greek is translated to mean material. So, as you hear the Word of God, the material of those things you hear is formed up in your spirit. That material is Faith.

It is the very substance that can be tasted and experienced by those that we minister to, at our workplaces, in our schools, in our families and to our children that they also should taste and see that indeed the Lord is good.

When you minister faith, you enable others to taste and see the very things you minister. Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY: Hosea 12:6, Psalm 119:103,

GOLDEN NUGGET:
As you hear the Word of God, the material of those things you hear is formed up in your spirit. That material is faith, it is the very substance that can be tasted and experienced by those that we minister to.

PRAYER: Heavenly Father, I thank you for this word. I thank you because you have made me an able minister of the New Testament. As I wait on my ministration, the substance and material of faith is formed up in my spirit that those around me can taste it too. I am an ambassador of Christ, and the savour of His knowledge is manifest in my life in every place. I am both a witness and a minister of the exceeding greatness of God’s power. That is my story! In Jesus’ name, Amen.

The Sheep Of His Pasture

Apostle Grace Lubega

Psalms 100:3 (KJV); “Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.”

The Bible says in our theme scripture that we are the sheep of His pasture. Pasture, in this instance means MESSAGE. That means we are the sheep of His distinct message and not just any message!

Without the understanding of God’s message, you cannot carry a burden for the Word. And without a burden, you cannot reconcile TRUTH with eternal PURPOSE.

What makes us ministers of and in purpose is the fact that the burden we carry is because of the distinct message of His pasture.

Therefore, our zeal that comes with the burden of the message is not a zeal without knowledge, but rather one with both knowledge and full understanding.
Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY: John 6:45, Psalms 95:7

GOLDEN NUGGET:
What makes us ministers of and in PURPOSE is the TRUTH that the burden that we carry is because of the distinct MESSAGE of His pasture.

PRAYER: Heavenly Father, I thank you for your Word. I thank you for being my teacher and instructor. I am instructed and taught in the message of the New Testament. That message stirs a burden in my heart, and that burden reconciles the truth of the gospel with eternal purpose. My life is a life of purpose and my lips retain the knowledge of your message in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Thoughts Of Peace

Apostle Grace Lubega

Jeremiah 29:11 (KJV); For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

God has plans for every man in this life.

In our theme scripture, God calls them “thoughts of peace.”

God’s thoughts concerning you are of peace.

The Hebrew word for peace is “shalom” which means COMPLETENESS, SOUNDNESS, WELLNESS, HEALTH and PROSPERITY.

The Psalmist, meditating upon these thoughts exclaimed, “How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.” (Psalm 139:17-18).

The Word of God has revealed these thoughts to us in saying that they are not plans of evil, but THOUGHTS OF PEACE, to give us an expected end!

For this reason, God reassures us by the wisdom of His word that the expectation of the righteous shall not be cut short.

The Bible says in Proverbs 23:18, “For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.”

Child of God, surely your end is of the Lord; and your story is great! You shall finish well! You shall not die young!

You shall have peace all the days of your life! Wickedness is far from you! You and your seed shall never beg for bread! Your ministry shall not fail! Your marriage shall have peace! Your children shall be for signs, miracles and wonders!

Your mind will always be sound! Divine health is yours! This is your heritage in the Lord! Glory, hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY: Proverbs 10:24, Isaiah 32:17

GOLDEN NUGGET:
God has plans for every man in this life. He calls them THOUGHTS of PEACE – completeness, soundness, wellness, health and prosperity.

PRAYER: Father, in the name of Jesus I thank you for the greatness of the thoughts of peace you have for me. I am persuaded that it is well with me all the days of my life. Thank you because goodness and mercy follow me all the days of my life. Your peace guards my heart and mind. Surely my end is of the Lord and I will finish well. In Jesus name, Amen.

Rested

Apostle Grace Lubega

Genesis 5:28-29 (KJV): And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son: And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.

In our theme scripture, we see that Lamech begat a son and called him Noah.

When he did, he said, “This one shall bring us REST and comfort from our work and from the [dreadful] toil of our hands because of the ground which the Lord cursed” (Genesis 5:29 AMP).

The names Lamech and Noah mean “Powerful” and “Rest”, respectively. From this, we know that men who walk in the POWER of God are RESTED.

When God called Noah, the WORD of God says that at the time “the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually” (Genesis 6:5).

But Noah FOUND GRACE in the eyes of the Lord. (Verse 8). The Message Bible says, “Noah was different. GOD liked what He saw in Noah.”

Therefore, the Power of God begets rest and by extension, GRACE FINDS MEN OF REST. This simply means a man cannot find grace while he is still established in his own works.

This is because REST is a place of FAITH and by faith we have access into this GRACE. (Romans 5:1)

Romans 11:6 AMP says, “But if it is by grace (His unmerited favor and graciousness), it is no longer conditioned on works or anything men have done. Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace [it would be meaningless].”

You, child of God, are an heir of the REST OF GOD! When you received Christ and eternal salvation, you also entered into His REST. Glory to God!

FURTHER STUDY: Matthew 11:28-29, Ephesians 2:8-9

GOLDEN NUGGET:

Men who walk in the POWER of God are RESTED, and grace finds men of REST.

PRAYER: Father, I thank you for the rest that you provide for me in Christ. I thank you because by the ministry of grace you work in me both to will and to do according to your good pleasure. I walk in the finished work of our Lord, Jesus Christ. Your power characterizes my life and fills it with the wonder of your grace.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.