Apostle Grace Lubega

2 Corinthians 3:18 (AMPC), And all of us, as with unveiled face, [because we] continued to behold [in the Word of God] as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are constantly being transfigured into His very own image in ever increasing splendor and from one degree of glory to another; [for this comes] from the Lord [Who is] the Spirit.

The Word of God is a glass; a mirror. What you see in that mirror is a reflection of who you are.

That kingdom of glass is delayed by men who who are trying to discover themselves.

For example, consider two men in prayer; one is saying, ‘I cannot fail…I do not fail…’ However, this one man is confessing the Word because he speaks out of fear and thinks that the more he says it, the more it will be established as truth.

Another man is saying, ‘I cannot fail….I do not fail…’ but he speaks from the place of one who knows and is certain that he cannot fail because he knows who he is in God.

One man prays to fit himself into what he is saying and another speaks from a confirmed position of what is already affirmed in his spirit.

They are both speaking the same words, sitting under the same message but producing different results.

It is because one is more delayed than the other. The delayed man looks into the glass without the knowledge of who he is.

Beloved saint, the gospel defines identity to men who are delayed. And to men who are mature, it is a confirmation of what is already affirmed as truth in their spirits. Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY: James 1:23-24, Ephesians 3:9

GOLDEN NUGGET:
The gospel defines identity to men who are delayed. And to men who are mature, it is a confirming of what is already affirmed as truth in their spirits.

PRAYER: Father, thank you for this Word. I know who I am, the Word has defined my identity. Every day as I behold like in a mirror, I grow into the fullness of the stature of my Lord and savior. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Apostle Grace Lubega

1 Corinthians 14:7-8 (KJV); And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped? For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?

Our theme scripture teaches that things without life have distinctions in sound. If they do, how much more you, a child of God?

What makes you significant in this life of the Spirit is the distinction of your sound. If you are an apostle, how distinctive an apostle are you? If you are a prophet, how distinctive a prophet are you? If you are an evangelist, how distinctive an evangelist are you?

But I have seen men whose sound is uncertain and as such, they cannot give direction to the body of Christ.

When they sound, men do not know if it is a call to battle or to celebration. It means that at any one point, their messages cannot communicate the convictions and urgencies of the Spirit in any given season.

Distinction in sound is a grace and you need it, beloved saint. When you receive this grace, the worlds of men are opened unto you because you are able to give divine direction. Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY: 1 Corinthians 14:10, 1 Corinthians 15:41

GOLDEN NUGGET:
What makes you significant in this life of the Spirit is the distinction of your sound.

PRAYER: Father, I thank you for the grace of distinction. My sound has gone out into the world carrying the brand of my spirit. When I speak, men recognize that sound. When I pray, men recognize that sound. When I worship, nations recognize that sound. In whatsoever I do, I am different. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

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Apostle Grace Lubega

Ezekiel 47:3-5(KJV); And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the waters were to the ankles. Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through the waters; the waters were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through; the waters were to the loins. Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass over: for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed over.

You are freed to run to the waters (the Word) but when you are taken to these waters, don’t let them only run as high as your ankles or your knees or your loins. Allow yourself to be completely submerged.

Of second thought, in our theme scripture, the prophet Ezekiel got to a point where the waters were too high for him and he could not pass over.

And this was a limitation of them that were under the old dispensation.

There are revelations and truths that they could never access.

But to the New Testament believer, the promise is that when you go through the waters He is with you and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you (Isaiah 43:2).

No amount of revelation is too much for you to bear. The instruction to you is to meditate on the Word and give yourself wholly to it (1 Timothy 4:15).

Let your knowledge of the Word not only be ankle deep, knee deep or waist high. Soak and submerge yourself in it that when men look at you, they see the Word in flesh. Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY: Psalms 119:162, 1 Peter 2:2

GOLDEN NUGGET:
Let your knowledge of the Word not only be ankle deep, knee deep or waist high. Soak and submerge yourself in it that when men look at you, they see the Word in flesh.

PRAYER: Father, I thank you for your great Word. My spirit is open to receive all that you are pouring out. I am diligent in seeking and searching out the scriptures. My life is given wholly to the Word and when men see me, they see the Word inherently working through me. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

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Courir Aux Sources : Submergé

Apôtre Grace Lubega

Ezéchiel 47:3-5 (KJV) Lorsque l’homme s’avança vers l’orient, il avait dans la main un cordeau, et il mesura mille coudées; il me fit traverser l’eau, et j’avais de l’eau jusqu’aux chevilles. Il mesura encore mille coudées, et me fit traverser l’eau, et j’avais de l’eau jusqu’aux genoux. Il mesura encore mille coudées, et me fit traverser, et j’avais de l’eau jusqu’aux reins. Il mesura encore mille coudées ; c’était un torrent que je ne pouvais traverser, car l’eau était si profonde qu’il fallait y nager ; c’était un torrent qu’on ne pouvait traverser.

Vous êtes libérés pour courir vers les eaux (la Parole) mais lorsque vous êtes emmenés dans ces eaux, ne les laissez pas courir aussi haut que vos chevilles ou vos genoux ou vos reins. Permettez-vous d’être complètement submergé.

De seconde pensée, dans notre écriture, le prophète Ezéchiel est arrivé à un point où les eaux étaient trop hautes pour lui et il ne pouvait pas passer.

Et c’était une limitation de ceux qui étaient sous l’ancienne dispensation.

Il y a des révélations et des vérités auxquelles ils n’ont jamais accès.

Mais pour le croyant du Nouveau Testament, la promesse est que lorsque vous traversez les eaux Il est avec vous et à travers les fleuves, ils ne vous déborderont pas (Esaïe 43:2).

Aucune quantité de révélation n’est trop à supporter. L’instruction pour vous est de méditer sur la Parole et de vous y donner entièrement (1 Timothée 4:15).

Laissez votre connaissance de la Parole non seulement être la cheville profonde, au genou profond ou à la taille haute. Trempez-vous et plongez-vous dedans pour que lorsque les hommes vous regardent, ils voient la Parole en chair. Alléluia !

ÉTUDE COMPLÉMENTAIRE : Psaumes 119:162, 1 Pierre 2:2

PÉPITE D’OR :
Laissez votre connaissance de la Parole non seulement être la cheville profonde, au genou profond ou à la taille haute. Trempez-vous et plongez-vous dedans pour que lorsque les hommes vous regardent, ils voient la Parole en chair.

PRIÈRE : Père, je te remercie pour ta merveilleuse Parole. Mon esprit est ouvert à recevoir tout ce que tu verses. Je suis diligent dans la recherche et à chercher des écritures. Ma vie est entièrement donnée à la Parole et quand les hommes voient les hommes, ils voient la Parole qui fonctionne à travers moi. Au nom de Jésus. Amen.

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Apostle Grace Lubega

Luke 13: 15-16 (KJV); The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering? And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?

As revealed by scripture, we are freed to go to the waters.

Immediately one is born again, they must begin with the word. One must be taught the fundamentals of the new life in Christ.

In Ephesians 5:26, the Bible says; that he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the Word.

In this life, you may attend deliverance service after deliverance service and get healed from disease after disease but until you learn that freedom begins when you run to the waters, you will never be truly free.

Free men study the Word; they listen to it; they meditate upon it; they seek, search out and feed on it. James calls it the perfect law of liberty because it is what defines true freedom. Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY: 2 Timothy 2:15, Colossians 3:16

GOLDEN NUGGET:
Immediately one is born again, they must begin with the word. One must be taught the fundamentals of the new life in Christ.

PRAYER: Father, thank you for your Word, the foundation of truth by which men are set free. It shapes my desires and every day, I hunger and pant for it. I think the Word, I meditate the Word, I speak the Word because I am free. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

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Irukankira Ku Mazi: Sonzera Ijambo

Aposte Grace Lubega

Luka 13:15-16 Umwami Yesu aramusubiza ati”Mwa ndyarya mwe, mbese umuntu wese muri mwe ntazitura inka ye cyangwa indogobe ye, ayikura mu kiraro ku isabato, akayijyana akayuhira?Kandi uyu ko ari umukobwa wa Aburahamu, akaba amaze iyi myaka cumi n’umunani aboshywe na Satani, ntiyari akwiye kubohorwa iyi ngoyi ku munsi w’isabato?”

Nkuko bihishuwe n’icyanditswe, tubohorerwa kujya ku mazi.

Umuntu akivuka ubwa kabiri, agomba gutangirana ijambo. Umuntu agomba kwigishwa ubuzima bushya buri muri Kristo.

Mu befeso 5:26, bibiliya iravuga; ngo aryeze, amaze kuryogesha amazi n’ijambo rye.

Muri ubu buzima, ushobora kujya mu materaniro yo kubohorwa ugakira indwara ku yindi no ku yindi ariko keretse wize ko umudendezo utangira wirukankiye ku mazi, nago uzigera ubohoka.

Abantu babohotse biga ijambo; bararyumvira; baritekerezaho;barashaka;barashakisha ndetse bakarigenderaho. Yakobo aryita itegeko ry’umudendezo kuko ari ryo risobanuye kwidegembya nyako. Hallelujah!

IBINDI BYANDITSWE: 2 Timotewo 2:15, Abakolosayi 3:16

ICYO WAKURAMO:
Umuntu akivuka ubwa kabiri, bagomba gutangirana ijambo. Umuntu agomba kwigishwa ubuzima bushya buri muri Kristo.

ISENGESHO: Data, ngushimiye ijambo ryawe, urufatiro rw’ukuri abantu babohorerwamo. Rushyira ku murongo ibyifuzo byanjye kandi buri munsi, ndarisonzera kandi nkarinyoterwa. Ntekereza ijambo, mvuga ijambo kuko nabohowe. Mu izina rya Yesu. Amen

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Courir Aux Sources : Faim De La Parole

Apostle Grace Lubega

Luc 13:15-16 (KJV) Hypocrites! lui répondit le Seigneur, est-ce que chacun de vous, le jour du sabbat, ne détache pas de la crèche son bœuf ou son âne, pour le mener boire ? Et cette femme, qui est une fille d’Abraham, et que Satan tenait liée depuis dix-huit ans, ne fallait-il pas la délivrer de cette chaîne le jour du sabbat ?

Comme l’a révélé l’écriture, nous sommes libres d’aller aux sources.

Immédiatement on est né de nouveau, ils doivent commencer par la parole. Il faut enseigner les fondements de la nouvelle vie en le Christ.

Dans Ephésiens 5:26, la Bible dit : « Afin de le sanctifier et de le purifier par le lavage de l’eau par la Parole. »

Dans cette vie, vous pouvez assister au service de délivrance après le service de délivrance et guérir de la maladie après la maladie mais jusqu’à ce que vous appreniez que la liberté commence lorsque vous courez vers les sources, vous ne serez jamais vraiment libre.

Les hommes libres étudient la Parole ; ils l’écoutant ; ils méditent sur elle ; ils cherchent, recherchent et se nourrissent de cela. Jacques l’appelle la loi parfaite de la liberté parce que c’est ce qui définit la vraie liberté. Alléluia !

ÉTUDE COMPLÉMENTAIRE : 2 Timothée 2:15, Colossiens 3:16

PÉPITE D’OR :
Immédiatement on est né de nouveau, ils doivent commencer par la parole. Il faut enseigner les fondements de la nouvelle vie en le Christ.

PRIÈRE : Père, merci pour ta Parole, fondement de la vérité par laquelle les hommes sont libérés. Il façonne mes désirs et tous les jours, j’ai faim et je la porte. Je pense à la Parole, je médite la Parole, je parle la Parole parce que je suis libre. Au nom de Jésus. Amen.

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Apostle Grace Lubega

Psalms 42:5-6 (MSG); Why are you down in the dumps, dear soul? Why are you crying the blues? Fix my eyes on God — soon I’ll be praising again. He puts a smile on my face. He’s my God. When my soul is in the dumps, I rehearse everything I know of you, From Jordan depths to Hermon heights, including Mount Mizar.

When your soul is down cast, encourage yourself in the Lord. How so? Our theme scripture reveals that David did this by rehearsing the past victories that God had granted him. That is how we win; it is how we overcome. Rehearse.

Regardless of what you are going through right now, be it a financial, family or job crisis, simply think back and meditate on what God did for you in the past.

There are situations you went through years ago that felt like they would never end and you would not make it through alive; but God was faithful!

If it was disease, He healed you. If it was loss, He comforted you. If it was lack, He provided and made a way when your back was against the wall.

When you face adversity, simply remember those moments and how He helped you through.

No matter how harsh your situation is, get yourself alone and rehearse. “Father you delivered me from the hands of my enemies two years ago…You healed me when the doctor’s report spoke no hope….You provided when no man could meet my need….This situation is no different. If you were faithful then, you are faithful now.”

Don’t wail about what is wrong. Simply rehearse past victories. No matter how small the past testimony is, simply rehearse. That is how faith grows. Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY: 2 Timothy 2:13, Ephesians 5:20

GOLDEN NUGGET:
Don’t wail about what is wrong. Simply rehearse past victories.

PRAYER: Father, I thank you for my life. I thank you for the far that you have brought me and to the places you are taking me. You have been faithful and true. You never failed me. Even as I look to the future, I know that nothing can move me because I have you. You helped me before, you will help me gain. You saved me before, you will save me again. My present is secure. My future is not a mystery. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

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RÉPÉTER

Apôtre Grace Lubega

Psaumes 42:5-6 (MSG) Pourquoi t’abats-tu, mon âme, et gémis-tu au dedans de moi ? Espère en Dieu, car je le louerai encore ; il est mon salut et mon Dieu. Mon âme est abattue au dedans de moi : aussi c’est à toi que je pense, depuis le pays du Jourdain, Depuis l’Hermon, depuis la montagne de Mitsear.

Quand votre âme est renversée, encouragez-vous dans le Seigneur. Comment ? Notre écriture révèle que David a fait cela en répétant les victoires passées que Dieu lui avait accordées. Voilà comment nous gagnons ; c’est comment nous surmontons. Répéter.

Peu importe ce que vous traversez en ce moment, que ce soit une crise financière, familiale ou professionnelle, réfléchissez simplement et méditez sur ce que Dieu a fait pour vous dans le passé.

Il y a des situations que vous avez traversées il y a des années et qui semblaient ne jamais se terminer et vous ne réussirez pas à survivre ; mais Dieu était fidèle !

Si c’était la maladie, Il vous a guéri. Si c’était la perte, Il vous a réconforté. Si c’était le manque, Il a fourni et a fait en sorte quand votre dos était contre le mur.

Lorsque vous faites face à l’adversité, rappelez-vous simplement ces moments et comment Il vous a aidé à les traverser.

Peu importe la gravité de votre situation, soyez seul dans un endroit et répétez. « Père, tu m’as délivré des mains de mes ennemis il y a deux ans… Tu m’as guéri quand le rapport du médecin ne disait aucun espoir… Tu m’as fourni quand personne ne pouvait répondre à mes besoins… Cette situation n’est pas différente. Si tu étais fidèle alors, tu es fidèle maintenant. »

Ne vous plaignez pas de ce qui ne va pas. Il suffit de répéter les victoires passées. Peu importe le peu de témoignages passés, il suffit de répéter. C’est ainsi que la foi grandit. Alléluia !

ETUDE COMPLÉMENTAIRE : 2 Timothée 2:13, Ephésiens 5:20

PÉPITE D’OR :
Ne vous plaignez pas de ce qui ne va pas. Il suffit de répéter les victoires passées.

PRIÈRE : Père, je te remercie pour ma vie. Je te remercie pour les nombreuses choses que tu m’as apportées et aux endroits où tu m’emmènes. Tu as été fidèle et vrai. Tu ne m’as jamais fait échouer. Même si je regarde vers l’avenir, je sais que rien ne peut m’émouvoir parce que je t’ai. Tu m’as aidé avant, tu m’aideras à gagner. Tu m’as sauvé avant, tu me sauveras encore. Mon cadeau est sécurisé. Mon avenir n’est pas un mystère. Au nom de Jésus. Amen.

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Apostle Grace Lubega

Ephesians 4:30 (KJV); And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

The Holy Spirit will never leave you. The Bible says that by Him have we been sealed unto the day of redemption.

In as much as He can never leave, it is possible to grieve Him, to sadden Him, to vex Him or to offend Him.

I have seen believers who grieve the Spirit because they do not know how to honour His presence in a place.

They chat away in the presence of God; some take to their phones and start meaningless and irrelevant conversations; some wander around aimlessly with no regard to the God in their midst.

How do you respond to the Holy Spirit? How do you act when you see the manifestation of His presence? Learn to always honour Him.

Cultivate a character of reverence to the presence of God because the more you do, the more He will respond to you. Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY: 2 Chronicles 5:13-14, Revelation 4:10-11

GOLDEN NUGGET:
Cultivate a character of reverence to the presence of God because the more you do, the more He will respond to you.

PRAYER: Father, thank you for this knowledge. Thank you for the privilege of your presence in my life. I am alive to you. At the slightest taste of your presence, I know how to respond. Indifference is far from me because I have cultivated a relationship with you from the many experiences you have allowed me to enjoy. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Revelation 2:4 (KJV); Nevertheless, I have somewhat against thee because thou hast left thy first love.

It is possible to get too involved in ministry and the service of the kingdom and become indifferent to the person of the Spirit. That is what Paul calls being a busy body (2 Thessalonians 3:11).

Some people are so busy ushering, handling machines, cleaning the church etc. but in their pre-occupation, they forget to give God their time.

How often do you simply spend time alone in a room, silent, asking for nothing else but only hungry to hear His voice and to feel His presence?

This ought not to be a one time thing but a present continuous experience of the believer. Never be too busy for God. Give God time.

He is more interested in time spent with you in true fellowship and communion than the time you spend in service to Him.

For some, when they got jobs, God lost His place in their hearts. When some got married, the wife or husband took the place of the Most High.

Let God be your priority. He did not give you a job so it replaces Him. He did not give you a spouse so he or she replaces Him. He is our first love. Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY: Psalms 42:1, Psalms 27:4

GOLDEN NUGGET:
God is our first love.

PRAYER: Father, you are everything I ever needed; my priority, my only option. I live a life of constant communion and fellowship with you and out of that I serve. I can never be indifferent to the person of the Holy Spirit, I am alive to Him in all that I do. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Apostle Grace Lubega

Isaiah 61:1-2 (KJV); The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;

The Lord Jesus Christ did not come to tell men how angry the Lord God was with them. The mission of the Christ was not to proclaim doom and judgment but the love of God.

In Luke 4, God’s mind is revealed through the actions of the Christ. The Bible says; And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. And he CLOSED THE BOOK, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down.

Our Lord quoted Isaiah word for word but when he reached the part of proclaiming “the day of vengeance of our God”, he closed the book. Deliberately.

God’s wrath is not the message of the New Testament. His love is. Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY: 1 John 4:8, Ephesians 3:18-19

GOLDEN NUGGET:
God’s wrath is not the message of the New Testament. His love is.

PRAYER: Father, thank you for the gospel of your grace. Thank you because it is the testimony of your boundless love and mercy toward me. I fellowship with you in the knowledge that your kindness and love toward me is from everlasting to everlasting. I am not a subject of your vengeance. I am a subject of your mercies that are new every morning. What a joy! What a comfort! What a blessed assurance! Glory to your name. Amen.