Things That Make Ministers: From The Back End Of Ministry

Apostle Grace Lubega

1 Peter 5:6(KJV); Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:

As a minister of the gospel, your ministry ought to start from the back, away from the spotlight and attention of men before God can honour you to a greater place of influence in the lives of people.

The greatest men of God did not achieve what they did by accident.

There are things that they did in other men’s ministries by way of service even before they ever stood on pulpits to preach.

They followed a certain pattern by the Spirit even as He led them.

They were ‘back office” men but as they served in the “back office”, they learnt the crafts of the “front office”.

Sadly, some people want to start from the front and the “glare of the spotlight” simply because they seek self exaltation.

For example, a man may join a ministry today and immediately want to get on the pulpit to preach; he wants to be appointed a pastor or worship leader without being proved and tested.

No, that is not how it ought to be. Start from the back; get involved in the simplest tasks of the ministry: clean the chairs, mop the floor, evangelize, respond to the instructions from the altar, serve your man of God, and attend the meetings faithfully.

If you miss this pattern of beginning from the back, you will climb up the ladder of success only to come back down.

You can never be served perfectly until you learn to serve perfectly. It is part of sowing to the Spirit to reap from the Spirit.

If you walk the lines well and according to the patterns, nothing will take you backwards. Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY: Proverbs 11:25, Galatians 6:9

GOLDEN NUGGET: 

As a minister of the gospel, your ministry ought to start from the back, away from the spotlight and attention of men.

PRAYER: My loving God, I thank you for this wisdom. I understand how people grow in ministry. I serve with the understanding that you are my audience and do not seek the reward of men. It is you who exalts and you who honours. Today, I say I am available to you God. No matter how small the task, I perform it with the greatest diligence because I know that in all that I do, I am adding a building block to the greatest structure in the world–your church. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Apôtre Grace Lubega

DANS LA GRANDEUR DE LA VISION

Josué 10:12-13(KJV) Josué parla au Seigneur le jour où l’Éternel livra les Amorites devant les enfants d’Israël, et il dit devant Israël : Soleil, reste sur Gabaon ; et toi, Lune, dans la vallée d’Ajalon. Et le soleil s’arrêta, et la lune resta, jusqu’à ce que le peuple se fût vengé de ses ennemis. N’est-ce pas écrit dans le livre de Jasher ? Ainsi, le soleil se tint au milieu du ciel, et il se hâta de ne pas descendre une journée entière.

Le temps sur la terre est une limitation.

À un moment ou à un autre, chaque enfant de Dieu qui marche grâce à l’éternel schéma du destin se sentira hors du temps.

C’est ce qui est arrivé à Josué. La main de Dieu lui avait donné une grande victoire mais les heures du jour ne lui suffisaient pas pour accomplir la tâche à accomplir.

Il n’a pas arrêté le soleil parce qu’il voulait démontrer la puissance de Dieu. Il était important qu’il mette fin à la bataille ce même jour parce que le jour suivant il aurait dû combattre des ennemis qui ne pouvaient être vaincus que dans un laps de temps différent.

Ceci est semblable à un Chrétien pour qui les prophéties et les visions dans son esprit sont plus grandes que le temps qu’il a pour les exécuter.

En tant qu’enfant de Dieu, vous avez un très grand ministère à l’intérieur de vous. La seule façon de l’accomplir est d’accélérer l’Esprit.

Cette accélération est ce qu’un homme a besoin de donner la lumière pour la « tuerie »

Dans cette vie, il y a des choses qui doivent rester immobiles pour votre progrès.

Si c’est la création, elle doit rester immobile pour vous. Si ce sont des éléments, ils doivent rester immobiles pour vous.

C’est le lieu où toutes choses doivent s’incliner devant la vision que Dieu a mise dans votre esprit. Alléluia !

ÉTUDE COMPLÉMENTAIRE : Jean 6:63, Romains 8:28

PÉPITE D’OR : Dans cette vie, il y a des choses qui doivent rester immobiles pour votre progrès. Si c’est la création, elle doit rester immobile pour vous. Si ce sont des éléments, ils doivent rester immobiles pour vous. C’est le lieu où toutes choses doivent s’incliner devant la vision que Dieu a mise dans votre esprit.

PRIÈRE : Père, je te remercie pour la vision que tu as placée dans mon esprit. Merci pour les choses que tu fais pour rester immobile pour son accomplissement. Je te remercie parce que tout autour de moi s’incline et travaille ensemble pour son avancement. Au nom de Jésus. Amen.

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In the Greatness of Vision

Apostle Grace Lubega

Joshua 10:12-13(KJV); Then spake Joshua to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.

Time on the earth is a limitation.

At one point or other, every child of God walking by the eternal blue print of destiny will feel out of time.

This is what happened to Joshua. The hand of God had given him a great victory but the hours of the day were not sufficient for him to accomplish the task at hand.

He did not stop the sun because he wanted to demonstrate the power of God. It was important that he end the battle that same day because the next day he might have had to fight enemies that could only be defeated within a different time frame.

This is similar to a Christian for whom the prophecies and visions in his spirit are bigger than the time he has to execute them.

As a child of God, you have a very great ministry in the inside of you. The only way you can accomplish it is by the quickening of the Spirit.

This quickening is what a man needs to give the light for the “kill”

In this life, there are things that must stand still for your progress.

If it is creation, it must stand still for you. If they are elements, they must stand still for you.

That is the place where all things must bow to the vision that God has put in your spirit. Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY: John 6:63, Romans 8:28

GOLDEN NUGGET: 

In this life, there are things that must stand still for your progress. If it is creation, it must stand still for you. If they are elements, they must stand still for you. That is the place where all things must bow to the vision that God has put in your spirit.

PRAYER: Father, I thank you for the vision you have placed in my spirit. Thank you for the things you cause to stand still for its fulfilment. I thank you because everything around me bows to it and works together for its advancement. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Apôtre Grace Lubega

DANS LA GRANDEUR DE LA VISION

Josué 10:12-13(KJV) Josué parla au Seigneur le jour où l’Éternel livra les Amorites devant les enfants d’Israël, et il dit devant Israël : Soleil, reste sur Gabaon ; et toi, Lune, dans la vallée d’Ajalon. Et le soleil s’arrêta, et la lune resta, jusqu’à ce que le peuple se fût vengé de ses ennemis. N’est-ce pas écrit dans le livre de Jasher ? Ainsi, le soleil se tint au milieu du ciel, et il se hâta de ne pas descendre une journée entière.

Le temps sur la terre est une limitation.

À un moment ou à un autre, chaque enfant de Dieu qui marche grâce à l’éternel schéma du destin se sentira hors du temps.

C’est ce qui est arrivé à Josué. La main de Dieu lui avait donné une grande victoire mais les heures du jour ne lui suffisaient pas pour accomplir la tâche à accomplir.

Il n’a pas arrêté le soleil parce qu’il voulait démontrer la puissance de Dieu. Il était important qu’il mette fin à la bataille ce même jour parce que le jour suivant il aurait dû combattre des ennemis qui ne pouvaient être vaincus que dans un laps de temps différent.

Ceci est semblable à un Chrétien pour qui les prophéties et les visions dans son esprit sont plus grandes que le temps qu’il a pour les exécuter.

En tant qu’enfant de Dieu, vous avez un très grand ministère à l’intérieur de vous. La seule façon de l’accomplir est d’accélérer l’Esprit.

Cette accélération est ce qu’un homme a besoin de donner la lumière pour la « tuerie »

Dans cette vie, il y a des choses qui doivent rester immobiles pour votre progrès.

Si c’est la création, elle doit rester immobile pour vous. Si ce sont des éléments, ils doivent rester immobiles pour vous.

C’est le lieu où toutes choses doivent s’incliner devant la vision que Dieu a mise dans votre esprit. Alléluia !

ÉTUDE COMPLÉMENTAIRE : Jean 6:63, Romains 8:28

PÉPITE D’OR : Dans cette vie, il y a des choses qui doivent rester immobiles pour votre progrès. Si c’est la création, elle doit rester immobile pour vous. Si ce sont des éléments, ils doivent rester immobiles pour vous. C’est le lieu où toutes choses doivent s’incliner devant la vision que Dieu a mise dans votre esprit.

PRIÈRE : Père, je te remercie pour la vision que tu as placée dans mon esprit. Merci pour les choses que tu fais pour rester immobile pour son accomplissement. Je te remercie parce que tout autour de moi s’incline et travaille ensemble pour son avancement. Au nom de Jésus. Amen.

The Fellowship Of The Holy Spirit

Apostle Grace Lubega

1 Corinthians 2:10 (KJV); But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

The scriptures speak of the grace of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ, the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit. (2 Corinthians 13:14).

Observe the order for a moment, when we find Grace, we are led into the revelation of love. And when we fully comprehend the mystery of love, we grow into fellowship with the Holy Spirit.

But what truly is the fellowship of the Holy Spirit?

It’s the great, priceless and unsearchable things He will want to SHARE with you in communion with Him.

More than being a recipient in these things, He the Holy Spirit, wants you to be a participant in them: you in turn become a true channel and vessel through which He distributes wisdom, knowledge, understanding and all His precious gifts.

Like Paul, you will have the ability not just to heal but to impart a miraculous faculty, not just to speak wisdom but to impart wisdom. (Romans 1:11). Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY: 1 Corinthians 2:11, John 14:26

GOLDEN NUGGET:
When we find Grace, we are led into the revelation of love. And when we fully comprehend the mystery of love, we grow into fellowship with the Holy Spirit.

PRAYER: Father, I thank you for this knowledge. Thank you for the gift of your presence and the things you share by reason of my oneness with you. I have a deep understanding of our communion. I am not just a recipient but a co-participant in these things that you reveal to me every day. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Intumwa Grace Lubega

GUSABANA K’UMWUKA WERA

1 Abakorinto 2:10; Ariko Imana yabiduhishurishije Umwuka wayo, kuko Umwuka arondora byose ndetse n’amayoberane y’Imana.

Ibyanditswe bivuga Ubuntu bw’Umwami wacu Yesu Kristo, n’urukundo rw’Imana, no kubana n’Umwuka Wera bibane namwe mwese. (2Abakorinto13:14).

Reba neza akanya gato, iyo tubonye ubuntu, tuyoborwa mu guhishurirwa urukundo. Kandi iyo dusobanukiwe ubwiru bw’urukundo, dukura mu gusabana n’umwuka wera.

Ariko gusabana n’umwuka wera nyakuri ni ukuhe?

Ni ibintu bikomeye cyane by’igiciro kandi utashaka ngo ubone ashaka kwereka KUGUSANGIZA mu gihe usabana nawe.

Kuruta kuba uwakira muri ibi bintu, Mwuka wera, ashaka ko ubigiramo uruhare: ukaba umuyoboro n’igikoresho nyacyo anyuzamo ubwenge, ubumenyi, gusobanukirwa n’impano ziwe z’igiciro.

Nka pawulo, uzagira ubushobozi butari ubwo gukiza gusa ahubwo ubwo guhesha abandi gukora ibitangaza, butari ubwo kuvuga iby’ubwenge gusa ahubwo ubwo gutanga ubwenge. (Abaroma 1:11). Hallelujah!

IBINDI BYANDITSWE: 1 Abakorinto 2:11, Yohana 14:26

ICYO WAKURAMO: Iyo tubonye ubuntu, tuyoborwa mu guhishurirwa urukundo. Kandi iyo dusobanukiwe ubwiru bw’urukundo, dukura mu gusabana n’umwuka wera.

ISENGESHO: Data, Ngushimiye ubu bumenyi. Urakoze ku bw’Impano yo kubaho kwawe n’ibyo unsangiza bitewe no kuba umwe kwanjye nawe. Mfite gusobanukirwa guhagije kw’umubano wacu. Sindi uwacira gusa ahubwo mfite uruhare mu bintu umpishurira buri munsi. Mu izina rya Yesu. Amen

Apôtre Grace Lubega

LA COMMUNION DU SAINT-ESPRIT

1 Corinthiens 2:10 (KJV) Mais Dieu nous les a révélés par son Esprit : car l’Esprit sonde tout, même les choses profondes de Dieu.

Les écritures parlent de la grâce de notre Seigneur et Sauveur Jésus-Christ, de l’amour de Dieu et de la communion du Saint-Esprit. (2 Corinthiens 13:14).

Observez l’ordre pendant un moment, quand nous trouvons la grâce, nous sommes conduits dans la révélation de l’amour. Et quand nous comprenons pleinement le mystère de l’amour, nous grandissons en communion avec le Saint-Esprit.

Mais qu’est-ce que vraiment la communion du Saint-Esprit ?

Ce sont les choses grandes, inestimables et insondables qu’Il voudra PARTAGER avec vous en communion avec Lui.

Plus que d’être un bénéficiaire dans ces choses, Il, l’Esprit Saint, veut que vous y participiez : vous devenez à votre tour un vrai canal et un navire à travers lequel Il distribue la sagesse, la connaissance, la compréhension et tous Ses dons précieux.

Comme Paul, vous aurez non seulement la capacité de guérir mais de transmettre une faculté miraculeuse, non seulement pour dire la sagesse mais aussi pour transmettre la sagesse. (Romains 1:11). Alléluia !

ÉTUDE COMPLÉMENTAIRE : 1 Corinthiens 2:11, Jean 14:26

PÉPITE D’OR : Quand nous trouvons la grâce, nous sommes conduits dans la révélation de l’amour. Et quand nous comprenons pleinement le mystère de l’amour, nous grandissons en communion avec le Saint-Esprit.

PRIÈRE : Père, je te remercie pour cette connaissance. Merci pour le don de ta présence et pour les choses que tu partages en raison de mon unicité avec toi. J’ai une profonde compréhension de notre communion. Je ne suis pas seulement un destinataire mais un co-participant à ces choses que tu me révéles tous les jours. Au nom de Jésus. Amen.

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What Do You See?

Apostle Grace Lubega

Ephesians 3:9 (KJV); And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:

The relationship we have with God is supposed to be an experience of daily access to revelation and vision in the things of the Spirit.

As a child of God, vision and revelation are not supposed to be an occasional occurrence but a continuous experience as you relate with Him and His Word.

For this reason, Paul speaks of his mandate to “make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery…”

The mystery must be seen. This relationship you have with God cannot exist without sight.

As a matter of fact, no relationship can exist without sight.

This is not physical sight but a fundamental understanding of the qualities and character of the other person.

For this reason, the question addressed to couples always is, “what do you see in her or him..?”

To the Christian, the question is, “what do you see in God…?”

What do you see when you pray? What do you see when you worship? What do you see in Him when you study the Word?

The more you see, the more you walk in the manifestation of what you behold. Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY: Ephesians 1:18, 1 John 1:1-3

GOLDEN NUGGET:

The relationship we have with God is supposed to be an experience of daily access to revelation and vision in the things of the Spirit.

PRAYER: Father, I thank you for this knowledge. I thank you for vision and clarity of sight in the things of the Spirit. I do not just study the Word, I see in the Word. I do not just pray, I see in prayer. I do not just worship, I see in worship. Even as I behold, I walk in the manifestation of what is revealed. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Apostle Grace Lubega

QUE VOYEZ-VOUS ?

Ephesians 3:9 (KJV); Et pour faire voir à tous les hommes quelle est la communion du mystère qui, depuis le commencement du monde, a été caché en Dieu, qui a créé toutes choses par Jésus-Christ.

La relation que nous avons avec Dieu est censée être une expérience d’accès quotidien à la révélation et à la vision dans les choses de l’Esprit.

En tant qu’enfant de Dieu, la vision et la révélation ne sont pas supposées être un événement occasionnel mais une expérience continue en relation avec Lui et Sa Parole.

Pour cette raison, Paul parle de son mandat pour « faire voir à tous les hommes quelle est la communion du mystère… »

Le mystère doit être vu. Cette relation que vous avez avec Dieu ne peut exister sans la vue.
En fait, aucune relation ne peut exister sans la vue.

Ce n’est pas une vision physique mais une compréhension fondamentale des qualités et du caractère de l’autre personne.

Pour cette raison, la question adressée aux couples est toujours, « qu’est-ce que vous voyez dans elle ou lui… ? »

Pour le chrétien, la question est : « Que voyez-vous en Dieu… ? »

Que voyez-vous quand vous priez ? Que voyez-vous quand vous adorez ? Que voyez-vous en Lui quand vous étudiez la Parole ?

Plus vous voyez, plus vous marchez dans la manifestation de ce que vous voyez. Alléluia !

ÉTUDE COMPLÉMENTAIRE : Ephésiens 1:18, 1 Jean 1:1-3

PÉPITE D’OR : La relation que nous avons avec Dieu est censée être une expérience d’accès quotidien à la révélation et à la vision dans les choses de l’Esprit.

PRIÈRE : Père, je te remercie pour cette connaissance. Je te remercie pour la vision et la clarté de la vue dans les choses de l’Esprit. Je n’étudie pas seulement la Parole, je vois dans la Parole. Je ne prie pas seulement, je vois dans la prière. Je n’adore pas seulement, je vois dans l’adoration. De même que je vois, je marche dans la manifestation de ce qui est révélé. Au nom de Jésus. Amen.

It is a Relationship Issue

Apostle Grace Lubega

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

Salvation is a very personal journey.

This might appear to be common knowledge but you only have to examine the extreme level of dependence that different people have on their pastors or men of God in our generation to understand that this is not the case.

As a minister of the gospel, I have counselled many individuals. But I can tell you for a fact that the majority of people that seek counselling in the body of Christ are aggrieved about their health, spouse, business, and things of that nature.

It is a very small percentage that seek men of God to inquire on how they can get to know God more.

But child of God, some of the things that you want the man of God to fix, you would have fixed a long time ago if you had cultivated a relationship with God.

Instead, you are ignoring the need for a deeper relationship with God and coming to a man with the relationship.

If you are always seeking solutions from a man of God, when will you ever know God enough to be a solution yourself ? When will you grow?

Tomorrow you might meet a bigger challenge and the man of God may not be available.

Seek God! Know Him for yourself! Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY: Psalms 27:4, Mark 12:30

GOLDEN NUGGET:

Salvation is a very personal journey. Some of the things that you want a man of God to fix, you would have fixed a long time ago if you had only cultivated a relationship with God.

PRAYER: My loving father I need you, today more than I have ever done before. I am not hungry for what your hand can give but what your heart can reveal. Thank you for drawing me into deeper intimacy with you. I know you more today than I did yesterday and I will know you more deeply tomorrow than I do today. My life is a reflection of one who truly knows and is known of God. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

In His Presence

Apostle Grace Lubega

Acts 4:13 (KJV); Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.

The closet is “loud” because it will always reveal the intensity of your communion with God.

When you stand before men, it will speak; when you receive a call concerning a dying relative, it will speak; when you meet a lame man, it will still speak.

Peter and John stood before the council, spoke with boldness and a depth of knowledge that shocked those who questioned them. Only one conclusion was drawn from this; they had been with Jesus.

They spent hours in the presence of God that it became obvious to anyone who came in contact with them.

Take this analogy: some people have specific fragrances that when they enter a room and leave it, the fragrance lingers. Someone known to them will always know that they have been in that room or are close by.

So it is with the presence of God. It’s intensity upon your life can be smelt, so much that you do not need to announce your presence. You will not need to say much. Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY: Matthew 6:6, Psalms 27:4

GOLDEN NUGGET: 

The closet is “loud” because it will always reveal the intensity of your communion with God. When you stand before men, it will speak; when you receive a call concerning a dying relative, it will speak; when you meet a lame man, it will still speak.

PRAYER: My loving father, I thank you because you have drawn me to yourself. By prevenient grace, you provoke me to deeper intimacy. Lord, you have my attention. It will never be said that I got too busy for communion with you. Today, I set my heart, my soul and my body to fellowship with you, to hear from you and to see you. You satisfy my hunger with more hunger and my thirst with deeper thirst. My days are yours and I choose to invest in that which I can never lose, which is a relationship with you. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

By the Power of Love

Apostle Grace Lubega

1 Corinthians 13:8-10(AMP); Love never fails [never fades out or becomes obsolete or comes to an end]. As for prophecy (the gift of interpreting the divine will and purpose), it will be fulfilled and pass away; as for tongues, they will be destroyed and cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away [it will lose its value and be superseded by truth]. For our knowledge is fragmentary (incomplete and imperfect), and our prophecy (our teaching) is fragmentary (incomplete and imperfect). But when the complete and perfect (total) comes, the incomplete and imperfect will vanish away (become antiquated, void, and superseded).

The gift of healing has a limit to it; prophecy ends with its fulfillment; knowledge loses its value in certain times and dispensations as it is replaced by deeper truth but LOVE never fails.

Some Christians hunger for the gift and ignore the most excellent way (1 Corinthians 12:31).

Our theme scripture reveals that our knowledge is fragmentary (incomplete and imperfect), and our prophecy (our teaching) is fragmentary (incomplete and imperfect).

But when the complete and perfect (total) comes, the incomplete and imperfect will vanish away (become antiquated, void, and superseded).

The excellence of love is that it replaces imperfection with perfection .

God wants you to fall so deeply in love with him that when you do not feel like healing, you will still heal; when you do not feel the urge to demonstrate the Spirit, you will still do so.

You will not cast out demons or heal by the power of your gift but by the power of love.

More importantly, God is love and they that do not love do not know God (1 John 4:8). More than just having an anointing to heal, you must have God; more than having the greatest gift of prophecy, you must have God; more than having the wonderful voice for worship, stay with God; more than the depth of teaching, you must stay with God.

FURTHER STUDY: 1 John 4:8, 1 Corinthians 13:13

GOLDEN NUGGET:
God is love and they that do not love do not know God. More than just having an anointing to heal, you must have God; more than having the greatest gift of prophecy, you must have God; more than having the wonderful voice for worship, stay with God; more than the depth of teaching, you must stay with God.

PRAYER: My Lord, thank you for the power of love. It is the mighty force that nothing in this world can withstand. For love you died; for love you gave your all. This love has no bounds and limits. It has been shed abroad in my heart and works through me. I heal, demonstrate and prophecy not just by the gift but by love. In Jesus’ name. Amen.