The Mantle

Apostle Grace Lubega

1 Kings 19:15-19(KJV); And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria: And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room… So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.

The Lord instructed Elijah to anoint Hazael king over Syria, Jehu over Israel and Elisha as the prophet in his stead.

It is no mere coincidence that the first person Elijah meets in the fulfilment of this assignment is Elisha.

Elisha’s spirit was ready and positioned for this responsibility.

He was a man whose heart was ready for what God was going to do next.

This kind of positioning is by men who feel after God. Feeling after means that they are attuned to His desires; His will; His plan and His purposes.

There is a ‘feel after’ that causes men to find God. This same feeling after is what tells you that your defining moment will come at this time and through such a man of God and if he ‘throws his mantle on you’, you ought to be ready to move.

That feeling after will continuously prepare you for an encounter that will change your life forever!

Child of God, sometimes our destinies are changed irrevocably because of the preparation of our spirits for those moments when God has purposed to change our lives forever.

That is why you must maximise every moment in the presence of God, why you must give yourself wholly to the things of the Spirit.

If it is prayer, pray.

If it is studying the Word, study it like your life depends on it.

If it is attending services, do so with the excitement that God is always up to something in your life.

His Holy name be praised!

FURTHER STUDY: Philippians 3:14, Acts 17:27

GOLDEN NUGGET:

There is a feel after that causes men to find God.

PRAYER: Father, I thank you for your Word. My spirit is yielded to what you are doing. My heart is open to the experiences you lead me to. Break me for what you intend, bend me for what you intend and kill me for what you intend, to the glory of your name. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

The Principles Of The Birthright: Lessons From Esau

Apostle Grace Lubega

Hebrews 12:16-17(KJV); Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.

The scriptures give us another example of how a man can affect his position spiritually.

This lesson is taken from the story of Esau.

In Genesis 25, the Bible says, “And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint: And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom. And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me? And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.”

Esau sold his birthright for food.

Think about it. Something as expensive as a birthright was exchanged for a meal simply because his belly needed food.

This tells us that some people affect their positions in the spirit by the constant satisfaction of their carnal appetites and fleshly pleasures.

Watch your appetites child of God. You don’t have to satisfy pleasure because your flesh demands it.

It might be food, alcohol or that boyfriend or girlfriend you are clinging to.

The children of Israel almost compromised their place in the spirit because of cucumbers, and garlic (Numbers 11:5).

You have to make up your mind that those things are not worth the life that God has ordained for you.

Regardless of how strong the temptation, determine to keep your eyes on the prize of the high calling that is in Christ.

Glory to God!

FURTHER STUDY: Hebrews 12:2, Numbers 11:5

GOLDEN NUGGET:
Some people affect their positions in the spirit by the constant satisfaction of their carnal appetites and fleshly pleasures. Watch your appetites child of God. You don’t have to satisfy pleasures simply because your flesh demands it.

PRAYER: Lord, I thank you for your Word. Thank you for this pattern that preserves me on my course. I heed to this instruction with all my heart in the understanding that you have given me the spirit of self-control. The desires of the flesh have no dominion over me because I am not under the law but under the grace and in this wisdom, I conquer. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

The Principles Of The Birthright: Lessons From Abraham

Apostle Grace Lubega

Genesis 16:1-2(KJV); Now Sarai Abram’s wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the Lord hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

From the scriptures, God has demonstrated to us that one can affect their birthright and therefore change their position spiritually.

Abraham’s first son was Ishmael. As the firstborn son, he was entitled to the birthright as the heir to Abraham. However, God did not regard him as so.

In Genesis 22, God refers to Isaac as Abraham’s ONLY SON. Of course, he knew that Ishmael too was a son of Abraham.

So, why was this so?

Ishmael did not receive the birthright because he was not the son of THE PROMISE. He was the result of human effort by Abraham and Sarah to fulfil the promise of God for their lives.

This means that you can affect your position in the spirit every time you use human effort to effect the Word of God over your life.

The reason we preach the grace of God is because it shows you what God does in and through you so that every success has nothing to do with your human effort but everything to do with the operation of God’s ability in your life.

Purpose to depend wholly on God as the author and finisher of your faith.

His name be praised.

FURTHER STUDY: Hebrews 12:2, Philippians 2:13

GOLDEN NUGGET:

You can affect your position in the spirit every time you use human effort to effect the Word of God over your life. The reason we preach the grace of God is because it shows you what God does in and through you so that every success has nothing to do with your human effort but everything to do with the operation of God’s ability in your life.

PRAYER: Lord, I thank you for your promises in my life, the great and wondrous things you have spoken over me. I trust and believe in you, fully aware that you who began a good work in me shall bring it to accomplishment. Thank you for what you have done and for what you are going to do in the great years ahead.
In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Our Portion In Christ

Apostle Grace Lubega

Ecclesiastes 6:1-2(KJV); There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men: A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

The scriptures teach us that disease is not only that which affects the body.

There is another kind of disease such as that which is spoken of in our theme scripture.

The Bible reveals that there is a disease of a man “to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.”

A Born Again believer is a partaker of the inheritance of the saints in light (Colossians 1:12). He has been given everything that pertains to life and godliness (2Peter 1:3). He has been blessed with all spiritual blessings in the heavenly places (Ephesians 1:3).

Sadly, we live in a world where the Born Again Christian seems to be behind in everything; his reality is not that which heaven has stated as truth. What is ordained by God for him is in the hands of strangers; they that are not of the covenant.

What God has ordained as our portion is not merely a promise; it is the reality of the new life in Christ.

This means that to heaven, lack is not in the story of a believer. To heaven, being at the mercy of a non-believer is not the story of a believer; To heaven, having your life determined by the systems set by a non-believer, if these systems are contrary to God’s Word is not the story of a child of God.

You are the pace setter; the one who establishes systems; the one who defines the direction of economies. God calls upon you to live in the consciousness of this reality every day.

FURTHER STUDY: Deuteronomy 28:13, 1 Corinthians 3:21

GOLDEN NUGGET:

What God has ordained as our portion is not merely a promise; it is the reality of the new life in Christ. This means that to heaven, lack is not in the story of a believer. To heaven, being at the mercy of a non-believer is not the story of a believer; to heaven, having your life determined by the systems set by a non-believer, if such systems are contrary to God’s Word is not the story of a child of God.

PRAYER: My Lord, I thank you for this great Word. I rest in the reality of what you have ordained as my portion in Christ. I am above and not beneath; I am rich and lack is never my story. I live with this consciousness every day and with this, reality I prevail, in business, in career, in family, in my studies and in every area of my life. To the glory of your name, Amen.

The Wheels Of Divine Purpose

Apostle Grace Lubega

Ezekiel 22:30(KJV); And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.

We are privileged to live in a time when knowledge is increasing; this is a fulfilment of prophesy (Daniel 12:4).

With the increase of knowledge comes responsibility because to whom much is given much is required (Luke 12:48). This means that the demand of heaven on our generation and in these times is very great and we ought to live our lives with this understanding.

There are those who will yield to the increase of knowledge and there are those who will not. However, merely because someone has refused to yield to the work of God in our day does not mean that what God intends to do will be slowed in anyway.

Every believer should understand that divine purpose supersedes human will.

At a certain point, the grace that winks at indifference runs its course and God’s will overrides that indifference. He will look for a man who will submit himself to what He [God] is doing.

You have to make up your mind to be responsive; God forbid that you be the one whom God could have used but let indifference get in the way.

Understand the times in which we are living child of God, and position yourself to stand in the gaps of divine purpose.

Be available.

Humble yourself for the great work before us, the Church.

To the glory of His name.

FURTHER STUDY: Daniel 12:4, Luke 12:48

GOLDEN NUGGET:

Understand the times in which we are living child of God, and position yourself to stand in the gaps of divine purpose. Be available.

PRAYER: Loving father, I thank you for what you are doing in our day. I yield to divine purpose and choose to stand in the gap. Break me and humble me for your purposes Lord. I am available; I am willing to be used by you. In Jesus’ name. Amen

Responding To The Law Of Liberty

Apostle Grace Lubega

John 8:32(KJV); And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free

The truth MAKES you free.

This means that its mandate is to expose your spirit to the freedom that you have in Christ.

As a new creature in Christ, your freedom began at the resurrection.

In scripture, He says, ‘Stand first in the liberty wherewith Christ has made you free.'(Galatians 5:1).

You began your life from freedom, purpose to remain free.

You did not get Born Again with generational curses; you did not get Born Again with family weaknesses.

Old things are passed away and all things are new.

One who understands that the truth MADE them free responds to the liberty of the new covenant in the knowledge of He who called them and the nature they possess with Him .

You are free!

FURTHER STUDY: Galatians 5:1, 2 Corinthians 5:17

GOLDEN NUGGET:

You began your life from freedom, purpose to remain free.

PRAYER: Father, I thank you for the liberty I have in you. Christ’s sacrifice at Calvary has purchased my eternal freedom. I stand steadfast in this freedom and walk in its knowledge. I respond to divine health; I respond to divine providence. I respond to a continual increase in every area of my life. To the glory of your name. Amen

The Newness Of Life

Apostle Grace Lubega

Romans 6:4(KJV); Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so, we also should walk in newness of life.

God is doing something new in and for you every day of your life.

You have to make the choice to believe so.

Like our theme scripture says, we should walk in the newness of life. From the day you got Born Again, you were supposed to go upward and upward only, from glory to glory.

The Bible says the path of the just shines brighter and brighter (Proverbs 4:18).

It is not the testimony of the believer to have the same negative traits they had years ago, not if they have embraced the newness of life.

It is not the testimony of the believer to suffer from the same afflictions years down the road, not if they have embraced the newness of life.

It is not the testimony of the believer to be in the same financial position that they were in years ago, not if they have embraced the newness of life.

Something about your life must be changing every day.

Wake up every morning with the consciousness that God has done and is doing something new.

Jump out of bed with the expectation of new ideas, higher level of the anointing, increase in your finances and a greater manifestation of the blessing of God.

That is our life! Glory to God!

FURTHER STUDY: Psalms 68:19, Proverbs 4:18

GOLDEN NUGGET:

God is doing something new in and for you every day of your life.

PRAYER: Father, thank you for this day. Thank you because every morning, you load me with benefits. God, I am conscious of the great truth that you are doing something new in my life every day. Thank you that I carry more wisdom this day, for a greater anointing, deeper understanding, and revelation, and for more experiences of your person. I am expectant and excited about what you are doing and have done! In Jesus’ name. Amen.

The Double Edged Sword

Apostle Grace Lubega

Hebrews 4:12(KJV); For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

The Bible speaks of the first man Adam and says that He was merely a living soul (Genesis 2:7).

You, the regenerated creature in Christ are more than a soul, you are spirit.

It is the Word of God that makes the distinction; the Bible says that it separates soul and spirit.

The difference between the new creature in Christ and a mere man is the Word.

The Word is the substance of the spirit man.

God revealed this truth when He said, “In the beginning was the word, the word was with God and the word was God…HE BECAME FLESH (John 1:1, 14).

Every time you manifest the truths in the Word, it is the Word cutting asunder and making distinction between you and the men of this world.

Talk the Word, breathe the Word, walk the Word because it is what separates you from ordinary men.

Glory to God!

FURTHER STUDY: Colossians 3:16, John 15:7

GOLDEN NUGGET:

Talk the Word, breathe the Word, walk the Word because it is what separates you from ordinary men.

PRAYER: Father, I thank you for the gift of your Word. It dwells in me richly and has consumed every part of my existence. I am begotten of this Word; I have Word responses to every thing that I do. I stand out in this world because I have embraced and believed your Word. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Of The Righteousness Of God

Apostle Grace Lubega

Romans 3:21-22(KJV); But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference

The imputed righteousness of God upon the new creature in Christ is the bedrock of liberties under the new covenant.

Before you understand righteousness as a doctrine, firstly understand it as the nature of God. He says in 2 Corinthians 5:21 that Jesus became sin that we might become THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IN HIM.

The imputation of righteousness was not a bestowing of a mere ability to overcome sin; it was the partaking by us of a fundamental nature of God.

This great gift that we received from God allows us to appropriate the life of God.

Its purpose is to let the life of God flow freely and uninterrupted through us.

The righteousness of God is the reason why you heal with ease.

The righteousness of God is the reason you demonstrate power with ease.

The righteousness of God is the reason you live a supernatural life with utmost ease.

You are not stuck because God is mad at you. This righteousness is not about what you have done but what God has done in you. Most importantly, it is about WHO GOD IS IN YOU.

People struggle with manifesting the life of the Spirit because they don’t understand this righteousness. his stepmother is always beautiful free video

Embrace it, the life of the Spirit will work in you freely.

Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY: 2 Corinthians 5:21, Ephesians 2:8

GOLDEN NUGGET:

The righteousness of God is the reason why you heal with ease. The righteousness of God is the reason you demonstrate power with ease. The righteousness of God is the reason you live a supernatural life with utmost ease.

PRAYER: Lord, I thank you for the gift of righteousness. I embrace it as my life and walk in its consciousness every day. The life of God manifests greatly through me because I have embraced the liberties of grace. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Divide The Sea – 2: We Don’t Draw Back

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.

Every time you find yourself facing a wall or a blockade in your path of success and progress, understand that it is an opportunity to take a leap of faith.

God is waiting and heaven is excited to see the child of God do what is in their nature to do.

When some people reach their ‘Red sea’ coupled with the fact that behind them is an advancing ‘Egyptian army,’ they start to think God is not on their side and they wail and judge themselves.

No, child of God, divide the sea, walk through the wall.

Like our theme scripture says, we are not of them that draw back. He could not have made that statement of no retreat for the Christian when there is no way through that wall or sea.

Our advance is forward only. We move THROUGH obstacles.

That is why in the dispensation of fires and waters, the language He uses is ‘WHEN you go THROUGH the fires, when you go THROUGH the waters (Isaiah 43:2).

We don’t draw back.

FURTHER STUDY: Isaiah 43:2, Exodus 14:15-16

GOLDEN NUGGET:

Every time you find yourself facing a wall or a blockade in your path of success and progress, understand that it is an opportunity to take a leap of faith. Our advance is forward only. We move THROUGH obstacles.

PRAYER: Lord, I thank you for this Word. My nature is of them that do not draw back. I am resilient in spirit and steadfast in the pursuit of eternal things. It doesn’t matter what stands before me. Like the Prophet, I ask, what are you oh great mountain before Zerubbabel? I divide seas, walk through fires and waters. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

To Never See Corruption

Apostle Grace Lubega.

Psalms 16:10(KJV); For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

God could not permit the Christ to remain in hell. He could not suffer Him to see corruption.

The Bible says that the same Spirit that raised Christ from the dead lives inside you (Romans 8:11).

If the same Spirit got Christ from the grave, child of God, neither will He leave you in that ‘grave.’

Christ sunk to the lowest depth; He experienced the worst of what a human being could ever experience but God did not leave Him to perish in it.

He sunk incomparably low to show you that nothing is too low, too destroyed or too wrecked to be restored by God.

It doesn’t matter how terrible your situation might be, God will not leave you in it.

It doesn’t matter how deep your ship may have sunk, the God that causes axes to float (2 Kings 6:1-7) will get you out!

Glory to His name!

FURTHER STUDY: Romans 8:11, Psalms 139:8

GOLDEN NUGGET:

If the same spirit got Christ from the grave, child of God, neither will it leave you in that ‘grave.’ It doesn’t matter how deep your ship may have sunk, the God that causes axes to float will get you out!

PRAYER: Father, I am thankful for your Word. I live in the blessed assurance that no situation in this life can ever overwhelm or overtake me. In the waters and fires, you are with me. I am confident that you love me too much to allow evil to prevail against me. It is with this boldness that I face the future. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Living Inside Out

Apostle Grace Lubega

Proverbs 24:10 (KJV); If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small.

As a child of God, you must purpose and learn to live from the inside out.

Within is your greatest strength; within is your highest wisdom.

A wise man once said, “If the spotlight that is shining ON you is brighter than the light that comes from WITHIN you, it will kill you”.

That is why you must ensure that at all times, you are more conscious of what is within than what is without.

If not, you will always draw strength from what is outside and not from what is WITHIN; from public opinion and from the temporary comfort that everything outside seems to be working as you wish.

What will happen when the fickle nature of men kicks in and they start to despise you? What will happen when everything around you starts to fall apart?

Draw from within.

FURTHER STUDY: Ephesians 3:16, 2 Corinthians 4:7

GOLDEN NUGGET:

As a child of God, you must purpose and learn to live from the inside out. Within is your greatest strength; within is your highest wisdom.

PRAYER: Father God, what a blessed truth to know that greater is He who is in me than he that is in the World. I have this treasure in earthen vessels that the excellence of power may be of you. You have placed eternity in me. The God who commanded light to shine out of darkness Has shined in my heart. Every day and everywhere, I draw from within. In Jesus’ name. Amen.