Each Joint Supplies

Apostle Grace Lubega

Ephesians 4:16(KJV); From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.

God has called and mandated each of us in the body of Christ differently.

For the body to function effectively, every joint ought to supply.

The reason why we have divisions and schisms in the body of Christ is partly because not every joint supplies like it ought; not everyone is following his or her call like they should.

There is a prophet who has never prophesied and never even bothered to understand that they are a prophet; as such, their indifference has created a gap in divine purpose.

There is a teacher who craves to be a prophet and is trying hard to fit in that call; as a joint, his desire for what is not his to have is creating a schism and he doesn’t know it.

There is an evangelist who has started a church and settled as a pastor and is wondering why he is struggling with ministry.

There is a Christian who is lusting after another man’s mandate because he is looking at that man’s fruit and not the process through which that man got where he is.

There are those who know how to want what is not theirs and never bother to invest in that which is given to them.

How will you ever fully function in your part if you have no understanding or appreciation of that part?

God wants you to make your calling and election sure (2 Peter 1:10). This means that you must purpose to understand the call of God upon your life; labour to know what your mandate is and what it will take to fulfil it; study the divine blue print of your destiny so that at the end of it all, you, like the apostle Paul can comfortably say, “I have run my race, I have kept the faith.”(2 Timothy 4:7-8)

FURTHER STUDY: 2 Timothy 4:7-8, 2 Peter 1:10

GOLDEN NUGGET:

God wants you to make your calling and election sure; you must purpose to understand the call of God upon your life; labour to know what your mandate is and what it will take to fulfil it; study the divine blue print of your destiny so that at the end of it all, you, like the apostle Paul can comfortably say, “I have run my race, I have kept the faith.”

PRAYER: My Lord, I give you praise for this great insight. I fully comprehend my part and lot in building the body of Christ as a whole. Thank you for the grace and wisdom to supply in my part according to your effectual power at work in me. With this understanding, I serve you with love. I minister with passion for the growth and edification of the Church. In Jesus Name. Amen.

Things That Make Ministers: Humility In Service

Apostle Grace Lubega

Acts 6:2-5(AMP); So the Twelve [apostles] convened the multitude of the disciples and said, It is not seemly or desirable or right that we should have to give up or neglect [preaching] the Word of God in order to attend to serving at tables and superintending the distribution of food. Therefore select out from among yourselves, brethren, seven men of good and attested character and repute, full of the [Holy] Spirit and wisdom, whom we may assign to look after this business and duty. But we will continue to devote ourselves steadfastly to prayer and the ministry of the Word. And the suggestion pleased the whole assembly, and they selected Stephen, a man full of faith (a strong and welcome belief that Jesus is the Messiah) and full of and controlled by the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte (convert) from Antioch.

Every believer has a calling upon his or her life and an office in which he or she operates, either as an apostle, prophet, teacher, evangelist or pastor.

In whatever capacity God has called you, it is required that one be humble in that call.

Stephen in our theme scripture is an example of a man who understood humility.

He was, as the scripture reveals, full of the Holy Spirit, faith and wisdom. He had a great reputation among the brethren and was trusted by many.

The level of Stephen’s anointing is further demonstrated by the fact that God performed great miracles by him.

However, when he was appointed as a cook, he took it as his due and treated his office with all the honor it deserved.

We live in a generation where when one is anointed, they seek the front row and to serve in places where attention can be focused on them.

In our day, a man with Stephen’s anointing feels qualified enough to start their own church and ministry.

But this was not Stephen’s character.

In fact, he exemplified the very character of the Christ.

The Bible says that even if He was God, He humbled himself for the sake of men.

To be greatly anointed by God does not mean that you start your life of service at the very top; God tests your faithfulness by firstly placing you in what might seem like a menial position.

Serve diligently in the satisfaction that whatever is handed you to do in the house of God is a great task for the simple reason that it is service to God.

FURTHER STUDY: Matthew 25:23, Philippians 2:5-11MSG

GOLDEN NUGGET:

To be greatly anointed by God does not mean that you start your life of service at the very top; God tests your faithfulness by firstly placing you in what might seem like a menial position. Serve diligently in the satisfaction that whatever is handed you to do in the house of God is a great task for the simple reason that it is service to God.

PRAYER: Heavenly Master, I give you praise for this day. Thank you for the Wisdom of humility imparted in my spirit. My Lord, you considered it no robbery to be equal with God, but you humbled yourself as a servant, in the likeness of man’s fallen nature. It was humility that drove you to the cross to die for me. I declare that this same nature is operative in and through me. I serve in humility in whatsoever task I am given; this I do with diligence, excellence and the greatest joy. In Jesus Name. Amen.

The Head And Not The Tail

Apostle Grace Lubega

Deuteronomy 28:13(KJV); And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:

Years ago, the Lord opened my eyes to an interesting aspect of this Christian life.

He started with the smallest details like personal belongings. I was opened to the realisation that for some Christians, whatever they receive is someone else’s cast-offs.

If it is a phone, it is only given to you after it has been used by another to the point where a button or so is no longer working. If not, then after its screen has cracked and the owner does not see it fit for him anymore and you are a more befitting candidate to own it.

If it is clothes, they have previously been won by others and passed on to you like a hand out.

He told me that is not how a child of God ought to live.

I learnt in that time that God wants you to be the first in everything and He wants the first things for you.

There is nothing unspiritual about wearing clothes that are not another’s cast-offs.

There is nothing unspiritual about having the latest gadgets. There is nothing wrong with having a brand new car. It is called the blessing of the Lord and it is what it means to be the head.

You are royalty, a child of the king. It is not in your story for you to own things only after they have been on the market for years yet newer versions of them have been manufactured.

Why not have the latest? You are the head and God wants the best for you.

Get rid of the mentality that second hand is what you deserve.

The best that life has to offer is yours.

Embrace this understanding and walk in the liberty of one who understands that the best things are yours.
Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY: 1 Corinthians 3:21, 2 Peter 1:3

GOLDEN NUGGET:

God wants you to be the first in everything and He wants the first things for you.

PRAYER: Lord, I thank you for this truth. I know that you have favoured me greatly and set me apart. The best of all things is my portion and today I walk in that liberty of mind. I stand out among many because I am the head; good things follow me because I am a child of the King. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

A Life Beyond Compromise

Apostle Grace Lubega

Romans 3:4(KJV); God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

One day, a man of God narrated how he and his ministry were struggling financially.

Understandably, they had needs: rent to clear, machines to be paid for and other church needs to be met.

I advised him that he was flaunting certain biblical principles of financial success, two of which were the giving of tithe and first fruit, and as such I asked him to ensure that as a ministry, they give their tithe and first fruit to whoever was their spiritual authority.

The Lord also further instructed me that if they did obey, I was to meet every financial need of the ministry that entire month.

I asked them for their budget and put aside the necessary amount.

Unfortunately, the man of God called me and told me that their needs were too heavy and as such, they could not afford to tithe or give first fruit.

What he did not know was that the Lord had also already made a way to sustain them had they obeyed.

What should this teach you, child of God?

Never put your need above the principles of God. This is not about only money; sometimes He might want you to forgive; He might want you to let go of a job or of a relationship that does not glorify His name.

It doesn’t matter how constrained you might feel; choose to obey and let God take care of the rest.

Yes, it might be difficult and might feel greatly constraining but God is true, like our theme scripture says.

He will reward your faithfulness.

His name be praised!

FURTHER STUDY: Romans 8:31, Jeremiah 17:5

GOLDEN NUGGET:

Never put your need above the principles of God.

PRAYER: Lord, I thank you for this Word. I know that you are my ever present help in times of need; I lean on you God with all my heart, soul and mind. I choose never to look at my need but to look to what your Word says. I walk in obedience to your truth regardless of the demands of my circumstances. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

The Land Of The Blessing

Apostle Grace Lubega

Deuteronomy 28:8(KJV); The Lord shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

I know a man who left his homeland only to settle in a homeless shelter in another country. He was hunting for green pastures, but what is so green about a homeless shelter?

That man did not understand the blessing of the Lord.

The blessing of the Lord is tagged to the land that He has given unto you. It is His intention to bless you in that place that He has ordained as your portion.

That’s the language in our theme scripture; “He shall bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee”.

You don’t need to travel to other nations in search of greener pastures in order to count yourself as blessed.

This does not mean that whosoever leaves their native land and goes to another nation is wrong to do so. However, there are those who move without a sense of divine purpose; they are not instructed by God but are simply convinced in their minds that a better life awaits them in other nations.

That is not the mind-set of a child of God who has understood the blessing of the Lord.

God can bless you anywhere as long as it is where He has ordained for you to be.

It doesn’t matter how remote the place is; He will still bless you.

Take comfort in the understanding that you are where you are for a reason; there is a reason you were born in that particular nation; a reason you speak their language; a reason you drank of its waters and ate the food from its ground.

If it is where God has purposed you should be, His blessing will work in you and for you right there.

His great name be praised!

FURTHER STUDY: Proverbs 10:22, Psalms 37:22

GOLDEN NUGGET:

God can bless you anywhere as long as it is where He has ordained for you to be. Take comfort in the understanding that you are where you are for a reason; there is a reason you were born in that particular nation; a reason you speak their language; a reason you drank of its waters and ate the food from its ground.

PRAYER: Loving God, thank you for the blessing upon my life. I am in my nation for a reason and to fulfil your great and eternal purpose. I stand in the blessed assurance that no matter where you have placed me, blessings follow me. If it be a place far from civilisation, men will dig roads to get to me because I carry the blessing; My nation is prosperous because I am in it; I walk in the confidence that what matters most is that I have you. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

The Perfect Man

Apostle Grace Lubega

James 3:2(AMP); For we all often stumble and fall and offend in many things. And if anyone does not offend in speech [never says the wrong things], he is a fully developed character and a perfect man, able to control his whole body and to curb his entire nature.

God’s mind on perfection is rather intriguing.

He does not define a perfect man as one who is perfect in moral character; one whose reputation is pristine; one who wears garbs of piety and cloaks of holiness.

Primarily, the perfect man is he who does not offend in speech and never says the wrong things.

He is the man who will never confess sickness regardless of what his body says.

He is a man who will never speak of himself as poor even when his bank balance is low.

He is the man who can never speak anything negative about his business, marriage or career even when it is going down the drain.

Perfection in speech is the apex of Christian maturity and the axis of true mastery.

The perfect man controls his body and curbs his entire nature, like our theme scripture teaches.

Child of God, purpose never to say the wrong things; that is the only guarantee that you will accurately direct your course and destiny.

Glory to God!

FURTHER STUDY: Proverbs 18:21, James 1:26

GOLDEN NUGGET:

The perfect man is he who does not offend in speech and never says the wrong things. He is the man who will never confess sickness regardless of what his body says. He is a man who will never speak of himself as poor even when his bank balance is low. He is the man who can never speak anything negative about his business, marriage or career even when it is going down the drain.

PRAYER: Loving father, I thank you for this wisdom. You continually teach me to rule my spirit, and what greater way can a man rule his spirit than have mastery over his tongue? Today, my eyes are opened to the definition of perfection in the mind of eternity and as such I purpose to live and walk in this understanding. Circumstances will never taint the integrity of the words on my lips because I am never moved by what I see. I am moved by what I believed. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

The Concept Of Numbers

Apostle Grace Lubega

John 6:2(KJV); And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased.

One day, a man opined that instead of building mega churches, Christians instead ought to build mega homeless shelters.

Well, that kind of reasoning is flawed.

Firstly, spiritual depravity is a greater evil than homelessness and the spiritually depraved are more than the homeless.

Secondly, we were anointed to depopulate hell. God has given us the grace to draw multitudes to His kingdom.

There is nothing wrong with having a mega church; Christ in essence had one.

He was followed by multitudes like our theme scripture reveals.

Peter’s first sermon drew thousands to Christ (Acts 2:41).

Paul too drew multitudes. At one point, he preached a message and the next day, almost the entire city showed up to listen to him (Acts 13:44).

This gospel is about people.

No minister of the gospel should feel complacent about a small congregation in a city of thousands that do not know Christ.

No man or woman of God should be comfortable with a few members in a nation of millions that do not profess Christ.

Every empty chair ought to speak, to provoke us past indifference to the winning of souls.

God’s name be praised!

FURTHER STUDY: Proverbs 11:30, Matthew 28:18-20

GOLDEN NUGGET:

We were anointed to depopulate hell. God has given us the grace to draw multitudes to His kingdom.

PRAYER: Loving God, thank you for this great wisdom for today. What a truth! You have graced me with influence over multitudes. I receive it as my portion for the glory of your name. Regardless of my station Abba, I know that I am called to touch many. My ideas are for multitudes; my message is for multitudes; the wisdom upon my life is for the profit of many. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

To Bridle The Tongue

Apostle Grace Lubega

James 1:26(KJV); If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.

A person’s ability to bridle their tongue is one of the greatest facets of mastery.

Bridling the tongue means that you tame your conversation and speech.

It doesn’t matter how mighty you are, if you do not bridle your tongue, that might will never save you.

Wealth, power and influence dim in ability, in the face of a weak and unbridled tongue.

In Romans 15:18, Paul says, “For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by WORD AND DEED.”

In Colossians 3:17, he says, “And whatsoever ye do in WORD OR DEED, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.”

Notice the pattern in these scriptures: WORD PRECEDES DEED, deed does not precede word.

Firstly, you must learn how to speak right before you act right; that is mastery!

You can never be a great minister until you learn to speak like a great minister.

You can never be an influential leader until you learn to speak like an influential leader.

You can never walk out of a weakness until you learn to speak like someone who is free of that weakness.

You can never be free of disease until you learn to speak like one who was healed.

Actions follow words; words do not follow actions.
Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY: 2 Corinthians 4:13, Psalms 45:1

GOLDEN NUGGET:

WORD PRECEDES DEED, deed does not precede word. Firstly, you must learn how to speak right before you act right; that is mastery!

PRAYER: Great and loving father, what a great assurance to know that the power of life and death are in my tongue. You have placed my entire destiny on my lips and today, more than ever, I walk in this understanding. My heart is inditing a good matter and my tongue is a pen of a ready writer. I write my future through my words and paint it in the colours of success and greatness. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

The Message And The Method

Apostle Grace Lubega

1 Corinthians 12:4-6(KJV); Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.

There are diverse ways of ministry.

For example, Christ practiced diversity in His healing ministry; at one point he laid hands on blind men(Matthew 9:29-30); at another time He simply told him that his faith had made him whole and at another(Luke 18:42), He spat on the ground, made clay of the spittle before He touched the blind man’s eyes(John 9:6).

Diversity does not mean the absence of the Unity of Faith, but rather it demonstrates the many sidedness or the manifold nature of the wisdom of God.

However, regardless of diversity, the Unity of Faith has one underlying principle: the message must be sacred, the method is not.

Methods of healing may vary; methods of service may vary; methods of teaching may vary but the message of Christ in its truth and perfect integrity is absolute; it is what ought to be preserved at any cost.

It is an error to exalt the method above the message and to regard the method as the fountain of truth.

It is an error to assume that because a man or woman of God does not teach, heal or demonstrate the Spirit in the exact manner like another then one of them is a false minister.

The question should be, ‘Is the Christ exalted and lifted up?’

Be at liberty to heal as led by God but remember that the important thing is the message of healing as taught and demonstrated by the Christ.

Be at liberty to teach as led by God but be mindful of the fact that the true doctrine that lifts Christ is the basis of all sound teaching.

Be at liberty to serve as led by God, never forgetting that our primary service is to God Almighty and to His son Jesus Christ.
Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY: Romans 12:4-8, Ephesians 4:4-13

GOLDEN NUGGET:

Regardless of diversity, the Unity of Faith has one underlying principle: the message must be sacred, the method is not. Be at liberty to heal as led by God but remember that the important thing is the message of healing as taught and demonstrated by the Christ; Be at liberty to teach as led by God but be mindful of the fact that the true doctrine that lifts Christ is the basis of all sound teaching; Be at liberty to serve as led by God, never forgetting that our primary service is to God Almighty and to His son Jesus Christ.

PRAYER: Father God, I thank you for the great family of the Church in which you have placed me. Thank you for the gift of your precious Holy Spirit that has blessed us with the diversities of ministration. I walk in the wisdom of one who upholds the message of Christ above the methods of ministry, for methods did not save us, Christ and the message of redemption is the basis of my salvation. It is in this knowledge that I serve, give and minister. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Why We Preach The Grace: The Word Of Faith

Apostle Grace Lubega

Romans 10:5-8(KJV); For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them. But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:) Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;

The righteousness of the Law seeks after actions; it is about what you do.

For this reason, our theme scripture clearly says, “Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, that the man which DOETH those things shall live by them.”

However, the righteousness of faith SPEAKS. Paul says, “But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise.”

The law will always be about what you do or do not do. Faith is firstly in WHAT YOU SPEAK.

You have received the righteousness of faith. Your health begins with what you speak about it; your finances change based on what you say about them; your ministry grows based on what you speak.

The word in your mouth changes or destroys what is around you. The scriptures have called it the WORD OF FAITH.

A Christian who has understood the righteousness of faith is he or she who has learned to speak forth the Word.

Having believed the Word in your heart, SAY IT; SPEAK IT OUT

Speak great things upon your business!

Speak vitality upon your marriage!

Speak great success upon your career!

Speak godliness and prosperity upon your nation!

As you speak, the manifestation will follow.

As you speak, your body is aligned to those words; as you speak, everything around you will start to respond.

Glory to God!

FURTHER STUDY: 2 Corinthians 4:13, Romans 3:21-22

GOLDEN NUGGET:
A Christian who has understood the righteousness of faith is the one who has learned to speak forth the Word. Of God Having believed the Word in your heart, SAY IT.

PRAYER: Father God, I thank you for this great and wonderful knowledge. I have received and embraced the righteousness which is of faith, my inheritance and my portion in Christ. This righteousness speaks, and so Lord, I speak forth the Word. I declare and decree that I am blessed in everything that I do; that I am the head and not the tail; that I am a wonder; that my marriage is a success; that my career is a success; that I am shining with the glory of God. As I speak, I see increase, I see transformation, I see multiplication and I frame my world. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

The Spirit Of Prayer – 2

Apostle Grace Lubega

Zechariah 12:10(KJV); And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the SPIRIT OF GRACE AND OF SUPPLICATIONS: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

Prayer is a spirit.

He is in the business of constantly moving us to pray; not just in the morning when we wake up or in the evening when we sleep or in church when others are praying but whenever the need of heaven and of the Spirit demands it.

The scriptures have called Him the SPIRIT of grace and supplications.

Because He is a spirit of GRACE and SUPPLICATIONS, no child of grace can fail to pray; there is always and consistently an abundance of grace to pray.

Until you understand Him as such, you will always pray as a matter of duty and not out of relationship.

It is this same understanding that will cause you to consider prayer not as an option but a LIFE.

This life is one of the constant leading of the Holy Spirit as we yield ourselves more and more to Him.

When you embrace this life, every time there is a necessity, He will nudge your spirit to pray.

It will not matter where you are; whether you are driving or in the middle of a meeting.

As you feel the nudge to pray, speak in tongues; wordlessly bubble tongues beneath your breath. That’s our life of victory!

FURTHER STUDY: Luke 18:1, 1 Thessalonians 5:17

GOLDEN NUGGET:

Prayer is a spirit. Because He is a spirit of GRACE and SUPPLICATIONS, no child of grace can fail to pray; there is always and consistently an abundance of grace to pray.

PRAYER: My Lord, thank you for the Spirit of prayer, for the constant grace to seek your face, for the urgency of the Spirit that moves me to pray in the very moments when I need to. This is my life! I know when to pray and what to pray. I am fully yielded to this, God. That is how lives are saved because you move me to pray; that is how destinies are aligned, because you move me to pray. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

The Spirit Of Prayer – 1

Apostle Grace Lubega

Luke 18:1(KJV); And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint.

Years ago, before we learnt the truth about communion and blessed fellowship with God, we always fainted in prayer.

We counted minutes in prayer and wondered absentmindedly why the clock ticked slowest when we were praying. That was fainting in prayer.

In those moments, we interceded for our parents and our siblings, our relatives on the maternal side and on the paternal side, our neighbours, and our neighbours’ relatives.

A whole twenty minutes later, we would then wonder idly who else needed their issues mentioned before God. That was fainting in prayer.

In those times, we occupied ourselves with the thought that everyone else was watching us pray and so we had to put on a good show, acting the presence of God and yet we were our only audience; not even God was.

That was fainting in prayer.

You can never learn to pray until you know God.

You may mumble things to Him in a monologue but you will not be truly praying.

Until you understand the eternal realm of God, time will always be a factor when it comes to the things of God.

In true prayer and communion, earthly time literally freezes as the eternal things fill one’s experience.

May you learn to pray in this understanding.

FURTHER STUDY: Romans 12:12, Matthew 6:6-8

GOLDEN NUGGET:

In true prayer and communion, earthly time literally freezes as the eternal things fill one’s experience.

PRAYER: Father, thank you for this instruction in prayer. I embrace this understanding and choose to pray daily in this knowledge. I know that in the many things prayer is, it is also about the place from where I pray. I am an eternal spirit and so I choose never to pray from the earth but from the heavenly places; I learn from He who lives to make intercession for the saints; I tap into heavenly conversations. To the glory of your name. Amen.