PHANEROO~DEVOTION 20th April 2016 Apostle Grace Lubega

For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth [Romans 9:11].

DIVINE ELECTION

In the ministry of the election of God, God does not elect after the order of men, because when men elect, they look at merit; they look at height; they look at weight; they look at fashion; they look at beauty; they look at style. But that is not how God elects because, that very God tells you that ‘I chose the foolish things of this world that I may confound the wisdom of the wise’. The reason why God is going to use you is because when you look at yourself, you lack the ability to do those things.

Now, where there is a divine election, I have noticed all my life, that there is always a divine change of things. Some people posses what belongs to you. I am talking about a God who will give you houses you never built. There is a man who is sleeping in a house with your name on it, a vine yard planted by another for you.

Child of God, to receive from God is an easy thing. Religion has complicated the simplicities of divine providence from the hand of a loving father. Not everything you must receive has to be worked for.  You are going to see that God, that anointing work in your life. When people ask you how? Your answer will be simple, ‘divine election.’ May you receive this as your portion this day in the name of Jesus, Amen.

FURTHER STUDY: 1 Corinthians 1:27, Joshua 24:13

GOLDEN NUGGET: The reason why God is going to use you is because when you look at yourself, you lack the ability to do those things.

PRAYER: Lord we thank you for we are called of you, thank you for the things that belong to us simply by your promise and not our works. We thank you for those houses we did not build, vineyards we did not plant and for wells we did not dig. Thank you for those things that come easily to us because our story and testimony was never one of struggle. Lord we receive. We receive. We simply receive Lord. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Excerpt: DIVINE ELECTION

PHANEROO~DEVOTION 19th April 2016

Apostle Grace Lubega

I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High [Psalms 82:6].

IN THE KING’S CHAMBER OF COUNSEL II

Human reasoning is subject to the nature of Adam. Yet as believers, Because we transitioned from the first adamic nature to the new man in Christ, the Bible says that now we have the mind of Christ.  We can reason with God in the same way you can sit with another man and reason with him.

When God speaks of our kingdom, it is not an earthly one. When he says he is the king of kings, he is not the king of earthly kings only. He is also speaking of kings in the heavenly realm. Kingly authority on the earthly realm was not God’s idea. The children of Israel demanded for a king but that was not God’s original plan.

The kings we see on the earth were a result of the choice of men overly insisting and demanding for a king. God has never planned to make kings out of unregenerated men. He has always planned to make kings out of born again believers, Why? Because we receive of his life. He doesn’t want to have a kingly substance in a man that does not reason like him. When the scriptures speak of safety in the multitude of counsellors, it is more than the place of caution because a man consulted many people over a decision he had to make. It is the wisdom by which the maturity of the church grants access for us to sit in counsel with God and thus consequently execute God’s purpose on the earth. May the Lord cause you to walk in this wisdom today!

FURTHER STUDY: Isaiah 1:18, Revelation 17:14

GOLDEN NUGGET:
God has never planned to make kings out of unregenerated men. He has always planned to make kings out of born again believers, Why? Because we receive of his life.

PRAYER: Father God, we thank you for the authority that we carry as children of the Most High, thank you for the kingly anointing at work in our lives, thank you for the wisdom that we carry as kings, the privilege to sit in counsel with you Lord. Thank you because the substance of our counsel forms the basis for any judgments in the earth and as such, we wield judgment against disease, evil in the earth, against bondage, against oppression for such is our authority, our power, our victory. In the name of Jesus. Amen.

Excerpt: KINGDOM BUSINESS by Apostle Grace Lubega

PHANEROO~DEVOTION 18th April 2016 Apostle Grace Lubega

And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you [1 Thessalonians 4:11].

RUN YOUR RACE

Child of God, never seek to fight and prove a minister and other fellow Christians as either right or wrong. Seek to do this one thing- what the Lord called you to do. Other men’s weakness and strengths are not your business. Other men’s ministries are not your business. Other men’s lives are not your business. You have too much to do in running your own race as a minister. Your concern should be, how many people have I raised? How many people have I brought to Jesus? How many people are saved because of my life?

If there be someone whose doctrine or teaching you do not necessarily agree with or a brother whose attitude you do not like, purpose to pray for them. No man in the deepest spirit of intersession can judge one he prays for. Take the example of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ. Every time He went in prayer He came out in compassion, and passionate to help men.

To him it was a matter of the cup that he had to bear. Read through the gospels, when we see him speak with the Pharisees and Sadducees, he addresses them directly. He did not go behind their backs, He did not backbite them. We never heard of Jesus seated over supper with his disciples to discuss Ceaser! His business was not about the dealings of men. His business was and is souls- to get  men reconciled back to God. That is our ministry. Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY: 2 Corinthians 5:18, Proverbs 11:30

GOLDEN NUGGET: Jesus’ business was not other men’s dealings, his business was and is souls- to get men reconciled back to God. That is our ministry.

PRAYER: Father God, we are grateful for our lives, for the mandate and assignment that you have given to each and every one of us. We thank you that every day we increasingly respond to the urgency of the demands of heaven for the souls of men. We thank you that this truth defines our focus, our desires, our aspirations. We know souls are your heartbeat and as such, they are our heartbeat too. Every day Lord, we choose to lay aside the things that profit not, conversations that profit not, and attitudes that profit not, for the sake of drawing men into the kingdom. Help us Lord. Help us today. Help us each moment of our lives. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Excerpt: SPY KIDS

PHANEROO~DEVOTION 17th April 2016 Apostle Grace Lubega

Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever[ Hebrews 13:8].

WE DON’T BUILD MONUMENTS

I have known of some Christians and some ministers who, when they tell you about healing, they tell you of the old story of how they used to heal in the past. Their story is, ‘you see for us in 1995 this happened, in 1982 this happened, in 1972 this happened.’

Much as these testimonies are worth recording, if we only dwell on the former things, then it implies the gospel is not progressive. It is about these monuments they build around past experiences.

However, the beginning of monuments is the true definition of a man starting to walk in religion. God is the same today, yesterday and forever. If He healed then, He heals now and he will heal tomorrow. If He delivered then, He will deliver now and He will deliver tomorrow. If He changed men yesterday, He will change them today and He will change them tomorrow.

You must move in the consistent light and power of the Holy Spirit. Seek consistency and not just a onetime experience. Always pursue consistency because behind every consistent thing, there is diligence and behind every diligence there is a raising of kings and behind the raising of every king there is a manifestation of the kingly anointing and behind every manifestation of the kingly anointing there is an exaltation and honor and behind every honor there is a glorification and behind every glorification there is a vindication and behind every vindication there is God- always God. No man can raise up by themselves.  No man can build ministry by themselves. No man can preach by themselves. No man can raise a number by themselves. May this truth work in your life today.

FURTHER STUDY: 2 Corinthians 3:18, Haggai 2:9

GOLDEN NUGGET: Behind every consistent thing, there is diligence and behind every diligence there is a raising of kings and behind the raising of every king there is a manifestation of the kingly anointing and behind every manifestation of the kingly anointing there is an exaltation and honor and behind every honor there is a glorification and behind every glorification there is a vindication and behind every vindication there is God.

PRAYER: Lord we thank you for our lives, we thank you that the testimony of our walk with you is one of glory to glory. We thank you that we are better today than we were yesterday. We thank you that we are deeper today than we were yesterday. We thank you that knowledge is increased in our lives, wisdom is multiplied, our territories enlarged, the circumference of our influence expanded, for that is our testimony, such is our story, not the building of monuments around past experiences but the consistency and the increase that comes with the increase of God. In the name of Jesus. Amen.

Excerpt from: SPY KIDS

PHANEROO~DEVOTION 16th April 2016 Apostle Grace Lubega

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth [Genesis 1:26].

WHERE ARE YOUR LABOURS

It seems very okay in the minds of some Christians to work solely for men in their minds, but some find it hard to work for God in the ministry. Many men cannot think of being ministers of the gospel because of the thought that poverty will strike at their door. A man will work for hours at his office just to get a promotion. That same man will not spare even an hour to do door to door evangelism. Where are your labours, where are you investing? In things moth can eat?

The day you wake up and realize that everything you ever worked for was yours in the first place is the day you will realize that despite all your labours, you were nothing more than a slave if you never served God. Why are you not  late for an interview but are late for church? Why do you esteem lightly the one who is in you? How many things control you yet you ought to have control over them? How many people control you? The power of salvation was to bring men to a place where they had dominion and authority; the very spirit of lordship over everything in this life.

You are on the earth for the gospel. God must work in you even at the workplace. Let work be by divine purpose and not financial gain. If you are still under the motivation of financial gain, then you are of all men most deceived. Labouring for God is more important than labouring to gain anything on the earth. Stop investing where you expect to reap only carnal things. In the mind of the Almighty God, the idea is to lift up your eyes, and look to the fields; for they are white, already to harvest.  Our labours in God are harvests. They are not the sowing of seeds by a man seeking to have what is already given to him by faith.

FURTHER STUDY: Matthew 6:19, Matthew 6:33

GOLDEN STUDY: Our labours in God are harvests. They are not the sowing of seeds by a man seeking to have what is already given to him by faith.

PRAYER: Thank you God for the heart that you have given us for the sake of the kingdom; thank you for the understanding that if labours be for the gospel then they are never in vain; thank you that with this mind, the gospel is our priority; the reason we work; the reason we build businesses, the reason we expand, the reason for everything Lord. Thank you that at the end of our lives, our stories will not be of the vanities we built for ourselves but of the things we did for the sake of the kingdom for that is what makes our labours eternal. In the name of Jesus. Amen.

Excerpt from: THE Lord OF DOMINION

PHANEROO~DEVOTION Apostle Grace Lubega 15th April 2016

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth [Genesis 1:26].

THE SPIRIT OF DOMINION

The biggest lie that the devil has used against the Christians of our day is the thought that they do not have all that they need and have to go to church to obtain these things. For so long, we have tried to have, to get and to acquire. We do not know how to walk in what we already have by the scriptures. If you are to compare our lives to the standard of the gospel and the testimony of our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ, you realize that many come short because certain men and situations determined our times and our livelihoods.

We have frustrated the grace of God upon our lives for so long. Look at the revelations that ought to have changed the world not only by the words we speak but by the lives we had to live. The Bible says that he shall supply all our needs according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus; that we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us; that we were given all things that pertain to life and godliness. How come you still cannot afford a meal or monthly rent? How can we then prove to those rich men in the world that they are poor or that there's more in God? How can we tell them we are greater, when we look to them for our success, when we have to force laughter around them to get favours?
Child of God, the beginning of salvation is the persuasion that all these things are ours and that we have free access. Then and only then can men seek for something deeper than money, the car, the house or the job but God, only God. What causes ten men to hold your lapel and say ‘we shall go with you’ is not the car you drive or your position in government but that you have God. The men of this world will not come to church because the church acquired cars and houses and good jobs, but that we live a life deeper than these material things- a life that showed them who God is.

FURTHER STUDY: Philippians 4:19, 2 Peter 1:3

GOLDEN NUGGET: The biggest lie that the devil has used against the Christians of our day is the thought that they do not have all that they need and have to go to church to obtain these things.

PRAYER: Father, we thank you that the testimony of the eternal life that we carry is not in the vanities of this life; the things that moth can eat; the things that are done with their use but in the knowledge of you and your son. Thank you that this knowledge and the hunger for it prevails over any need; it causes us to pray; to fast; to seek you; to love you; to spend and be spent for the gospel. This eternal life you have given us is what will cause men to come to you and as we grow in this knowledge, we thank you that they come because when they see us, Lord they see you. We thank you Jesus. Amen.

Excerpt: THE SPIRIT OF DOMINION

PHANEROO~DEVOTION 14th April 2016 Apostle Grace Lubega

For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich [2 Corinthians 8:9].

NO GLORY IN POVERTY

I have seen Christians who think that if you are rich, you are a sinner who does not care for the poor. But many forget that Jesus said, for the poor, always ye have with you. Christians were not to be counted in that number.

The very spirit that is teaching the false testimony is the son of perdition. Who else could ask Mary, ‘why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to thy poor’, except a man whom the scriptures call the son of perdition, and who was afore ordained to betray the Christ?

The grace of Jesus Christ that was taught by the scriptures is this simple; 2 Corinthians 9:8 says; and God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work.  The testimony of God is; if a man should have all that he has by Christ and can give for every divine work, there is no problem for that man to have what they want to have because they are in line with divine principle. Divine wealth is our story.

FURTHER STUDY: John 12:8, John 12:5

GOLDEN NUGGET: The testimony of God is; if a man should have all that he has by Christ and can give for every divine work, there is no problem for that man to have what they want to have because they are in line with divine principle.

PRAYER: Lord we are grateful for that grace that positioned us in the place of wealth before we ever thought to ask. We thank you that by that very grace, we have all that we need; that we are rich; we are blessed; we dwell in abundance; plenty is our story. Every day, we walk in this abundance for the sake of the kingdom; we increase for the kingdom; profit for the kingdom; expand for the kingdom. In the name of Jesus. Amen.

Excerpt: THE SPIRIT OF DOMINION