GOD'S Mercy and Truth!

Praise the GOD who is so good that, He sends forth His mercy and truth just when we need it!


Come, let us enjoy this truth, between 2:00PM and 3:00PM (East African time) only at http://familyradioug.com/live-streaming!


Thank you.

GOD BLESS YOU.

@zionhopemukisa.

Enter His Rest

Good morning!

I thank you, for listening to the daily lunch hour sermons, between 2:00PM and 3:00PM (East African time). May GOD BLESS YOU, mightily.

Our sermon, today, is entitled 'ENTER HIS REST' hosted at http://familyradioug.com/live-streaming.

Do not miss the prophecies thrown in as led by the Holy Spirit.

Thank you,

GOD BLESS YOU.
@zionhopemukisa.

Divine Delay

Are you, sometimes, grateful to GOD that He did not answer the instant that you prayed about it?

Well, I have learned to do so personally.

 

“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. And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife” (Genesis 16:2-3).

 

The New Passport

 

Getting a new passport that accommodated my new name was not easy. I was told, that I had to register in the Ugandan gazette and attach a copy of my deed poll. It would have been a lot easier, if the registration in the gazette was free but it was not! They mentioned, a certain amount of money that I did not have. Therefore, I rested my case; after all, I had no plans to travel then.

 

In fact, the years sped by and I did not give it much thought, but that there was a certain ‘delay’. Now, in the four years after that, the National Identification process began and, before long, I was in possession of my national ID, complete with my new name. Now, the delay because of lack of money was divine because I later found out that I did not need to register in the Ugandan gazette! I figured that it was because my name had already been captured in the system. In other words, I did not have to suffer the cost of that registration – one costly step had been gotten rid of! I only had to pay a smaller amount of money to acquire a new passport!

In short, GOD allowed financial lack in my life so that I would not spend on something that I did not have to spend on!

 

The ATM Card

 

They could not seem to get it right! For that reason, I had lost my patience with them and only the grace of GOD sustained me there. They had failed to give me the ATM card that I had applied for and paid for, close to a year ago! Therefore, whenever I needed to carry out any banking activity, I had to spend time and money to visit the Banking Hall! As if that was not enough, I was charged a certain fee every time that I made any transaction over the counter! Consequently, I began to plot my exit from the Bank!

 

As if someone had read my mind, the Bank sent me a text message telling me about E-Banking. Soon enough, I was transacting my financial activities using my phone! Finally, all my initial banking challenges were ‘resolved’!

 

As I completed my most recent ‘E-transaction’ without ‘moving an inch’, and at no cost too, I realized that that delay was divine! GOD had allowed it to happen, so that He could give me something much better at the lowest cost!

 

Our Daily Lives

 

Now, I cannot fail to compare this to our daily lives. As we make our requests known to GOD, our answers seem to take long. Therefore, we turn to ‘Hagar’ because we are tired of waiting! In fact, it seems as if GOD is not doing anything about it, only to be surprised by an even better solution that will not cost us much!

 

When we seem to be making no progress, GOD is working on something that will make us forget the agony of waiting. In fact, we shall see the reason behind the wait and will be glad that we had to wait.

 

Therefore, before you lose heart and choose Hagar, remember that some delays are divine and that your solution is just around the corner!

 

PRAYER

 

Dear GOD, I now know that the delay that I face is, sometimes, divine. Therefore, I ask you to give me the insight to always be aware of this and to be patient while I wait.

 

I thank you, LORD, because you have done it. In Jesus’ name, I have prayed, amen.

‘Ask Me to Teach You’

7th April 2009

‘Ask Me to Teach You’

 

“You should ask me to teach you when to move, and when to stay where you are, when to be silent and when to speak, what to say and how to say it when you speak”.

ZHM.

BALM

“Is there no balm in Gilead…” (Jeremiah 8:22).

…maybe, had I not been aware of the fact that ‘it’ was multipurpose, I would have gone for the other option…maybe, I would have missed it had GOD not communicated about it. Well, thank GOD, that I was alert enough to recognize the voice of GOD…

 

As her hands deftly took charge of my hair, I knew that I was in good hands! PHEW! For a while there, I had been very apprehensive, at her exclamation that it had not been done right the first time. However, she seemed to know what she was doing! As I settled back in the salon chair, my attention was drawn to the word, ‘BALM’; I realized that GOD was saying something but I did not know what. Therefore, I made a mental note to look for the ‘balm of Gilead’ in the Bible. Well, the twenty three year old salon-girl did a great job, and soon enough, I was out of the Salon to run my next errands.

 

It was a busy day and shopping was one of the things that I had to take care of. Therefore, I reluctantly tried on one dress after another until I settled for the second one that I had tried on, just as GOD had told me to do prior to the shopping. Nonetheless, I was ‘awakened’ to a certain itching on my chest…some insect, in one of the dresses that I tried on, had taken a tasty bite of me! Therefore, someone later assisted me with some cream and I applied to my chest. However, the stingy sensation continued.

 

Consequently, when I got home, I asked my sister if she had any ointment that I could apply to the tiny circle of stinging pimple like swellings on my chest. Now, interestingly, of the two oils that she mentioned was an Avon moisture therapy lip BALM! I did not even touch the other option; my choice had already been decided for me by GOD and I was healed in no time at all.  

 

Now, I cannot say that I understand your pain; in fact, I do not know how it hurts. However, what I know for sure is that GOD prepared the right BALM long before you were ‘stung’, while going about your errands! In other words, the solution to what you are facing right now, was released before you got that problem. Therefore, in due course, GOD will put it right into your hand and you will receive your healing once you apply it.

 

Of course, there are as many stings are there are balms.  Your sting may have been the result of a failed relationship or a failed marriage, or the death of a spouse or the loss of a job. Whatever the source of your sting, take heart, GOD knows the exact solution for it.

 

You must realize that the balm that GOD prepared for my healing was a LIP BALM that happened to be multipurpose. Sometimes, the solution that GOD gives you seems like it is for a different purpose but it will work. For instance, concerning that job ‘situation’, GOD may tell you to submit to your husband at home. The two seem to be in different continents altogether but, trust GOD that balm will work!

 

 

PRAYER

 

Dear GOD, I know that you have already prepared the balm for this sting. Please, open my eyes, ears, and all the other senses so that I do not miss it. Give me the grace, to choose the right option that will lead me to my healing. Thank you, LORD, because you have heard me.

 

In Jesus’ name, I have prayed, amen.

zionhopemukisa@facebook.com

'Joseph' and 'Daniel'

Joseph and Daniel

In this season, there is a wave of accurate dream interpretation and wisdom to operate even after the interpretation (just like Joseph did). Some, like Daniel, will even get insight of dreams that no one has told them about by the Spirit of GOD. Therefore, many are dreaming strange (disturbing) dreams in this season, that only ‘Joseph’ or ‘Daniel’ can interpret!

 

Dream Jobs

Many, over forty years of age, will apply for jobs and get them. Suddenly, they will be in more demand than those much younger than they are.

 

Appreciation

You will be appreciated. Some may not even think about what they are doing, when they do so, but you will recognize the genuineness behind the words.

 

 

'Imperfection'

‘Imperfection’

 

 

“And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me” (2 Corinthians 12:7-9).

 

Are you aware that the GOD who created you, knows exactly what your weaknesses are? He has placed them right there where only He and you can 'find them'. However, He still wants you to hand them over to Him, so that His work on them can begin. Nonetheless, He does not stop using you while He is fixing you but continues to use you for His Kingdom!

 

Now, let me tell you about my ‘Red shoe experience’.

 

I LOVE Red. Therefore, it was to be expected that I would get myself a ‘working pair’ of beautiful red shoes! Even if it came with a few ‘issues’, ‘we’ managed to get over them by the grace of GOD!

 

Now, one day after a Boda boda (motorcycle) ride, I was disappointed to note that one of the shoes (the shoe on the right hand side) had a white string-like mark at the back of the heel! A nail had tightened its grip on the heel of my red shoe, somewhere during my journey on the Boda boda - I was crushed, could not get rid of it because it was fairly new! Therefore, I had no choice but to 'forget about it'…to forget that it existed! Thank GOD, it was at the back, and that only those who walked behind me could see it. Those who were headed in my direction, and those who walked alongside me, were oblivious to it!

 

The mark was another of many lessons, in humility, that GOD was teaching me. Seeing that I had no money to buy myself another pair, I was forced to ‘live with it’ as ‘marred’ as it was! Interestingly, one of the reasons that I forgot about it was because I chose to IGNORE IT! Similarly, we should choose to IGNORE our weaknesses.

 

We should also be aware that weaknesses teach us to be humble; knowing that we are so gifted, yet with something that makes us somewhat imperfect! In fact, just like Paul’s 'thorn in the flesh', I happen to believe that GOD allows some of these weaknesses to be a small part of our lives, in order to humble us. You see, sometimes, we consider ourselves too anointed to have any weaknesses and that is when pride sets in.

 

This ‘red shoe situation’ taught me that we can live with our weaknesses, as well as those of other people, while GOD fixes us and them. It is sad that we often wear our weaknesses on our ‘faces’ instead of on the back of our heels! We forget that they are weaknesses and that only those who walk behind us can see! We should front our strengths where all can see them while we trust GOD to take away our weaknesses that happen to be on the BACK OF OUR HEELS.

 

Interestingly, those weaknesses that we are most aware of, are not noticed by those who walk beside us but those behind us if they do notice them at all!

  

Also, we must look for the strengths of those with whom we relate, or besides whom we walk, instead of looking for their weaknesses. Interestingly, people’s strengths are more visible than their weaknesses. Nonetheless, we tend to intentionally ‘walk behind them’, focus on the ‘white string-like mark’ and magnify it!

 

It would be nice to note that, just as I could not dispose of the pair of shoes because of the white mark, GOD does not dispose of us because of our weaknesses. He works with us concerning them. All that He requires of us, is to commit them to Him. As He works on them, He expects us to wear them at the back of the heel of our favourite shoes, where we cannot see them. He expects us to ‘forget’ about them, ‘front our strengths’, and trust that He is working on the weaknesses.

 

Interestingly, the white mark was not a hindrance to my wearing the pair again – I still looked good in my red pair of shoes and it did not subtract from the effectiveness of the red shoes! Similarly, your weaknesses do not stop GOD from using you. What GOD wants you to do, however, is to hand them over to Him and focus on living right, doing right, and living a holy life. As you turn your back on the weaknesses, and focus on GOD, you will be more effective and humble knowing that you are also human enough to have them. It will also be evident to you (and to everyone else) that in your weaknesses, His strength is made perfect and that even if they are still there, the grace of GOD is sufficient! He will give you enough strength not to succumb to them.

 

Still, when we are aware of our weaknesses, commit them to GOD, and focus on our strengths, we become less aware of the weaknesses of those around us, commit them to GOD, and focus on their strengths as well! 

 

However, it is unfortunate that our weaknesses blind us to the fact that GOD can still use us. In fact it is sad that, sometimes, we become arrogant and justify ourselves regarding them instead of acknowledging them and allowing GOD to change us.

 

Therefore, today, let us acknowledge our weaknesses and hand them to GOD. Let us wear them on our heels instead of on our faces and let us move on. Let us be reminded that they are so insignificant to GOD that He can use despite of them. Let us also be reminded that to those who walk beside us and to those who approach us, they are not noticed but to those walk behind us they may be noticed if they are keen enough to notice them.

 

Allow me to let you know that since my favourite pair of working shoes had that little ‘accident’, no one has ever mentioned the white like path on my heel! This means that they either do not notice it or have chosen to ignore it as I have!

 

Therefore, let us be safe in the knowledge that we have handed them to GOD and that He is working on them while we bask in our strengths!  

 

Prayer

 

Dear GOD, I know that I have been marred – I have certain weaknesses that I now hand to you. I turn my back on them and my face to you, trusting that you will take them away. Given that I am also not perfect, I choose to ignore the weaknesses of those with whom I relate on a daily basis. I hand them over to you so that you can sort them out. In the meantime, let me continue serving you, with flaws, as if I do not have any! In Jesus’ name, I have prayed, amen.