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EFFECTIVE AND FERVENT PRAYER Pr. James Victor Lubwama James 5:16 (NKJV) ''Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much." We have prayed alot but our prayers have yielded nothing. This is because when we talk to the Father, we present ourselves in a carnal state. So, how do you pray effectively? 1. Purify your heart and mind Close off yourself from worrisome and stressing issues such as lack, disappointment or any other kind of diversion that is causing a frantic mood, and primarily focus on the most High God. You can’t pray effectively when your mind is in riot. Psalms 46:10 (AMP) says; “Be still, and know (recognize, understand) that I am God” 2. Repent and forgive God will forgive your sins, inequities and transgressions if you repent. 2 Chronicles 7:14 (NLT) says;  ''If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and

PROMISE KEEPER; A GOD WHO FULFILLS HIS PROMISES Pr. James Victor Lubwama 2 Peter 3:9 (GW) “The Lord isn’t slow to do what he promised, as some people think. Rather, he is patient for your sake” The life of Abraham the grandfather of faith offers great lessons to us this present day because we are walking the same journey of faith. He lived a very long blessed life. We are just like him because of our connection through Jesus, and we too shall live a long fruitful life. Abraham  lived to witness the birth of his twin grandsons Jacob and Esau. Genesis 25:7-9 (NIV) says; “ Abraham lived a hundred and seventy-five years.   8 Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man and full of years; and he was gathered to his people. 9 His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite” When Abraham was old and without child, God had made a covenant with Him that he will make him the fa

KEEP YOUR HOPE ALIVE After the birth of Joseph, his father Jacob desired to return home where he was raised ( Genesis 30:25 ). Joseph was one of the sons of Jacob born to him by Rachel, and he was so unique because of two things: 1- He had the presence of God with him, he loved God. Genesis 39:2 (ESV) says; “The LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man……” 2- He had a dream and believed in it. Genesis 37:5-9 (NIV) says; “Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him all the more.  6 He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had:  7 We were binding sheaves of grain out in the field when suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around mine and bowed down to it”……… 9 Then he had another dream, and he told it to his brothers. “Listen,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me” Even when he went to prison, Joseph still believed in his dream. He