"ANXIETY IN THE HEART OF MAN CAUSES DEPRESSION"

Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression, But a good word makes it glad.(proverb 12:25). I want to share does good words which will make your heart rejoice again in the Lord.What do you do when things before you look like hill or looks like mountains? David said in Psalms 121:1-2 I will lift up my eyes to the hills, from where comes my help? my help comes from the Lord who made heaven and earth.

Its true in our journey we face many situations looks like hills were by its impossible to see the other side of it, I have ever been in such situation and I asked my self the same question where will my help come from?, some times when the things you have put in your trust have failed you or friends, business and other things. When we read the second verse it gives the good helper will come from the Lord who created heaven and the earth. I have learnt a reason in all situations which have come on my way always to trust in the Lord, the bad thing is you can’t know what the Lord will do next!! He is the only one knows the other side of the hills you are facing.

I want to share this with you my dear FRIEND our God is a faithful LORD when you lift your eyes to HIM, He will never fail you. Job said in Job 23:10 “He knows the way that I take; when He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold”. I want you to imagine the situation in which Job is passing through at this moment when the friends have forsaken him, his children have died and his life is going through a great pain the things in which he has trust in has been destroyed, but in his confection he says “When He has tested me I will come out like gold” Never loose hope in the Lord your God when you face any situation beyond your understanding; God has the Answer. Jesus encourages us never to be worried for anything because our heavenly father is in control (matt 6:25-33) He cares for the birds in the air by feeding them, they do not grow or treasure anything but He is faithfully to care the same He does on the glass which is here for the short time, so He is more faithfully to care for us more than we think.

Now what to do if we are troubled and worried?? Paul encourages us in (Phil4:4, 6 “Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice” It’s so important to keep our joy in the Lord not in the things we trust or see. The source of our joy must be In our savoir and Lord Jesus Christ who died for us and forgave our sins and bought for us a new life above all He made us to be heavenly citizen. Verse 6 gives us the steps to over come the Anxious when he says; “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God” Take everything to God through prayer He is the answer to what you think its beyond your understanding. I have seen God on my side in difficult situations and He has been so faithful to take me through, so dear friend let us be encouraged in all situations we are facing our God cares and He is in control. He will make us through.Iam keeping you in my daily prayers and I believe my God will take you through, tomorrow you will give testimony how God has stood with you. May the almighty God keep you well, In Jesus' love. Kaliba Youth Pastor.

Facts about Uganda

The Republic of Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by Tanzania. The southern part of the country includes a substantial portion of Lake Victoria, which is also bordered by Kenya and Tanzania.
Uganda takes its name from the Buganda kingdom, which encompassed a portion of the south of the country including the capital Kampala. 76% of the population of the country lives slightly below the international poverty line of US $2.00 a day. It currently is subject to a severe food crisis.

History
The inhabitants of Uganda were hunter-gatherers until 1,700 to 2,300 years ago. Bantu-speaking populations, who were probably from central and western Africa, migrated to the southern parts of the country. These groups brought and developed ironworking skills and new ideas of social and political organization. The Empire of Kitara in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries represents the earliest forms of formal organization, followed by the kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara, and in later centuries, Buganda and Ankole.
Nilotic people including Luo and Ateker entered the area from the north, probably beginning about A.D. 120. They were cattle herders and subsistence farmers who settled mainly the northern and eastern parts of the country. Some Luo invaded the area of Bunyoro and assimilated with the Bantu there, establishing the Babiito dynasty of the current Omukama (ruler) of Bunyoro-Kitara. Luo migration continued until the 16th century, with some Luo settling amid Bantu people in Eastern Uganda, with others proceeding to the western shores of Lake Victoria in Kenya and Tanzania. The Ateker (Karimojong and Iteso) settled in the northeastern and eastern parts of the country, and some fused with the Luo in the area north of Lake Kyoga.
Arab traders moved inland from the Indian Ocean coast of East Africa in the 1830s. They were followed in the 1860s by British explorers searching for the source of the Nile. Protestant missionaries entered the country in 1877, followed by Catholic missionaries in 1879. The United Kingdom placed the area under the charter of the British East Africa Company in 1888, and ruled it as a protectorate from 1894. As several other territories and chiefdoms were integrated, the final protectorate called Uganda took shape in 1914. From 1900 to 1920, a sleeping sickness epidemic killed more than 250,000 people.
The constitution was amended in 1963 to satisfy an alliance between the Uganda People's Congress and the Kabaka Yekka Party, during the elections in 1962. This created a post of a titular Head of State called the President and a position of a Vice President. The UPC government appointed Edward Muteesa II, Kabaka (King) of Buganda, as the President and Commander in Chief of the armed forces. William Wilberforce Nadiope, the Kyabazing of Busoga (paramount chief), was appointed Vice President.
In 1966, Milton Obote overthrew the king. A UPC-dominated Parliament changed the constitution, and Obote became president. The elections were suspended, ushering in an era of coups and counter-coups, which would last until the mid-1980s. Obote was deposed twice from office, both times by military coup. Obote's regime was armed by the Soviet Union. Neighboring Tanzania was an outpost of the People's Republic of China and Soviets attempted to control Uganda in order to counter Chinese influence.
Idi Amin (1925–2003) seized power in 1971, ruling the country with the military for the next eight years. His regime was armed by Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi who saw Amin as a promising fellow Muslim, until the Soviet Union became the primary partner. Amin's rule cost an estimated 300,000 Ugandans' lives. He forcibly removed the entrepreneurial Indian minority from Uganda. The Ugandan economy was devastated. His reign was ended after the Uganda-Tanzania War in 1979 in which Tanzanian forces aided by Ugandan exiles invaded Uganda. This led to the return of Obote, who was deposed once more in 1985 by General Tito Okello. Okello ruled for six months until he was deposed after the so called "bush war" by the National Resistance Army (NRA) operating under the leadership of the current president, Yoweri Museveni, and various rebel groups, including the Federal Democratic Movement of Andrew Kayiira, and another belonging to John Nkwanga.
Museveni has been in power since 1986. In the mid to late 1990s, he was lauded by the West as part of a new generation of African leaders. His presidency has included involvement in the civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and other conflicts in the Great Lakes region, as well as the civil war against the Lord's Resistance Army, which has been guilty of numerous crimes against humanity including child slavery and mass murder. Conflict in northern Uganda has killed thousands and displaced millions.

Geography
The country is located on the East African plateau, averaging about 1100 metres (3,250 ft) above sea level, and this slopes very steadily downwards to the Sudanese Plain to the north. However, much of the south is poorly drained, while the centre is dominated by Lake Kyoga, which is also surrounded by extensive marshy areas. Uganda lies almost completely within the Nile basin. The Victoria Nile drains from the lake into Lake Kyoga and thence into Lake Albert on the Congolese border. It then runs northwards into Sudan. One small area on the eastern edge of Uganda is drained by the Turkwel river, part of the internal drainage basin of Lake Turkana.
Lake Kyoga serves as a rough boundary between Bantu speakers in the south and Nilotic and Central Sudanic language speakers in the north. Despite the division between north and south in political affairs, this linguistic boundary actually runs roughly from northwest to southeast, near the course of the Nile. However, many Ugandans live among people who speak different languages, especially in rural areas. Some sources describe regional variation in terms of physical characteristics, clothing, bodily adornment, and mannerisms, but others claim that those differences are disappearing.
Although generally equatorial, the climate is not uniform as the altitude modifies the climate. Southern Uganda is wetter with rain generally spread throughout the year. At Entebbe on the northern shore of Lake Victoria, most rain falls from March to June and the November/December period. Further to the north a dry season gradually emerges; at Gulu about 120 km from the Sudanese border, November to February is much drier than the rest of the year.
The northeastern Karamoja region has the driest climate and is prone to droughts in some years. Rwenzori in the southwest on the border with Congo (DRC) receives heavy rain all year round. The south of the country is heavily influenced by one of the world's biggest lakes, Lake Victoria, which contains many islands. It prevents temperatures from varying significantly and increases cloudiness and rainfall. Most important cities are located in the south, near Lake Victoria, including the capital Kampala and the nearby city of Entebbe.
Although landlocked, Uganda contains many large lakes, besides Lake Victoria and Lake Kyoga, there are Lake Albert, Lake Edward and the smaller Lake George.

Economy
For decades, Uganda's economy suffered from devastating economic policies and instability, leaving Uganda as one of the world's poorest countries. The country has commenced economic reforms and growth has been robust. In 2008, Uganda recorded 12% growth despite the global downturn and regional instability.
Uganda has substantial natural resources, including fertile soils, regular rainfall, and sizable mineral deposits of copper and cobalt. The country has largely untapped reserves of both crude oil and natural gas. While agriculture used to account for 56% of the economy in 1986, with coffee as its main export, it has now been surpassed by the Services sector, which accounted for 52% of percent GDP in 2007. In the 1950s the British Colonial regime encouraged some 500,000 subsistence farmers to join co-operatives. Since 1986, the government (with the support of foreign countries and international agencies) has acted to rehabilitate an economy devastated during the regime of Idi Amin and subsequent civil war. Inflation ran at 240% in 1987 and 42% in June 1992, and was 5.1% in 2003.
Between 1990 and 2001, the economy grew because of continued investment in the rehabilitation of infrastructure, improved incentives for production and exports, reduced inflation, gradually improved domestic security, and the return of exiled Indian-Ugandan entrepreneurs between 1990 and 2001. Ongoing Ugandan involvement in the war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, corruption within the government, and slippage in the government's determination to press reforms raise doubts about the continuation of strong growth.
In 2000, Uganda was included in the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) debt relief initiative worth $1.3 billion and Paris Club debt relief worth $145 million. These amounts combined with the original HIPC debt relief added up to about $2 billion.But in 2006 the Ugandan Government successfully paid all their debts to the Paris Club, which meant that it was no longer in the(HIPC)list. Growth for 2001 - 2002 was solid despite continued decline in the price of coffee, Uganda's principal export. According to IMF statistics, in 2004 Uganda's GDP per capita reached $300, a much higher level than in the 1980s but still at half the Sub-Saharan African average income of $600 per year. Total GDP crossed the 8 billion dollar mark in the same year.
With the Uganda securities exchanges established in 1996, several equities have been listed. The Government has used the stock market as an avenue for privatisation. All Government treasury issues are listed on the securities exchange. The Capital Markets Authority has licensed 18 brokers, asset managers and investment advisors including names like African Alliance, AIG Investments, Renaissance Capital and SIMMS. As one of the ways of increasing formal domestic savings, Pension sector reform is the centre of attention (2007).
Uganda depends on Kenya for access to international markets. Uganda is part of the East African Community and a potential member of the planned East African Federation.

Demographics
Uganda is home to many different ethnic groups, none of whom forms a majority of the population. Around forty different languages are regularly and currently in use in the country. English became the official language of Uganda after independence. Ugandan English has a local flavour.
The most widely locally spoken language in Uganda is Luganda spoken predominantly in the urban concentrations of Kampala, the capital city, and in towns and localities in the Buganda region of Uganda which encompasses Kampala. The Lusoga and Runyankore languages follow, spoken predominantly in the southeastern and southwestern parts of Uganda respectively.
Swahili, a widely used language throughout eastern and central east Africa, was approved as the country's second official national language in 2005, though this is somewhat politically sensitive. Though the language has not been favoured by the Bantu-speaking populations of the south and southwest of the country, it is an important lingua franca in the northern regions. It is also widely used in the police and military forces, which may be a historical result of the disproportionate recruitment of northerners into the security forces during the colonial period. The status of Swahili has thus alternated with the political group in power. For example, Amin, who came from the northwest, declared Swahili to be the national language.
The current estimated population of Uganda is 32.4 million. Uganda has a very young population, with a median age of 15 years.

religion			percent
Roman Catholic			42%
Protestant			42%
Islam			12%
Other or None			4%

According to the census of 2002, Christians made up about 84% of Uganda's population. The Roman Catholic Church has the largest number of adherents (41.9%), followed by the Anglican Church of Uganda (35.9%). The next most reported religion of Uganda is Islam, with Muslims representing 12% of the population.
The census lists only 1% of Uganda's population as following traditional religions, and 0.7% are classified as 'other non-Christians,' including adherents of sects. Judaism is also practiced in Uganda by a small number of native Ugandans known as the Abayudaya. One of the world's seven Bahá'í Houses of Worship is located on the outskirts of Kampala. See also Bahá'í Faith in Uganda.
According to the World Refugee Survey 2008, published by the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, Uganda hosted a population of refugees and asylum seekers numbering 235,800 in 2007. The majority of this population came from Sudan (162,100 persons), but also included refugees and asylum seekers from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (41,800), Rwanda (21,200), Somalia (5,700) and Burundi (3,100).
Of the Christian population, the Roman Catholic Church has the largest number of followers, followed by the Anglican Church, while Evangelical and Pentecostal churches claim the rest. Evangelical and Pentecostal churches are very active. The Muslim population is primarily Sunni. Traditional indigenous beliefs are practiced in some rural areas and are sometimes blended with or practiced alongside Christianity or Islam. Indian nationals are the most significant immigrant population; members of this community are primarily Ismaili (Shi'a Muslim followers of the Aga Khan) or Hindu. The northern and West Nile regions are predominantly Catholic, while Iganga District in eastern Uganda has the highest percentage of Muslims. The rest of the country has a mix of religious affiliations.

Health
Uganda has been among the rare HIV success stories, one of the reasons being openness.
Infant mortality rate was at 79 per 1,000 in 2005. Life expectancy was at 50.2 for females, and 49.1 for males in 2005. There were 8 physicians per 100,000 persons in the early 2000s.

Education
Illiteracy is common in Uganda, particularly among females. Public spending on education was at 5.2 % of the 2002-2005 GDP. Uganda has both private and public universities.
Source: Wikipedia

"God heals the broken hearted"

"A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit" Proverbs 15:13 As the body can be affected by the wounds that needs treatment, like wise the inner man called the heart is affected by wounds and it also needs treatment. However, for it does not require the same medicine with that of the fresh but spiritual healing. The wounds of the fresh cause diseases in our bodies, stress, tears and sometimes death depending on the pain. Many people all over the World have composed songs both spiritual and world that comes from the deep of their hearts because of the nature of the wounds that affects them. The same person with the heart wound passes through the same situation or even beyond compared to the wound that affects the body. The word of God says, "The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure, who can understand it? I the Lord searches the heart and examines the mind" Jeremiah 17:9. But what an assurance from the Lord; for he says "He heals the broken hearted and bandages up their wounds" Psalms147:3

There many causes of heart wound that people face from different places like the major ones are; from families, churches and places of work. Examples of the heart wounds are: being rejected in your family, outbreaks of marriage, disappointments, sin, Poverty, barrenness, failing to get married, rape, producing unwanted sex and death of the loved ones, when some one looses his or her only child to death or more than one child, husband, wife, parents or friends this cause a lot of sorrow in his or her heart. I cannot forget my dear mother who died in the year 2005 of the heart disease, I was almost dieing of pain and I have no word I can use to explain such trial moments. The high desire for money has also caused a lot of wound on some people. For it is written in 1Timothy 6:9-10 "People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction for the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil” Some people eager for money have wandered from the faith and pieced themselves with many griefs.

King David's Joy of salvation drew away from him because he had killed Uriah, additional to his adultery practice. His sin toured his heart, and when he was searching the Lord, he said these words "Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast Spirit within me. Do not cast me a way from your presence, and do not take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the Joy of your salvation, and sustain me with a willing Spirit" (Psalms51:10-12). Job also a servant and a faithful man of God went through such situations of the broken hearted "Afterward Job opened hid mouth and cursed the day of his birth. And Job said, Let the day perish on which I was to be born, and the night which said, A boy is conceived" (Job3:1-3) and "If only my anguish could be weighed and all my misery be placed on the scales! It would surely outweigh the sand of the seas no wonder my words have been rash."(Job 6:2-3).

No matter, for what you’re going through or having gone through such heartbreaks, only your God is the only source of the inner healing of your heart. The cries and grief of the broken hearted always reaches to God and since Genesis; God's desire was to have an intimate relationship with man forever. However, God was not happy after Adam and Eve had sinned, because of God's love he sent his son Jesus to save man. "For God so loved the World, that he gave his only begotten son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life" (John 3:16) and he says" come to me, all who are weary and heavy burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for Iam gentle and humble in heart; and you shall find rest for your souls" (Mathew 11:28-29) When the children of Israelites forsaken and departed a way from God, his anger lasted for only a short time. In his great love, in words of love and many ways he spoke to them wanting them to them to repent so that he forgive them to set them free.

He said to them "Go, and proclaim these words toward the north and say, Return, faithless Israel, declares the Lord; I will not look upon you in anger. For Iam gracious, declares the Lord; I will not be angry forever" (Jeremiah 3:12) "come now, and let us reason together, says the Lord, Though your sins are as Scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they will be like wool"(Isaiah 1:18) It is the joy of the Lord to see the sinner repenting to come back to him. This cause a banquet in Heaven "The sacrifices of God are broken spirit, a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise"Psalms51:17

Crying into the Lord is one of the main channel through which the brokenhearted are healed. " In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears"(Psalms 18:6, 120:1) David one day said" His favor is for a lifetime; weeping may last for the night, but a shout of joy comes in the morning "Psalms 30:5 There is nothing that is impossible with God and It is whom who made our hearts, he knows what we think, so he is the one who can search our hearts and therefore, heal them. May God's healing power heal your wound today and may his lasting peace befall on you. Continue soaking your self in the presence of God!

An African Introduction"Kwanjula"

Introduction Ceremony “Kwanjula” in Luganda basically means to introduce. It is a day when the bride to be introduces her future husband (and his people who escort him) to her parents and relatives. I have attended many introduction ceremonies but the Baganda Kwanjula is a more elaborate and engaging ceremony that what you have to do right keeps you on your toes until the last minute of the ceremony, or you may miss being given the lady of your life.At the beginning, you have to go and see one of the ladys aunties, the one she has chosen to act as Ssenga the official aunt. The Ssenga is very central to the Kiganda marriage ceremony and is a respected role that many ageing Baganda women yearn to perform. You are required to write a letter to the ladys family, the bazeyi or elders.

The letter has to be in flawless Luganda and has to be written through the Ssenga or aunt who thenceforth becomes the official go between the two parties. The letter is then taken to the Ssenga with a little money for transport of course to take it to the Bakulu Bano (fellow respected elders).In the letter, the man is asking to be allowed to get born in his inlaws family by going there to ask for their daughters hand in marriage.The Bakulu then accept in writing that you can go on a specified date (and get born into their family) They also gave you the maximum number of people you should take which is most times not more than 50 people. The father inlaw will also ask for his Mutwalo, what could be taken as bride price.

Here in Uganda, a man to marry a woman he has to pay the bride wealth to the parents of the girl. This ceremony is called the "INTRODUCTION CELEMONY" where a girl introduces her husband to her parents. It's like an engagement party, where the groom officially asks the parents if he can marry their daughter. They insert this from the Bible where Isaac gave gifts to Rebecca’s parents. Laban and Bethuel answered, "This is from the LORD; we can say nothing to you one way or the other. Here is Rebecca; take her and go, and let her become the wife of your master's son, as the LORD has directed." When Abraham's servant heard what they said, he bowed down to the ground before the LORD.

Then the servant brought out gold and silver jewelry and articles of clothing and gave them to Rebecca; he also gave costly gifts to her brother and to her mother. Then he and the men who were with him ate and drank and spent the night there. When they got up the next morning, he said, "Send me on my way to my master."Gen 24:50-54 Even Jacob paid a price for Leah Rachel to Laban. Why did Jacob have to work for Laban? In those times men gave a gift to the father of the woman they married. Jacob had no money, but he loved Rachael so much he was willing to work for seven years for her. Gen 29:15-30

This originates from the bible, they insert that even Isaac had to pay bride wealth before marrying Rebecca in the Bible. This is why whites say that in African culture women are just bought because every man has to pay bride wealth first to the parents of the girl before they are wedded in the Church. After the Introduction, the Girl has to remain at her parent’s home or where she has been living before going to live with her husband to be, until they are officially wedded in the Church. She does not have to go straight for marriage before the wedding.

The mutwalo is accompanied with some items that you will need to take along for example: fruits and vegetables except egg plants (Ntula and Biringanya) and a few others, which if taken would be considered as cultural taboo that may lead to the man being fined or denied the bride altogether. There has to be bread, sugar, salt, soap, paraffin, cooking oil, curry powder, and a host of related items. You are required to buy certificates from Buganda kingdom to show that you respect and support the cultural monarchy, one of the four certificates being the marriage certificate. The Kanzus for the Father in-laws and brother inlaws, Gomesis for mother inlaws and Ssengas (Kanzu and Gomesi are cultural dresses for males and females respectively). These are a must. You have to prepare money for the envelopes for the father inlaw, mother inlaw, Ssengas, brother inlaws (with a special one and a cock for the official brother inlaw).

The traditional marriage ceremony in Buganda may have changed over the years, but it still remains a battle of wits and cultural tongue twisting between representatives of the two sides who engage each other in a question and answer challenge or in knowing, mentioning and following century old norms and traditions. Both families are required to have a spokesman to speak for them. The spokesman takes the role of the final emissary on the day of introduction and he has to pull a lot of antics learned from tradition and experience to engage or answer challenges from the other sides spokesman. It is the battle (friendly and of words) between the two that makes the Kwanjula and the whole ceremony memorable and unique from any other ceremony.The spokesman takes the role of the final emissary on the day of introduction and he has to pull a lot of antics learned from tradition and experience to engage or answer challenges from the spokesman of the other side. It is the battle (friendly and of words) between the two that makes the Kwanjula and the whole ceremony memorable and unique from any other ceremony. The spokesman will range between 250,000 to 300,000 but the price is negotiable.

The dressing is also another crucial aspect on this day. The men are supposed to wear coats and kanzus while the women will need to put on gomesi preferably but this also depends on what culture the intended son in law comes from. The greetings then begin starting with the girls of the house who also welcome the visitors followed by the boys and then the sengas. Since the senga is the most important person on this day next to the bride to be, she actually runs the whole function from introducing the guests to choosing the bridegroom. When the bridegroom is chosen, the mugole can then come out of the house and greet her visitors most especially the bridegroom. This is the beginning of a new family to the bridegroom since he has been inaugurated or allowed into his mugoles family.

The rest of the ceremony is as interesting as the gifts (which are left outside) are brought and allocated to the different beneficiaries and the hosts lay their demands and wishes on the new family. Once the gifts are brought, the hosts spokesman asks the bride and Ssenga (Ebintu Tubirye?) whether they should accept the gifts. When they accept, the part of the rings follows were the bridegroom puts a ring on the brides finger this in kwanjula denotes marriage, and then the cutting of the cake follows and that brings us to the end of a memorable day.

When the Introduction is done, the man and the woman organize their wedding in the Church. This is when the two people are wedded in the Church as they give their vows saying “I do” The pastors and the elders of the Church usually instruct the bridegroom and the Bride not to separate apart but to live together until death as you have ever heard on the wedding ceremony. I welcome your comments and am also ready to answer any question you may want to ask regarding our African Introduction ceremony.

The way to your Canaan.

"Sometimes, the only way to your Canaan is through your desert. When you dodge your desert, you dodge your Canaan."That unlocked something inside me. It suddenly made the wilderness I was going through feel very cool. It helped me set my sight back to the good things I know are to come and because of my faith that they shall certainly come, felt renewed strength to trudge on no matter what.Which is what I want to share with you today. I know you have dreams and prophecies upon your life – your own version of Canaan like the Israelites leaving Egypt in the book of Exodus.And I hope you know that God has processes too; He does get you somewhere, but through levels and not all those levels are always pleasant. There will be parts of the wilderness that have no water, no company and you will be faced with two choices. To bypass the wilderness or to struggle through it. When you bypass the wilderness, yes, you may get a smoother ride to an end, but chances are it will not be the end God prepared for you. It will not be part of the plans He talks about in Jeremiah 29:11.

The bible says "Those he gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south. Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no way to a city where they could settle. They were hungry and thirsty, and their lives ebbed away. Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress. He led them by a straight way to a city where they could settle. psalms147:3 When the children of Israel came to the Red Sea, it was all part of the journey, because Canaan still lay on the other side of the sea. They contemplated turning back, but it is God who paved a way through the sea and they got to the other side.

If God brings you to it, trust Him to bring you through it. Don't look for shortcuts out of the desert, because even the Bible says in Proverbs that "sometimes the way that seems right may only lead to disaster" No one but God understands what you are going through, but I love to think that if He let me be led down a turbulent path, then He trusted my capacity to weather the storm. The Bible says God will not let us handle more temptation than we can bear. Just focus on two things: God and your Canaan. No retreat, no surrender!

God's unfailing love.

God loves you not because of what you do, but because of who He is. At its heart, the Gospel is the story of a God who so deeply loves you and me that he was willing to humble himself, to suffer, and to pay the ultimate price just so that we could personally know him. We were powerless; there was nothing we could do to know God. Yet, he loved us so much that he gave us an opportunity to know him. Romans 5:6-8 gets at the heart of how deeply God loves us: You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.

Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. We didn't earn or deserve God's love (we were still powerless and we were still sinners). However, God loved us anyway, because God is love (1 John 4:8) -- that is, his nature is love. God can't help but to love us, because that's what he is. In Ephesians 2:4-5, Paul writes about the nature of God's love for us:

Because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions -- it is by grace you have been saved. Nothing you do can cause you to earn or deserve God's love. You can't earn God's love, but he loves you anyway -- that's why it's called grace. God loves you, because he is love not because you have earned his love. Joyful living requires giving.
Much Love Kaliba Youth Pastor.

Preaching at the Radio Christian station.

Hey my beloved friend!
Praise be the name of the Lord! First and foremost I want to appreciate God so much for the golden opportunity he granted me ever since in my life to be on one of the Christian Radio named "DUNAMIS FM" that is found in my Country Uganda owned by Bishop Musisi of Prayer Palace Church in Kampala located in Mukono district just 25Kms away from Lugazi where I live. Being on this radio Station on Wednesday 4th June was not for any other Business other than preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ the son of the living God and for praying for people who had different needs of life to be meant by God thru calling me while on the Radio. On this special day to me, I received a call from my pastor Hudson when it was 4hours towards the start of our Church's Radio program and requested me to be the one going to the radio Station to preach and to pray for the people who may need my prayers in God meeting their needs. I believe you have ever accessed our Church's web site www. godshouseofmiracles. com where my Pastor Hudson is presented in the photo while preaching in the radio Studio"Dunamis FM" this is a 30mins program due to our sponsors' SHOW MERCY MINISTRY based in US amount of money they can offer to the available of this Church Radio Program on air at the moment. I thank God for what he can provide!

At hearing this call from my Pastor, I was greatly amazed and wandered how God is awesome! Whom I to be on the Radio station speaking the word of God to the whole Nation and praying for people. Wow Wow!!! This is incredible and surely this was God's will since I have ever prayed to God one time asking him to grant me a chance to be on the radio preaching his word; so this was his appointed time and truly it came true. God is really faithful to his word. While I was at the radio studio I first of all, passed out some Church programs then preached the word of word for 20mins. I shared the word of God concerning about the seeking or crying upon God for he is the source of every thing we need both physical and spiritual. I shared a about a young man called Jabez who was among the Bible heroes who changed their life history thru seeking God.1Chronicles 4:9-10 I also added on that David the king cried a lot of tears until he could not cry any longer after the destruction of the City of Zikulagi and taking ways all his wives, children and other things too for other people who also lived in this City.1 Samuel 30 It was until when David stopped crying and cried to God to guide him on what to do that he was able to restore whatever was taken. Besides, the above Mathew 7:7 tells me that It is only God thru his son Jesus that we can ask whatever we want and he is the only one who can grant every thing we need in life.

After preaching for 20mins and lastly I asked the hearers to start calling for their prayer requests. May people called for prayers some of which includes, to be blessed, to get rid out of poverty, some children who are students wanted wisdom from God, some wanted partners, to receive healing and to some married to have peace in their families. To mention but a few. Unfortunately, I left the Radio Studio before receiving other many calls because my time had come to an end and I was to be obedient to the laws. Never the less, I felt the abundance presence of God and the power of the Holy Spirit while in the presenting at the Radio station!

It was such an amazing feeling to be used by God in such a mighty way, and to bring the gospel to people who may have never heard it before. I believe that as a result of the word going forth on that day, that many lives were changed, marriages restored, healing took place, and many other amazing miracles:)!!!!! I know deep down in my spirit that this is just a preview of many things that God has in store for our lives, so just GET READY: Thank you for your prayers which have enabled me to serve Jesus in all possible ways. God bless you abundantly.I wish you the best and remember that I love you dearly. Take care of your self.
Love and Many hugs,
Kaliba Youth Pastor.