The Power of Gratitude

Wrong Attitude-being an ingrate
Very often you may take the things you enjoy in everyday life for granted, this is thru complaining about the very small tiny things that happen to you that you could easily under look but instead you choose to complain,

Do you know how many people died today since morning albeit being in the best health condition in the morning? do you know how many sightless people walk the earth? the Deaf, the Blind, and are more appreciative of the life they have.

Before you loose your head because your Child is giving you headache consider the millions trying to conceive but alas, and more. Just take a look around you and you will know how better off you are...

Gratefulness-Positive Attitude-High Altitude
Be grateful for each day and each good thing you have, good health, job, family and days you enjoy, and then this will give you a positive attitude towards life, you will appreciate how God has blessed you, and you will in turn be generous to the underprivileged (sowing) and this attitude will take you to a higher altitude which simply means you live a happier, longer, more fulfilling life, ignoring the small negative things and thanking God for the positive things, Its a scientific fact that those who live on the lighter side of life don't stress so much, live healthier and longer lives and enjoy the best relationships, so go forth and be grateful, even for your life.

regards,

Emmanuel

The Beauty of Christmas

So for generations, Jews and believers across the world waited for the savior, much like we are waiting for the second Coming of Christ, and all of a sudden he appears, the more radical could not appreciate that he was the one but a look at the earlier prophesies confirmed it,

At 30 yrs, he began his ministry, 3yrs later he was crucified and died to bring back people closer to God, Up to today, others have still rejected him.

So what was better,
His Birth? His death? or His Resurrection?
First, His birth coz former generations did not have the chance to be born again and you all know what you had to pass thru to be free from sin

But i believe his death was better for me coz hanging on a tree he said "it is finished" no more death if anyone believes in him. It's this moment that divided time into two and I am now a citezin of heaven.

A Choice?
Many a time i pity those who think that they have a choice whether to accept Jesus as there Savior or Not, John 14:6 says "I am the way, the truth and the Life, no one comes to the father except thru me" and so fight for your life coz beyond death are two facts Eternal hell and Eternal life, and this is a fact

I leave u to Ponder...

Regards,

Emmanuel

The Grace of God

God created Adam and Eve, Adam sinned against God, after that God has tried to bring man to himself again like in the days of Eden despite his thoughts being bent towards doing evil, he even had to destroy the earth in the days of Noah so as to warn man of his thinking and deeds, alas,

But there was a better approach, as prophesied by earlier prophets, he would send his only begotten son to redeem man to himself and so we were saved, not by our works but by the grace of God and now we can just accept his grace and that will be it.

Eph 1:8; I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light so that you can understand the confident hope he has given to those he called-his rich holy people who are his rich and glorious inheritance,

A wall around you
Job 1:7; satan says...I have been patrolling the earth watching everything that's going on;

Job 1:10; and he concedes; ...you have always put a wall of protection around him and his home and property. you have made him prosper in everything he does, look how rich he is,

Brothers and sisters, take this free gift and you will never be the same again.

Regards,

Emmanuel

In Heavenly Places

Over time, i have heard of arguments like, when does one go to heaven or blatantly where does one go when he/she dies? others think he goes to heaven directly, others think he goes to his/her final resting place until Jesus comes back and others think that its the end of the world for the deceased.

I will dwell on the argument, when does one go to heaven, is it when he dies or even before that, to my understanding One accesses heaven when he/she gets born again, except when he/she sins until when he repents and is re-united.

In Eph 2:6 we read,"and he hath raised us up together and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus"
:8" For by grace are ye saved thru faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God"
Rom 8:9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the spirit, if so be that the spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the spirit of Christ, he is none of his,
:10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the spirit is life because of righteousness;
:11 But if the spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his spirit that dwelleth in you.

At the point when one gets born again, (the Bible says; to all that have believed he has given unto them the power to be sons of God) the spirit(which resurrected Jesus) comes and dwelleth in them, this simply means that you only need to learn how to activate the spirit within you, your body is the temple of him who is holy, don't abuse it, try as much as you can to be righteous, Like in our Lord's Prayer, The kingdom will come on earth as in heaven, alive within you down here on earth and who knows you may even go to heaven without dying first. you have all the power to be a duplicate of Jesus here on earth

Enjoy being in the heavenly places, even when still on earth.

Immanuel

God's Calling

Over time i have been struggling to reach a very important decision in my life, the fact that i have been called into ministry. But like every human, i had all the excuses why i couldn't. But today i believe i heard God very Clearly and i thought about surrendering my life to ministry,and i finally did.

This is the day that The Praise Chapel Ministries begins, i will appreciate all your support.

From today hence forth, this is my ministry's site, i will put resources for Guys who will be following through, please send me any of your Comments on emma.tugume@yahoo.com


Enjoy the fruits of this ministry,

Emmanuel

Three Kinds of Love

Recently i was watching a certain series, it's goal was to discover love but three types of love came up;

The 'IF' Love; this is certainly for guys, they go on; if she does this, if she does that, if she accepts this and so on and so forth-

Then the 'BECAUSE' love; I love him because; He's rich, she's beautiful, He's handsome, He's family is this or that, if he achieves this.
does any of this sound familiar?

Well the right kind of love is the 'INSPITE OF' love; i will love him/her inspite of this or that, bloke, Educated, accomplished, etc

So go find your love, and let it be the inspite of kind of love

Regards,

Immanuel

Ugandan Jazz Revolution

Thanks Elijah for the live jazz bands, (please see www.jazzoptions.com)

About two years ago while listening to my Radio, I bumped into radio Oneand although i did not know the genre being played, i liked the sound, I later discovered that it was what is referred to as Jazz (smooth jazz), I had always been a fan of smooth jazz sounds, Soul and African Jazz (call it World) Since then, i have been an avid fan of the program and the initiatives, Its amazing how fast It has grown since,

Being hosted every first Wed of the month courtesy of Ange Mystique,The Jazz Evenings Screening brings together avid fans hosted by Tshaka Mayanja and Elijah Kitaka the pioneers of the Current Jazz Revolution free of charge all you have to do is listen in during the Sunday Show on Radio one at 9pm and send an sms message for registration and yo in, whats more is you get to enter with a friend for free too.

I am happy with the Full houses during jazz concerts, Last year at the Soweto String Quartet at Kampala Serena, The Last Concert of Mama Makeba(RIP)in Uganda and Oliver and our very own Sebunjo and of course Isiah Katumwa at Munyonyo and the Sizzling Jazz safari that Featured Eric Marienthal, Oscar Seaton, Tsaka, Pragmo and others, the same for this year with an addition of Chuck Loeb although i missed out on it.

During my Piano and Sax lessons, i got to meet quite a couple of talented jazz artists that are very background and i was amazed at the potential if it were tapped the likes of Robert who have played a sax for over 7 years, i was simply amazed. But like they say, Africa is where the most talented Golfer has never been on the course and the best musician cannot afford to record an album

A new beginning is here though, Mr. Elijah is leading an initiative more interesting that ever before, YOU CAN HAVE A JAZZ BAND ON YOUR FUNCTION please visit this website (www.jazzoptions.com) and make sure you don't miss out on this chance, its our chance to support Jazz, while enjoying it Live

When Forte Magazine is finally out, we will share more on the developments of Jazz in Uganda) as for now thanks a lot Elija and Tshaka.

My regards,
Emma.

THE NEW ISLAM WAR

Its now official, according to a new research, In every Four (4) people living today, One (1) is a moslem, there are more moslems in India than thereis in Pakistan.

So what does this mean for other Faiths and Christianity in particular?
According to some sources, the Islam world will take over global leadership even by Democracy in a few years, with the current population growth and strategy(ask Gadaffi) but First;

(a) By empowering fellow Muslims, in Uganda its easy for one who pursues Islam related courses to even secure government sponsorship for prestigious courses like law, at the higher level some believe the exams set are in line with this strategy.

(b) According to researchers its also very difficult for a culture to survive below a reproductive rate of 2.1 ie for every couple, 2 chlildren or more. In the advanced world, its common for a family to have one kid or none, this coupled with acts like Homosexuality has led to low populations in the indeginous peples although the popln seems to increase due to Immigration as well as the increasing moslem population with a rate of 6 to 8 Children per couple, this evidenced in countries like the USA, France and more.

As i ponder on these statistics, one thing remains clear in my mind, A former moslem friend of mine always reminded me that it was his duty to kill me if i refused to join his faith atleast according to there beliefs, no wonder Ahamadinejad has vowed to wipe Israel off the map.

So, will you sit and wait, you may ask, what can we do about it, well, pray and try to convert as many moslems as you can to christianity. And if you are not born again yet, decide today.

please share this blog with your friends.

Regards

Emma.