#NightOfPrayer

 

 

 

 

It has been a while since this guy put pen to paper but here we are. He claims he has been busy, work's been tight, and excuses of the like, but we know the truth. Maybe I will one day be given the green light to release all the writings in his journal. It is a few minutes to 6pm and we have been on the road the past two hours. The driver is taking it slow, perhaps he does not want to get home in time for the compulsory movie night. Unfortunately, they must be watching princess diaries, the 12th time today, because the Mrs. likes the ending. Or he could be a slow driver. I do not know him that well. Our destination is Kampala, yes, the biggest and most beautiful town in the pearl.

 

With the car bass speakers buzzing blocking the noises from the rugged trucks and buses heading the opposite direction, it is hard to keep all these thoughts steady as every song playing is bringing back the memories.

 

Just heard this song that reminded me of the old times we took long walks from our school prep rooms whispering sweet nothings to the “escortee,” or is it “the-escorted?” 🤔 The ‘Pure Mathematics’ book by Backhouse in one hand and Nakanjako's hand in another. (Not real names). It was 5 to 10 minutes’ walk away from the prep room, but you'd hope it was longer; a time to be cherished, moments to be spent. Oh, boarding school; what were we thinking! Who taught us these things? How were our audiences that patient, listening to our dry jokes that sometimes had to be repeated, and had to be spiced up with rumors to get the mood set and the grounds flattened for that cheeky smile because a sigh was not good enough, like a standup comedian on that podium doing his craft, you had to get that 'ka-loud' laughter from the “escortee.”

Oh, what days those were! Where did all our “escortees” go? what are they even up to? Do they remember our sweet words, the firm handshakes, and warm hugs? Perhaps all the syllables we uttered just made their exit through their opposite ears. By the way, you people, give us our words, just email them even. You can keep the hugs.

 

We looked out for those moments; you had your jokes set that morning before break time and since your source was limited, it was key that you always followed up on the dormitory chatter, what was making the news, who was making the news and how they were keeping on the front page of the invisible yet endowed-with-gossip school tabloid. Your creativity and ability to capture gossip stories would draw you the attention that night; sometimes even not letting the truth getting in the way of a good story, as one man would say. It is how we did. I do not need to check the back of my mind to mention names of the culprits. You know yourselves and I know you. We should have a meeting; I will text you the details soon.

 

All those well scripted and constructed sentences, and yet the tangibility of their results is not felt nor seen this day. Why didn't anyone come to slap us awake from our dreams, maybe we hang so tight on these temporal nothings, our grips weren't ready to give way for anything. Hmmm!

 

Since you are not wondering where I am going with this story nor where I am going, I will tell you anyway; 1, I am going nowhere with this story. 2, Tomorrow is the much anticipated, heavily attended #NightOfPrayer annual event hosted in Uganda, it is where we are heading, it will be my third year of attending this meeting and yes, it draws everybody from around the world, even me, a local man from Rukungiri District have been making this journey to the grounds the past two years. The information going around depicts a great time yet to be spent in the manifest presence of God, prayer, worship with great preachers of the word, kings, men of influence; I am thinking It will be the perfect time to realign your destiny, reposition yourself for the impending greatness that continually invites men of understanding.

 

Contrary to all the past meetings where we would say, “all roads, railways and runways lead to a physical venue,” this year’s #NightOfPrayer by Phaneroo Ministries International on the #31stDec20 is to be attended virtually at 10PM EAT. So, renew your internet, television, and radio subscription. It will be aired on almost all the TV and radio stations in Uganda, for example Spirit TV, LTV, Spirit 96.6FM Radio, star FM and many more. (See the flyer for more details) So, yes, say hello when you see me on that chat box on one of those channels. I am undecided on which one to use but the YouTube channel (youtube.com/c/phaneroo) seems like a good pick, but the Facebook channel(facebook.com/phanerookampala) allows me to share to my friends and within groups easily, or will it be through the #Phaneroo website(live.phaneroo.org)? I will decide tomorrow at 9:59PM EAT; and I promise I will tell you all about Nakanjako, and probably show you the last picture I have of her. 

See you there.

 

 

DADDY-DAUGHTER CONVERSATIONS

Daddy's Heart!!

May your light so shine before men
That when they see the light
They will want to follow it
May the brightness of your light
Lead them to Christ!

Forgiveness....
May you be so quick to forgive and forget
Because as a child of love,
It is a default setting
And while you were yet a sinner
He forgave you
He loved you
And He called you His own!

Kindness...
The fruit of the Holy Spirit...
May you give it liberally and unwaveringly
To all that deserve it and all that don't deserve it
Because your father has been and is gracious to all!

Grace
Ohhh this beautiful gift...
The kind we don't deserve
Yet we were so heavily given..
May you be gracious to all that come across you
Because Grace saves
He is the reason we are alive!

Love....
The most excellent of them all...
The one our Father never wants us to be without
In all that we do and in all that we meet...
Spread, smell, look, share, wear love
It's your basic all purpose garment
Never be without it!

Daddy whispered these to me
He wanted you to know
And for most of us to remember
A few things about his heart
That we may keep them close
His heart is Love
That has never changed!
~Vee

LOVE, OUR NATURE

Fall in love with God
Before you fall in love with anyone else,
Adore Him as your maker,
Learn of Him and in Him,
Become His nature,
Become His smile,
Be His glory,
May His love saturate you
That when you encounter men
They can't tell whether it was God that loved on them or it was you,
Be one with LOVE!


Child of God, master the art of Love,
Master the pattern of love,
Not as you know it or imagine it,
But let love teach you His ways,
Let love be the way of your ways!


Let's meditate on the power of Love,
It is because of love that God saved us,
It is because of love that Jesus said I will go,
I will be the perfect sacrifice,
Love conquers all,
Love beareth all things,
Love believes all things,
Love hopes all things,
Love never gives up,
Love never dies!


May love be your song,
May love be the clothe that you wear,
May it be the smile that you give,
May it be the honour that you pride in!


And in the power of your love,
Many will be healed,
Many will be restored,
Many will smile again,
Many will testify of His goodness,
Many will see the Lord,
Lives will be transformed,
Destinies will be realigned,
Because you chose the way of love!


After all,
It was not mysteries that saved us,
It was not the law that saved us,
It was not even ourselves or our own righteousness,
It was LOVE that saved us! ~ Vanessa Mirembe

DEAR WOMAN

Dear Woman,

Do not get weary in praying for your husband,
Do not get weary in helping thy King,
May it not depend on your moods or your feelings,
May it not rest on how he treats you or whether he respects you,

Understand this....
The grace was given unto you;
To help a King,
To nurture his vision,
To watch him grow,
To walk the journey of divine purpose with him,
To encourage, elevate and boast over every milestone that he achieves in life,
To support, impact and develop through your adventurous ways.
God gave you that privilege;
That honor of nurturing a King, It's priceless!!

Pray for him when you feel like it and when you don't;
Pray for him when he has made you happy or when he has not;
Pray for him when he has come home and when he has not;
Pray for him when he respects you and when he doesn't;
Pray for him when your feelings agree and when they don't;
Pray for him on good days and on bad!

There is a reason why God chose the female specie to be the helper suitable;
Never forget that you are a helper suitable,
Helping a king in his dynasty,
After all, you are one;
He is you, And you are him
Remember he is the King And you are the helper suitable
So do your part;
The Lord will perfect His servant

There is no single day Jesus ever gave up on reconciling us back to God because of the way he felt. Sometimes we go to God seeking for justice and fairness, "But God, He didn't do this and that"
And we quickly forget that God didn't call us into the ministry of marriage to pick on our other half;
He called us into that ministry to do our part,
Which is plain and simple, know and do your part,
After all when you pick on him, you're picking on yourself!

Understand something,
The two became one,
That union is as solid as water mixing with juice;
You can no longer see where the water ends and where the juice starts.
So because you are one;
Don't be in a rush to pinpoint your other half,
Perhaps you missed a mark in doing your part and that's the result,
Perhaps all you need to do is your part and the rest will align.

God is the creator of Marriage;
Let him be the mediator of it as well;
Don't try to play God's role;
Play your part;
And watch God flourish your marriage with every good thing!! ~ Vanessa Mirembe

INVESTING IN THE SPIRIT VS INVESTING IN THE FLESH #ApostleGraceLive

THE BLESSING OF GOD ON THE PRAISE SHOW with #Phaneroo on LTV

KOINONIA

My child
My beloved
The Apple of My eye
The one in whom Am well pleased
The one I love recklessly
Let me talk to you about marriage
My-kind of marriage
You see the marriage that happened between Me and you,
You're the bride
And I'm the groom
This is how it's meant to be
It was preordained before time
When I married you, we become one
When I married you, you ceased to be but we started to be
We became ONE
One spirit and body
That is marriage
I didn't wait for you to become holy
Just because Am holy
But I knew that My Love would cleanse you into holiness
Oh how I loved those things you called flaws
In the ways that you seemed to think you made mistakes
I treasured those
Because therein My love would be made perfect
You see
If we were both perfect, then where would the beauty be
Oh how I longed for you to know me
And then you did
I delighted in those days
I still do
The days your spirit hunger for mine
It only shows we were meant to be
I'm madly in love
Reckless is the love I have for you
Relentless is what some call it
Never-ending is how some describe it
But oh how I can't even begin to describe it
Its close to eternity
But eternity doesn't fully comprehend it
The dictionary doesn't have the words
Human language can't explain it
But I can show it to you
I can let you experience it
More and more of it
You just have to let Me
Show you
Do you trust Me
Let Me hold your hand
In the valleys, we shall fall together
In the mountains we will climb together
In the stillness, our silence will communicate
In the multitude, our love will stand out like a fire
If you let Me
If you trust Me
If you love Me
If you allow Me
I will wait patiently for you My Love
I was made to love you. ~Vanessa Mirembe (Vee)

WHAT HAVE YOU GIVEN YOUR FATHER TODAY?

When you love someone
You give
When you really love someone
You give
You don't just give
You give your best 
You give your every thing
You give without holding back
You give with love
You spend and be spent for this person
And that love Is how I loved you
When I loved you,
I gave
I gave My only son
I gave up His glory
I gave up Our communion
I gave up His power
He became man
I was Him
He was Me
And I was Him
And I sacrifised Him
For you
I sacrifised His life
For you
I sacrifised His pleasures in heaven
For you
I sacrifised Our communion
For you
He was My only son

And Don't let the devil decieve you,
Am pleased with you,
When you give
And when you don't
But you need to give me your time
We need to commune
 I need to know you 
And you need to know Me
You need to behold yourself through the eyes of Christ
Because that's how I see you
This truth needs to settle in your spirit
It needs to rest in you
It needs to become part of you

Ohhh and my Word
You need to know Him
He is a person
The greatest lover you will ever meet
You need to fully immerse yourself in Him
You are in Him
And He is in you
He is all you need
He is waiting for you
He loves you
With a reckless love
Give Him time
Passionately pursue Him
Like a lover would pursue his better half
Make it about you two
Be conscious of His Prescence

Finally beloved
I will leave you with this
When you love someone, you give
You don't just give anything
But you give every thing and anything
You give all that you are and all that you have
Because that's reckless love
It is relentless in its giving
It is the working of our father
He gave
So we give
He loved
So we love
He sacrifised
So we sacrifise
He reconciled
So we reconcile.
~ Vanessa Mirembe

THE PRESENCE OF GOD

Child of God
It is sacred
That place
It is beautiful
Never at any one point in time
Take it for granted
The Presence of God
It's powerful
It's beautiful
It's indescribable
That place
Where God manifests
It might look like grounds to you
But it's not
You know why
Because in the Presence of God
Every thing changes
So don't take that place for granted
That time
You spend in His Presence
Don't take it for granted
Treasure it like it's a date
With the greatest lover
Make a date with Him
Every day
Commit to Him your time
Like you would with your husband
Get excited about His Presence
Like you do with for friends
Commune with Him at all times
Like you do with your phone
Love on Him in all situations
Because He first loved you
And He is love
That place
Where He breaks you
Where He embraces you
Where His glory manifests
Don't take it for granted
It's not just a hall
They are not just grounds
It's a place
Where the glorious Presence of God manifests
That place
Embrace it
Never take it for granted. ~ Vanessa Mirembe

PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS

A wise man once said; "solitude with the divine draws our deepest meditation  for revelation." It's one line that has never departed from me ever since, I could probably account this to the fact that before, I had fallen so much in love with being alone. The friends, 'family'-meets I turned and continue to turn down in the name of being alone, just me and my thoughts.

To me this is a place I go to listen to all the crazies In my head. While sitting in that taxi in a midst of complaining passengers about all sorts of things, the traffic, the government, the speed of the vehicle, the noisy neighbor, the odour, the weather. Then there's me, seated at the back next to a window, no word uttered but In the deepest thought of what it all means, what this time, this specific time means for all of these people in the taxi, from the conductor to the mother hushing her baby to sleep to the driver listening in to obituaries, what does this exact time really mean to them, what may be going through each and everyone's mind. Is there actually something going on in their mind or they are intent on the things surrounding them at this time?

I guess everyone has thoughts that are made of things we see, read, listen to, watch, over hear. A great friend of mine recently said, "everything around us speaks" this I believe, and I know that nothing happens without a deeper reason to its occurrence. Take an example of the rain, the bible says when the clouds are full, they empty themselves. To some this rain happened because it just wanted to. And to another kid far so far away, they believe God pours out water and so it rains, this he has believed because he believes in his mother and his mother is all truth in his eyes.

A thousand social media platforms are up and active today, most of them trying to listen in on your thoughts, with questions like, "what's on your mind?" "What's happening?" I always answer them back each time I read them and my answer though not uttered is always. "And you do what." Crazy, right? 

I love to get away, far away from the chaos, away from the noise, the busy workplace, the tight schedules, the playful nephews and just sit by myself, lights off, just me in the dark, losing what's surrounding me into thoughts. I cant count the number of times a text came with words "you are so quiet" I so want to answer these people in many different ways like, "how do u know am not talking to someone at this moment," I can ask you the same thing," or "what do u want me to talk about." 

To many I just smile and thank God for smiling emoticons and emojis, I believe some are just entitled they just want to hear what you have to say, your opinion on a matter, they will draw you with funny whatsapp videos, texts, hoping you would say more than the auto saved "Hahahahahahahahah" Well, there are those that honestly miss you and your craziness, many that don't know where your crazy self is being showcased. 

I by the grace of God through the teachings and pattern of the ministry am submitted to, I have learnt it's okay not to say back when you could, counter-attack when attacked, probably because many of these matters are usually idle, they carry no weight and edify not. I always keep away, to many at that moment I seem peculiar which I am because they know any other person in my shoes would respond, give an opinion, involve themselves in this aimless conversation. I have always been this way, I guess, cartoons made more sense than very many things, I always choose to be quiet, listen in on the mind and what people have to say. It's the easiest way of knowing someone's thought life, the easiest way, because thoughts give employment to the words. As a man thinks so is He, and out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. 

I guess this is one distinction on me, the other day I was thinking on greatness, not on the things that get you there, neither on how you are great or not. I just seemed to be taken up by the thought of the time, the exact point one realizes that they are really great and they are worth so much more than crying over a call that didn't get a reception, being saddened by the friend that called them names, the invite to a party that seemed not to find their address. Sadly they are those that don't even have such hopes of being great, others have deemed other people's lives as the standard for greatness, to some, occasional victories or achievements define their greatness and always this kind will always hold onto accolades and will always want to take you back to the time they did this and that. The time they won the village eating competition in 1972, the time they were so great that every media platform knew what they were up to. Acknowledging past victories is not with issue but staying hang on the past is. Some of these happenings were to be milestones of your walk on this earth. Staying grounded and satisfied with these monuments overlooks the potential to do more, achieve bigger, conquer greater.

Then they are those that are great because of their nature so to say, you can feel their greatness even before the world recognizes that they are so much, incomparable to many. The latter kind are usually humble, and certainly not of the things they force themselves to do, but am persuaded the reason for this is the fact that they know it's inborn not that it had anything to do with what they did, what they will ever do. It seems to me that any one can be great, ANY one; why I think so is simply because I believe God is great and this is nature shared in by all those that believe as many as he draws. So what gets you here is purely belief. Belief in him that is great. He that has made His own the heads, royalty, and with influence.

The assurance and persuasion of greatness to very many people is within the words of God of which it's impossible for Him to lie, He that is Light and in whom there's no darkness at all, who perfects all that concerns us. The men of this world have taken on some of these principles to make greatness, a reward for hard work, perseverance, being consistent in these things and of course the 'five steps that get you to the top' the 'eleven ladders that make you great'

It's when these words of God are shared in their rightful contexts, their gentleness, and purity, it's from these that lives are set free, destinies are aligned, path ways are foregone to take on this sure road, a lively hope, a peaceful one, one that assures you of a presence with the divine that will never leave you nor forsake you. It's by this word that many get to know their true inheritance in this resurrection life. The more death to self and the body, the more life is spread to all aspects of life, ministry, businesses, marriages, careers, vices, relationships, thought patterns. 

It seems to me that the greatest gift any one has ever rewarded another is the chance to this life, a life full of freedom which was purchased highly. Men realize how great they are, how greater they are destined to become when they understand their selves in this life, the seed incorruptible that has begotten them, the glory that has been given, the acquisition of every spiritual blessing there can ever be, the unfailing, unfading presence of a help in time of need. There's no way this can leave you thinking it's for a chosen few, greatness is to all. Sadly many stop at being saved and others attribute this place to a future date when they will go to heaven, which is okay but think with me for a moment what could become of each and everyone that beholds and dares to believe on this life eternal filled with all the greatness there's. Think of how many would be rekindled in the same manner to go out to the world to live out as pattern of what the Gardner is laboring in them, His will imprinted on their spirits. For example we all carry an influence, some have a bigger influence than others, but we all do, we all have a world we can frame, it's all up to us having been blessed of being begotten after a nature that's a creative force inherently by its own inherent power. We are the "light" of the world. A city set on a hill that cannot be hid.

We are great, so great each one of us. It's saddens to think that many believe otherwise on first sight of adversity and turmoil. Of which trials come for the sake of the word that we have held onto, or rather that has held onto us. Then what's the point of being ambassadors of God, if we let down on the image that's has been shed on us, when will we sincerely have the glory that will draw men to himself because they beheld our lives as patterned after seeing him lifted up in all things, him seated at the right hand of the father, being in cognition of the truth that as he is so are we, that we live, move and have our being in him, that what we have a lively hope that remains even after a shaking. To the point that when men read us, they see him living in us, working in us both to will and to do according to his good pleasure, us growing into him in all things; For transformation in the very image is beholding him the exalted one like In a mirror, setting our minds and hearts upon Him, in full comprehension that being joined to the Lord makes us one Spirit with him, indivisible that when they look at us, they see Him, the greatness living on the inside of us, too supreme compared to anything in this world. That all manner of deception that ensnared the past generations in traditions of men, worldly belief systems is dealt with in the simplicity of the Gospel. ~ Kik Rogers