PHANEROO~DEVOTION
Sunday, 22nd June 2025
Apostle Grace Lubega
Matthew 21:44 (NIV): Anyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; anyone on whom it falls will be crushed.
THE NEW COVENANT: A LIFE OF BROKENNESS
At Mount Sinai, God gave Moses the first covenant — commandments carved into stone. It was a covenant of law, perfect in its holiness, yet impossible for sinful humanity to uphold. The law revealed God's righteous standard, but it could not empower the people to live by it. In fact, it only highlighted their inability and pointed out their guilt (Romans 3:20).
Israel broke the first covenant — again and again. The law stood firm, but it could not transform the hearts of the people. It was external, rigid, and ultimately brought condemnation, not life.
Then came the second covenant, not written on tablets of stone, but written on human hearts through the Spirit (Jeremiah 31:33; 2 Corinthians 3:3). This covenant was ushered in by Jesus Christ — not only the mediator but the very cornerstone of the new and living way.
In our theme scripture, Jesus speaks of Himself as the stone: "Anyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; anyone on whom it falls will be crushed."
What a sobering and holy truth. The first covenant was broken by men. But in the new covenant, it is men who are broken by the Stone — Christ Himself.
To fall upon Jesus in faith is to be broken — broken of pride, of self-reliance, of sin. This is not a destructive breaking, but a redemptive one. No one who has truly encountered Jesus remains the same. You cannot meet the crucified and risen Lord and still cling to your ego. He humbles the proud. He breaks — and then rebuilds. Hallelujah!
FURTHER STUDY: Jeremiah 31:33; 2 Corinthians 3:3
GOLDEN NUGGET: No one who has truly encountered Jesus remains the same. You cannot meet the crucified and risen Lord and still cling to your ego. He humbles the proud. He breaks — and then rebuilds.
PRAYER: Lord Jesus, You are the Stone the builders rejected, yet You have become the Cornerstone. Break me of anything in me that resists You — of pride or any self-sufficiency. I yield to You to be broken in all the right ways, so You may build me into something that stands forever. Your law has been written on my heart, and I am a living witness of Your grace, in Jesus’ name, Amen.
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#PhanerooDevotion
Sunday, 22nd June 2025
Apostle Grace Lubega
Matthew 21:44 (NIV): Anyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; anyone on whom it falls will be crushed.
THE NEW COVENANT: A LIFE OF BROKENNESS
At Mount Sinai, God gave Moses the first covenant — commandments carved into stone. It was a covenant of law, perfect in its holiness, yet impossible for sinful humanity to uphold. The law revealed God's righteous standard, but it could not empower the people to live by it. In fact, it only highlighted their inability and pointed out their guilt (Romans 3:20).
Israel broke the first covenant — again and again. The law stood firm, but it could not transform the hearts of the people. It was external, rigid, and ultimately brought condemnation, not life.
Then came the second covenant, not written on tablets of stone, but written on human hearts through the Spirit (Jeremiah 31:33; 2 Corinthians 3:3). This covenant was ushered in by Jesus Christ — not only the mediator but the very cornerstone of the new and living way.
In our theme scripture, Jesus speaks of Himself as the stone: "Anyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; anyone on whom it falls will be crushed."
What a sobering and holy truth. The first covenant was broken by men. But in the new covenant, it is men who are broken by the Stone — Christ Himself.
To fall upon Jesus in faith is to be broken — broken of pride, of self-reliance, of sin. This is not a destructive breaking, but a redemptive one. No one who has truly encountered Jesus remains the same. You cannot meet the crucified and risen Lord and still cling to your ego. He humbles the proud. He breaks — and then rebuilds. Hallelujah!
FURTHER STUDY: Jeremiah 31:33; 2 Corinthians 3:3
GOLDEN NUGGET: No one who has truly encountered Jesus remains the same. You cannot meet the crucified and risen Lord and still cling to your ego. He humbles the proud. He breaks — and then rebuilds.
PRAYER: Lord Jesus, You are the Stone the builders rejected, yet You have become the Cornerstone. Break me of anything in me that resists You — of pride or any self-sufficiency. I yield to You to be broken in all the right ways, so You may build me into something that stands forever. Your law has been written on my heart, and I am a living witness of Your grace, in Jesus’ name, Amen.
bit.ly/BuildingGodlyAlliances
#PhanerooDevotion
PHANEROO~DEVOTION
Sunday, 22nd June 2025
Apostle Grace Lubega
Matthew 21:44 (NIV): Anyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; anyone on whom it falls will be crushed.
THE NEW COVENANT: A LIFE OF BROKENNESS
At Mount Sinai, God gave Moses the first covenant — commandments carved into stone. It was a covenant of law, perfect in its holiness, yet impossible for sinful humanity to uphold. The law revealed God's righteous standard, but it could not empower the people to live by it. In fact, it only highlighted their inability and pointed out their guilt (Romans 3:20).
Israel broke the first covenant — again and again. The law stood firm, but it could not transform the hearts of the people. It was external, rigid, and ultimately brought condemnation, not life.
Then came the second covenant, not written on tablets of stone, but written on human hearts through the Spirit (Jeremiah 31:33; 2 Corinthians 3:3). This covenant was ushered in by Jesus Christ — not only the mediator but the very cornerstone of the new and living way.
In our theme scripture, Jesus speaks of Himself as the stone: "Anyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; anyone on whom it falls will be crushed."
What a sobering and holy truth. The first covenant was broken by men. But in the new covenant, it is men who are broken by the Stone — Christ Himself.
To fall upon Jesus in faith is to be broken — broken of pride, of self-reliance, of sin. This is not a destructive breaking, but a redemptive one. No one who has truly encountered Jesus remains the same. You cannot meet the crucified and risen Lord and still cling to your ego. He humbles the proud. He breaks — and then rebuilds. Hallelujah!
FURTHER STUDY: Jeremiah 31:33; 2 Corinthians 3:3
GOLDEN NUGGET: No one who has truly encountered Jesus remains the same. You cannot meet the crucified and risen Lord and still cling to your ego. He humbles the proud. He breaks — and then rebuilds.
PRAYER: Lord Jesus, You are the Stone the builders rejected, yet You have become the Cornerstone. Break me of anything in me that resists You — of pride or any self-sufficiency. I yield to You to be broken in all the right ways, so You may build me into something that stands forever. Your law has been written on my heart, and I am a living witness of Your grace, in Jesus’ name, Amen.
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