Pastor Herbert Kiwanuka. PHOTO/Courtesy.
Herbert Kiwanuka, the senior Pastor of Glory of Christ Church located in Kawaala, a neighborhood within Kampala, Uganda’s capital, says the day he tested positive for COVID-19 is the day he got healed.
Pastor Hebert stated in an update 19 June, that all this happened after medics failed to provide a proper diagnosis for his uncomfortable sensations in the body.
“When I got a sickness, many people tried to treat everything, but I was still feeling there was not a real serious change. Until I felt, that I should go and test for Covid,” he said.
Tests were performed, confirming a positive result.
“The day they told me, ‘you are positive’, that is the time i got healed,” he said. “The moment I was told I have Covid, I said ok; now I know what I am fighting with. I know who is supposed to bow.”
“You know, it is one thing to fight something you don’t know. You think you have malaria, you have typhoid, you are this, and you don’t know, but the moment I got to know [what the illness was], I stood up, asked for food and started eating. I said now I know what I am fighting, and what I am fighting is a won battle.”
He quoted Matthew 16:19, which reads; “I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”
In one of his recent sermon series on the ‘Finished Works’, the Pastor explained how many Christians have adopted a humanistic view of things, noting that they do not realize the spiritual implication behind what is going on in their lives. To win in life, he stated believers must know who they are in Christ, and the authority of God’s Word released through prayer.
Uganda is currently experiencing a surge in Covid-19 cases, which forced the government to tighten lockdown measures on Friday. The measures include the closure of places of worship, and ban on private and public transportation within and across districts, including in the capital, Kampala.
“The hospitals are full,” Museveni warned in his last televised address, before adding that “the rapid surge in the intensity of the pandemic appears unprecedented, but still manageable.”
The Council of Pharmaceutical Society of Uganda, an institution that mandates standards in the practice of pharmacy, earlier this month urged the public to avoid self-medication that claims to be able to cure the viral respiratory disease.
The council urged the public to go for vaccination and follow the “proven measures” of prevention, including wearing a face mask in public, social distancing and properly washing hands with soap and water.
National Drug Authority (NDA) also cautioned in its recent statement against using herbs and medicines on the market that are not approved by it. “The public is warned against the use of products on the market that are not authorized by NDA purporting to treat COVID-19,” the NDA statement said.
