North Kigezi Diocese News
Believers have been urged to consecrate and sanctify themselves as they prepare to usher in the year 2026. This call was made on Wednesday, December 31, 2025, by the Rt. Rev. Onesimus Asiimwe, Bishop of North Kigezi Diocese, during the crossover prayer service held at Besania Prayer Mountain in Rukungiri Municipality.
Addressing the congregation, Bishop Asiimwe encouraged believers to be attentive to God’s voice, saying that the Lord would speak to them through dreams, His Word, and through people. He urged them to recognize God’s Word, receive it faithfully, and act upon it in His name.
The Bishop assured the believers that God would be with them throughout 2026, describing it as a year of testimonies because they would overcome challenges through faith
He added, “You will cross into the promised land in 2026 that the Lord has promised you, but you will need faith. The Israelites could have used boats or swum across the Red Sea and River Jordan, but God revealed His glory by making them cross on dry ground.”
Drawing from Joshua 3:1–6, Bishop Asiimwe emphasized that God does not rely on human science to perform His works, noting that He is a God of miracles.
“The year 2026 is a road you have never trodden before. Follow the Lord Jesus Christ; He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life, and He will lead you to the promised land. The year 2026 has never existed before, therefore you must follow the Lord Jesus Christ,” he said.
He further assured believers that they would experience miracles in their lives, including healing, deliverance from poverty, and mighty breakthroughs. However, he emphasized that these miracles require cooperation with God through righteousness, consecration, sanctification, confession, and repentance of sins.
Also speaking at the event, Maama Florence Asiimwe called upon believers to place God at the center of everything as they begin the year 2026.
At the same gathering, Rev. Munturive Nshaba Ruhanga encouraged Christians to have unwavering faith when they pray. Reading from Exodus 14:15, he urged believers not to doubt what they pray for, but instead to have faith that they have already received what they asked for.
Several dignitaries attended the service, including Rev. Julius Niwagaba, Diocesan Missions Coordinator; the Very Rev. Amatsiko Niwegariho, Dean of Emmanuel Cathedral, Kinyasano; Ven. Ronald Natuhwera, Archdeacon of Nyakagyeme Archdeaconry; Ven. Amos Katushabe, Archdeacon of Kyabugashe Archdeaconry; Ven. Edson Muhairwe, Archdeacon of Kashenyi Archdeaconry; Rev. Frank Kiconco, Bishop’s Chaplain and Vicar of Emmanuel Cathedral; other reverends, lay canons, and members of the laity.
To God be the glory.
