Zimbabwe Voice of Hope

A short message for this week, friends.  I believe it is a matter for prayer of the saints.  Lets keep the unity government uplifted.  They are only as strong as our prayers make them.  Pray for support through the power of Jesus Christ.  When you pray in faith, and that faith is in God, you become a nation changer.  Be a nation changer for Zim and realize that your prayers do count.  Jesus said that if you have faith like  grain of a mustard, you will speak to this mountain and it will be removed and cast into the sea.  We are speaking to a mountain in prayer.  We are not to be intimidated by the mountain, but to speak the truth to it, and command it to submit to Christ.  Is there any mountain that the Lord says is too big??? It will never be the case.  You are on the winning side and we are commanded by Christ to excerise our faith and love in this regards.  Take courage and stand in the immovable foundation of Jesus Christ ! King of all kings and Lord of all lords.

I hear the Lord saying: 

“The enemy wants to tear down the peace process and unity process.  Even now, he is planting his plans to bring enmity and strife through the ruling groups.  Mutiny is his plan, and to get the people to revolt.  Pray for peace stability and security.  Pray the Lord will take back the land for His glory (spiritually speaking).”

Read this prayer below, then pray it out loud with strength if you are agreement with it.  It is a confession of our faith and authority in Jesus Christ in Zimbabwe: 

“Lord, we pray for peace in our nation.  We lift it up to You.  We praise and declare you as our Lord.  The First and the Last.  The Author and Finisher!  Please forgive our sins.  We repent for the many sins of our land and for pride and rebellion against You.  We repent and we are sorry. Restore us we pray.  We speak and pray through the name and authority of Jesus Christ and command the powers of darkness to subside and be scattered over our government and peace process.  We bind their work Father, and we release the power of Jesus Christ to create change, peace,holiness and stability within our Powerhouses.  God, You are Lord.  You have given unto us the keys of the kingdom and what we bind on earth will be bound in heaven and what we loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.  We obey you and touch the heart of the Father as we pray this.  We prepare a throne for you Jesus, that you may rule and reign over and among us.  We confess You as Lord of Zimbabwe.   Thank You that a fire goes before You and consumes Your enemies round about!  The enemy may be coming against us 1 way, but you are scattering him 7 ways!!!!  This peace and unity process WILL NOT FAIL.  IT WILL STAND AND BE A TESTIMONY TO THE POWERFUL NAME AND AUTHORITY OF JESUS CHRIST.  We speak Liberation, we speak reconciliation.  We do not look back.  We do not loose heart. We place our hands to the plough and move forward in the face of adversity having great expectation of what You have promised.  We are on the winning side, and we announce to Satan and his minions that he will not win and that his day is DONE.  We glorify You Jesus.  We love You, we adore You and we are thankful that You are our King.  All glory be to Your Name, forever and ever and ever. Amen!”

Are you still climbing the mountain, or are you contented with where you are at?  Perhaps you are discouraged at how far you still have to go and are you are no longer pressing on.  Perhaps you see no reason to go further and pursue the deeper things of God.  Friends - he who sows in tears will reap in joy eventually.  There is a time delay between the sowing and the harvest.  That is the miracle of a seed.  If you take the time and energy and the suffering to get the ground prepared and to get the seed into the ground, and then you continue to surround the seed with the most basic elements for a sustained time, the harvest is sure to be on its way.  You may have to brave the environment to remove rocks from the ground and to chase away birds and beasts that come periodically to prey on the seed.   You may have to pull weeds from the ground, and continue to pour essential water on it.  But, if there is diligence and perseverance coupled with the hand of God, the harvest is sure to come, and you together with many others will enjoy the produce.Zimbabwe is a fledging country in so many ways.  It is really only 30 years old next year.  This is an infant country.  We have been so close to infant mortality, yet as we are vigilant in whatever capacity that God has given us to perform the essentials of sowing and culturing the seeds.  We will ensure a secure future ahead of us.  God is faithful and will watch over His word to perform it.  If you feel that you lack see, there is good news.  See 2 Cor 9:10-11:

“10 Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness; 11 you will be enriched in everything for all liberality, which through us is producing thanksgiving to God.”

God will multiply your seed, just as you multiplied the loaves and the fishes!  We must just present the little that we have and trust God for the rest.

Some of you have probably asked what you can do for Zimbabwe?  There are 3 immediate things I can suggest.   Firstly and foremost is prayer (in faith).  This is your foundation.  Secondly, you can respond out of this by supporting missions within Zim such as through pentecostfire.org and other ministries that are local or external.  You may moreover be part of a third group that feel you have something to personally contribute.  It might just seem like a few loaves and 2 fishes.  But this is the most basic seed, that the Lord Himself will multiply to feed the multitudes.  Take courage today and start at step 1 and go where He sends you!

Blessings in this week ahead.

Keith and Stacey

Dear Friends,

I do not have a post this week.  I intend to post some pictures and a short report from a recent annual missions conventions at our home church.  We drew some of our focus onto Zimbabwe at this time.  Stay tuned!

Keith