Greeting Friends,

It has been a difficult week in Zimbabwe, and for all Zimbabweans across the globe.  It is a time when the present and the future seems so dark and it seems there is none to guide the way.  There is a knowing about what God is saying about the future, but a struggling to build a bridge across from the present.  We should never fail to realize that the creator of the universe is our King and Helper.  What should we be afraid of?  It seems easy to say, but it can be very hard to apply.  God knows at what stage we are all at.  He promised never to leave us nor forsake us.  See Psalm 46.  We are to keep the leadership of our country greatly at the front of our prayers.   Please to not blame, though it may be easy.  PRAY.  The pressure on them in tremendous, and there are many forces working in different directions.  There is much much more than meets our eye.  The situations are very complex and tenuous.

As I was praying, I saw a picture of a great ship moving from one large sea into another.  This is the ship of Zimbabwe.  To move into the new sea, we are passing though a great reef where many unseen objects lie hidden under the surface of the water.  They are deep enough not be seen by the captain of the ship, but shallow enough to substantially mar the ship.  I have great confidence in the Lord that we shall make it through!  However, how we look after the passage and what damage is done is very pivotal upon the prayer of the saints.  Keep praying friends!

Hebrews 10:35
“So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.”

Keep persevering friends, not in your strength and faith, but in His!  Amen.

Furthermore, I hear the Lord saying:

“For I know the disappointment that is being experienced, “says the Lord.  It is not a time to cry, but to move on.  Better times are coming - especially for those who trust in My word.  There is a better season coming.  I will multiply the little that you have.  Some people are on the last of their food and bread.  Each and every day, I will be faithful to keep you fed, and clothed.  Remember the widow of Zarephath.  Each day, I multiplied her oil and flour, so that she was sustained during the time of drought.  Him who honors Me, I will honor.

It is a season of miracles.  I will heal the sick.  When you cannot afford to go to a doctor,  I will be the great physican for you and your children.”

See 1 Kings 17.  This passage of Kings has really been coming to my mind a lot.  Feel free to read the chapters 16-18. 

Also, as I was praying the other day I clearly heard the Lord say , “the rain is coming, the rain is coming!”.  (1 Kings 18).   How hard this is to understand, when things are at such a low point in our history!  Nevertheless, we must continue to trust and hope.  God is our hope, the creator of the heavens and earth is our refuge and strength.  He Himself has promised to never leave or forsake us.  His ears are open to our cries.  Most of all, He loves us with an everlasting love and nothing shall pluck us out of His Hand.

“We praise you Lord, and declare that your kingdom is forever and ever.  That you reign and will make all things good!”

Love and Blessings though Jesus Christ our redeemer!

Keith

This past Sunday, a prayer group was held at my home church.  Zimbabwe was brought to the forefront and we prayed and sought the hand of God during this time.  Our leader encouraged us that we are watchmen posted on the wall to pray and seek for the country.  As watchmen we may all see different aspects of how God views the situation, but together it all paints a complete picture.  I was amazed at what I heard some of my prayer partners bring out during that time.  Most of whom know extremely little about the country, BUT it was as if they were actually there and had seen the situation whilst in prayer!  This for me was such and encouragement.  It really encouraged me that God DOES know what it happening!  These folks did not understand the situation but I knew God had spoken to them as they accurately described the country and its needs.  God does love us and care for us and that He will never leave of forsake our country or our people.   There were several messages from God that I would like to convey here that were realized by my prayer colleagues:

• Lois said that there are many small churches around the country and these churches should unite in prayer to pray for peace.  (in doing so, a network will be formed throughout the country)
• Lois also said that many individuals in Zimbabwe feel insignificant and unimportant but that should know that they are great and important in the sight of God.  That they can do much!
• Joanne heard the word “industries”.  She really prayed for US and British companies and investors/donors to begin to pour out into Zimbabwe and inject the industrial sector with new life.
• For the eyes of Zimbabweans to open and see that the country is surrounded by angels just like Elisha prayed for Gehazi’s eyes to open and he saw that although they were surrounded by the enemy’s soldiers and horsemen, yet the hills were filled with angels and chariots of the Lord!  The Lord is surrounding Zimbabwe, friends!
• Chris saw a vision of an angel on a mountain blowing a horn.  He was calling the Moseses, Abrahams and Davids out of the hidden places in Zimbabwe.  Calling them to arise to the greatness and the purposes that God has given them.
• For the spirit of poverty to break over the country, and prosperity to come
• Leah heard the song in her spirit - “revive us again“.  This is the song that the Lord is singing over Zimbabwe.
• Barbara said that we need to lift up much praise and thanks to God during this time.  Think about how many times that Israel was in dire straights during the Bible days. Often God would tell them to send the priests first singing praises, not the soldier first!  Wow!  By worshiping him, we help remove frustration and lack of peace from ourselves and allow His Spirit to take control and bring peace.

An interesting question was asked of me - “What is the purpose of Zimbabwe?”.  Can you answer that one?  Do you know what our purpose is?  Cindy Jacobs of Generals of Intercession teaches to look at the origins of the founding of a country or city to discover some of what the ultimate purpose may be.  Obviously man has seen a distorted purpose but the Lord has a clear pure purpose that may yet to be revealed.  We know that Rhodesia was founded as white men lusted for land and gold and other ores.  Zimbabwe itself was founded for freedom from oppression and freedom in every way as well as for restoration of the land.  Colonialism sought to curb the education of the people too, and knowledge of the people.  Do we see complete freedom of the land now?  Do we see complete freedom of the mining sector?  Do we see Zimbabwe being the bread-basket of Africa once again?  Do we see the sons and daughters of Zimbabwe becoming geniuses in their fields?  Do we see complete freedom to conduct business and a free way of life?  These things are in our DNA, and strongly so, but we have yet seen the completed  outcome the way that God wants it to be.  It is widely recognized that Zimbabweans are without a doubt the most entrepreneurial group in Africa. This has been expressed by prolific African leaders. It is in our blood.  The DNA is cast of who we are and it is time to pray to see a liberation by the Blood and name of Christ!  Declare these things in prayer over our country and over our people.

If you ask me what I think Zimbabwe is made of, I believe that it will be a keystone in Africa.  I believe that Zimbabwe will arise and become great again.  As I ask God this question, I hear Him saying:

“Your sons and daughter will do great things.  I Am going to raise up apostles and prophets in you midst.  Also I will bring great teachers among you.  There shall be teachers who will be world renown in their fields.  You will create a lasting legacy through Africa.  You shall develop a peace process that will be a die that will be used for many African nations to bring equality and peace through the ethnic groups and between genders.  You are creating a legacy of change.  Zimbabweans will be innovative and creative.  They will construct many amazing things.  I Am creating waves of Change,” says the Lord.  “I Am reconstructing things that are broken down and destroyed.  I Am speaking peace to the leaders I have placed in authority.  They shall redevelop an atmosphere of security that again it will be safe to move through the streets and conduct business.  New business incentives will be released in this coming year.  It shall excite industry to change.  It will also create local initiatives to fund local small businesses with great ideas.  The farming industry has been in disarray, this too will change in time.  I will build peace between black and white fellows.  They shall work alongside and till the land together, helping one another and encouraging each other in farming methods and abilities.  One shall not be greater than another, they shall both be alike and very prosperous.  You will see synergy between the farmers and a new spirit of camaraderie,  No longer distance and competitiveness.  New farming initiatives will be created.  Prosperity will be unleashed upon Zimbabwe as a tidal wave.  What has been lost will seeming be forgotten as restoration and rebuilding happens.  I will teach you that I Am a God who cares and loves each person.  That My love does not fail, that although it may be night for a long season, yet day always follows the night.  Zimbabwe is ready for the day!” says the Lord. “It is high time.  I Am also going to unite along party lines and build new bridges between parties and leaders.  It will be a unique situation.  Diversity.  There are many who are very gifted with their hands and in crafts and arts.  I will bring out and establish these.  There will be new schools created for the artsmen of Zimbabwe.  Zimbabwean art and prowess will be made strong and Zimbabwean artists will create a name for themselves through Africa and the Western world.  Great athletes shall too arise from among you.  There will be champions who can go the mile and win titles and trophies.  I am releasing “gazelles” among the people that will bring back great trophies throughout the world.”

“A strong spirit of creativity will fall on Zimbabweans in the near future.  Amazing things will break out of the country as ideas congeal and make their way into new inventions and other creativities.  Zimbabwe will become the bread basket once again.  There shall be so much wheat, maize and other grains produced that there will be no place to put them.  Farmers shall be asked to stop growing and to grow alternatives crops while we deal with the surplus of the previous year.  Adjacent countries shall crowd around our borders waiting for the surplus of our country to come out that they can receive a portion. (kl  I hear loud cheers and trucks come through the border and park on neighbouring territories so people can bring large vessels and fill with grain and the surplus of our nation.)  Exports shall flow abundantly again, far and wide.  New farming initiatives will be created to explore diverse crops and diverse ways of doing things.  You will find that the soil yields a several fold release of goodness than before.  This is what happens when the curse in broken over the land.   Break the curse in prayer and through forgiveness of the land.  Forgive the white forefathers who stole the land from the Africans.  They need to be forgiven.  Their action retains a curse over the land, and still there is no forgiveness for it.  Land has been redistributed but still they have not been forgiven.  This action was the start in the chain of the unforgiveness cycle, and it has escalated from there.”

 Friends, as a Zimbabwean Murungu (”white man”),  I ask you for your forgiveness for our forefathers.  And yes, we white people have been proud and ungrateful.  For my part, I humbly ask My Shona and Ndebele brothers to forgive us.  We white people in turn need to pray and release the land hurts from the settlement of recent past.  It is all a sore spot whoever is looking at it, black or white, from past or present, but true forgiveness can only be possible through the love of Christ in our lives.  I acknowledge that I did not directly experienced this and humbly say that I certainly cannot fully understand the hurt on both sides.  I respectfully appeal to you that we cannot truly forgive unless He gives us strength to do so.  Remember that it is His love that sought us out when we were still sinners and won us to Himself!  As we forgive we will find that we become released to receive His love more fully and will find the joy of the Lord awaiting us.

Christ’s love for you is so deep.  If you don’t know Him, but feel Him pulling at your heart as you are on this site.  I encourage you to make the decision to serve Him.  I have found no deeper joy and satisfaction than letting Him take the steering wheel of My life!  He has a road map that I never knew existed, and I have come to see Him as a God that loves and forgives me.  His hands and heart extend to you too my friend!  Ask Him to come and live in you today, to wash you of your sins and give you life forevermore!  He loves YOU more than you could ever know.

Rich blessings in Christ Jesus our saving Lord!

Keith

Friends,

Lets continue to pray and really get down and intercede for the peace and the well being of Zimbabwe.  The future of a nation is hinging on your prayers right now.  It is on a balance scale.  Which way will it tip?  It is not a question of if its tips towards ZANU or towards MDC.  It is rather a question of if the future will be one of peace, unity and coming prosperity or instead one of hopelessness, disunity and possibly violence.  Christ is not a respector of any given party.  He is a respector of those that wish to know Him and follow His commands.  This gives us the hope and prayer that every man and woman that takes the seat of authority in Zimbabwe will know, or come to know the magnitude of the glory and love of Christ!

YOUR PRAYER ARE DIVINELY POWERFUL!!!

 2 Chronicles 7:14
“if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”

We are so weak in our strength, but He is so strong in His!  Lets continue to pray and declare that a new season of love and peace will begin to flow through Zimbabwe and permeate every level of the atmosphere at this time.  Declare in faith that we will not see havoc and hurt, but rather that the Spirit of Christ will reign and bring reconciliation on the part of us all.

In Christ’s love and peace I humbly submit this to you my brothers and sisters.

Pray this with me:

“Christ,  I pray for the healing of our beautiful nation in this dire hour.  We cry to you O Lord, the creator of the heavens and the earth, who neither slumbers nor sleeps, but keeps watch both night and day, looking to help and bless your humble servants.  We stand in the gap for Zimbabwe and declare that there will no be violence or war.  We declare there will be peace and reconciliation.  We stand between men and women of different racial backround and of different party lines and we hold hands with both and  say “Today is the day that we turn and begin to come together.”  We ask you Father for a spirit of humility upon our great leaders who have fought through many battles and need your wisdom and guidance in this hour.  We speak your peace to them and say that the future is so bright if we will but come together, not as a house split 50/50, but as a people uniting 100% for the future and well being of Zimbabwe.  We will arise.  You will arise God.  The nation that has attracted so much attention through the entire world for so many of the wrong reasons will begin to shine your glory, even whilst the attention of the world is captured.  This is the hour of peace.  Today is the day.  We stand firm in the gap and we will not be divided or fall as a body of Christ, but we will be the catalyst for a massive revivial of the the culture, economy, politics and spiritual life of Zimbabwe.  We will become a nation of prosperity again.  We will feed the nations.  The nations will come back to us and ask how we did it.  They will ask for our hope.  They will ask for our wealth. And will will solemnly declare, “The Lord did it”.

“Zimbabwe,  I Am pulling you together,” says the Lord.  “This is a time of peace.  It is going to become a time of restoration.  You are pulling in so many ways except in one and the same direction.  Seek peace, extend peace to your rivals.  Extend the hand of peace.  Know that you are in control of so much of what will happen in days ahead.  The future is unclear, but you can make it clear through acts of love in your land.  There is a dividing line and you must decide on which side you will stand.  It is a question of if you are with Me or against Me.  You decide you future today.  If you are for Me, put aside idols and pleasures that pull you away from Me.  They must go.  When you have done this, you will know that I Am true love and true peace that you will never know on your own.

Fast and pray.  Repent.  Call upon Me, and I will answer you.  I will make Myself known to you and your children.  You are a land of prosperity.  Right now there is poverty, but you are a land of prosperity.  You will see this happening again (prosperity) as was the case before, except even more.  I Am uniting you along racial lines.  I Am uniting you along party lines.  I Am going to forge more unity and peace between your leaders.  The future is very clear when this happens.  But right now you must really call upon Me. You decide the future.  You cast the vote in humility, prayer and fasting.”

Other prayer request posted by:

·        Pray that the church in Zimbabwe will take their place before the throne of grace and that God will help them at His right time.

·        Pray for economic and social restoration of the whole country.

·        Pray for the church to move forward in unity and much wisdom and that they will understand their times and know what to do.

·        In 1 Tim.2:1-4 we are taught that we must pray for governments and all in positions of authority so that we can live peaceful and quiet lives marked by godliness and dignity.  This is good and it pleases God our Saviour, who wants everyone to be saved and to understand the truth.

Jericho Walls / Transformation Africa / Global Day of Prayer / International Prayer Council