Dear Friends of Zimbabwe,

I greatly respect and value your courage through the days that we have been living.  I thank God for you and that you refuse to give up in the face of adversity.  May the favour of our Lord shine upon you! 

God’s glory was meant to be seen upon His people.  We were made as containers of His glory!  God has made a covenant with us through Jesus Christ the righteous.  We were captive, but He set us free through Jesus.  We were formerly enslaved to do the will of the devil and the flesh (which is our selfish desires.)  We hurt people every day, intentionally and unintentionally.  We were destructive in our thoughts, words and actions.  We were corrupted people.  We were people with Adam’s fallen nature.  Now, through Jesus Christ, we have been given extended the hand of grace.  He has commanded us to arise and throw off our robes of unrighteousness and to embrace His righteousness. 

“I took your fallen nature upon Myself, when I died on the cross,” He says, “but My covenant is surpassing all your sins and failures.  If you would, have faith and courage and exchange those things with Me, and I will give you glorious robes of righteousness and truth in the dark world in which you now live.  Live in My promises.  This is the covenant:   I will take your sins and failures and give you Life, and Life abundantly.  Uncloak yourselves of deceit and discouragement.  Arise and Shine, for your light IS come!  No longer should you live under the heel of suffering and pain, I have taken these too upon the cross.  My promise is eternal, and it is of life abundantly.  Come to Me all you who are hurting and wounded and I will give you rest from your labours.  Seek first My kingdom and righteousness and all these other things will be added unto you.

“I give you favour and life abundantly.  This is My covenant and it will never depart from you.  As long as you honour Me and My words, you will abide in the light of My presence.  I give you favour to stand firm in a dark day, and to shine as the lights of My glory to your family and friends.

“Don’t be discouraged.  Arise and shine, and you will see My presence changing the world around you as you live in faith.  Refuse to be discouraged!  Discouragement is the enemy of hope and love.  It is inverted and means you are looking at yourself and your circumstances.  Faith comes from looking at Me and My presence.  How can you be discouraged, when you are gazing into My presence and see all that I Am, and what I Am doing in your lives?  Have faith and you will move the mountains of opposition around you.  Then My glory will be seen in your lives and the truth of My word will now be living in you.”