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by Lizwe Sebatha Monday 18 May 2009
BULAWAYO - Only through divine intervention can Zimbabwe be rescued
from crisis, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said at the weekend.
The former opposition leader who formed a unity government with
President Robert Mugabe to try to end years of political strife, acute
recession and food shortages in Zimbabwe, urged his compatriots to pray hard
to God for the success of the shaky unity government.
"The only way we can rescue this country is when Zimbabweans start
praying hard. We have to pray hard and ask God to save this country . . .
without prayers, we will not go anywhere," said Tsvangirai, who was speaking
at a memorial service for his late wife Susan held in Bulawayo city on
Saturday.
About 400 people, among them deputy prime minister Thokozani Khupe,
Cabinet ministers, parliamentarians, local councillors and members of the
Methodist Church and other churches attended the memorial service held at
Bulawayo's Large City Hall.
Susan died in a car accident in March that left Tsvangirai injured and
for a short while threatened to destabilise the unity government until
Tsvangirai publicly rejected suspicions that the car crash may have been an
attempt on his life by hardliner elements in Mugabe's ZANU PF party opposed
to unity.
"We have to pray for the success of the unity government and also ask
for a God-fearing leadership."
Tsvangirai, Mugabe, and Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara, the
leaders of Zimbabwe's three main political parties, agreed to form a unity
government under a power-sharing deal brokered last year by former South
African President Thabo Mbeki on behalf of the regional Southern Africa
Development Community (SADC).
The coalition government is seen as offering Zimbabwe the best
opportunity in a decade to restore stability and end a devastating economic
and humanitarian crisis that had seen the once prosperous country suffer
rampant inflation of more than 200 million percent, acute food shortages
affecting more than half of the country's population, record unemployment
and deepening poverty.
But the success of the Harare administration hinges on its ability to
raise financial support from rich Western countries that have however said
they will not immediately help until they are convinced Mugabe is committed
to genuinely share power with his former opposition foes. - ZimOnline
The Battle Belongs to the Lord;Prime Minister,Sir you remind of King Jehoshaphat.You are King Jehoshaphat of Today
Jehoshaphat knew that unless he heard from God, he was not going to make it. That need was what The Amplified Bible calls his “vital need.” There are some things we can do without, but others are vital. Jehoshaphat knew having God's direction was vital.
"After this, the Moabites and Ammonites with some of the Meunites came to make war on Jehoshaphat. 2Some men came and told Jehoshaphat, "A vast army is coming against you from Edom, from the other side of the Sea. It is already in Hazazon Tamar" (that is, En Gedi). 3Alarmed, Jehoshaphat resolved to inquire of the LORD, and he proclaimed a fast for all Judah. 4The people of Judah came together to seek help from the LORD; indeed, they came from every town in Judah to seek him. 5Then Jehoshaphat stood up in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem at the temple of the LORD in the front of the new courtyard 6and said: "O LORD, God of our fathers, are you not the God who is in heaven? You rule over all the kingdoms of the nations. Power and might are in your hand, and no one can withstand you. 7O our God, did you not drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham your friend?
8They have lived in it and have built in it a sanctuary for your Name, saying, 9`If calamity comes upon us, whether the sword of judgment, or plague or famine, we will stand in your presence before this temple that bears your Name and will cry out to you in our distress, and you will hear us and save us.'. . . 14Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jahaziel son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite and descendant of Asaph, as he stood in the assembly. 15He said: "Listen, King Jehoshaphat and all who live in Judah and Jerusalem! This is what the LORD says to you: `Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army. For the battle is not yours, but God's.. . . 22As they began to sing and praise, the LORD set ambushes against the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir who were invading Judah, and they were defeated. 23The men of Ammon and Moab rose up against the men from Mount Seir to destroy and annihilate them. After they finished slaughtering the men from Seir, they helped to destroy one another.. . . 30And the kingdom of Jehoshaphat was at peace, for his God had given him rest on every side,"
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