ExodusMagMay2020

Wishing all the mothers a ...

Month

filled with

Love and

appreciation

Before everything appears, a womb is needed

for it to be conceived

EDITOR'S NOTE

Mfesi Mayekiso

It means, for everything, there is an allocated

time. We should know when to stay and when

we should go. We should utilize our time

accordingly, and for us to do that, we should

be able to discern the times. Many a times

when people stay in places even when their

time is over, and they overextend their

presence. In the process miss out on the

opportunities allocated for that particular

allocated time they have spent in a wrong

place. This is a call from us children of God, to

know the times, discern the times. Do not

waste your time and do not let others waste it

for you. It is the most precious resource God

gave every individual on earth. It is how you

utilize your time that determines your wisdom

and strength as well as your value. It is the

most expensive commodity. Every minute you

lose you can never recover it.

VALUING TIME

“THEN JESUS SAID UNTO THEM, MY TIME IS NOT

YET COME: BUT YOUR TIME IS ALWAYS READY.”–

JOHN 7:6 KJV

The bible talks a lot about time, Jesus teaching people to

discern the times [seasons]. Eccl 3:1-8 tells us there is a

time for every activity on this earth. Basically what this

says is that we should be wise, and not extend our time

where its use is supposed to have been diminished.

We have been quiet for a while, focusing on

other assignments that the Lord needed us to

focus on. It is now time for us to again bring

you whatever message the Lord needs us to

bring you. Our focus this year will be on

equipping the saints.

Jesus is our only hope for everything. We are

faced with many things but with Christ we are

strengthened to stand and survive all things.

Our ministry focus this year will be to

strengthen you in these dire times.

May you be Blessed!

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INSIDE WORD

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WORKOUT YOUR

OWN SALVATION

Phil 2:12-13 Therefore,

my beloved, as you

have always obeyed,

not as in my presence

only, but now much

more in my absence,

workout your own

salvation with fear and

trembling; for it is God

who works in you both

to will and to do for His

good pleasure

Self-centeredness is a way of

life for some. A way many

people were actually forced to

by the behavior of others and

therefore, decided to put

themselves first. However,

selfishness is not a fruit of the

spirit. Christ made it clear when

He gave His life to be martyred

on the cross. So we also cannot

be selfish.

The scripture above is the only

thing that gives you permission

to selfishness. Be selfish in

Christ. When you are selfish in

Christ it all becomes about God.

My translated version of it is:-

Redeem salvation given to you

by grace, through reverence

which equates to wisdom and

obedience, allowing

sanctification and

transformation by the Holy

Spirit for service, for God's

good pleasure.

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workout your own salvation

“Keep

praying;

keep

meditating

on the word,

keep

fighting.

Remain in

Christ.”

O B E D I E N C E

Obedience is better than

sacrifice. Israel had different

types of offerings

accompanied by sacrifice

because they just could not

obey God. Disobedience is the

ultimate sin. It is what led to

the fall of mankind. It is equal

to rebellion. Satan is the king

of rebellion and he was cast

out of heaven. You can never

allow yourself to be

disobedient to God. Doing the

opposite of God's word is

disobedience

R E D E E M S A L V A T I O N

No one has worked or can

work for salvation, it is

already given by grace. Into

God's presence we only come

by grace not by works. The

only thing we ought to

continuously seek is the

righteousness of the kingdom.

We are to yearn for a good

standing with God. We have

all sinned and fallen short of

the glory of God, but through

Christ we can walk in

salvation. We just need to

believe.

S A N C T I F I C A T I O N A N D

T R A N S F O R M A T I O N

The blood of Jesus was shed

on the cross to seal the

covenant between God and

His people. It also stands for

the atoning of sin. It also

speaks on our behalf.

Before the atoning and

speaking however, one has to

be in a covenant with God.

This is a process so painful as

it illuminates all iniquities and

weaknesses so as to transform

the person to a mirror image

of Christ. It's a process that

cannot be skipped as painful

as it is. We have to allow the

Holy Spirit to work in us to

produce who we really are

R E V E R A N C E [ W I S D O M ]

Wisdom is the knowledge of

God's word, understood and

applied. The beginning of

wisdom is to revere God,

which is to hate evil. We need

to apply God's word in our

lives. Scripture carries

instruction of how we ought to

speak [Be slow to speak], think

[Have the mind of Christ], Act

[we wrestle not against flesh

and blood], walk [be led by the

Spirit]. We have to apply the

instructions of the

word, not just memorise it, for

when we just memorise it'll

bear no results.

F O R S E R V I C E

All this is to be able to serve

God in Spirit and in truth.

Because when we have been

transformed we are in the

image of He who was found to

be without blemish, but about

His Father's business. He

served the Father through the

people while in flesh, hence He

said, “my food is to do the will

of Him who sent me and to

finish His work”. We also work

out our own salvation that we

may be within God's will and

serve in the kingdom. It is in

this position that we can ask

whatever and the Father in

heaven will do it. Because

when you are within His

will, you are His will.

F O R H I S [ G O D ' S ] G O O D P L E A S U R E

God created us for Himself, to pleasure Himself. You see in Genesis that after creation He would

be pleased with Himself. What could be even more pleasing than to see His best creation working

according to its original form and purpose? His craft doing the good works that it was created for?

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workout your own salvation

Proverbs 4:23 Keep [Guard] your heart

with all diligence, for out of

it spring the issues of life.

But now in our day to day life we are faced with

situations and people who are constantly trying to shift

us from our position. How do we ignore these people

and these situations? Guard your hearts and minds.

When a person is in a bad mood usually they want to

drag someone else to give them company in their

position. This is where selfishness is allowed. Do not

allow someone else to shift you from your own position

to entertain theirs. Choose not to go there with them,

in other words ignore their invitation. For others you

could be trying to apply the word of God e.g. showing

kindness, gentleness etc. but they throw it back at you.

This is when you have to be mature enough to apply the

word saying - do everything as if for God and not for

man. It is Christ that you are aiming to please and you

shall surely please Him when you do His word. The one

throwing it back at you is just clueless and ignorant and

therefore, cannot be taken to heart.

With situations, the word of God says - be anxious for

nothing but by prayer and supplication. Any situation

that is out of your control is a call for prayer. Don't

meditate on it or try to resolve it outside of Christ’s

counsel. You will only entangle yourself in frustration.

Pray! then listen to what God is saying about it.

Our hearts and minds are to be constantly fixated on

Christ whom our responsibility is to please. He is a

fountain of answers and solutions.

May we have continued wisdom to work out our own

salvation!

FOR WITH YOU IS

THE FOUNTAIN OF LIFE;

IN YOUR LIGHT

WE SEE LIGHT.

~PSALM 36:9~


MUSIC

W O R S H I P

N O T E

Great is thy

faithfulness

When God sent out Moses to go and rescue Israel from Egypt. He was

doubting himself of the capability to achieve such. Because of this doubt, he

kept asking God many questions which He continued to answer. He was the

chosen for the assignment. The worst part of it is that he had no relationship

with God, and so struggled to understand what made God sure that what He

was calling him to do was a possibility for him to do.

Moses asked God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the

Israelites out of Egypt?”. “I will surely be with you,” God said, “and this will be

the sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the

people out of Egypt, all of you will worship God on this mountain.” – Exodus

3:12

Indeed, when they had been fully rescued from the Egyptians, Scripture says

in Exodus 15, they worshipped the Lord on that very mountain as the Lord

had previously declared to Moses. That was another proof to Moses and the

Israelites of how faithful God truly is.

In February, I found myself deep in a battle I had no idea if and when I would

be able to overcome. A lady friend of mine reminded me of the faithfulness

of God in His promises. That every battle we find ourselves in, is already

won.

This reminded me that whenever God sees us through battles, our response

to that should be to always worship Him for His faithfulness.

May you enjoy the short ministry by Thabile Khumalo on the link below. May

it also remind you of the love and faithfulness of God as it did for me.

https://exoduschristianmag.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/great-is-thy-faithfullness.mp3

ISSUE 14

APRIL

PASTOR

CHOICE HILLS

"

The highest level

of deliverance is

through

information.

We are put into

captivity because

of ignorance and

only knowledge

of the word

and utterance

thereof brings

light and

delivers us

"

C O V E R

F E A T U R E

ENACTING THE

VALUE OF A WOMAN

A N I N T E R V I E W W I T H P A S T O R C H O I C E H I L L S

“In life, you will realise there is a role for

everyone you meet. Some will test you, some

will use you, some will love you and some

will teach you. But the ones who are truly

important are the ones who bring out the

best in you. They are the rare amazing

people who remind you

why it’s worth it.”

- Unknown

Over a year ago, a sister from church introduced me to

this beautiful lady, a friend of hers that had just started

a chat group on WhatsApp. She explained to me what

the group was about and felt that, since I was running a

group with a similar purpose perhaps we might be

interested in hearing each other. I joined the group and

for a while as an observer or listener. Eventually the

spirit of the Lord spoke to me to say, ‘there are many

ministries but one Christ. There were twelve apostles

ministering the same gospel – Christ. Therefore,

instead of many ministries, the body has to be joined

together.’ We then communicated about joining the

two groups and the rest as they say is history.

Pastor Choice Hills is so much younger than me, but so

much wiser. As they say, wisdom chooses no age or

gender. I have learnt so much from her. She has

strengthened me in so many ways, encouraged me

into ministry as well as opened her heart and mind to

engage me in my every day hunger to discuss the word

of God. At the time we became close, the Lord had

invited me to sit at His feet so I could learn directly

from Him. She afforded me time for loud meditation

on the word of God. She is my sister and my friend.

With that said, I am introducing this beautiful sister to

those who do not yet know her and pray that from this

write up, she will have something for most ladies …

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Pastor Choice Hills

W H O I S P A S T O R C H O I C E

H I L L S ?

Choice Ruvimbo Hills is a wife to

Brighton Hills; a mother; a

daughter to John and Widi Bota

and a sister to four brothers. The

only girl in the family. In 2013 I

became a wife to my husband, an

Apostle at Word Ministries

(formerly known as Grace

International Ministries). That is

where my journey in ministry

started, as a co-pastor to my

Husband. However, Isaiah 60:4

says, lift up thine eyes round about,

and see: all they gather themselves

together, they come to thee: thy

sons shall come from far, and thy

daughters shall be nursed at thy

side. The daughters of God have

unique challenges and need to be

nursed in order to get on their feet

and inspire others. So this came as

another dimension of my calling, to

nurse the great physician's patients

by my side in word as well as

sharing the spirit. Therefore, I am a

preacher of the gospel and a

marriage counselor.

When I was a bit older, my mother

told me that she gave birth to me at

a Catholic clinic called St Clements

nursing home in Harare Zimbabwe.

In the agony of her labour pains as

the young mother then, she felt like

giving up. At the time she had her

own marital issues and pains she

was discovering. When the scan

showed that it would be a girl, the

pain took a greater emotional

twist. She couldn't imagine her

little girl growing up, and maybe

fall into life's ugly marital

predicaments. God sent a Catholic

nun who worked at the facility,

as Jesus when He wanted to give

up in Gethsemane was comforted

by an angel. This sister, her name

still unknown came and

encouraged her to push and give

birth. She encouraged her that a

girl child is loved by God and would

be like her, a nun, and if God

permits minister in God's service.

In my family my mom was the God

inspiration. My father is not a

believer. She was raised in AFM

and so we all got our spiritual

foundation there.

I attended AFM mission school

Rufaro High. That is where my

spiritual life had a great shift. It is

where I had an encounter with

God, and my personal relationship

with Him began.

Growing up among boys, I was very

competitive and always took

challenges. I wasn't afraid to take

the difficult subjects. I was used to

boys at home and always wanted to

challenge them and become better

than them. It wasn't hard for me

because intellectually I was bright

and thought that excelling was

evidence that I’d be a future

doctor, yet God had His own plan.

I met with fire branded students

and quickly joined the Scripture

Union Group, their zeal awakened

something I didn't know I had

inside of me. My SU teacher shaped

me into a responsible leader, so I

learnt humility to serve. I started

having prophetic dreams, Christ

drawing me into service.

When I met my husband, he was

still in Bible School training.

Accepting his proposal meant

accepting his calling. I was a very

logical person growing up, anything

that didn't add up to me was a total

turn off. That is when I knew that I

received a touch of God, because

after I met him, that strong edge of

control and logic was washed away

with peace.

I grew up in a society where I saw a

lot of women suffering from

identity crisis and very low selfesteem,

and that bothered me. The

marriages that I saw stirred zeal in

me to study the word of God, and I

discovered that there was more to

marriage and more to enjoying

womanhood.

Growing up as the only girl in the

family, I believe there was always a

unique way the Lord wired me

which made me feel for a girl child

and women. I desired for them to

live in freedom of the Holy spirit

and stand for themselves, not

vulnerable but well able. If a

woman was created a helper, I

discovered that there was a device

which the devil has been using to

keep women in unnecessary

anxiety, to waste their time

battling for equal rights ignorantly.

Not knowing that they were

created helpers, better than the

one who needs help. So a woman

can be better than a man, not in an

arrogant way but in God's way if

she has the right tools to let the

God given potential out.


Pastor Choice Hills

W h o i s P a s t o r C h o i c e

H i l l s ?

Being a marriage counselor came not

naturally but by the situations I passed

through. They inspired me to seek more of

God's presence and answers. I've been

healed to heal others. I've gone through a lot

of the battle of the mind, just like those spies

that Moses sent and came back with the

report of the Canaanites as giants and them

as prey.

I was once an ambitious young lady. I did

things logically, but in ministry all the logic

which was my strength failed because there

is no logic there, just faith.

There was a time in both ministry and

marriage that I had an emotional break

down, an overwhelming experience I didn't

understand. I didn’t understand that the

battle is against principalities, powers and

strongholds. Such that I tried to fight

logically, constantly hitting a wall. As I

turned into more studying not just reading

the Bible but studying, I started living in

freedom by knowledge, and I became

stronger. It enlightened me to know that the

word of God was my strength and that is why

it was being attacked. The devil didn't want

me to discover and unlock the mind of Christ

that I possessed, thus frustrating me

emotionally.

My passion for women is fueled by

compassion. Whenever I look at an unhappy

woman, girl or wife and I'm always moved

into compassion. Sometimes tears will just

flow. The pain of others draws me to

heartfelt service, at times to even overdo it

dragging them when they don't see the Godpicture.


Pastor Choice Hills

W H A T C A N Y O U

T E L L U S A B O U T

F O R G I V E N E S S ,

E S P E C I A L L Y I F O N E

W A N T S T O M O V E P A S T

P A I N E X P E R I E N C E D A S

A C H I L D ?

Matthew 11:28 - Come unto me, all

ye that labour and are heavy laden,

and I will give you rest. John 14:1 -

Let not your heart be troubled,

believe in God and believe also in

me

Surrender is an easy word to say

but difficult to practice. True rest is

in Jesus and His offering to every

weary soul. What every troubled

heart needs is believing in God.

When recovering from childhood

trauma for example, the first step

is letting go of the inner vows you

gave yourself when you were in

pain those days. Saying to yourself

"no one will ever do this to me ever

again or I will never let my kids stay

like that ever or no one will take

advantage of me ever again etc."

These are inner vows done in times

of pain, and making these vows is

taking the place of God in those

situations when you said to

yourself, in your heart in

declaration never to ever be

disadvantaged again. You closed

the door for God to be God over

those areas through those inner

vows. In pain we ignorantly speak

to ourselves and take up the place

of God in those situations.

To begin healing, we have to

confess those inner vows made as

an insecure child or even as a

young adult. To every troubled and

weary heart, Jesus' instruction is to

believe. Believe in God and let go

of the inner vows.

M A N Y W O M E N A R E

T R O U B L E D A S A R E S U L T

O F T H E B I T T E R N E S S O F

S O U L D U E T O

R E S E N T M E N T S ,

D I S A P P O I N T M E N T S A N D

M O R E . W H A T I S Y O U R

A D V I C E T O W O M E N

B A T T L I N G W I T H S U C H A

S T R O N G H O L D ?

Your spirit bears witness to the

Spirit of God, of the fruit of the

spirit which is love. Love then

manifests into peace, patience,

kindness, self-control etc. Your

soul on the other hand is not so.

Jeremiah 31:11-12 "for the Lord

hath redeemed Jacob, ransomed

him from the hand of him that was

stronger than he, so that his soul

will be a watered garden and they

shall not sorrow anymore at all"

The body is an earthen vessel

prepared for the spirit and a soul to

dwell in. As God is Trinity, His

likeness is manifested also in our

mechanism. The soul bears the free

will that God gave us, not to be

enslaved to Him but freely accept

His lordship through our individual

will. That is what Jesus said in Matt

12:29, talking of a strong man who

must firstly be bound to get the

spoil.

The spirit is birthed by the Spirit

and can never be possessed. It is

the soul which can be held and

gripped by strongholds when the

free will is taken advantage by a

familiar spirit into emotional

discord. The Spirit is blessed with

all good things, all blessings in

glory, but still the soul can be dry

and weak because of the

stronghold which hinders the

spiritual blessings to come over.

That's why we are daily

encouraged to feed on the word of

God the. It is the double edged

sword which cuts asunder the

spirit and soul. That is the only

weapon against the stronghold of

the soul which delays a person

from forgiving themselves. But

once Jesus sets you free you are

free indeed.

The image and likeness of a

woman's complex soul is of the

Holy spirit, the helper. if the Holy

spirit testifies not of itself but of

Jesus, the helper in the woman

needs to testify of something

bigger than herself. Any void

causes the soul of a woman to

crash to insecurity.

A L O T O F W O M E N

S U F F E R F R O M

S P I R I T U A L

E N S L A V E M E N T . H O W

C A N W O M E N B E

T R A N S F O R M E D F R O M

B E I N G S P I R I T U A L

S L A V E S T O T H E B R I D E S

O F C H R I S T ?

Psalm 107:20 "He sent His Word

and healed them and delivered

them from their destruction"

The highest level of deliverance is

through information. We are put

into captivity because of ignorance

and only knowledge of the word

and utterance thereof brings light

and delivers us.

The story of Ruth's up bringing is

so amazing. The man whom he

married was the channel of her

deliverance. Can you imagine that

the daughters in law of Noah did

not perish by the flood because of

the men they married?


Pastor Choice Hills

A l o t o f w o m e n s u f f e r

f r o m s p i r i t u a l

e n s l a v e m e n t . H o w c a n

w o m e n b e t r a n s f o r m e d

f r o m b e i n g s p i r i t u a l

s l a v e s t o t h e b r i d e s

o f C h r i s t ?

Prayer and fasting did not deliver

them from the floods but their

association did. Our spouses give

us a name just like Jesus did. There

is a certain level of understanding

that we need to grab and hold

concerning the names we receive,

they carry our deliverance as

women.

Ruth's deliverance started when

she accepted the name of her

husband. She clung to it, and Jesus

chose her to become part of His

genealogy because she understood

the importance of clinging to a

spouse's name even after death.

W H A T D O Y O U B E L I E V E

A R E T H E P R O H I B I T I N G

S P I R I T S F O R P R O G R E S S

I N W O M E N ?

Daniel 7:5, And behold another

beast, a second, like to a bear, and

it raised up itself on one side, and it

had three ribs in the mouth of it

between the teeth of it: and they

said thus unto it, Arise, devour

much flesh.

In Daniel's end time vision, this

bear resembled the Medo-Persian

empire. But why eat the rib and not

the other parts? Because that is the

raw material of women. This

empire wastes the capacity of

women, devouring them into

nonentity, waste material. The men

that inflict women have this spirit

of a bear.

This is unlike the Jezebel spirit

which boasts and cause women like

Vashti to be too proud. The Jezebel

spirit reflects on men to be weak

wits like Ahab.

The bear(man) can marry the

jezebel (woman) because these

demons fall in love, before people

do physically. Think of the girls

who grow up super intelligent and

show a bright future, always top of

their class. On the other hand,

excellent women who become

professionals, all the way to the

top, but after they get married the

stars just start to dim, her glory

just starts to fade.

At times God puts people in

situations to work out a new

couple for his purpose and that is

understandable, but when these

spirits connect or intermarry the

woman is devoured in the mouth of

the bear. It might not be physical

abuse but spiritual and emotional

abuse which dims the glory of a

woman and turn her into a

nonentity.

Y O U R L O V E A N D

D E D I C A T I O N F O R

P R A Y E R I S

A M A Z I N G . H O W C A N

Y O U E N C O U R A G E

A N O T H E R T O A L W A Y S

R E M A I N I N P R A Y E R

M O D E ?

Exodus 3:3 And Moses said, I will

now turn aside, and see this great

sight, why the bush is not burnt.

And when the LORD saw that he

turned aside to see, God called

unto him out of the midst of the

bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And

he said, here am I.

W H A T D O Y O U B E L I E V E

A R E T H E P R O H I B I T I N G

S P I R I T S F O R P R O G R E S S

I N W O M E N ?

Moses was at the right place and

decided to turn and see. God put a

wonder, but it was Moses's

willingness that caused divinity to

speak.

When God saw that Moses turned

to see, that is when the voice of

God became clear to him. I always

pray for this freewill that we were

given. God was waiting for Moses's

willingness to turn and see for

himself before divinity could say

anything. If Moses had just ignored

it, God was never going to force

Moses into anything.

My wish is that we always have the

spirit of discernment to always

discern what we ought to do at the

right place and time. That is why I

love the ministry of prayer so

much, it helps us with such.

One of my favorite scriptures on

such matters is 1 chronicles 12:32,

"and of the children of Issachar

which were men that had

understanding of the times to

know what Israel ought to do"

Watchmen and women that

perceive the times and events.

Watchers are prayerful people;

they discover seasons in prayer.

************


MAKING

WAVES

#Corona-Is it end?

The third seal talks about balancing of scales - It

would take a day's wages for one quart of wheat

[inner good], while it would take the same wages

for three quarts of barley [outer good]. So it costs

less to maintain outer good than it is to maintain

inner good, and God is interested in the inner

good. It is indeed true. Vanity is so much easier

than humility. Vanity kills the inner good while

humility kills the outer good. It’s a catch 22 kind of

situation which has been happening for a while. In

that balancing season, God wanted the wine [Holy

spirit filled] and the oil [anointed] to not be hurt.

Which now brings me to the fourth seal, death and

hell given authority to kill by a sword, famine,

disease and wild animals.

Honestly I believe that covid-19 came to seal the

disease season. People have been silently dying

from these man made diseases for a while now.

While Covid-19 is compared to Spanish flu, H1N1

swine flu it still stands out because these

epidemics did not have the global impact that

covid-19 has. However, many diseases have

silently killed people over time globally: aids;

cardiovascular diseases; diabetes; cancer, but the

key word is silently.

Covid-19 was first rumored to be as a result of 5G

installations, then we heard that a Bio lab in

Wuhan was doing a study in corona virus which

could have, by accident let out the virus.

My view is that both are true. Like I said, if China

didn't intend for this virus to attack the whole

world they would have contained it because they

have the resources.

I also believe that 5G has its own dangers which

might have been tested and proven to release similar

symptoms to that of covid-19. However, what we are

fighting now is the 'lab accident' more than the 5G

problem purely because 'lab accident' covid-19 is

contagious, while 5G covid-19 is at individual's

reaction. The covid-19 symptoms, whether by 'lab

accident' or 5G will be dealt with ultimately by the

‘vaccine’, which is said to be in its preparation stage.

Vaccine which is said to be the same as what Rev 13

speaks of when it speaks of the mark of the beast. We

have heard that whoever gets the vaccine gets

clearance to travel and trade, meaning whoever

doesn't will be locked out of the system, which is the

reason why many believe it to be the Rev 13 mark.

Personally I do not believe that whatever vaccine

comes from Europe or America will be to help

Africans, be it mark of the Beast or a depopulation

technique. It is just not for the benefit of Africans but

for whatever Persian king and prince in control, to

serve their end game. But what if I am immune to the

virus? What happens to me?

In conclusion, in this time of Covid-19 work out your

own salvation and start concerning selves with

droughts or famines and attacks by wild animals in

the upcoming years because covid-19 has sealed the

disease era. Chaff and wheat is being separated. Wild

animals have already been seen coming to residential

areas in different parts of the world, including a black

leopard recently seen in cape town near a residential

area. Drought has been slowly and silently sliding in.

Is this then the end of days? My belief is yes! Christ

warned us to discern the times so we are not caught

off guard. Question is, what are you doing while you

wait for Him.


In Him we have

redemption

through His

blood, the

forgiveness of

sins, according

to the riches of

His grace

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The burden of making a decision

rises from a position of having

more than one option. God

despises indecision. When we are

His servants we are now and then

entrusted with a responsibility to

make a decision, be it for ourselves

or others.Paul as the Apostle of

Christ had many time distinguished

between speaking from a point of

his authority or a point of Christ.

He would either say 'I Paul...' or

Christ. Being the servants of God,

we are now and then expected to

be able to make firm decisions on

matters that require a decision for

them to move forward. This is what

to consider…

GOD'S WILL

Jesus said to them, “My food is to

do the will of Him who sent Me,

and to finish His work - John 4:34

Our sole purpose is to do the will of

God. Jesus came to set the captives

free and through us He continues

to do so. We each have a gift and

a call upon our lives to help us

accomplish what we are mandated

to do. It is important to keep note

of the call and the will of God when

faced with a decision

CONSULT HIS WORD

What does the word of God say

about your kind of dilemma? There

is scripture about one person or

another who was in a similar

position. What decision did they

take and can you live with similar

consequences?

SEEK GUIDANCE

God has given us each other as

fellow servants in Christ. Consult

them to hear their wisdom on the

matter. They might agree with

what you are thinking, but they

also might not. Do not be

discouraged by the disagreement

for it only signifies that there is but

one God and all things end with

Him. Peter and Paul disagreed

about circumcision to a point of

separation. It doesn't mean that

the one’s view was better than the

other. It simply means, God is God

alone and does what pleases God.

However, in the counsel of many

there is wisdom

ACCEPTING CONSEQUENCES

Understand that every decision has

its consequences whether good or

'bad'. When you make one option

you forfeit the benefit of the other.

When King David decided to take

the wife of his servant, he had to

bear the consequences of that

decision. So whatever decision you

make be prepared to accept its

consequences.

THOUGHT PROCESS

Our spirit is the one which is joined

together with Christ. Romans

8:16, The Spirit bears witness with

our spirit that we are the children

of God.

Romans 8:27, Now, He who

searches the hearts knows what

the mind of the Spirit is, because

He makes intercession for the

saints according to the will of God.

You maybe propelled to use the

mind of the flesh to process your

dilemma, but the mind of the flesh

only knows the things of the flesh

and is pleasing to it. But the mind

of the spirit knows the will of God.

Therefore, use not the mind of the

flesh to process but the mind of the

Spirit. The Spirit of God searches

the mind of the Spirit and returns

to it an answer according to the

will of God.

DECISION

Having done all, you are then left

with a decision to make. Jesus

prayed all night when He needed to

choose the disciples. Pray to God

for wisdom and understanding of

who will bear the detriment of

either choice, as well as pray for

them in advance that they do not

fall into the trap of the enemy

because of it. Keep therefore in

mind that if your decision goes

against the will of God, He will still

bring His will to pass. In the

process of your incorrect decision,

the Lord will be enriching you in

the knowledge and understanding

of His will.


B U S I N E S S

WHY AM I, AN

AFRICAN, DRINKING

CHINESE TEA?

By Owen Ngandu

I have always been intrigued as to why Africa and black

people in general, seem to be looked down upon by the

rest of the world; and try to answer this question

without including politics, although some of our

leaders leave a lot to be desired. Are those the best

leaders our communities can produce really? But

anyway like I said, I will stay away from politics.

In as much as our political 'leadership', historical

injustices and external influences are to blame for

Africa's under development, or rather slow

development, we should also try and look at what we

as the citizens are doing and how we are contributing

towards the development we wish to see. It's okay

to recognise and point out areas where everyone else

has failed us, but are we seeing our own failures.

Are we also not standing in our own way to some

extent and contributing to the collective obstacles and

hindrances to development? I hear a lot of my friends

and peers shout out about 'the struggle', but are we

sure which struggle we are in now and if so, are we

fully equipped for it?

Enough of the philosophy, I will jump right into it. I am

a great believer in Africa as an ecosystem. I believe

and advocate for the advancement and inclusion of

African indigenous knowledge systems, ideas,

concepts and products into the modern day living.

There is evidence up to today that Africans as a people

have lived and survived on these knowledge systems

and products. I also believe that when God created the

heavens and earth and everything in it, the natural


Why am I an African drinking

Chinese tea?

gifts, which included the different make ups of our

bodies, adopted according to our natural habitations.

Our natural environment compliments our natural

being. Everything from food to herbs that we would

ever 'naturally' need was provisioned for us.

Most of what we need to succeed as Africans is in our

knowledge systems, concepts and products and that is

what distinguishes us from the rest of the world.

Surprisingly, those same knowledge systems, concepts

and products are on a fast decline and no one seems to

notice or care rather. Everyone wants to identify with

the west and recently the east, which is not a problem

by the way in terms of learning and understanding

other cultures, but let it not make us abandon the good

that comes from Africa.

Not all of our indigenous knowledge systems, ideas and

concepts are bad as we have been made to believe. In

as much as not all imported systems, ideas and

concepts are good in the African context. We need to

strike a balance. Which brings me to my question,

which is the title of this article, “Why would I, an

African, drink Chinese tea?” Well they have told me of

all sorts of benefits the tea comes with, I mean some of

my friends. Some even joined these Chinese tea selling

clubs/networks. The question that has always come to

my mind is, do we not have our own African herbs with

all these benefits or even better suited to us, they are

telling us about? I remember growing up in Zimbabwe

and whenever I had flu as a kid, my mum would crush

what is known in Shona as gavakava and make me

drink it, and the flu would be gone in a day. Ndorani is

another example of a well-known herb, which is a

bitter herb usually put in water or porridge. It is red in

colour and used to treat illnesses such as hypertension.

Now today I have to walk into a pharmacy and buy a

box of Chinese tea for my flu, seriously? Do we not

have African entrepreneurs out there that can process

and package our own African tea? Is this not the

reason why today we now have diseases that were

previously not common amongst black Africans,

cancer for example? Not to mean that the Chinese

tea causes these diseases, but most imported artificial

(GMO) products have been proven to cause cancer.

Let's give an example of something closer to home for

most male black Africans; Aphrodisiacs, it is common

knowledge amongst black men that African roots and

herbs are the best for sexual enhancement and/or

dysfunction treatment. Nothing can beat that

amongst African men, but surprisingly the biggest sex

drug in the world is Viagra, imagine? We can go on

giving examples but the point I am driving at is that if

we are not giving out value in terms of African

products and services to the world, taking advantage

of our uniqueness that God blessed us with, we might

continue to blame and suffer.

Developing these unique products and services and

transforming them into businesses and industry is one

way to change Africa’s fortunes. Let us have

manufacturing plants unique to Africa, services unique

to Africa that we can export to the rest of the world.

It has been said so many times that Africa is endowed

with natural resources and for the most part, that

meant minerals and agriculture, and yes it is, but that’s

not what I want to dwell on in this article, not to say

it’s not important, but that there are a lot more

articles that cover the subject, and this discussion

hopes to compliment the knowledge and advise on


Why am I an African drinking

Chinese tea?

Africa’s natural resources. We need to take notice that

now the world has changed drastically. There are other

opportunities in other areas that we might be losing

sight of. For example, there are Silicon Valley

companies that are worth more than some of the

biggest mining companies in the world and even some

African countries' economies. There are companies

that have less than 5 or so years of operations but are

already worth billions of US dollars. When we speak of

untapped natural resources of Africa, the human

resource is the biggest untapped talent. Hence the talk

of knowledge systems, ideas and concepts. Africa is

well positioned to introduce unique ideas that cannot

come out of anywhere else except Africa.

In advancing our knowledge systems, ideas and

concepts we should adopt them for use by the rest of

the world, thereby creating value and opportunities for

Africa. For example, the extended family welfare

system that has sustained Africa for centuries can be

institutionalised into a structured concept and

adopted for the rest of the world for value. The

modern western society that we are now trying to

replicate here in Africa does not recognise and is not

familiar with this dynamic. The reverse is true for

existing western knowledge systems that are needed

in Africa. Opportunities lie in adapting these systems

to suit the African market. We are the custodians of

African knowledge, ideas and concepts, we need to

learn to utilise them to benefit our society.

Yes, it has been agreed, the injustices need redress,

but let us not lose some of the greatest opportunities

we have by just focusing in one area of empowerment

without getting a full grasp of the 'struggle'.

Our thinking needs to change, let us look at ourselves

using a different lens. Africa is bombarded with

western and eastern systems, solutions and products

whilst we as Africans watch. We are the consumers of

these services and products, yet we have a choice of

where to spend our hard earned money. If we make an

effort to be conscious of what we buy and from whom

we buy, our society can truly be transformed. We need

to create our own products and services, for

consumption by our own people.

Our governments are reaching out to foreign

investors for investment into our economies, and

these so called investors are taking charge of vital

components of our economies, which in my opinion

would be difficult to recover, if we as Africans do not

get up a play an active role in our own economies.

It has been said before, one does not need money to

start a business. One needs a good idea and a good

strategy, the rest will fall into place. Let us pitch our

governments and local companies on local indigenous

knowledge and products and you will see how we will

change our fortunes as a people and transform our

beloved continent.


F I N A N C E

THE CURRENCY OF

HEAVEN

Receive my

instruction, and not silver,

And knowledge rather than choice gold;

For wisdom is better than rubies

- Proverbs 8:10-11

It is difficult to focus on anything else these days than

the wide difference in the way that the world does

things in comparison to the way things are done in

the kingdom of God. Back in the day when I used to

attend a lot of networking events on behalf of the

company I worked for, I got intrigued by one

conversation about how the problems brought in by

capitalists affect the livelihood of many, while it is

difficult to reject their money because it is needed.

We have two things that keep the world system

running and that is science and technology [the money

maker], as well as economy [the financial management

system]. If you had no idea why certain careers are

treated like gold while others are just, now you know.

Any career in these two is a future career, it's a space

where jobs will always be available. The only problem

being overcrowding with graduates.

The economic system manages the money market;

stock market; commodities market; spending trends;

borrowing and lending trends. The world central

control of all sitting with America; international

monetary fund [IMF] and World Bank. These

basically influence the above mentioned markets and

trends. Everything done for good profit margins.

Whoever controls the money controls the world. In

this case, these three control the money, so they

control the world. Whatever system the head uses,

even the smallest toe will follow it. That is why

generally our financial mindset is screaming 'capitalist'

from every human being. If your business is not driving

profit, it in an NPO and survives on grants and

donations. A business should make profits in order for

it to be sustainable. This is the financial system of the

world. Anything and everything can be sold, that is

what it encourages.


The currency of Heaven

Let's look at the money though, considering that it is

what we chase after day after day.

In a circulating video, someone said he did an in depth

lookup for a definition of money and found that, real

money is silver and gold. It is not the dollar, the rand or

the euro we see. It is also not the numbers you have

reflecting in your bank account. That is why when an

economic turmoil happens in a certain country, people

can easily move from being wealthy carriers of cash to

zero. You have cash but its value is nothing. It is all

because, the system as it is doesn't have real money

(silver & gold). However, what the system has done

was to create a contractual document of circulation for

all in the name of money. So when you work, you sell

your time, labour, resource or service to someone who

holds more volume of contractual document. So

between you, you exchange this document. You pay

taxes also as a form of renting out the resources you

are using that the world has availed to you. So what do

you truly have then as an individual if the value of

money in circulation is basically nil? The answer is

nothing but a very expensive lifestyle because you are

actually not getting from this system, instead you are

selling [your soul].

Question then is, who owns this document and what

do they actually have that makes the document

valuable to them? Is it gold and silver which are the real

money? The contractual document is just an exchange

medium; in reality it has no value. That

is why in economics the measure of its value is

important and depreciates every year. But it gives

them power or adds to the glory of their kingdom

because everyone is enslaved to it by virtue of needs.

It also gives them buying power to acquire real money

which is silver and gold. Who owns it then because

whoever owns it, owns the world and rules it. That is

the question we should ask ourselves. So the whole

point of an economic system is to manage the world's

financial resources for the benefit of the one who

owns the money.

You cannot serve God and mammon. Either you will

love one and despise the other

– Matthew 6:24

"Being poor is not lack of material possessions or

money. It is spiritual bankruptcy"

- Apostle Jerome Liberty

When you are rich spiritually it only takes bringing

those riches to the physical for you to be wealthy.

However, when you are bankrupt spiritually even

what you have accumulated today can easily be gone

tomorrow. King Solomon was the wealthiest king in

the world because of a spiritual blessing. People with

material riches brought their riches to him to benefit

from his spiritual gift. Scripture says we are blessed

with every spiritual blessing and that is the currency

of heaven, whatever spiritual blessing (gift) we

possess. It is not knowing how to manifest that into

physical wealth that makes us lack understanding of

how wealthy we are, then chase material possessions

as the world does. The world system and its currency

[capitalism] encourages people to be looters. While

the system in the kingdom of God encourages people

to be givers. God only wants us to acknowledge Him as

the Creator and protector of our wealth by tithing and

giving to the poor.


The currency of Heaven

When God blessed Israel with riches, he gave them

skill and commodities. However, when he instructed

them in Deuteronomy 12 to put a 10th of their annual

gains aside as a tithe and take them to wherever, He

commanded them to go and feast on them there. He

also said, if where I am sending you to meet in my name

is far, then convert your tithe into money - what

money? Silver and Gold. This would enable them to

bring this money into the temple and among

themselves purchase. Therefore, there would be an

exchange of commodities and money (trade)

- that's economics. But all this was for the benefit of

the Israelites. This is where the concept of the

contractual document gave rise from. The enemy

didn't have silver and gold, but he had ruling power. So

he used the concept through his own 'commodity',

except it is valueless. He used this 'commodity' to build

up a kingdom here on earth because every king is a

kingdom and the glory (weight/wealth) of the kingdom

is determined by its riches or acquisitions. A kingdom

to compete against God's kingdom. Hence the two

masters are God and mammon. So while people are

chasing after bank numbers he is collecting

commodities.

You cannot accumulate true physical wealth through

holding currency, be it cash or bank balance. You can

accumulate it through holding commodities. But true

[real] wealth is spiritual wealth.

Deuteronomy 8:18, it is I who gives you power to

create wealth. Therefore, chase up the currency of

heaven [spiritual gift], and that'll give you material

acquisitions when you have mastered the conversion

formula [obedience].


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feautures!

I N S P I R A T I O N

YOU

SHOULD

KNOW

...

By Widi Botha

Many marriages are shaken when men are between 35

to 48 years old.

When men are between 35 to 48 many things happen.

This is the stage when small houses are usually

created, when divorce usually takes place. Not all

marriages will survive this stage.

But why 35-48 range? Don't get me wrong, infidelity

problems can happen at any stage but for married

people, I found this age range to be the most

challenging one. There are many factors that make

things go this way. This is the stage when many

married men would have achieved their goals like

building a house, buying cars of their dream, and they

would have accomplished financial freedom. They

would have achieved what they might never have

experienced before, so they become idle and start

exploring pleasure.

They start drinking heavily and start going places they

shouldn't be going. It is at this stage that they start

looking attractive to many single women out there that

are looking for stable men to take care of them.

Their cars, this new level of stability and their financial

freedom will attract women to them. Church becomes

less attractive for many men during this phase as they

stop going to church, or they keep going but will

become resistant to the holy teachings. So, they join

different clubs. Then they start entertaining evil

counsel from these clubs, from different men that

appear to be doing better than them. These men

become their role models. Some women married to

these men would have become too complacent.

As they stop taking care of themselves, leading to

losing shape and becoming unattractive by their own

doing. Some will stop caring for their husbands.

Some women will become very disrespectful. They

develop a sudden bad mouth, and they become very

militaristic in nature. They stop honoring their

husbands, and they start addressing them as if they

are children.

This relaxing is very common. People usually forget

what made them "loved” in the first place. To make

matters worse, many women start losing interest

in sex when men are at their peak. This is why

Plato/Aristotle suggested an age gape between men


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and women (husbands 33 wives 20). Because a man

would be at his peak at 40 whilst a woman would be

adjusting to menopause at 40. If they are of the same

age a crisis might happen. One partner becoming more

interested whilst the other losing interest. When men

are between 35 to 45 the level of lust becomes very

abnormal. If lust was contained between 25 to 35 just

because they were working on different goals, it will

come back strongly between 35 to 45 when they are

now relaxed and celebrating a certain level of success.

If your husband happens to be between 35 to 45 then

this article is for you. Maybe you have already started

dressing like a Chinese Monk, you are at ease, you are

saying “we now have 10 years of marriage." Let me

warn you. For many men this phase 35-48 will trouble

them. They will do drama. Though for some it will pass

as they will return to being good husbands. Though

they might be wild for a season.

problems. Those men that grew up righteous and

upright might suddenly change at this stage. They

start having thoughts like "but I have slept with just

one woman that happens to be my wife can I die like

this? What does it feel like to have a different woman?

I have never experienced a different race, now I have

money will I not try? I don't know what a three some is

like can I at least try it just once, what does it feel like

to date a beautiful 18-year old of this generation, my

generation never had fine women like this new

generation."

Many times we handle these problems as spiritual

problems, but they are not always spiritually related.

Negligence in any area can cause much harm. Women

must never relax and say things like “we now have 15

years in marriage I can now do whatever I want." Such

thinking will bring too much harm in different

marriages.

The only dangerous thing is determined by the kind of

women they will fall for outside marriage during this

stage. If they fall into the hands of those women that

are too caring, or that use certain juju; that are very

submissive and too “providing” then such an affair may

become a second marriage or just a permanent affair

that might result in the creation of children when

it was meant to be just a temporary sort of a

relationship.

Many women with men that fall under this age range

know what I am talking about. I said men because I am

focusing on men, I know women have their own

This is a stage when HIV is usually introduced in a

relationship. Couples might have survived it the time

they got married. But it will resurface during this stage

(35-48). Many women target men that fall under this

stage. They do different tricks to woo them.

Competition will become a reality again at this phase.

Maybe you won when your husband was 28 but as he

gets to 35 another battle resurfaces again.

“Love relationships are like soccer if you win the

league this season you might lose it the next season, so

always train never relax

Widi Botha, a marriage coach shared this message with us to inspire us to take care of

ourselves as women. The original author is unknown


" B E I N G R U T H "

THE JOY

OF A

WOMAN

Hosea 2:16, “And it shall be, in that day,”

Says the Lord,

“That you will call Me ‘Ishi [My Husband],’

And no longer call Me ‘Baali [My Master],’

The beginning of an error is when we exalt human

culture by infusing the word of God into it to make it

legit. Colossians 2:8 says, Be careful not to allow

anyone to captivate you through an empty, deceitful

philosophy that is according to human traditions and

the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to

Christ. As the children of God, our culture, our

tradition and our philosophy is defined by the word of

God.

Some of the problems we experience as women are

due to us having exalted culture and human traditions

above the word of God. Culture might say, 'if you have

a child together and stay together you are married'. In

law this is not even regarded as customary marriage, it

is cohabiting. Customary marriage requires that there

be dowry negotiations and payment thereof as well as

a handover of the bride. Therefore, when a woman has

not been given over by her family to the other family,

there is no marriage there. It is not about how you

wed, but about the handing over of the bride

that constitutes a relationship a marriage. When the

cohabiting partners split, there are no legal

implications except those relating to children.

Paul in 1 Corinthians 7 speaks a clear distinction

between marriage and celibacy. In his own authority he

tells the widows and the unmarried that it is

good to remain as is. However, if they cannot contain

themselves to celibacy, they should rather marry. In

other words, be celibate or marry. This message

leaves no room for in between. It is either you marry or

stay celibate, you cannot be with anyone outside of

marriage, that is fornication. This is in the bible,

therefore, is a word of God.

There are also spiritual disadvantages that apply. An

official marriage, God has ordained and in His sight it

is a union. Therefore, there is a spiritual covering on

this marriage. Paul continues to say in vs 13-16. If you

are married, even if the other is an unbeliever, while

the other is a believer the unbeliever is covered by the

sanctification of the believer, therefore they should

not divorce if they are happy. There is a spiritual

marital covering on this one, hence usually it is

officiated by an ordained priest.


The joy of a woman.

When you are not officially married you are exposed

spiritually, especially if one of you is an unbeliever.

We then wonder why when we are fighting so hard for

these ‘marriages’ as defined by culture, God does not

respond as quick or in the manner we expect. Some of

the problems we face are even consequences of us

defying the clear instruction of the word of God -

marry or be celibate.

We also wonder why a man who has not seen the

urgency and the importance to officially make you his

wife treat us the way they do, having allowed them to

have us in the first place. Jacob wanted to marry

Rachel and had to work for Laban 7 years to fulfill the

dowry requirements. But when Laban gave him Leah,

a wife he did not want, Laban did not say since you

didn't want her you can have her for free. Instead he

said, now you can work same period for Rachel.

Leah became his wife no matter how he treated her,

she was his wife and because of that she was under the

covering of an ordained marriage and God was fighting

with her.

The world gave us a relationship, dating, partnership,

cohabiting etc. just so we can exercise proudly the

'grey area' not catered for in the word of God. But

the grey area has consequences that now we want to

come back to God to fix for us. Is that not hypocrisy? It

is this world culture trap that causes women to be

desperate for marriage to a point of accepting

anything in the name of marriage.

The joy of a woman is in the Lord, not in a man. A

woman is the glory of a man, yes. A man that is in a

marriage understands that his glory is revealed by the

woman he has married. His wife reflects his authority,

power and weight. Would an unmarried man truly

understand that?

We need to hold everything we do as children of

God to the standard of the word of God, not the

standard of the world. God holds His women like

treasure, yet because we don't know this value we

have through God we settle ourselves down to the

standard of the world. We do this because we think

our joy is in a man instead of Jesus.

Everything you have comes from God incl. the official

husband. Therefore, you will fight tooth and nail for

your marriage given to you by God. But fighting

for a relationship or cohabitation is like pouring water

in the grass to destroy it, instead the grass just grows.

He needs to make you his wife because an ordained

marriage its cord is Christ so Christ will be part of the

fight. Otherwise you are fighting on your own.

Understand your value in Christ woman of God so you

are not swayed to and fro by every doctrine or

philosophy you hear. Or even the sweetest words and

promises that a man speaks to you. The joy of a

woman is in the Lord.The man, you are only supposed

to reflect his glory as your husband. Many

women, married women are crying of men who are


The joy of a woman

disrespecting them, and treating them like nothing.

How can we then expect a man who has no

understanding of the value of the woman to respect

her? Dowry is cultural and biblical. It is the first step to

teach a man to value his wife. It starts by him

respecting you enough to respect your family.

The world and culture pressures women so much to

marry, because of the stigma that comes with being an

unmarried woman, especially with children. But what

does God say about these daughters? After all, every

woman is a daughter of God and a wife of Christ. He is

every woman's husband?

He is the Holy God who left His heavenly throne to

come and save mankind. That is how much he cared

and loved. He didn't have to, but He did. He spent on

earth 33 years, held up in mediocre just so as to save

us. It wasn't time wasting for Him because it was love.

Then He Being God, allowed Himself to be ridiculed

and mocked by His own creation. He allowed the body

to be beaten up and crucified to save the soul of a

person. This is the price Jesus paid to have us, His life.

No man can do that. That very God calls a woman His

bride and His daughter. However, that very bride and

daughter is accepting being treated like nothing. Why?

As s a woman, you are a bride of this very Christ, a

daughter of God no matter how low or filthy or

unworthy the world sees you.

You are the daughter of the Most High God who

qualifies you as a Queen in His kingdom, no matter

your looks or status. Why do you then let man trample

over you who can never do what Christ did for you?

Woman wake up, stand up and stand out. For as long

as Christ is not your first husband, marriage is going to

be tough and being unmarried is going to be a stigma.

Every relationship of a woman should stem out of her

relationship with Christ. It should be that branch that

Christ cuts out when it doesn't produce fruit. Let your

zeal for marriage be for a marriage with Christ first.

Let Christ betroth you first. Then He will direct all

your other relationships. You are more precious than

ruby in His eyes, don't value yourself less than He

does because of world pressures. After all, He created

all mankind, even the ones setting human standards.

His standard is above the world's.

You are deeply loved, embrace that!


"And I am convinced

that nothing can ever

separate us from God’s

love. Neither death nor

life, neither angels nor

demons,neither our

fears for today nor our

worries about

tomorrow—not even the

powers of hell can

separate us from God’s

love. No power in the

sky above or in the

earth below—indeed,

nothing in all creation

will ever be able to

separate us from the

love of God that is

revealed in Christ

Jesus our Lord."

ROMANS 8: 38-39

the dialogue

trigger converstions to provoke a thought

T H E P R E S E N T

T R U T H

2 Peter 1:12 Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these

things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.

I've been seeing Jesus with that Samaritan woman at the well for a long time, but I was only

sticking to one side of the story, ignoring the present truth. I started January with a purpose

driven lifestyle workshop and that's where it all became clear. The voice just said ‘let not my

children become too conscious of failure. After all there is no more condemnation to those in

Christ Jesus.’ I thought it was business because it was not just on my pastoral office, but the

main focus on my intellectual side. Then it came again and clearly said, “if it took that woman

six men to then finally meet Mr. right, Jesus Christ, why does a woman stick around wasting

potential where her fire is daily consumed. Potential needs to go where it will be appreciated

so as to live life in abundance.”

I realized that we have pastor Paula White who is now part of President Trump's

administration. She is in a 2nd if not 3rd marriage, but that does not define her identity in

Christ. Now Israel's capital city is reconciled because of her contribution, just imagine. This

season the Lord wants to truly elevate women on a personal note to save countries and

generations to come. Tamar knew that Judah was coming. She trapped her own father in-law

knowingly. That act we see as filthy, qualified her to be the carrier of the genealogy of Christ

just like Rahab.

Yes, Woman of God. On Sunday the Holy Spirit was ministering to me about the physical

body, why God is able to take a prostitute that is unworthy according to the world view and

make her a queen in His kingdom. He's an amazing God, that is why. It speaks also to the

women you are to nurse, the abused and molested who have turned to drugs and prostitution

as they see themselves valueless and filthy, and therefore choose to “degrade” themselves

even further, and some of these women are ministers.

I like verse 3-8 because it discusses the qualities of a successful ministry.

Jesus through us wants and will do things that are so much bigger than us. We just need to

learn to step aside and let Him be Jesus. Like He said to Gideon - 'go with the strength that

you have' and to Joshua - 'be courageous'

This is the time for radical ministry Woman of God and now is the time, it cannot be

postponed. Like Paul says, He will keep stirring up the memory of the truth until it is delivered

to the rightful ears. In fact, we need to embrace these failures as women because it is through

them that we can say - 'God did'. The Samaritan woman said, “come and see a man who told

me things that I did. Could this be the Christ?” He is not ignorant of the mistakes of the

woman but sees pass them – beauty in ashes, a diamond in the rough. But the world makes

people see themselves as the ashes or the rough, making it difficult to accept a call to ministry


Lifestyle

Fashion

By Sthembi Ngulube

Covid-19

I've got tea, very valuable tea. Through

research and help from several

professionals in the industry, I have

after

brought you the impacts Covid- 19

could possibly have on the fashion

industry.

Elena Rostunova

If there is one thing that is pretty clear during this time,

it's that our planet has been crying out for help and

designers and consumers have started listening.

Carbon emission has reduced by 25% in China since

the virus. "This is the only moment in history where we

can measure the amount of damage we've done" -

Stella McCartney. After this pandemic, designers and

retailers plan to reduce production. "We will be

creating less and better" says Marc Jacobs

Let's talk trends, almost all autumn/winter shows have

been cancelled meaning the fall/winter trends from

last year and spring/summer 2020 are going to have to

hold us through the rest of the year. So that neon

sweater you still have from last year? Still a trend now.

Couture fashion and the high-end sector might be the

hardest hit by this crisis. Almost all major red carpet

events, weddings and dances have been cancelled.

Why buy a fancy dress if you have nowhere to wear it?

This has led many couture designers to consider

branching into ready to wear and put remaining stock

on major discounts.

Speaking of major discounts, you might want to hold

on to your wallets because fast fashion might just give

us the biggest sales of our lives after this season!

Retail stores need to pay their employees and

liabilities. In order to do that, stock needs to be

cleared out quickly. Only essentials and lounge wear

will be brought in as new stock which, I should warn

you, might be expensive. For all fashion students, the

industry will need all the help it can get so they might

be taking interns [with no pay].

If we do not look back in history, is it really a

prediction? I did research on how the human race

recovered from the Spanish flu, world wars and

recession. You will love what I found. After world war I

and Spanish flu came The Great Gatsby era. After

world war II came the rock and roll era. After the 60s

Vietnam war came the Woodstock festival and hippie

era.

Even after the great depression, the human race still

recovered stronger than before so do not fear, this is

just the beginning of a new era.

for more visit -: https://stembinkosingulube.wixsite.com/website

YOUTH

MAGAZINE


Chicken Stir-fry

While we are cooked up at home due to lockdown ,

how about cooking up a storm! We found this

quick recipe for you on the Sandton Chronicle.

Chicken Stir-fry

Time: 20 minutes

Serves: 4 people

Ingredients

2 packets Maggi 2-minute noodles (chicken flavour)

1 tsp light soy sauce

1 tsp sriracha sauce

1/2 tsp white vinegar

2 tbsp cooking oil

2 cloves garlic, finely chopped

1 tsp red chilli flakes

1 small onion, finely chopped

200g boneless chicken breast, sliced

Salt to taste

1 cup broccoli florets

1 cup red bell pepper, sliced

2 tsp roasted peanuts

1 tbsp spring onion, chopped

1 lemon, quartered

Method

1. Cook Maggi 2-minute noodles according to the

directions on the pack but don’t add the flavour sachet.

Drain and set aside.

2. Combine the soy sauce, sriracha sauce and vinegar,

and set aside.

3. Heat oil in a shallow frying pan or wok. Add the garlic

and chilli flakes. Stir fry for 10–15 seconds.

4. Add the onion and fry for a few seconds before

adding in the chicken slices. Fry until the chicken turns

white in colour.

5. Add the sauce mixture, salt and Maggi 2-minute

noodles flavor sachet along with 1/4 cup of water.

6. Cook until the chicken is almost done then add the

broccoli and bell pepper. Stir fry for less than a minute.

Add the boiled noodles and mix well. Remove from

heat.

7. Serve stir-fry garnished with roasted peanuts, spring

onion and a squeeze of lemon juice.


L A S T W O R D

REJECTING

PAIN

...

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,

longsuffering, kindness, goodness,

faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against

such there is no law. And those who are

Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its

passions and desires. If we live in the Spirit,

let us also walk in the Spirit. – Galatians

5:22-25

Pain is a response to the desires of the flesh. It gives

birth to anger, envy, deceit, jealousy, strife, pride and

hatred. Guard your heart for out of it flows matters of

life. But God has promised that if we lay all unto Him,

the peace of God which surpasses all understanding

shall guard our hearts. How can in one heart be the

dwelling and outpouring of the Holy Spirit, as well as a

house of pain. How can joy and anger flow from one

space. How can peace, envy and jealousy flow from

one space. How can kindness and hatred flow from

one space.

Unforgiveness is a child birthed by a painful

experience designed to eat up one's life like a plague.

It is a silent disease that manifests itself as the fruit of

the flesh. Who are we not to forgive others when we

continue to sin while Christ carried all our sins.

When the Father forgave and washed us with the

blood and does daily. We have all sinned and fallen

short of the glory of God. Only Christ was found to be

without fault. Unforgiveness is judging others and

self-exaltation. 777 times shall one forgive his

brother. Col 3:22-23 Therefore, as the elect of God,

holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness,

humility, meekness, longsuffering; bearing with one

another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a

complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you,

so you also must do. There is no room to carry a

grudge in the word of God. It only instructs us to

forgive. Why carry wounds when Jesus took 39 of

them so we would need not to, but instead be healed

of everything. Carrying wounds is like rejecting the

healing already given to us by Christ.

Pain is to be rejected for Christ has already made a

mockery of it on the cross. Let it not make a mockery

of you instead. Christ endured it all that we may be

free from it all. He carried the cross and bore it all so

that we do not have to bear anything, but through Him

conquer it all. If we fail to forgive and let go of pain

and resentment, we are ignorantly giving birth to the

bitterness of soul which will eat us up slowly as cancer

eating through the bone


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