Serving God !

If you serve the Lord, He will bless your bread and your water. Your business is serving God, and God’s business is to bless your bread and water.

“… and I will take sickness away …” (Exodus 23;25) God will take away sickness from not only your body but your environment.

When God said you shall drink deadly poisons and you will not die He meant the people who serve Him. This is because when one serves the Lord, their life cannot be short-circuited by any poison , as God follows up on the food they eat. Daniel 1 vs. 10-13. The reason why Daniel and his friends refused to eat the King’s food was because they understood that it is not in the variety of the food one eats but the blessing of the Lord in the food and that’s why they were ten times better.

There is a difference between serving God and serving people. It is possible to serve God in the absence of people. You have to serve God first and God will send you to serve the people. Serve the Lord your God and he will bless your water! Remember, you don’t pay tithe to create a relationship with God. You pay tithe because you are in a relationship with God.

Therefore serving God is of the utmost importance. The significance is in doing so every day, not just on Sunday. Exodus 25;30. “…little by little…”. The reason why God is delaying the process is because of your maturity. As you grow, God will increase your territory. When God sees your maturity, he will expand you!

As It Was In The Beginning!

Before Jeremiah was formed, God is claiming here that He (God) knew him (Jeremiah); interacted with him, sanctified him and ordained him to be a Prophet. This one right here is an outstanding scripture because most people believe that Life begins when one is physically born but this verse proves that Life starts before that!

You have to know that after you are born, you don’t invent or create your own desired career because it already exists; the only thing you have to do is to discover it! Your greatest revelation won’t be to know who the anti-Christ, no! The greatest revelation in your life is to know who God ordained you to be!

You had an experience before with God and that’s when God made you to be a police officer or a teacher. If you are going to be a billionaire, it has to be something that God ordained long back!

So what went wrong for you to be where you are today?

Mathew 19 vs. 8. Here, Jesus; after being asked a question concerning divorce, said that it was not like that from the beginning. So you might be broke or sick today but you must know that it wasn’t like that since the beginning! Something went wrong. Don’t allow yourself and your children to rest on things that were not ordained by God!.

You were sanctified, ordained by God and forgiven before you sinned, meaning that you have come a long way with God, you are not a child! vs. 7-8. Don’t say that you’re a child! Stop saying that you are broke or poor! You will overcome your enemies. You must pray and ask the Holy Spirit to take you to that life that you once lived before you were born, just as it was in the beginning!

Prayer ignited amongst women

As women we experience and go through a lot. There is so much that we have to manage and juggle. Sometimes the energy, zeal, dedication and commitment to pray is diminished. The Prayer Mountain is a rendezvous of prayer.

At the feet of our Mother we have the opportunity to be lead in prayer. Our Mother has been blessed with a coat of many colours. When it comes to praying she leads prayer with all her heart. Her prayer is characterized with deep intercession, sighing and groaning, changing lives with each sigh and groan. Sometimes she lies prostrate before the Lord, and with such humility there is always a cloud of the presence of God that shows up.

At the camp we rise up early and pray. This is an offering which rises to the Lord as sweet smelling incense. The Prayer Mountain is a place where if you love to pray you will enjoy. You will also learn to pray effectively. Early in the morning the Prayer lines are so clear as you pray.

If you have a seemingly stubborn situation that you have cried, prayed and agonised over but is not changing then bring it to the arena of the Prayer Mountain. There is a solution for you. Do not loose hope. The tears you shed were on a pillow or bathroom, your tears at the Prayer Mountain go to the Lord. Those that sow in tears will reap in joy.

As you prepare for the camp l encourage you to list those requests that you have shelved and given up on. There is a place where heartfelt, continued prayer addresses such situations activating angelic ministrations and assignments.

A place of character development

I sometimes wonder how my life would have turned out if l had the character of our Mother. Over the years l have made dire mistakes that, if l had met our Mother by that time l am certain l would have made better decisions. Where would l be if for example l just loved and respected people the way she does? Our Mother loves and respects people as royalty despite their social standing.

Whenever l think of a character make over, l have found myself on different occasions asking God for attributes in our Mother. I expressly remember last year asking God for the heart, the character, the nature, the faith, the wisdom and the spirit of our mother. l believe these attributes make our Mother's ministry transcends time, impacting our great grand parents, our grand parents, our mothers, our generation, our children's generation and unborn generations.

The Prayer Mountain affords us the rare privilege to understand the heart beat of our Mother. We follow and imitate our Mother as she follows Christ. In the meetings at the Prayer Mountain l carefully observe and try to get the spirit behind all the ministrations, which is the spirit of our mother. As we interact and fellowship, breathing the same air as our Mother I believe there is a divine exchange. Slowly the anointing of our mother rubs off on us.

I believe the prayer mountain is the place of exchange where one leaves their failed characters. Though l am yet to fully reflect the full image of Christ, l have before a mirror who is our Mother. Now l often find myself thinking how would have Mama handled this, that consciousness is the character of the Holy Spirit developing in me.There are people l would have never cared for or even addressed properly but there is a consciousness in me that was sowed by our Mother during her ministrations. Most of the times l pause before responding to a message and reflect how would have Mama handled this.

If you are looking for a better way, a new identity, a role model and winning formula, l encourage you to come to the Prayer Mountain. We have an example in the form of our Mother of how to personify the Holy Spirit, how to embrace people and how to lead a victorious life.

A place of correction and reproof

With modernisation and changing values, there is rarely time to sit down and to be corrected. Most people have become so independent and have selective hearing. Our advises and trends are from our peers, media and media personalities. Once in a while it is important to be corrected and guided. At the camp our Mother and the Pastor's take time to lovingly rebuke and correct us.

A lot of people have challenges in handling finances in their marriages. In one of the sessions our Mother taught us and gave us how she accounts, uses and manages finances in her own marriage. She has a book where she keeps track of every expense, for bread, the money she gave to an old lady etc etc. At month end our Mother voluntarily finds a moment and accounts to the Prophet with receipts how she used the money.

Personally l have implemented a similar version of her method where l keep track of my expenses in Excel on my phone. This has helped me to use money within my budget. The principle by our Mother of the book is similar to that of the Parable of the Talents. In the Parable of the Talents, each servant had to account for the talent they got.

At the Prayer Mountain our Mother exhorts us to handle money well in marriages. One of the rebukes our mother gave was against hiding money and having a secret stash of money with the purpose of use in the event of a rainy day as divorce. We are encouraged to save money but not hide money. According to our Mother hiding money for a rainy day as divorce is a prophetic gesture preparing for divorce. Our Mother encouraged us that as married women we must save money, but not hide money in preparation for a rainy day because you are in that marriage to stay and not going anywhere.

One of the funniest yet so profound was the rebuke for wives not to steal from their husband's. Our Mother gave an example of how some wives never return any money they see in their husband's clothing. These wives have a standard response which is "it must have been washed away, l didn't see it".

An Advocate For Education For The Less Privileged

Africa remains one of the continents which have the highest percentage of children dropping out of school and a very small percentage manages to access higher and tertiary education. One of the main reasons why children in Africa fail to access quality education are financial reasons which inhibit them from enrolling in good schools.

Zimbabwe is no exception from this sad predicament that is being faced by less privileged children but a woman has made it her personal commitment to see young souls realise their potential by extending their academic horizon.

Through her charity program; Send A Child to School, Dr Ruth Makandiwa has and is supporting thousands of less privileged children and orphans to enrol in good schools; from primary level to higher and tertiary level. She pays for their tuition fees, provides uniforms and all school required stationery. For those in tertiary level, Dr Ruth provides money for accommodation and all other learning necessities.

Dr Ruth Makandiwa also makes donations to learning institutions. In 2015, Dr Ruth Makandiwa built classroom blocks, facilitated electricity supply, drilled a borehole, donated furniture, textbooks and report books for the 620 pupils and 18 teachers at a primary school in Muzarabani and all this was worth more than $200 000.00 USD.

In her eyes, every child must have equal opportunity to unlock their God-given talent through academic empowerment and Dr Ruth Makandiwa has transformed the lives of thousands of young children by giving them hope for a brighter and fruitful future by equipping through her Send A Child To School program.