Nutrition with Craig Deall

Craig Deall

Nutrition

Manure, fertilizer, compost and anthill. Apply amount to match target uield. Choose the cup size to match the amount and place in a planting station. Do before 15 November.

Training is the duty of the Christian farmer. Hosea 4:6 “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge…” Let’s be models, not just in farming.

Are we doing Jesus last commandment? Matthew 28:18 – 20 “And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, ‘All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
When we train we benefit as well. By training others, we train ourselves into a greater understanding of God’s principles.

Luke 6:38 “Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it can be measured back to you.”

Summary:
1. Farming is 12 months of the year
2. Timeliness is important
3. Wholeheartedness is also important
4. Work hard with joy


Two qualities of Christ that break strongholds: be unselfish and humble and be a part of the rebuilding of Africa.

Summarised by Molly Manhanga

Winter: Foundational Practices with Craig Deall - August

Craig Deall

August!

Key Foundational Scripture: Proverbs 3:5 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.”

Farming is for 12 months of the year. Let’s use winter wisely:
1. Keep fields weed free
2. Budget farm plan
3. Make compost (July – mid-August)
4. Inputs – use open pollinated seed
5. Off season maintenance
6. Dig holes
7. No burning, ploughing
8. Protect mulch

Tools: prepare and maintain
1. Hoe’s and weeding tools
2. Fertilisers and manure. Cups or teaspoons
3. Measuring stick – 75cm
4. Teren rope with markings every 60cm
5. Seed
6. Pegs – metal or wooden
The small-scale farmer is the BEST farmer on the planet! God has faith in you.

Land Preparation
No ploughing, keep weed free, establish baseline, protect God’s blanket, make rows across the slope – spacings 75cm, hole out planting stations 60cm, hole size: width 15cm and depth 8 – 15cm, place soil down the slope. Complete by end of October.

Summarised by Molly Manhanga

Winter: Foundational practices with Craig Deall - July

Craig Deall

JULY
Key Foundational Scripture: Proverbs 3:5 - 6 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your paths.” If Jesus has all authority in heaven and on earth then we will never reach our full potential as farmers or teachers unless we build everything we do on Jesus.

Can we as farmers model this obedience? As God’s people, turn back to Him in unity and wholeheartedness. Be a model to the world!

How?
Meditating on God’s word and His ways…. Joshua 1:8 “This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.” The Holy Spirit is our helper.

Evaluate the resources we have
Be faithful with what we have. Have a vision with where we are going. Be faithful with what we have. Use what God have given to us. Say NO to debt! Don’t fall into this trap. Be faithful with little and God will add to us…..
a) Our talents
b) Motives – Do they bless and honour the Lord
c) Work force?
d) Land – where are you situated? What is the climate like and where is your water source?
e) Crop suitability?

The most important farming practice is PRAYER! Each morning, each new task or season, give thanks and praise daily, asking Him to help us to glorify Him.

There is a saying: “Early to bed, early to rise”. That is the beauty of creation. Let’s make use of our time, of the sunlight and opportunities. When we see the sunrise, we know there is a God.

Compost time is in July: collect dry and woody material, manure, anthill and stack it neatly. Make your compost.

But Don’t Forget…………….. to WEED!

Summarised by Molly Manhanga

Winter Preparations: June

Craig Deall

June

Foundational scriptures:

Proverbs 3:5 – 6 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding, in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your paths.”

This DOES take real faith and TRUST!


Isaiah 55:8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways, says the Lord"
We need to think and act differently to the way things are done traditionally in the world. The ways we farm by the world’s tradition are: harvest our crops, spend the money then wait……wait for the rains and then start working again. By this time we’ve missed 1/3 of the season. The Lords’ ways are different: harvest on time, to standard, no wastage and with JOY! Market the crops, knock the stalks over, protect your mulch!

Important: This is the time to collect compost (green material) material and by August, it will be brown. Collect mulch, green material and start preparation for the next season.

There are 3 important keys:
1. WEEDS!
2. WEEDS! Farmers might rest but weeds don’t. They are a curse and rob you of moisture.
3. WEEDS! Small weeds are easy to remove. The crop canopy prevents sunlight from getting onto the ground hence preventing weeds from growing. Do your late weed control and have your land prepared.


Foundational Scripture: Romans 12:2 “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.”


By the end of June, the farmers fields should have mulch. Craig encouraged the Operation Trumpet Call farmers to be a full on CHAMPIONS. God has faith in us!

Summarised by Molly Manhanga

"Awsome God" with Mbonisi Malaba

Mbonisi Malaba

It was fantastic listening to Mbonisi Malaba, leader of New Creation Church in Bulawayo, share about the awesomeness of God. He said that God was at work in us, our communities, our Nation and in Africa. The best ways to describe our awesome God was through the song “Indescribable” and see Him in nature.

“Indescribable”

From the highest of heights to the depths of the sea
Creation’s revealing Your majesty
From the colours of fall to the fragrance of spring,
Ev’ry creature unique in the song that it sings
All exclaiming

Indescribable, uncontainable
You placed the stars in the sky and You called them by name
You are amazing God
All powerful, untamable;
Awestruck, we fall to our knees and we humbly proclaim
You are amazing God. You are amazing God

Who has told every lightning bolt where it should go,
Or seen heavenly storehouses laden with snow?
Who imagined the sun and gives source to its light,
Yet conceals it to bring us the coolness of night?
None can fathom.

Indescribable, uncontainable,
You placed the stars in the sky, and You know them by name:
You are amazing, God.
Incomparable, unchangeable,
You see the depths of my heart and You love me the same,
You are amazing, God. You are amazing, God.

Bones encouraged the Operation Trumpet Call farmers to listen to creation because it tells us something – behind creation there must be a creator. Only a fool can say there is no creator! If there is a design, there must be a designer. If there is a plan, there must be a planner.

Isaiah 40:12 - 15 “Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or with the breadth of his hand marked off the heavens? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on the scales and the hills in a balance? Who has understood the mind of the Lord, or instructed him as his counsellor? Whom did the Lord consult to enlighten him, and who taught him the right way? Who was it that taught him knowledge or showed him the path of understanding?” The Creator holds the universe in the palm of his hands. He is an awesome God!

By Molly Manhanga

Winter:Foundational Farming Practices with Craig deall

Craig Deall

Winter is a time for farming. It’s a busy time. Farming is a serious business and it’s 12 months of the year. We may rest but the weeds don’t rest. Let’s not be half-hearted farmers. We need to be passionate as we are rebuilding the Nation.

Foundations for Farming is a gospel with "boots" – applying the gospel to life. The Foundation is Jesus. He sees the problem and He has given to us the solution. He teaches us how to implement.

Principles:

a) The heart is faithfulness and stewardship. We need to give in order to receive. Luke 6:38. If we are faithful with the little God adds to us. We are here to serve our communities.
b) The Science: Look to nature. No ploughing, no burning. Mulch is important as 96% of the water gets retained in the soil while there is 6% run-off. It takes faith.
c) Management Implementation: To break the yoke of dependency we need to make a profit otherwise the alternative to that is stealing or begging.

Put "boots" on this theory. We must implement the theory to turn a profit. The principles to profit making which apply to all walks of life and business are:
1. ON TIME: Zimbabwe will be built on 2 things: humility and unselfishness. Being late is selfish.
2. AT STANDARD: Do it to the glory of God. Work as unto God and not as unto man.
3. WITHOUT WASTAGE
4. WITH JOY: Work ethic, want to work.

Summarised by Molly Manhanga

"Awsome Love" pt 2 with Scott Marques

Scott Marques

Not only is this God we serve awesome, but He is love and He is indescribable. Scott shared 4 points on the awesome love of our God…..

1. Prepared Garden: the prepared garden was created for us. Look at the length and breathe of the garden ……the peak of creation is man as we are created in God’s image and likeness. Creation is a love gift from god to us. He has given us stewardship over all. Does God love me? All we have to do is look at creation. Our awesome God has awesome love.
2. Personal relationship: God desires a personal relationship with us. He walks and talks to us. We also need to relate to one another if we are to move together and move forward. We need to have genuine relationships. God is changing us. As we change, we can fulfil personal relationships with each other and with God. God designed marriage to reflect Him and the Church. There is the grey area between love and lust. The seal for marriage is the beauty of sexual intercourse. When sin comes in, it spoils, spreads and separates and causes division between man and God, man and man, and man and creation. E.g. Adam and Eve. Darkness starts to platform the awesome revelation of God. Darkness hovered over the deep and God said, let there be light. With man’s sin, darkness came but God clothed man….it’s the first time we have death but we have shed blood and it’s at the hand of God.
3. Punishment of sin He took for us: God takes our sin and gives us revival – a relationship with him which is more intimate. It is terrible to suffer injustice. 1 John 1 “In the beginning was the word, the word with God and the word was God…” Our creator was scourged 2 fold: by flogging and the crucifixion. Scott then expounded on the suffering Jesus went through and the injustice, yet, he uttered no sound. He went through this pain because He loves us. God is love and He covers our sin with His love. He has taken the punishment of our sin on the cross.
4. Prophetic fulfillment: of what God wants to complete in us. Revelation 21:3

“I will be their God and they will be my people.” God WILL have a people. As John Piper says; God is most glorified when we are most satisfied in Him.”


Recap:
1. Prepared garden
2. Personal relationship
3. Punishment of sin He took for us
4. Prophetic fulfillment

We serve an awesome, awesome God with awesome, awesome love!

Summarised by Molly Manhanga

Encouragement to the OTC Farmers by Peter Cunningham

Peter Cunningham

"He who is least in the Kingdom of heaven is greater than He". The writers preach and speak about the Kingdom of heaven being near. Jesus is passionate about the Kingdom.

God is moving in Zimbabwe. Operation Trumpet Call is God platforming His church for his kingdom. God chose farmers for that. Peter encouraged the farmers to let God’s truth settle in their hearts. He gave the examples of Elisha, Samson and Daniel. With God’s power we can do anything.

The Kingdom of heaven is forcefully advancing and we need to have Faith. Faith is seeing the unseen. Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Forceful men lay hold of it.
Peter stirred the farmers to have courage and be forceful. Be bold as God is handpicking an army of men and women and the farmers need to have confidence and authority in that.

Operation Trumpet Call Phase 2 is from June to August. We need ten great farmers and ten great leaders so that we can be ready in September. We need the anointing to lead and we need to pray, feel and sense what it means for us in our communities.

Summarised by Molly Manhanga

"Awsome Love" pt 1 with Scott Marques

Scott Marques

Genesis 2:4 – 14
As we contemplate God, man-made idols become insignificant. We can take animate and inanimate objects and worship them e.g. tree huggers. Idolatry is adultery – channeling our passions and resources in the wrong direction. India has sacred cows and the people worship the cows. Here in Zimbabwe, we have totems (Clan names)

We make our own gods but none compare to our God. They all have power but that power needs to be seen in the context we are in. we live in a context where the enemy has power. God doesn’t fight like how elephants fight. “Greater is He who is in us than he who is in the world.” We need to seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and everything will be added to us. As Ed Silvoso said at the Trumpet Call for Transformation Conference, we need to ask God “what prophetic activation do you want me to do?”

Everything is about our relationship with god. Faithfulness is up to us and fruitfulness is up to God. God demands our worship for His glory. Not only is this God awesome, but He is love and He is indescribable.

By Molly Manhanga

Paul's Transformation Journey

Paul experienced 2 setbacks
1. Acts 13 – Pisidian Antioch. What happened? V44 - 50 they drove them out of the city.
2. Acts 17 Thessalonica V10 the result – sent Paul and Silas away by night. The government shut down revival.
Breakthrough came in Corinth in Acts 18. Ephesus Acts 19:20 – 29.

Something happened with the government. Christianity is good for the city.
Why the defeats in Pisidian, Antioch & Thessalonica? It was Pauls public perception which was purely religious. Why the victories in Corinth and Ephesus? Paul joined the Marketplace.

Acts 19:31 “Then some of the officials of Asia, who were his friends, sent to him pleading that he would not venture into the theater” Why did they defend Paul? Paul was an asset to the city/region. Let the Christians be the champions. How did Paul become an asset? Acts 20:33 – 35 “I have coveted no one’s silver or gold or apparel………And remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’” Paul was the leading developer in the region:
1. Working hard
2. Helping the needy
3. Giving rather than receiving
4. Emulating Jesus

Acts 2:45 – 47 “….and sold their possessions and goods, and divided them amongst all, as anyone had need. So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart, praising God and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.”
V47 had favour with ALL people. Adding daily to the church because the church was open to business i.e. They began to speak in tongues – praise God Acts 2:4 is the vertical dimension, having favour with the people is the horizontal dimension.

Whatever we do, do all for the glory of God. The local church is the place of scrutiny. Be faithful to the local church.

The tension between the Synagogue & the Marketplace

Paul could never have reached Asia through the synagogue alone. We cannot reach the city alone by planting churches. Work in the marketplace and be in the church. There are 4 keys for transformation:
1. To change the city, the Marketplace must be changed
2. Ministers must be recognized
3. Pulpit pastors must partner with them
4. To channel the spiritual with the resident

Take the gospel to every inch of Zimbabwe and every crevice and, it begins with us.

May transformation come to Zimbabwe and to Africa!

Summarised by Molly Manhanga

"The Path to Regional Transformation" with Ed Silvoso

The path to regional transformation is how the early church connected the pulpit to the Marketplace. It’s an apostolic commissioning. Acts 13:2 – 3 “……now separate Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them……” and Acts 19:10 “….and this continued for two years, so that all who dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus Christ, both Jews and Greeks”. Paul didn’t see transformation until Acts 19. This chapter is important as we see how God hit the marketplace – the heart of Ephesus, the capital of the province of Asia. The trigger is found in Acts 18:2 – 3. Paul partners with Aquila and Priscilla. When you fail, you ask questions. Paul embraced the marketplace and Aquila and Priscilla embraced the pulpit. “Church” in the marketplace V7 - 8. Acts 18:9 – 10. God says: Do not be afraid, go on speaking, I am with you, I have many people in the market place.

For Zimbabwe: Acts 18: 8 “Then Crispus, the ruler of the Synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his household. And many of the Corinthians, hearing, believed and were baptized.” is important. God will bring one Crispus and his household, and a million people will be saved. We need to have a passion for the poor. Christ had compassion on both Zaccheus and blind Bartemeus. One Zaccheus can help many Bartemeus’s. There is an unprecedented move of God in an ungodly setting – the marketplace

Acts 18:11 Who is them? Who did Paul teach the word of God to in the marketplace? Romans 8:19 “For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God”, Matthew 5:9 “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the sons of God.”

Paul goes to Ephesus. He took business partners and set up a business in the Marketplace and school. In 2 years all of Asia heard the word of the Lord. Acts 19:10. God was performing extraordinary miracles by the hand of Paul…… Paul used handkerchiefs and aprons. When they touched people, they were healed. These were extraordinary miracles because they were marketplace miracles. NB: “Scatter the anointing on everything we do and send.” Release people into the marketplace to be the head and not the tail.

Read next on Paul’s transformation journey

Summarised by Molly Manhanga

"The Marketplace" with Ed Silvoso

The Marketplace is a combination of Business, Education and Government. It’s the heart of the city or region. To change a person, you change their heart! To change a city, you change the heart of that city. Is this possible? Is it Biblical?

We can change a Nation by changing the marketplace. The church needs to disciple the Nation. Luke 19:10 “….for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.” What was lost? Relationship with God was lost and with each other. Transformation needs to begin in our homes, marriages and so on. When men and women walk in harmony it reflects Christ and His bride.

Our relationship with the marketplace: Colossians 1:19 – 20 “For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell, and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross”, Ephesians 1:7 – 10 “… we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins,…….” Changing the Nation is the very heart of the atonement. Luke 19:10 “…for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.” The context: The salvation of Zaccheus. Salvation came to Zaccheus and his household in the marketplace. House = home and marketplace.

Luke 19:11 onwards… The parable of the Minas – 110 days wages. Go into the city and do “business”. One place to do business is the Marketplace. We have authority over cities. Why is this significant? The importance is that we have 3 dimensions of Christ’s redemption
1. Personal – He saved us
2. Interpersonal
3. Marketplace
The gates of Hades cannot prevail. Let’s take authority over this. There are 4 ascending levels of the involvement in the Marketplace:

4. Christians trying to survive in the Marketplace
3. Christians who apply Biblical principles in the Marketplace (Greater is He who is in us than he who is in the world)
2. Christians who do business in the power and fullness of the Holy Spirit
1. Christians who bring transformation to the marketplace (All about God – who wants Nations)

Summarised by Molly Manhanga

Read about the path to Regional Transformation……

"Systemic Poverty" by Ed Silvoso

National transformation must be tangible with the premier social indicator being elimination of systematic poverty. 1 John 3:8b “For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.”

It’s impossible to eliminate poverty 100% because of factors such as laziness. Africa is so rich and yet so poor! A system needs to be put in place. When sin entered the garden, poverty came and abundance ceased.

Genesis 3:17 -19 “Poverty invaded creation – thorns and thistles”
Luke 4:18 & Isaiah 61 “Good news to the poor” means they will be delivered from the curse of poverty
Acts 4:34 “No needy person amongst them.”
Acts 20:35 “We must take care of the needy” God wants the Church to be giving church not a grabbing church
Galatians 2:10 “Take care of the poor”
Revelation 21 “….Nations with honour and glory….”

There is a thread here. Poverty is the work of the devil. 1 John 3:8b “For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.” We’ll defeat the devil by the blood of the lamb and the word of our testimony.

Many people think poverty is monitory but it can be material, intellectual, relational and spiritual. We need a paradigm shift. We need to wear the right glasses. Let the word of God be a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.

Matthew 28:18 – 20 “……..Go and make disciples of all the nations…..”
Acts 1:8 “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
Acts 5:28 “Did we not strictly command you not to teach in this name? And look, you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this Man’s blood upon us!”
Acts 19:10 – 11 “And this continued for two years, so that all who dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks. Now God worked unusual miracles by the hands of Paul,….”
Romans 15:20 “And so I have made it my aim to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build on another man’s foundation.”
Revelations 21:24 – 26 “And the nations of those who are saved shall walk in it’s light, and the Kings of the earth bring their glory and honor into it…….”
Revelations 21:27 “But there shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.”

Saturate Zimbabwe with God. We’ll see transformation in this nation and Zimbabwe going for the Nations: Psalm 2:8 “Ask of Me, and I will give You The Nations for your inheritance, and the ends of the earth for Your possession.” Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Romans 10:17.

Summarised by Molly Manhanga

Trumpet Call for Transformation with Ed Silvoso

About 200 Church leaders from the Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe and Newfrontiers Zimbabwe gathered at “Wild Geese” in Harare for an extraordinary time with Ed Silvoso, Dr Goodwill Shana, Scott Marques and Brian Oldreive.

Ed Silvoso and his wife Ruth serve 500 leaders through Harvest Evangelism in various continents. He works with teams to transform cities and Nations. He equips market place people and pulpit people and they have prototypes around the world.

Ed started by saying that God is doing something extraordinary in Zimbabwe. Psalm 2:8 Jesus has favour in Africa. Egypt rescued Jesus as a baby i.e. Africa came to the rescue. When Jesus was carrying his cross, it was an African – Simon of Cyrene that helped Jesus. Ed got all the leaders to stand up, raise their hands to God and repeat a prayer after him. We then had to put a hand to our heart and again repeat a prayer. That was really moving especially when sensing the presence of God in our midst.

There are 5 Pivotal Paradigm Shifts required for national transformation:

1. What? Called to disciple Nations not just individuals. Matthew 28:18 – 20 “And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, ‘All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commended you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Do for the Nation what Jesus will do for the Nation. Feed the Nation of Zimbabwe. It’s the crisis that creates the opportunity. The Church should say – what should we do for Zimbabwe so that we will be immersed in the word of God. It’s Gods faith in me that matters. God believes in me, now I need to believe in Him.
2. Why? The Marketplace is the heart of the Nation. It has been redeemed and now it must be reclaimed. Luke 19:10 “…for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.” Zimbabwe has been redeemed. It’s a legitimate assumption.
3. How? Every Christian is a minister. Labour is worship. In Hebrew, labour and worship are basically the same. Colossians 3:23 “And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men…” The Church in Zimbabwe needs to go to the marketplace. Whatever work we do, let’s do it for the glory of God. The Church is then activated.
4. We are to take the Kingdom of God to where the Kingdom of darkness is. Matthew 16:18 – 19 “ And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” God will build His church and the gates of Hades will not prevail. We need to take the Kingdom of God to the marketplace and the Lord will do the building. We need to equip every church member to understand that they are a minister. Our Christian lives are not for a Sunday only but daily and we need to disciple Zimbabwe
5. National transformation must be tangible with the premier social indicator being elimination of ‘systematic poverty’. 1 John 3:8b “For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.”

More on ‘Systematic Poverty’ to follow…….

Summarised by Molly Manhanga

Ed Silvoso: The man and his ministry.....

When I first heard that Ed Silvoso was coming to Zimbabwe for the Trumpet Call for Transformation Conference, I wondered who he was and where he was from. Being as curious as ever, I asked after him and was told he was the author of “Transformation” and that God was using him mightily in the area of seeing cities, churches and so on transformed – with many testimonies. Well, that was it, I needed to hear him for myself and I was truly motivated, inspired, blessed and encouraged to GO out there and do extraordinary things. I could literally see the Kezi community transformed, needless to say, our beautiful nation of Zimbabwe.

There were quite a few touching moments whilst listening to Ed Silvoso introduce himself, his wife Ruth and more importantly, how God is using him in the Nations. To have him in Zimbabwe was awesome.

Jack Hayford: “Ed Silvoso is one of the clearest, most coherent, thoroughly biblical thinkers we have today.”

John Dawson: “This is the real thing: conceptual breakthroughs, dramatic anecdotes and profound insights.”

C. Peter Wagner: “The chief catalytic force for societal transformation is Christians ministering in the marketplace. Ed Silvoso and his network show more clearly than anyone else how we can make this happen.”

Cindy Jacobs: “While many have talked about transformation, Ed Silvoso and his associates have done ground work.”

It’s really about Ordinary People doing Extraordinary Things to make the world a better place.

Zimbabwe: What should the Church do? by Dr Shana

Dr Goodwill Shana

Conclusion:
1. Perishing paradigms that produce prophetic insights e.g. the year King Uziah died, I saw the Lord.
2. Overwhelming odds that obstruct or orchestrate opportunities to overcome.
3. Unseen, undercurrents that unveil the unorthodox and unleash the underdog
4. Disturbing developments and disconnections….

What should the Church do?
1. Understand the holistic dominion of God to the whole world.
2. Preach and demonstrate a relevant gospel.
3. Develop influence, develop leaders, and develop disciples in every sphere of life. Specs = pillars of society like Daniel, Joseph, Esther and so on.
4. Create community – sector epicenters for transformation
5. See the bigger picture – synergy and diversity = unity. It gets rid of competition in denominations. God commands a blessing where there is unity.
6. Envision and build for generations

Summarised by Molly Manhanga

Zimbabwe: A "Kairos" trans-generational shift with Dr Shana

Dr Goodwill Shana

The Foundation: Kairos (Prophetic) trans-generational shift

The Ezekiel 37:1 - 14 process is in play:

1. The hand of God on a specific assignment is supernaturally powerful.
2. Find your divine deployment: find your place, the people and purpose.
3. Prophesy – prophetic demand for transformation: Know the will of God, articulate it, and message it. We need to know where we are going. We need to propel, pronounce and position ourselves in the will of God.
4. Get ready for upheaval. We need to uproot things. In the midst of upheaval, God will get things in place. It’s the “commotion of reconstruction”.
5. Power of connection – V7 “bone to bone”: farming, education, business and so on. It’s not the same bone but the same body. We need to see where our synergies link. When the bones came together, God put the skin on top.
6. Ezekiel spoke and the bones shook! V7 Transformation of Zimbabwe is progressing. It’s not going to happen next week or next month and it’s not a big bang. We are going to have to work through the instant process.
7. Ask for help from the four winds V9: We can’t do it by ourselves. We need those from Argentina, California and so on.
8. A mighty army: We must have structure when a new order comes into society – divine order. Those who are strategic and so on.


Read the conclusion of “From Crisis to Transformation” next……

Summarised by Molly Manhanga

Zimbabwe: "The Nation within the Nation" with Dr Shana

Dr Goodwill Shana

Recap: So far we’ve looked at The Foundations, Viable leadership, Idolatry and the Joseph factor. We continue with:

The Foundation: The Nation within the Nations
1. The children of Israel in Egypt – come out and be separate
2. The Jews in Babylon
3. Esther and the great reveal
4. Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego
5. Jonah – rediscover your identity of who you are
6. The Diaspora (scattered people outside Zimbabwe), World War 11(Hitler) and the rebirth of Israel – God is forcing us to have an identity greater than our own – the identity of God.

The Foundation: A Kairos (prophetic) trans-generational shift
1. The seasons or dispensations of God: Daniel 9:2 “…in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the years specified by the word of the Lord through Jeremiah the prophet, that He would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.”
2. The transformation of a Nations genetic code e.g. Egypt’s transformation. There is a need for fundamental transformation in business, family and so on.
3. Foundations for future generations

Continue to read more on the Kairos (prophetic) trans-generational shift…….

Summarised by Molly Manhanga

Zimbabwe: "The Joseph Factor" with Dr Shana

Dr Goodwill Shana

The Foundations: The Joseph Factor:
The Joseph factor can be read from Genesis 38. It is a divinely orchestrated transformation in paradigm - We see a paradigm shift of a family of God to a Nation.

1. Prophetic insight in advance of time: Joseph saw way ahead. When we look at Zimbabwe, we need to see where we are going, not where we are now. What will Zimbabwe look like in 10 – 15 years from now?
2. Person in trouble: Joseph was in trouble. A person in trouble will be thrown in the pit. They cannot avoid trouble because they are threatening the way things are.
3. Priorities in testing: What is important? Change the paradigm of doing church and in our personal lives. We are shifting a nation and our priorities will be tested. Don’t be focused on “me, myself and I” – the “unholy trinity”
4. Prophet in training: Joseph went to jail. Nothing else to do but to think seriously. In Zimbabwe, it feels like we are in prison and we need to think seriously of how we got here. In prison we need to make friends quickly. Make the dreams of others come true.
5. Power in team - work: Joseph teamed up with the butler, with Pharaoh and so on. Transformation came from “grassroots” – from the bottom, up. It needs to touch those on the ground. It’s a partnership with ordinary people.
6. Prophetic incubation of trans-generation transformation: It’s something in the “womb of time” that will yield results later on. It will affect other generations.

Let’s affect National Transformation that will affect our grandchildren and those who follow.

Summarised by Molly Manhanga

Zimbabwe - The origins of the crisis with Dr Shana

Dr Goodwill Shana

The Origins of the crisis:
Joshua 6:26 “Then Joshua charged them at that time, saying, ‘cursed be the man before the Lord who rises up and builds this city Jericho; he shall lay its foundation with his firstborn, and with his youngest he shall set up its gates”,
1 kings 16:34 “In his days Hiel of Bethel built Jericho. He laid its foundation with Abiram his firstborn, and with his firstborn, and with his youngest son Segub he set up its gates, according to the word of the Lord, which He had spoken through Joshua the son of Nun.”

1. The Foundations: In Zimbabwe, we are trying to build on the wrong foundations. We need to lay the foundations. In Luke 6:46 - 49 we read about the 2 houses; one built on sand and the other built on rock. We don’t see foundations but they are very important. If we don’t get the foundations right it’s not going to work. “It’s not how many chickens we have but rather eagles.”
2. The Foundations: Viable leadership, Godly leadership, Visionary leadership, Courageous leadership, Role modeling leadership, Servant/steward leadership, Empowering leadership, Compassionate leadership:

V = vision
I = Implement
A = Ability
B = Boldness
L = Love
E = Excellence
3. The Foundations: Idolatry = image worship, wealth, education, philosophy, race, might


Read more on Foundation # 4: The Joseph Factor

Summarised by Molly Manhanga

Zimbabwe - Crisis to Transformation with Dr Shana

Dr Goodwill Shana

Dr Goodwill Shana did excellently when he addressed about 200 Church leaders from the Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe and Newfrontiers on the topic: “From Crisis to Transformation” at the Trumpet Call for Transformation Conference. He looked at what the crisis is that requires transformation and the origins of the crisis.

What is the crisis that requires transformation?
Crisis of governance = purpose, values, vision

National Crisis
Crisis of leadership = vision and values

Personal & Sectoral Crisis
Crisis of national relations = values

Interpersonal & Community Crisis
Crisis of management = stewardship

Viability and Sustainability Crisis
Crisis of Godly influence (critical one) = role modeling influence

We have an immense number of Christians in our communities but when we look at the societal state of the communities we have to say that something is wrong. Churches are growing and murder is increasing, churches are growing and so are slum areas, churches are growing and so is corruption. It’s a dichotomy of degeneration. Africa has huge numbers of Christians and yet we have the highest HIV infection, highest inflation rate and so on. Something is wrong. We are producing the people but not the result. It is the churches business to be agents of change. The church needs the answers and needs to be the centre for change.

Summarised by Molly Manhanga