Your enemies will give you favour - Pastor Lwimbo Zimba

2 Kings 25:25-27

What kills others will favor you to live. Jehoiachin was arrested and taken to Babylon as a captive. Jehoiachin was favoured by a very bad king. God will bless you Whether the ruler is bad or good. Those who are bad hearted are the ones that will bring good things to you.

It was during the reign of evil king Merodach of Babylon that Jehoiachin was taken out of prison.
This year you shall pursue, recover, overtake everyone who went ahead of you. Those who borrowed you shall borrow from you. This is the year to pursue and reposes that which was taken from you.
Merodach spoke kindly to Jehoiachin. People who will want to despise you will speak kindly to you.
Jehoiachin was given a seat in high honor more than the seat of other kings. Your sit will be different from other people this season because this is the year of you favor.

Coming out from the bush - Pastor Agnes Silungwe

1 Samuel 16:7-13
The Lord is about to send a prophet over your life who will confirm that the finger of God has chosen you. We all carry an assignment from God but mostly we do not realise that there is a calling over our lives.
David was doing a despised job as a shepherd but he never realized that in tending the flock God was preparing him to rule his people.

The things you are going through are pointing towards the greatness you will achieve. David fought with a bear and he also fought with a lion which directed showed him that a shepherd is suppose to fight to protect his people.

When the prophet commissions you to get out of the bush, then know that the time to rule has come. David never knew that he was ever going to rule but God had appointed him even before he knew it. But the time has come and God has called you out of the bush. God has commissioned you out of the bush, it is time to rule! 2012 is the year of coming out from the bush. The bush is the boot camp for greatness, it is the place of preparation for greatness. When you find Samuel the prophet obey the prophetic word he has brought over your life. Things can be tough but is only around for a time it will soon come to an end.

When God uncovers your dark spots - Pastor Lwimbo Zimba

2 Kings 5:1-12

God doesn't hand over to us what we want there and then but he sends to us a process. Jacob worked hard for 7 years to marry Rachel but God handed him through the crookedness of Laban, Leah. Leah was a process and Rachel was a gift. Before you get your gift you will go through a process. If God was to give you success overnight, that success will destroy you.

The demons will use early success against you. Success may be a blessing and it might be a curse. Everyone has a blind spot in their lives, an area that we usually overlook. God wants to deal with your blind spot before he can hand over success to you. Do not rush to be blessed but rush to know God. Every person has an area where they are struggling but usually overlook that area e.g, lies, gossip, pornography. It is those areas that you overlook which will bring you down. Some areas are grey and it is hard to know whether it is wrong or right. The actual purpose of prayer and fasting is pain so that the desire of the flesh is killed. As we seek God to do a miracle in our lives we must not forget to ask God to deal with our lives.

Naman was looking for something dramatic before his healing but he never knew that God works by faith not drama. That is why the Bible says he is a rewarder of those who seek Him. People today are looking at the wonders that a Pastor does in order to determine his effectiveness but God does not approach us dramatically but by faith.

THE BLINDSPOT OF NAMAN

1. Naman was seeking for attention. Many people are looking for the praise of men rather than the praise of God. Many of us seek the approval of men

2. Naman was a person who was filled with pride. Pride goes before a foe. They are some people who are so proud that they will make you fill like you are nothing. Naman wanted Israel to feel like the are nothing by citing the rivers that are in his home town. In the world we are wired differently so that we can complement each other to push the kingdom of God forward.

3. Naman looked down on everybody.

4. Naman had anger. Anger can stop the blessing of God from coming over your life. Christianity is not just about dealing with external things but internally. Some people are angry with themselves. Some men are angry with their wives.

5. Rage (hot temper). Naman left in rage. The Bible calls it fits of rage. Rage is hunger that leads you to destroy things. If you are full of rage it will be very hard for you to overcome.

6. Proud talk. Power is not in the noise but in the content

KEYS TO DEALING WITH BLIND SPOTS

1. Obedience. The sin of disobedience is like the sin of witchcraft

2. A broken heart. Psalm 34:18. Saul had a proud heart while David had a broken heart.

3. A heart of a child. Possess the heart of a child if you want to inherit the kingdom of God.

RESULTS OF DEALING WITH YOUR BLIND SPOTS

1. God will bring the lifting very quickly

2. The wilderness will be completed quickly

3. The blessings come quickly

Dealing with the household enemies - Pastor Lwimbo Zimba

Micah 7:5-6

When an outsider insults you, you do not feel it but if a member of the household insults you, fire will be on the mountain! When people you eat with begin to fight you, it is a terrible thing.
If members of your own church begin to talk about you, you feel hurt and you can leave the church!
Joseph was sold by his own brothers, Jesus was sold by his friend, Judas Iscariot.
Household secrets are revealed by household members! People who are close to you are the ones who will tell everybody about your secret.
2 Samuel 15:12 - Ahithophel was David's prime minister who later wanted to kill David as he grew closer to Absalom David's son who was David's enemy. Ahithopel was a war planner.
David didn't fear Absalom but he feared Ahithophel because Ahithophel was extremely strong and wise. He was a person who knew a lot about David. He was a man who belonged in the inner circle of David.
Ahithophel is that person that you share secrets with, someone you seek advice from, he is that person you eat with.
Ahithophel is that spirit that makes your children to rise against you. Ahithophel is that spirit that rises against you so that you don't go forward. The spirit that fights you wisely.
Ahithophel will advice you to stop praying and to start using your head because this makes you loose your faith in God.
Ahithophel is that spirit that wants to Baptist you in tears.

THE POWER OF THE HOUSEHOLD ENEMY

1. They want you to run away from what belongs to you.
2. This power is after your throne

Ahithophel must be turned back to God!

IT SHALL BE BETTER AND NOT BITTER - Apostle Billy Mwape

Exodus 15:20-25
Ruth 1:20

If you have lived long enough you will know that life is tough many times. In the journey of life we have got a goal and we anticipate better things because we are designed for Canaan a place flowing with milk and honey.
Tough times seem long. Before facing the cross Jesus Christ sweated sweats of blood because he was going through a tough time.

Before we became born again people didn't tell us the hardships of being born again but they told us that it was a rosy ride! This was injustice.

As the children of Israel were living Egypt the encountered the WILDERNESS that they missed Egypt rather than the place they were in. The heat that they encountered in Egypt was very strong. When they encountered the water at Mara they thought it was a breakthrough until they tested that the water was bitter! God instructed his servant Moses to throw a stick in the water and the water became sweet.
No matter how bitter something is God came to tell you that it will be better!

No matter how hard it is, the God of heaven will come down for you because he does not sleep about you!
Jer. 29:11 God declares that if Mr. James leaves you, just know that Mr. Johnson is coming! Isaiah 3:10 the Bible declares tell the righteous that it shall be well! Every rejection, every pain, every tear is there to work for you good because you love God! Every picture has to go through a dark room before it is developed! You are about to come out! Every problem has just come to lodge and not to stay! They have paid $100 for the night but in the morning those problems will pack and go!!!!!!

Jabez was living a life that was hard from his birthday because his name meant sorrow. After a life of prayer Jabez life was transformed! Someone might manipulate your destiny but they can not withhold it! God has got an appointment with your destiny

Job was pushed through a period of sorrow by the devil but Job still praised God! What the devil touched about Job was Jobs fruit not his root! Whatever the devil has held about your life is not the root but the fruit! If your roots are still intact I came to tell you that you will bounce back!
You and me are not like an egg that breaks when thrown down, you and me are like a tennis ball that bounces back when thrown down

Pastor Lwimbo Zimba

Acts 28:1-6

You can not afford to make a pity party for yourself because life has changed and you need to fight for what is yours.

When you sit down to cry at what life has done to you, you will die. This is a time you need to stand up and fight for your own.

Have you ever experienced after being released from hospital some people will ask you why you didn't die? It is because some people want you dead in order to enjoy that which you have worked for.

Paul was bitten by a poisonous viper and the people were expecting him to die but Paul had the power of the anointing which allowed him to live.
Never die young because people are always waiting to feast on the food at the funeral! Be strong hearted by the power of the anointing of God.
There are some people who are waiting for you to make a mistake so that they capitalize on the mistakes you have made for their success. The day you will leave your house to say you will find another husband, your enemy will inherit your place and you will fail to reign over her again.
I came to declare that no one shall shine because of your mistake in 2012!
When someone touches you by mistake you should answer them by correction! When someone takes your husband away you must not just sit back and relax and say God knows! You must stand and face your opposer with baldness and God will back you up!

This world has no mercy! A witch will take a 4 year old boy and turn him into a sexual partner! In this case we need to pray a prayer that will make a witch expire.

One day I found a 2 year old boy who was dying with HIV and when I asked the woman what happened, the mother explained that it was the father that brought the illness in the house and I asked where is the father and the woman said he is dead. My heart was touched that I said in my heart! "God may you punish that man even in his grave for making this young child to go through what she is going through." This world has no mercy!

Paul picked sticks and he didn't know that inside those sticks was a viper! Sometimes we will carry something without knowing that there is something to hurt you amongst what you are carrying! We carry friends in our lives that are capable of betraying us! This world is mercilessly! It is good to have friends but is not everyone you must be close to! You do not know what you carry!

The devil is already late, he should have killed you the time you had an accident but he is late because the fire is about to expose whatever is hidden in the sticks you are carrying! When Paul reached near the fire the viper came out! As you come near the fire of the Holy Ghost every hidden thing, every trap they have made for you shall be exposed!
After the viper had beaten Paul on the hand he shook it off into the fire! This year you shall shake off your problems because he who is in you is greater than he that is in tHe world!
From today your blood has become poisonous to viruses and diseases! You shall shake off whatever disease has come upon you! What killed other people won't kill you because you are shaking off your troubles into the fire.
That one who is waiting for your disappointment shall wait for their own disappointment.
Those who waited to see Paul die waited in vain! Those people who are waiting for your downfall shall wait in painfully in vain! All those who have risen against you I raise their own disappointment! No one can expose the child of God! The end of the matter is better than the begining

THE SEASON OF EXPLOITS - Pastor Lwimbo Zimba

Pastor Lwimbo Zimba
Luke 1:57-66
The season of exploits

This is the season for your anointing and the season for your breakthrough!
The vision you have carried will be birthed this year, 2012 is the year for that company to be birthed, that house to be birthed!

You believed that you can't go forward because the vision you were pregnant with was so heavy that you just couldn't run but now that vision is about to be birthed has come and it is time for you to run!
When time for giving birth comes, no one can stop it! 2012 is your year of delivery.
The season for Elizabeth to deliver had come to deliver! Your time has come!

When you are blessed, you won't tell your neighbors but they will hear it! Those who looked down on your will hear about your blessing, those who wished you bad will hear your success. This year you won't testify on your own but people will testify on your own behalf! Favor is on your side, power is on your side!
After eight days the family wanted to name him after the father but the mother refused because she knew that what John will do will be greater than any of the family members! Starting today, what made other people struggle will not make you struggle! People will be shocked at your blessing!
This year be ready to be asked. How did you break forth?

THE IMPORTANCE OF FIRST FRUIT - Pastor Lwimbo Zimba

Pastor Lwimbo Zimba
The importance of first fruit
Leviticus 23:9; Exodus 34:26; Proverbs 3:9; John 3:16

When we give our first fruit to God, God gives us.

Different Kinds of Offering

- the free will offering. Luke 6:38. The free will offering is up to you according to what the Lord has given to you
- collections and contributions. Acts 4:32. Contributions are up to you to determine what you will give
- giving to the poor and the needy. Tithe is given in the house of God and not to the poor. The church must have a program for helping the needy.
- seed offering. This is based on individual conviction
- partnership offering
- prophetic seed. This is an offering which has to deal with prophets. He who receives a prophet shall receive a prophets reward.
- special offering e.g thanks giving. When you are testifying, it is good to carry a thanks giving offering. Altar offering.
- a tithe, a tithe is compulsory
- first fruit began in the old testament with cain and able. Genesis 4:3-4m first fruit is already ordained and shall stand.
Firstruit is one of the righteous ways in which we demonstrate the power of God which he has given us
The first fruit must be holy and consecrated
The first fruit must be of best quality
It must be given to God not in parts but the whole
The first fruit must not delay. Ex. 22:9
The first fruit must be brought with the heart of thanks giving and rejoicing.

Benefits of the first fruit

We give the first fruit to secure the harvest
You give the first fruit so that God may bless the rest of your harvest
By giving the first fruit we demonstrate the appreciation of what God has done and is about to do in our lives
First fruit releases the anointing over your life
First fruit is obedience to God. 1 Sam. 15:22
Holding back your first fruit opens the doors of evil attacks over your life
The first fruit has to be taken to the house of God. Deut. 26:1-4
The first fruit must be taken to the house/church you belong
The priest or you Pastor is to receive it and speak a blessing over your life. Lev. 23:20; ezekiel 44:40
You new income, profit, salary in a new year is the first fruit.

What is Church - Rev. A. Silungwe

Reverend Agnes Silungwe
Matthew 16:13-19
What is Church?

- church is the gathering of people who have accepted Christ as their personal God and Savior
- we are the Church even as we gather to fellowship. We make the church after we meet, if we haven't gathered together the hall is just a building.
- the church is Jesus Christ as was confessed by Peter
- a living church was built upon the revelation of Simon Peter. The church is built upon a revelation.
- the church is God's workmanship advancing the gospel of Christ to all nations. Matt. 28:18-20

The Secret of the deep problems - Pastor Lwimbo Zimba

Ladies evening service
Pastor Elias Lwimbo Zimba
The secret of the deep problems

When you fast and pray and the issue still remains just know that they are mysteries behind that problem.
Life has deep and rooted problems

The point of entry for rooted problems

1. Personal openings, if your husband is faithful and you are not faithful you will cry.
2. Family openings
3. Evil covenants, consulting witch doctors, adultery
4. Witchcraft door openings
5. Curses. The curse of the womb.
- incest causes a child to be cursed without knowing
- drinking herbs before you deliver
- sleeping with an agent of darkness

Pastor Lwimbo Zimba - A place called Goshen

A place called Goshen
Exodus 9:26; 8:22

There is no one who can try to finish God's child and expect to succeed. Goshen was a place of oppression. It was a place of limitation because no one moved out of there for 400 years! But Goshen was also a place were miracles happened. When Egypt was experiencing plagues, Goshen was preserved because God will always make a distinction between his children and non believers.

THINGS ABOUT THE LAND OF GOSHEN

- it was a land of plenty
- it was a land of demacation between God's children and heathens
- the land of Goshen was a land were every demacation was visible
- it was a beautiful land Ex. 8:22. When there was a darkness in the land of Egypt the land of Goshen was preserved and light was there because God always demcates between his children and those who are not his children.

What will happen as you live in Goshen

- no more oppression
- God will make you unique amongst other believers because God is going to separate you
- people went in Egypt broke but they came out rich

Pastor Lwimbo Zimba - Destroying the strongholds

2 Kings 7:3-7, 2 Corinthians 10:4
Destroying the strongholds

A stronghold is a ruling spirit
- a stronghold might not be a demon but it might be a place were demons are found
- a stronghold is a spiritual structure that is build by demons and disobedience to the word of God. We can not see strongholds but we will feel them because our spirits will be shaken
- a stronghold is a territory that is not easily accessed
- a stronghold is the focal point of trouble. For you to overcome the devil you must master your weakness

- when you begin to see the dead in your dreams then their is a stronghold in your life
- when you dream snails and tortoise your life will be slow
- if you see yourself standing by the river bank
- when you dream having an abortion shows that anything you begin will die a natural death
- when you dream thieves it shows that the enemy is coming against your life and you need to pray
- when you see corpses in your dreams shows an attack on your joy.

The implication of having a stronghold

1. Every stronghold makes sure that enemies multiply against your life
2. A stronghold will make your enemies stronger than you are
3. Stagnation becomes the order of the day.
4. The stronghold will destroy your prosperity
5. Strongholds will close your heaven
6. Strongholds will make sure you die prematurely. But every stronghold that wants to bring death in your young age we declare that it will be broken down! You will not die until you are celebrated

Dealing with witchcraft convenes - Pastor Lwimbo Zimba

Matt. 27:62-64

When Jesus was buried, the Pharisees went to Pilate to say we remember that when he was alive he said that he will resurrect, so they feared that his disciples might steal his body and so the tomb was heavily guarded.
Same with the devil, when he wants to manipulate your destiny the devil will use whatever is close to you.

People met to discuss Jesus even after his death. People will always convene to stop your progress. In your family they are some witches and wizards who are busy discussing the welfare of your family and so you need to pray.

Witches will even discuss something which has not yet manifested in their convenes so that they can plan on how to stop the next generation.

They are people who have been killed in witchcraft convenes and the witches are just waiting for death to manifest

Every spell today shall be broken by fire force.

In every street there is what they call a witchcraft convenes! You will find that you shift to a certain place with a happy marriage and loose your husband/children later on.
The witchcraft convene is discussing your future and determining who shall be blessed or not
Witches and wizards are determined to make sure that you go under

A witchcraft convene is that convene that wishes to hold back your blessing

A witchcraft convene is that group of people that passes a sentence over your life

Every where you see a prostitute, their is a witch, and everywhere where there is a witch their is a witchcraft their a convene

Witchcraft convenes make people to be meat tasters. Many people sleep and dream they are eating something and when they woke up they realized something was wrong with them

Witchcraft convenes plan against you
Ezekiel 11:1-4, Ezekiel saw a witchcraft convene at the gates of the city and amongst the men he saw was Jaazaniah a person who worked in the temple, verse 5-11. Witches and wizards pollute the city by killing a lot of people

The main function of a witchcraft convene is;
To kill vision, to cook people in the cauldron, to control the gates, to plan deaths in the city. Without prayer you can be cooked easily

Manifestation of the convene

- no development

- disappointments

- premature death

- near death experiences

- being pursued in your dreams. You must rule your dream world

- unexplained sicknesses and diseases. Diseases like insanity are mostly associated with witchcraft

- barrenness

Stand Still and Watch God Work - Rev. KC. Mwila

Preacher: Rev. Kelvin Mwila
Text: Exodus 14:1-29
Theme: Stand still and See God at work

INTRODUCTION:

What seemingly impossibilities are you facing?  Is it a financial impossibility? Is it a physical problem?  Whatever the seemingly impossible is that you are facing, the question is this: “Are you facing it with faith? Or Fear?

Pharaoh had ill treated God’s children so much that the Lord was up to avenge whatever Pharaoh had done to his children. God will deal with anyone who has given you trouble today. God wants you to stand still this morning and see him deliver people and deliver you as well. God will harden the heart of every witch in your family so that you can watch him get some glory within your family members. Pharaoh’s heart was hardened so that he will not release the children of Israel because he had angered the wrath of God. When someone touches you as a child of God, I came to announce to you that fire will answer.

 Ex. 14: 4. One other thing we learn about Pharaoh is that if you do not allow God’s ways to be done in your life, God will cause his will to be done however he pleases it be done. You can not stand in God’s way if God is up to getting glory out of a situation. Not even the grave could conceal Lazarus because God was up to getting glory to his name. Jesus told the people who went with him to the grave sight of Lazarus just to do one thing, and that was to open the tomb and to stand still so that they could see the salvation of the Lord. (John 11)

The Egyptians that you kept seeing as you were coming to this place; you will see them no more because God is in this place. God stays and dwells at palace of praise, God is surely here! Tell your neighbor that God is here and He is here to deliver his people.

Let us take a look at some things that unfolded at the banks of the red sea and try to apply them to our lives as individuals. I can guarantee you that at the end of this message many of us will be seeing the salvation of God at work in our lives.

1.      Breaking the slave mentality (Exodus 14: 10-12)

We need to have God work on our minds in order for us to experience God at work in our lives. The Children of Israel panicked and they thought that their leader Moses had deceived them into following him. They thought that Moses had conspired with Pharaoh so that he could get them killed by the Egyptians in the wilderness. Children it is important to trust God and also to trust the men of God who God has set over you. You might just anger the Lord for speaking against his servants because all his servants do is carry out the word of God.

The children of Israel had just started their way up to freedom and this was a great temptation to go back. This time they did not believe Moses regardless of what miracles they had seen him do in order for them to be set free. They did not believe that Moses was used by God anymore. They started wishing they had never left Egypt in the first place. Egypt was a place of slavery. They mistook slavery for comfort. Tell your neighbor, don’t be comfortable in slavery. God will never work in a place were someone is enslaved, God wants to take you out in the wilderness and break the slave mentality of trusting in your uncle in Australia to give you your needs, that brother in South Africa to buy you your dream car, that auntie in Japan to send you school fees. God wants to bring you to a place where he will appear as the only one who is able to deliver you. The place you are in right now is not your death sentence position but it is your blessing sentence position. You will not die but live to testify of the goodness of God in the land of the living.

Some of you after becoming Christians enjoyed 3 days of prayer and living righteously but after 3 days God had to start working on your faith and he had to completely deal with a possibility of you turning back. God brought Israel to a place where going forward seemed hard, going backwards impossible. The Egyptians were angry, their children had died, and their animals had died. They were fuming with fury even as they pursued Israel.

When you become born again, the enemy will begin to pursue you. The enemy will want you to go back to that bar and spend your money on buying beer for your old mates so that you waste more money and endanger your liver, so that he can kill you before your time but I came to announce to you that that devil is a liar because he who the Son of man sets free is free indeed! You have been bought with a price and you are not going back but you shall see God at work. The devil is so upset with you that you have given your life to Christ but Christ is saying, when the enemy comes in like a flood I will raise the standards.

Children of God, when trouble comes it is not time for you to start missing the days you were a slave, it is time to trust in God. When your business is going down it is not time for you to miss the days you were employed (employment is slavery). It is time for you to trust that God is at work in your life and that he wants to take your business to another level and possibly another location. God wants to break that dependency on your salary, that dependency on your task masters so that your mind can be a mind that is free to see what God is about to do in you.

God is not ready to use cowards because he has never been a coward. So before God can completely use you, that cowardly spirit has to die, (:12). Slavery will make you complain against freedom. Today we are going to break the spirit of slavery to pornography, beer, glutton, fear, immorality in Jesus name!

2.      Stand Firm and see God at work (Exodus 14:13)

Children of God fear will paralyze your life and it will make you to either remain at the same place or venture in desperation to get protection from witch doctors, or you will go and buy weapons to protect yourself from harm.

While you are buying all that, I came to remind you that they were some rich people who had all that in their homes and they were killed, they died because it is the duty of man to prepare the horse for battle but the victory belongs to God. Earthly protection is not sufficient, that witch doctor can not deliver you, and in fact he wants to enslave you.

In short, Moses is telling the children of Israel just sit and watch Papa at work. Do not touch anything or you will get hurt, you might get burnt if you touch hot surface, Papa is busy working, as for you just watch and be still. This battle is not for you, this particular one is for God because it is God whom Pharaoh has dared. That woman who has snatched your husband or is attempting to snatch your husband is not daring you, she is daring the one who said in Matthew 19:6 that what God has put together let no man put asunder, that boss who wants to falsely accuse you is not fighting against you, but he is fighting against the Lord who placed you in that job so that you reign in 2012, your uncle bewitching you is not fighting against you but he is fighting against the Lord who declared in Exodus 22: 18 that you shall not permit a witch/wizard to live. That witch/wizard in your family today shall fall down and die by fire by force because the bible has declared that no witch/wizard should be alive! That neighbor who wants to fight you is not fighting against you but against the Lord who has blessed you and your job is to stand still and see and see the deliverance of God. The Egyptians you see today you will see them no more.

Conclusion

What Condition is attached to being delivered?

a.       Confess and admit that you can’t serve yourself; God doesn’t want to share glory with witch doctors or you Uncle Ben in Australia. He wants all the glory to himself. That is why he declared, my glory I will not share with another

b.      In confession, you are allowed to talk, when admitting you are allowed to talk, but when Jehovah starts working you have one task to do. Keep quiet, shut up, close your mouth because Jehovah is about to crush the devil in your life so that he can replace him with the Holy Spirit, God wants to replace that fear inside you with faith, so your job is to stand still and see the salvation of God.