This word is submitted by Yvonne Perumal [yperumal@hotmail.com]

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                       A Word For Zimbabwe

Though the dark may seem to overwhelm everything that is good in 
Zimbabwe, a pure fire is growing and emerging within the walls of
darkness. I have made darkness My secret place, and will accomplish 
all the promises that I have made to My people in Zimbabwe. 

Though there seems to be a tightening and a squeezing, some of the 
pressure that you are experiencing are birth pangs, for many have cried 
for Me over the years--you have cried for your liberty and you have 
cried for your peace.  I have not forsaken you, and I have heard all 
that has been said. 

Nothing is beyond Me, for I see, I know, I hear, and I am able. There 
is no power that occurs without My allowing it. Know this: there will 
be singing in the streets of Harare and the purest of worship will 
rise out of the most obscure vessels. 

Don't give up! It is your faith that moves mountains, not your ability. 
Do not be moved by what you see, hear, feel or by anything you can sense-- 
for My word is the Lamp to your Feet and the directing light to the paths 
that you must tread upon. 

I have given you authority, and have not taken it back. The Cross of My 
Son has completed the work for you, Zimbabwe. Do not be afraid of the 
arrow by day or the terror by night, for My promise to shield you still 
remains as you dwell in the Secret Place. 

Now is a time for unprecedented unity, for one will put a thousand to 
flight, but what will thousands do? As of old, the songs of deliverance 
were sung for Zion--so too will the deliverance songs for Zimbabwe be 
sung from every corner of the earth. 

My heart is always for you. Zimbabwe. Do not be dismayed, for I have 
not forgotten or forsaken you, and your light will shiner purer than 
ever. (Psalm 18:11; Isaiah 59; Psalm 119:105-112; Psalm 91).