As you pray -3 March 2007

The celebration of 40 years of revival at KwaSizabantu started yesterday evening. I am not physically involved in the activities but in my heart I am all there. Thankfully I am getting audio transmission of the proceedings.

There is something special about stories of men and women seeking God's highest and deepest with all their hearts - and breaking through. My heart burns within me as Rev Erlo Stegen shares how God rent the heavens and came down at Maphumulo in 1966. It is a further blessing to hear how God's Spirit has worked and is still working in South Africa and across the world.

As the 40-year celebration officially ends tomorrow (it will go on in our hearts) we shall be getting ready for the 2007 KwaSizabantu Ministers Conference that begins on Monday. It is pleasing to see how many attendees from different countries are here already. As the theme is "In times like these" may the Lord give us His message for such a time as this.

Our prayers will also be with the brethren who will be at the 2007 Conference of the Association of Christian Broadcasters (ACB) from Monday, 5-8 March in Okahandja, Namibia. Peter Rice and Hlakaniphani Ngidi will represent Radio Khwezi at the conference.

Bettina Marayag of Times Square Church in New York has requsted that we pray for Pastor David Wilkerson, his son Pastor Gary Wilkerson, and the team as they travel to Kenya for a Ministers' Conference in Nairobi. About 5 000 pastors are expected to attend. TSC's prayer is that first and foremost "Christ to be front-center, honored and glorified in all the meetings."

Bettina adds:

"I just got off the phone with a missionary friend from Kenya. He asked that we pray against the spirit of murder and violence particularly in Nairobi. There had been random killings, kidnappings and the people are gripped with fear."

An article that struck a chord with me these days was from Illustrations that are compiled by www.eSermons.com:

'Three Questions

Jaques Maritain, the great French philosopher of the last century, said
there were really only three questions that had to be answered: "Who am I?"
"Where am I?" and "Where ought I to be going?" Jesus knew who he was, and
where he was, and where he had to go. Lincoln knew. So have all great
leaders and great men and women of faith known. Do we know? Or are we out of
focus, our goals fuzzy and ill-defined? Our world is so insane, but not any
more so than the world of Jesus. Most people in his day, went to work every
day, and came home, and were pulled this way and that. And they didn't ask
the big questions very often. We remember Jesus because he did.

William R. Boyer, As a Hen Gathers Her Brood'

'Jesus answered, "Even if I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is valid, for I know where I came from and where I am going. But you have no idea where I come from or where I am going.' (John 8:14)

Have a blessed weekend further
 
Pressing on!
 
In His love
 
Fano Sibisi