Making Zimbabwe Great Again

By Cyril Mugove Siringwani

Zimbabwe is a beautiful country, blessed with abundant resources, rich and fertile soils, excellent weather, and peace-loving citizens. Years of economic challenges have left many in difficult situations (see Psalms 127:1). The Lord has not forsaken you and Zimbabwe, there is hope. Maybe you are eager to see Zimbabwe great again, but you are not so sure how this can happen, or if you can make a significant impact and influence this to happen.

Cyril Siringwani exposes how through the wisdom of God you can make Zimbabwe great again by:

• Knowing that you were not created to suffer lack and defeat, but to live a life that glorifies God
• Making Jesus the center of your life, as He is the answer and the foundation
• Functioning with the fear of the Lord, which is the beginning of wisdom
• Living a life of peace, which is a prerequisite to success and prosperity
• Exuding great emotions and the fruit of the Spirit
• Thinking and talking your way to success
• Living a life of prayer
• Taking massive action of responsibility and productivity

Discover how the wisdom of God, which though may appear as foolishness to man, has the power to cause you to be great and to influence greatness in your sphere of influence, in Zimbabwe and beyond. Let your greatness begin.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Cyril Mugove Siringwani
• Release date: Dec 19, 2017
• ISBN: 9781386740469

Cyril Mugove Siringwani

Pastor Cyril Mugove Siringwani is the Senior Pastor of Home of Salvation Ministries. He received the call from God to start a ministry in 2002 in a ‘road to Damascus’ experience. Before starting Home of Salvation Ministries, he led a number of churches in Midlands Province in Zimbabwe, preaching the Gospel of our Lord Jesus under an International Ministry. The call to start Home of Salvation Ministries was re-confirmed in 2012, leading to the birth of this ministry. Pastor Cyril is gifted and called to transform lives, communities, and nations through teaching and preaching the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. He holds a Diploma in Christian Leadership from Team Impact Christian University (USA). Pastor Cyril holds a Master’s degree and is a Director and Board Chairman of national organizations based in Zimbabwe.  Pastor Cyril co-founded Home of Salvation Ministries with his wife Pastor Anna Maria.

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Dedication

This book is dedicated to all the citizens of Zimbabwe, and to the economic revival of our beloved country. I pray that unity, peace, and prosperity will prevail in Zimbabwe, and overflow beyond our borders. I pray that the quality of life and livelihoods in Zimbabwe will be uplifted. May the beautiful people of Zimbabwe come to know the Lord in a mighty way. May Zimbabwe never be put to shame again!

Acknowledgements

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I am exceedingly grateful to the Lord for calling me and giving me this opportunity to speak and bless the people of Zimbabwe, for generations to come.

I wish to express my heartfelt gratitude to Reverend Guy F. Siyawareva for helping me to rearrange my written thoughts and to express them with clarity. I thank him for encouraging me throughout the journey as I wrote this book. 

My wife Anna Maria, our beloved children Isheanesu and Angel, my parents who have gone to be with the Lord, my siblings and my in-laws; I am indebted to you as you are a pillar of support.

To Primrose Muzah, thank you for your priceless contribution to the cover design and typesetting.

Endorsements

A most beautiful reflection of the beloved country of Zimbabwe and its people. By living for your eulogy and not your resume, you can write yourself into God's story for the future of this great nation. This God inspired wake up call, provides the basis of value for engaging in fervent prayer for restoration.   RISE UP oh mighty people of ZIMBABWE and step into your destiny, seek the LORD with all your heart and HIS favor will be upon you. GOD uses PASTOR CYRIL to reflect His heart in the pages of this most amazing book.

Michael R. Lee

Servant and Kingdom Warrior - Georgia, United States of America

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: Created to be fruitful and to multiply

Chapter 2: Building a firm foundation

Chapter 3: A God-fearing nation

Chapter 4: Peace - a prerequisite to success and prosperity

Chapter 5: Fruitfulness beyond measure

Chapter 6: Think and talk your way to success

Chapter 7: Pray without ceasing

Chapter 8: A call to massive action and productivity

A special prayer for you

Prayer of salvation

About the Author

Introduction

Zimbabwe gained independence in 1980 from the British colonial rule. It had a strong economy ranked the second largest economy in Southern Africa. The backbone of the economy was farming and other downstream agriculture-based industries. This agriculture-based economy was so strong that many referred to Zimbabwe as the breadbasket of Africa. Regarded as having some of the most fertile soils in the continent, the country enjoyed significant exports of wheat, tobacco, and maize. Other pillars of the economy used to be mining and manufacturing. The abundant natural resources include gold, diamonds, coal, iron ore, chromium ore, vanadium, asbestos, nickel, copper, lithium, tin, and platinum group metals.

Just after independence in 1980-1981, the economic data shows that the Zimbabwean economy grew by around 10%. Some of the memories of the once-thriving economy bring to mind the thriving beef industry supported by state of the art abattoirs, the export of top quality beef to the European Union, horticultural exports, a thriving iron and steel manufacturing industry, a functional railway network; just to mention a few.

However, the expansion of the Zimbabwean economy and the breadbasket status did not last. The economic structural adjustment programs did not produce intended results. Land reform policies and programs caused the country to be isolated through the imposition of economic sanctions. The country also partook in some regional military obligations that had negative effects on the economy. The economy subsequently progressively shrank significantly to desperate levels after the year 2000 leading to unemployment and poverty. Hyperinflation was experienced between 2003 and 2009. The abandoning of the Zimbabwe dollar in 2009 and the introduction of the multi-currency system led to economic stability and initiated signs of recovery.

The signs of recovery we have seen give us hope, but much more needs to be done to take Zimbabwe to its rightful position of prosperity. It is important to take time to reflect on the causes that led to our beloved country, blessed by the Almighty with peace-loving citizens, abundant resources, fertile soils, good weather etc. to experience protracted economic turmoil that has negatively affected the livelihoods of multitudes. Having abundant resources does not guarantee success and happiness in life. The human being is a spirit, has a soul and lives in a body; and the spiritual relationship with the Creator determines a lot of things. The spiritual perspective is therefore of much importance in this analysis than spending time on the blame game, pointing fingers.

Could the body of Christ have subverted this economic meltdown? Whilst it is of no importance crying over spilled milk, going forward - can the body of Christ do something that will cause Zimbabwe to be restored to abundant prosperity?  It is not the will of God for Zimbabwe to be in an economic quagmire, and for the time of productive generations to be wasted being preoccupied with economic challenges. We must rather be occupied with productivity.

So who is responsible for bringing about positive