God’s longing to be good to you. Jesus said, "It’s the Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom." But God works by principles. When you live over and above, that’s a seed you’re sowing. Then you will reap over and above.
If you have to perform perfectly and be pressured into being something that you’re not, do yourself a favor and take off that mask. Quit being a lesser version of who you are and be the authentic you.
Listen to this message from Joel, "Be The Authentic You": https://t.co/kNnMjb1SU6
The new thing God has for you is going to supersede what you’ve seen in the past. The good news is it’s already in motion; the process has already begun. Even now, it’s springing forth.
God is speaking to people about you. He’s putting you on their minds, causing you to be noticed, giving them the desire to be good to you, to show you favor, to help you through a problem. You don't have to worry about how it’s going to work out.
God said He would turn your mourning into dancing, your sorrow into joy, your limping into leaping. You're not just going to come out of that trouble, you're coming out better, stronger, healthier, at a new level of your destiny.
You don’t have to strive, manipulate, be jealous of people, try to force things to work out. You don’t need what someone else has. God has your blessing already prepared.
Listen to this message, "Something's Cooking": https://t.co/fzO8ZeVnAZ
God hasn’t forgotten about you. He sees you doing the right thing, working hard, praying, believing. You’re passing the test. What you’re believing for has already been prepared.
God never brings you out the same. When you understand this principle, you won’t live bitter when people do you wrong, you won’t fall apart when you go through loss, you won't give up on your dreams. Instead, you know it’s setting you up for something greater.
You may be having a difficult time now, but keep the right perspective. That trouble has qualified you for double. It’s not there to set you back; it’s setting you up for increase, for favor, for new levels.
1/2 *📰 History Of Zimbabwe’s Economic Collapse*
🇿🇼 *1997 – $50000 TO WAR VETS WITHOUT BUDGET.* War veterans hold a serthxies of protests against Mugabe, pressing for gratuities and pensions. Mugabe buckles, and orders Finance Minister Herbert Murerwa to dole out ZW$50,000 each to over 50,000 war veterans. Total bill =ZW$3.5 billion. None of it is in the budget. Mugabe dismisses concerns, including from Murerwa, that the spending will bankrupt the economy.
🇿🇼 *CHAOTIC LAND GRAB.* The Government announces its intention to list more than 1,400 farms, many of them productive, for redistribution to landless blacks. The IMF and other donors threaten to pull out.
🇿🇼 *FISCAL INDISCIPLINE.* spread that foreign reserves are down to just a month’s worth of imports. Speculators, panicked by the flurry of bad news, start stocking up on US dollars. Desperate, the Government injects US$15 million to try and prop up the economy but its too late.
🇿🇼 *BLACK FRIDAY.* November 14, the Zimbabwe dollar plunges 72%. The stock market crashes 46%. That same day, by coincidence, there is a national blackout. The day comes to be known as “Black Friday”. In the aftermath, Government orders companies to shut down their foreign currency accounts, hoping the flow of US dollars onto the market will put brakes on the Zimdollar’s slide. But it has the opposite effect; confidence collapses even further, as does the stock market and the Zimdollar itself.
Investors head for the exits. McDonalds, the US fast food giant, abandons plans to open its first outlet in Zimbabwe.
🇿🇼 *1998 – NATIONWIDE RIOTS.* Riots hit the country in January after the price of basic goods rises by up to 50 percent, blamed on the collapse of the Zimdollar. Maize meal prices rise by 45% within a week. Army is deployed for the first time in years to quell the riots. “They will not hesitate to shoot,” Home Affairs Minister Dumiso Dabengwa warns.
🇿🇼 *1998 - DRC WAR.* Government introduces price controls and a range of tariffs on imports. In August, Zimbabwe enters the DRC war. Some estimates said the country spent US$1m a day to fund the war, further weakening the local currency.
🇿🇼 *1999 – FOREX SHORTAGES* Zimbabwe runs out of forex. Zimbabwe has defaulted on most of its foreign debt by mid-year. The IMF finally confirms its intention to withdraw funding. This leads to further exchange controls. The Government fixes the Zimdollar rate at $38 to USD way above its true value.
🇿🇼 *2000 – CABINET RESHUFFLING* Murerwa is reshuffled out. On August 1, new Finance Minister, Simba Makoni, bows to market pressure and devalues the Zimdollar to $55 to the USDollar, still lower than the parallel market rate of $60 for a USDollar. In the same week, unions, businesses and activists stage a nationwide stay away to protest the economic crisis.
🇿🇼 *2001 — RBZ PRINTING MONEY* A $500 note is issued, and is followed by another different $500 note within weeks. A $5 coin is also introduced.
🇿🇼 *2002 – MAKONI FIRED.* Mugabe rejects Makoni’s pleas for further devaluation. “Devaluation is sinister and can only be advocated for by our saboteurs and enemies of this government,” Mugabe tells him. Makoni is soon fired, and Murerwa is reappointed. Government shuts down all bureaux de change, accusing them of being “conduits” of illegal forex trade.
🇿🇼 *2002 IMF SUSPENSION* In June, the IMF suspends technical assistance to Zimbabwe because of arrears amounting to US$132 million. This had nothing to do with SANCTIONS.
🇿🇼 *2003 – RBZ PRINTS TRAVELLERS CHEQUE.* The RBZ introduces what it calls traveller’s cheques, in denominations of $1,000, $5,000, $10,000, $20,000, $50,000 to $100,000. Zanu PF loots a lot of travellers cheques from RBZ. They are hugely unpopular and are soon quietly phased out.