Dave admitted:

… and am prone to idealism and wishful thinking about how the world should be.

And that is precisely what many of us love about you.

Please, never lose it.

Rob

How do we ‘pray a psalm’ over Zimbabwe? I’m just wondering what people mean when they say this?

Don’t the Psalms have a fixed meaning at a specific point in time that we then apply through the lens of the gospel? I find them hard work — when I read them — and that was some time ago.

I don’t know about praying in the strict sense, but e.g. that Psalm 52 Angela is now so pleased with, indeed originated in the Doeg-inspired massacre but is very readily applicable to all situations where wicked men appear to be getting away with who knows what.  Preached on it last month and scared the pants off some!

Dan Baynes - 20 July 2008 12:42 AM

I don’t know about praying in the strict sense, but e.g. that Psalm 52 Angela is now so pleased with, indeed originated in the Doeg-inspired massacre but is very readily applicable to all situations where wicked men appear to be getting away with who knows what.  Preached on it last month and scared the pants off some!

Is it available online to listen to?

Cheers,
Andrew

Andrew Kroiter - 21 July 2008 01:15 AM

Dan Baynes - 20 July 2008 12:42 AM

I don’t know about praying in the strict sense, but e.g. that Psalm 52 Angela is now so pleased with, indeed originated in the Doeg-inspired massacre but is very readily applicable to all situations where wicked men appear to be getting away with who knows what.  Preached on it last month and scared the pants off some!

Is it available online to listen to?

Cheers,
Andrew

Thanks for asking Andrew, I’m flattered ;) Unfortunately none of our church’s sermons is online; and although I believe its main 9.15 and 6.30 service sermons are recorded, the ones at 11am (where I spoke) aren’t.

However if you (or anyone else here) PM me I’ll send you an outline of what I said.

It’s hard to believe, but a deal has been brokered in Zimbabwe.  Mugabe and Tsvangirai have signed a power sharing agreement, brokered by South African president, Thabo Mbeki.
Thanks be to God for this huge step.  One suspects, however, that there is a long way to go, so keep praying as well.
Bob

Yes, a truly amazing lunchtime news special.

Things have got worse in Zimbabwe. The BBC reports that:

Dozens of troops have run amok in the Zimbabwean capital Harare after losing their temper while queuing up to withdraw cash at a bank.

Riot police used tear gas to disperse about 40 soldiers and a number of civilians who joined the protest.

A local journalist told the BBC troops had looted shops and assaulted passers-by, before the authorities managed to restore control.

The disorder comes as much of Harare is without water amid a cholera outbreak.

Zimbabwean journalist Brian Hungwe told the BBC Focus on Africa programme: “It’s unprecedented.

“We’ve never seen members of defence forces marching in towns, breaking into shops and looting. People are very, very shocked.”

Please continue to pray.

Please also pray for the several thousand British old age pensioners left in Zimbabwe..whom the Britsih government do not seem to care about.

And now disease… will Mugabe ever go?

From just a few hours ago :

Zimbabwe introduces 200m dollar note
Article from: Agence France-PresseFPrint
From correspondents in Harare
December 07, 2008 04:00am

INFLATION-wracked Zimbabwe plans to introduce a 200 million dollar note just days after a 100 million dollar note came into circulation, the government has announced.

The 200 million dollar note, announced in a notice in the government gazette on Friday, will bring to 28 the number of notes put into circulation by the central bank this year alone, as the country struggles with the world’s highest inflation rate of 231 million per cent.

On Thursday the central bank introduced 100 million, 50 million and 10 million dollar notes while at the same time increasing withdrawal limits for individuals and companies.

The 100 million dollar note is worth only about $US14, and its value erodes by the day. Cash can now only be withdrawn once a week from banks, according to the latest measures by the central bank.

People can withdraw 100 million dollars a week while companies are permitted to withdraw 50 million dollars.

Prices of basic goods and services rose sharply on Thursday when the 100 million dollar note was introduced.

Long queues in banks and cash shortages are commonplace in Zimbabwe as people take hours to withdraw money which is still not enough to see them through the day.

The 100,000 banknote is worth only one US dollar on the widely-used parallel black market and is only half the amount needed to buy a loaf of bread.

Zimbabwe’s political leaders are currently deadlocked over who should control key ministries in a power-sharing deal brokered by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) after March elections thrust the country into crisis.

Once the region’s breadbasket, the country is facing widespread food shortages while cholera has killed 575 people, the UN said on Friday.

link

Why was Zimbabwe formerly the breadbasket of Africa?.it was the 250,000 Europeans who with African labour transformed a tiotally undeveloped land into a modern thriving state named Rhodesia...which never sank to this level even with international sanctions.

What was their sin..they did not out-populate the native population , like the whites in New Zealand, Australia, the United States and Canada.  Yes the white Rhodesians were racist, but so were Australians and all Anglo-Saxon peoples until the 1960s. Therefore I feel that we owe a special responsibility to rescue the remaining remanant of our kith and kin...30,000. They unhestitatingly fought for Britain in two world wars....many of them are elderly and their pensions are worth very little.

The Israeiis rescued the Jews of Ethiopoia...what have we done?

If things are bad in Africa now, wait till my signature kicks in.

Dave Lankshear - 07 December 2008 10:23 PM

If things are bad in Africa now, wait till my signature kicks in.....( Signature ) ...In 2008 most geologists calculate world oil production will peak and head into permanent decline within the next 10 years. Yet rather than rush-build electric rail, Kevin Rudd gives us 10 billion dollars to buy plasma screen TV’s....

Dear “Johnny One Note”,

Well don’t blame me - I didn’t receive any of his ( bribe ) money - AND I didn’t vote for him either ;) You didn’t really think he was the new Messiah did you ?
Turns out he was just another bureaucrat in sheep’s clothing ;)

I personally briefed Maxine on peak oil during the election campaign. This free video (please download, it’s only 87.5 meg) documents her at the Dr Roger Bezdek 50 minute presentation at the “Smart Conference 2007” for CEO’s. She introduces it, just 3 days after my briefing.

What did we hear about it during the election campaign? Nothing. I quite the Labor party last year in disgust. Kev is only marginally better than Johnie, in that he at least admits climate change is a thang, but what’s he really done about it?

From my other oil contacts I know that every State and Federal politician in Australia has been personally briefed on the reality and implications of peak oil. I wouldn’t be surprised if we found out 50% of local government members had also been briefed.

It’s a surreal no-go political area, and I can only assume that it is because no politician in their right mind would stand up and say “Vote for me: I’m the guy saying there’s going to be LESS of something!”