Marshlands Development Trust - Norton, Zimbabwe

16/04/2023

Why God hates Sin

God hates sin because it is the very antithesis of His nature. The psalmist describes God’s hatred of sin this way: “For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness; no evil dwells with You” (Psalm 5:4). God hates sin because He is holy; holiness is the most exalted of all His attributes (Isaiah 6:3; Revelation 6:8). His holiness totally saturates His being. His holiness epitomizes His moral perfection and His absolute freedom from blemish of any kind (Psalm 89:35; 92:15; Romans 9:14).

The Bible presents God’s attitude toward sin with strong feelings of hostility, disgust, and utter dislike. For example, sin is described as putrefying sores (Isaiah 1:6, NKJV), a heavy burden (Psalm 38:4), defiling filth (Titus 1:15; 2 Corinthians 7:1), a binding debt (Matthew 6:12-15), darkness (1 John 1:6) and a scarlet stain (Isaiah 1:18).

God hates sin for the simple reason that sin separates us from Him: “But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He will not hear” (Isaiah 59:2; see also Isaiah 13:11; Jeremiah 5:25). It was sin that caused Adam and Eve to run away from God and hide “among the trees of the garden” (Genesis 3:8). Sin always brings separation, and the fact that God hates sin means that He hates being separated from us. His love demands restoration, which in turn demands holiness.

Good morning Saints

04/04/2023

Absolute Surrender
1kings 20:1-4
And Ben hadad king of Asyria gathered all his host together and there were 32 kings with him, and horses , and chariots and he went up to besiege Samaria and warred against it. And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him thus said Ben hadad , they silver and , thy gold is mine, thy wives also and thy children , even the goodliest are mine . And the king of Israel answered and said , my lord o king , according to they saying I am thine and that I have.

What Ben hadad askedwas absolute Surrender and what Ahab gave was what was asked of him absolute Surrender.
I want to use these words , my lord according to your saying. I am thine and all that I have , as the words of absolute Surrender with which every child of God ought to yield himself to his father.
We have heard it before but we need to hear it very definitely. The condition of God 's blessings is absolute Surrender of all into His hands .
Praise God if our hearts are willing for that , there is no end to what God will do for us , and to the blessings God will bestow.
This Easter as we celebrate or remember the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus are you prepared to surrender your life to him for He says in the book of JOHN 14:6There is no other way we can go to the father God than through Jesus.
Be blessed

05/07/2022

There is no substitute for development, development needs to put your act together. Try to give mind on the issue of our stands, stop accusing , have a mind of development

29/05/2022

How are you people just a reminder that this week on Saturday 4th of this month you are invited to a meeting the Council will be there.
Come so that we will pave a way forward for the development in our area. Thank you

28/05/2022

12/05/2022

How are you people I hope I find you well . Thank you so much for making follow up using this platform, yes we are making frantic efforts to kick start our project . ladies and gentlemen our mai weapon is unity without unit we can not make it . Come let's work together ,let's reason together ,any contributions can be of value for the development of our area. Please contact us for we are going to call for a meeting very soon . We need your presence so as for us to make meaningful decisions. The meeting is coming soon keep watching.