God has been so faithful to me and gave me a Mum in Pastor Chichi Bismark. One of the most notable things about my mum is her ability to pull out the best from people around her.
I wasn't an exception when I met her. I was at the bottom of my life trying to figure out my way forward. Nothing around me promised the change that I was so much yearning for.
So much had happened to me when I met her that made me lose my confidence. I had just become one of the youngest widows without having stayed with a husband at all. Had tried to get married the year before I met her, had a grand wedding but never got a chance to stay with the man I had married.
He was admitted into the hospital just after our wedding and the doctors had said he was suffering from a leaking heart valve which had been the case for about seven years before the time they were now discovering it. Apparently, it was too late to solve the problem and he passed on 12 days after our wedding. Never got a chance to stay with him and I still entered the widow's world.
Needless to say, I was so confused and desperate when I first met my Mum Pastor Chichi Bismark.
I and the late were in ministry already when all this happened I being a lay preacher still coming up then and him being a Pastor already. Now I had too many questions no one could answer. Couldn't believe in myself and didn't trust anyone that said they believed in me. Didn't know if what I had gone through was part of God's plan, spiritual warfare or if I was actually going through a curse. Was trying to find my way back into ministry but was failing to fit in because no one really had a similar story.
Such was my state when I first met my mum Pastor Chichi Bismark. With full knowledge of my background, she never treated me from the word go as a widow. I was very young so she made sure she pulled me back into the "girls" world at a point I couldn't fit anywhere. Couldn't fit into the real widow's world because I had never stayed with a husband yet lost one and I had no child from the marriage so I was not a single mother as well and yet again I had experienced too much to fit into the girls' world. In short, my story couldn't fit anywhere.
So I was confused and naturally made myself an outcast.
That is what my mum picked as soon as she met me. A few years after I met her, I started working for our church office and got even closer to her. Then she began entrusting me with duties that no other could. She never at one time gave me a chance to develop self-pity.
She would keep my brain busy and occupied with accomplishing one task or another for the Kingdom. Up until that point, even though I could preach to some extent, no one really had ever believed that I could sing. My mum would call me to sing in her most important ladies meetings and sometimes before thousands in church when she would lead the entire church in spiritual warfare.
Pastor Chichi Bismark helped me rediscover myself and start my life with more confidence once again. She would comment on most hairstyles I would put on, even my dressing. Before then, no one had really cared. She would get so excited if she thought I was wearing a beautiful hairstyle or dress. Before I knew it, I had her in mind when I would go shopping for something to wear or when I would have my hairdo. I knew she was expecting excellence.
So before I could do it for myself, I did it to make my Mum happy first. Pastor Chichi had so much impact and influence into what I then became in life and ministry and gave me energy and a reason to carry on.
Amongst the many things I learnt from Mum though, it is the consistency and fervency of her prayer life. Her prayer life has impacted my life. Spiritual warfare and intercession took another dimension after I met her especially her most impactful teachings on prayer.
I will share just a few in this article.
1. In Prayer, your whole self has to be involved (1 Corinthians 14:15). You pray in the Spirit and with the understanding also, you sing in the Spirit and with the understanding also. The sum total of a person must be involved in prayer. When you are in agony as you pray, your spirit opens, and the soul through an act of will breaks, your tears are a sign of depth and engagement. All these actions release God's compassion and care.
2. Battles in prayer are won or lost at the gates. To destroy anything successfully one has to deal and uproot its foundations first. Taking over Kingdoms requires taking over the gates (Isaiah 28:5-6, Genesis 22:17).
3. Before you engage in Spiritual warfare know and locate your enemy, understand his source of strength, understand the altars, gates, covenants or devices that empower your enemy.
4. Position your self right from the word go as you pray, your strength does not come from this world. You are empowered by an omnipotent God. Go in with confidence and take territory.
5. Get an understanding of the gates in the physical realm (Esther 2:21, Ruth 4:1, Esther 5:1), gates of the earth (Psalm 148:7-13) and societal gates that you have to deal with in prayer.
Thank you Mum in Pastor Chichi Bismark for being a great mother!
So much had happened to me when I met her that made me lose my confidence. I had just become one of the youngest widows without having stayed with a husband at all. Had tried to get married the year before I met her, had a grand wedding but never got a chance to stay with the man I had married.
He was admitted into the hospital just after our wedding and the doctors had said he was suffering from a leaking heart valve which had been the case for about seven years before the time they were now discovering it. Apparently, it was too late to solve the problem and he passed on 12 days after our wedding. Never got a chance to stay with him and I still entered the widow's world.
Needless to say, I was so confused and desperate when I first met my Mum Pastor Chichi Bismark.
I and the late were in ministry already when all this happened I being a lay preacher still coming up then and him being a Pastor already. Now I had too many questions no one could answer. Couldn't believe in myself and didn't trust anyone that said they believed in me. Didn't know if what I had gone through was part of God's plan, spiritual warfare or if I was actually going through a curse. Was trying to find my way back into ministry but was failing to fit in because no one really had a similar story.
Such was my state when I first met my mum Pastor Chichi Bismark. With full knowledge of my background, she never treated me from the word go as a widow. I was very young so she made sure she pulled me back into the "girls" world at a point I couldn't fit anywhere. Couldn't fit into the real widow's world because I had never stayed with a husband yet lost one and I had no child from the marriage so I was not a single mother as well and yet again I had experienced too much to fit into the girls' world. In short, my story couldn't fit anywhere.
So I was confused and naturally made myself an outcast.
That is what my mum picked as soon as she met me. A few years after I met her, I started working for our church office and got even closer to her. Then she began entrusting me with duties that no other could. She never at one time gave me a chance to develop self-pity.
She would keep my brain busy and occupied with accomplishing one task or another for the Kingdom. Up until that point, even though I could preach to some extent, no one really had ever believed that I could sing. My mum would call me to sing in her most important ladies meetings and sometimes before thousands in church when she would lead the entire church in spiritual warfare.
Pastor Chichi Bismark helped me rediscover myself and start my life with more confidence once again. She would comment on most hairstyles I would put on, even my dressing. Before then, no one had really cared. She would get so excited if she thought I was wearing a beautiful hairstyle or dress. Before I knew it, I had her in mind when I would go shopping for something to wear or when I would have my hairdo. I knew she was expecting excellence.
So before I could do it for myself, I did it to make my Mum happy first. Pastor Chichi had so much impact and influence into what I then became in life and ministry and gave me energy and a reason to carry on.
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| 5 Lessons I Have Learned From My Mum Pastor Chichi Bismark. |
I will share just a few in this article.
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| 5 Lessons I Have Learned From My Mum Pastor Chichi Bismark. |
2. Battles in prayer are won or lost at the gates. To destroy anything successfully one has to deal and uproot its foundations first. Taking over Kingdoms requires taking over the gates (Isaiah 28:5-6, Genesis 22:17).
3. Before you engage in Spiritual warfare know and locate your enemy, understand his source of strength, understand the altars, gates, covenants or devices that empower your enemy.
4. Position your self right from the word go as you pray, your strength does not come from this world. You are empowered by an omnipotent God. Go in with confidence and take territory.
5. Get an understanding of the gates in the physical realm (Esther 2:21, Ruth 4:1, Esther 5:1), gates of the earth (Psalm 148:7-13) and societal gates that you have to deal with in prayer.
Thank you Mum in Pastor Chichi Bismark for being a great mother!
More About Pastor Chichi Bismark:
Pastor ChiChi is the wife of Bishop Tudor Bismark. She is the co-founder of Jabula New Life Ministries & pastor of Jabula New Life Ministries in Harare, Zimbabwe.
Her sincere heart for people and her desire for the manifestation of the power of the Word of God in the earth has positioned her as a credible minister in her own right.
Pastor ChiChi is an intercessor, a prophet, a teacher and an encourager to the body of Christ globally. Anointed in the areas of sound biblical teaching, healing and kingdom finance, she along with Bishop Bismark have grown their assembly in Harare into a force of faith and power for the Kingdom of God.
Pastor ChiChi and Bishop Tudor have been married for over twenty-five years and have been blessed with four sons. As an avid reader, information seeker and a possessor of revelation knowledge, Pastor ChiChi will minister to your present need, challenge your boundaries and encourage your faith.
Pastor ChiChi and Bishop Tudor have been married for over twenty-five years and have been blessed with four sons. As an avid reader, information seeker and a possessor of revelation knowledge, Pastor ChiChi will minister to your present need, challenge your boundaries and encourage your faith.
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