Why Magufuli administration misses the point on Government splurge

Issues not that straightforward. If CDM had won only the presidency and lose everything else will they still abscond?

In politics electoral injustices are passim but you do not furthering your pain by absconding..if Nyerere followed your script historians will tell you he would have delayed independence by many decades..

In 1958 racially weighted voting was massive rigging but Nyerere endured and the rest is history..

The difference between CCM and the British colonial rule, however, the latter counted votes but CCM doesn't because it can no longer win a free and fair elections...

Making sure votes are counted is your challenge and how can we know you are ready to govern unless you put in place safeguards which will ensure every vote is counted, tallied and respected?

Running away from problems through absconding is cowardice of highest order because it further exacerbate your plight....so cease calling Covid-19 Judas because they are pragmatists and you are rudderless..

It is time to change tack by swallowing your pride and arrogance and eat a humble pie...accept your subsidy it will offset your running costs and leave Covid-19 in peace...they are your eyes in the government...we do not understand why your soul is so vexed and pricked...is it not your wrath provoked by jealous? Remember envy rots the bones...

Be angry but sin not...Covid-19 is carrying your can in the Parliament just change your attitude and move on...reinstate them but axing them is shooting yourself in the knee...

I believe whoever names land after his name is a fool because he fails to grasp his name will rot and nobody will remember it anymore once his flesh is covered by maggots....

So naming lands after our names is drooling for vanities which never lasts..

Been pondering why TZ dissidents are accused of citizenship non gratas? The answer is closer home than you can imagine.

CCM and her mother called TANU stay in power is accredited to nurturing ignorance as a political weapon of mass destruction for gaining and sustaining herself unto power..so for almost six decades they have been busier churning out systems of governance which groom and reward dumbs...so when a few of us defy and veer out of that production line of dumber the first thought they harbour is... this dissident must be an alien...we never nurture independent thinkers and actors but robots and AI...so this "cunning exceptionalism" not from our production line we need to summon him or her at our immigration offices and probe his citizenship and his childhood bildungsroman, if any..... then they seize your passport, peek at your visas in it just to establish who is funding you...if all comes negative then they cook criminal charges which sound like drug baron or money launderer or human trafficker and deprives you bail until you bribe them for your freedom...they may even conduct kangaroo court and convict you..or make a mockery of justice by regularly bringing you to court for years claiming the evidence is still out there being gathered and perpetually keeping you behind bars will ensure you will not tamper with fictitious evidence...behind the scenes they pressurise you to abandon your integrity and receive the baptism of paying them bribes...just deny Your God and dine with them in the tents of evil doers...they will reason among themselves....."We need to know which kind of schools poisoned his mind and brainwashed him or her"...they will probe, little knowing the real problem never with you but with them....

Why bribes? Yes, why bribes...to remove any figment of doubt, bribes are extortionate fines and penalties paid to the Exchequer book...they are so insidious that you may confuse them with legit consent to crimes committed but they are a facade..

Well since a dissident accuses them of sinning bribes is to convert him into a slave of sinning...once, you part with bribes then you are one of them in serving Satan...you cannot come back and question their wrecked moral integrity..its immorality so to speak ..a rude conversion unto a child of sin multiplies their sin and nobody escapes ...for, the scripture forewarns that whoever convert a child of God unto a child of Satan will be better off if a millstone was tied in his neck and he was thrown in the midst of sea to die than be tormented by a worm in hell that cannot be quenched..there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth forever and evermore....


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They reasoned among themselves how to set up traps against the righteous...with baits and blackmail..and extortion, and with intimidation...

The Most Important Question in the World

The brilliant professor of philosophy at London University, C.E.M. Joad, was not a Christian. He was asked on a radio programme, ‘If you could meet any person from the past and ask them just one question, whom would you meet and what question would you ask?’
Professor Joad answered without hesitation: ‘I would meet Jesus Christ and ask him the most important question in the world – “Did you or did you not rise from the dead?”’
There came a day in Professor Joad’s life when he assessed the evidence, encountered Jesus himself and wrote a book called, Recovery of Belief. If Jesus Christ is risen from the dead, this changes everything.
When the New Testament writers speak of God’s love they point to the cross. When they speak of God’s power they point to the resurrection. God’s ‘incomparably great power’ was ‘exerted in Christ when he raised him from the dead’ (Ephesians 1:19–20). The risen Jesus says to his disciples, ‘All authority (all power to rule) in heaven and on earth has been given to me’ (Matthew 28:18, AMP).
The resurrection means that the risen Jesus is present with you now. Jesus continues, ‘I am with you always’ (v.20).
The result of the resurrection is not only his power and his presence but also his provision.

Psalm 21:8-13

His power

According to the New Testament it is Jesus who is ‘the power of God’ (1 Corinthians 1:24).
David praises God for his ‘strength’ and ‘power’ (Psalm 21:13, AMP). He speaks of his confidence in God’s ‘hand’ (v.8a) and in particular his ‘right hand’ (v.8b). In the Bible, the hand, especially the right hand, is used as a symbol of might and power (Exodus 15:6,12). David is speaking of God’s powerful hand in judgment.
In the New Testament, the resurrected Jesus is frequently described as being at ‘the right hand of God’ (for example, Acts 2:33a). When you see those who ‘plot evil’ and ‘devise wicked schemes’ (Psalm 21:11) succeed in life, remember that their power is temporary because Jesus sits at the place of ultimate authority and power at God’s right hand. There will come a time when God will intervene. Jesus is risen and will come again to judge the living and the dead.

Lord, thank you for your great strength and power. ‘Be exalted, Lord, in your strength; we will sing and praise your power’ (v.13, AMP).

Matthew 28:1-20

His presence

I have found that there is nothing greater in life than to experience the sense of the presence of the resurrected Jesus.
The risen Jesus commissions his followers to ‘go and make disciples of all nations’ (v.19a). This is our calling as individuals and as a church community. The vision statement of our church is ‘to play our part in the evangelisation of the nations, the revitalisation of the church and the transformation of society’. It is based on this command of Jesus.
Together with the command comes a promise: ‘I am with you always’ (v.20b). The resurrection isn’t just an historical fact or religious idea; it is a life-changing reality. God promises that as you go about fulfilling his commission, the presence of the resurrected Jesus goes with you.
When the women see the empty tomb the angel tells them, ‘He is not here; he has risen… you will see him’ (vv.6–7).
Filled with ‘great joy’ they ran to tell the disciples. As they did so, ‘Jesus met them’ (v.9). They experienced the presence of the risen Jesus (vv.8–10), ‘clasped his feet’ (v.9) and worshipped him as God (vv.9b,17a).
The attempts of others to explain away the empty tomb began very early on (v.13) and, in spite of all the evidence, not everyone believed (v.17b). It was suggested that ‘his disciples… stole him away while [the soldiers] were asleep’ (v.13). Some people still postulate this explanation. But it does not fit the evidence:

The disciples were discouraged and frightened. Only the miracle of the resurrection could have transformed them

They did not expect Jesus to rise from the dead. They had no motive to steal the body

The tomb was heavily guarded (27:62–66)

They were not the only ones who saw Jesus. Many others saw him after the resurrection and interacted with him over a period of forty days (Acts 1:3; 1 Corinthians 15:6)

If the disciples did steal the body, their whole lives thereafter were based on a lie. My friend Ian Walker, a Cambridge scientist, became a Christian because he could not believe that the disciples would have been willing to be tortured and put to death for something they would have known was not true.

It really is true. Jesus is risen. Death and burial are not the end. In Christ, you too will be raised from the dead.
It was women who were the first to be entrusted with the message of the resurrection. This is particularly noteworthy since women at the time were not considered valid witnesses in court. They are one of many examples in the Bible of women in leadership (Miriam in our Old Testament passage for today is another example).
Matthew’s Gospel starts by stating that Jesus is ‘God with us’ (Matthew 1:23). In the very last verse of the Gospel, Jesus affirms his eternal ongoing presence with all of his followers. To those who believe and obey Jesus’ command, he promises, ‘I am with you always’ (28:20b).

Lord, thank you that you send me out to go and make disciples of all nations and you promise that the presence of Jesus will go with me.

Exodus 15:1-16:36

His provision

Are you worrying about the future – your health, your job, your family or your finances? Make a decision today not to worry. Corrie ten Boom said, ‘Worrying is carrying tomorrow’s load with today’s strength – carrying two days at once. It is moving into tomorrow ahead of time.’ Trust God and learn to live one day at a time.
We see in this passage that God promises to provide, but only one day at a time. Jesus taught us to pray ‘Give us this day our daily bread’ (Matthew 6:11). Trust God that he will provide for you just when you need it.
The song of Moses and Miriam in chapter 15 is a great example of this trust in God expressed in worship. They praised God for his character (Exodus 15:1–5), then they praised God for what he had done in the past – salvation, rescue and provision (vv.6–12), and finally they praised him for what he would do in the future – guidance, salvation, protection and provision (vv.13–18).
God promises his provision for their material needs. He promises to rain down ‘bread from heaven’ (16:4a) called ‘manna’ (v.31). Each day he provides them with all they need in terms of their ‘daily bread’. Each one gathered as much as they needed (vv.18c,21a). But they were told not to store it up for the future: ‘No one is to keep any of it until morning’ (v.19).
This is something that we have experienced as a church community over the years. God supplies all our material needs but he does not give us more than we need. We do not store up reserves for the future, rather we trust God constantly that he will provide month by month and year by year.
It is always a temptation to want to store up everything we receive as security for the future – rather than trusting God to provide what we need when we need it. This also applies to our spiritual needs – we cannot just rely on past blessings.
It is sad to see in this passage how quickly the people of God seem to forget about God’s goodness and provision in the past and begin to grumble about problems in the present. So often I am tempted to do the same. This passage is a reminder of the need to trust in God’s provision in the good times and the hard times.
Jesus himself tells us that he is the ultimate provision of God. He says, ‘I am the bread of life. Your ancestors ate the manna in the desert, yet they died. But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which people may eat and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live for ever.’ (John 6:48–51).
It is the resurrection of Jesus that gives an eternal quality to this provision. Because Jesus has been raised to life, those who eat this bread will live forever.

Thank you, Lord, that you promise that ‘[you] will meet all [our] needs according to [your] glorious riches in Christ Jesus’ (Philippians 4:19). As I look back with thanksgiving, I look forward with anticipation and trust that you will continue to supply all my needs according to your riches in the resurrected Jesus Christ.

Pippa Adds

Matthew 28:1–8

In a culture where women were considered second-class citizens, Jesus appeared first to two women. He chose two ordinary women and trusted them with the most important news in the whole of history.

Verse of the Day

‘I am the Lord, who heals you’ (Exodus 15:26).

I believe

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