Smoking and drinking your way to deliverance

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Smoking and drinking your way to deliverance Attendants at Prophet Lazarus Mashavave’s church in Budiriro 1 who professed to have been delivered of their habits of drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes confess their deliverance after being prayed for. Some congregants at the church were less convinced of their sincerity suspecting that the act had been stage managed

The Sunday Mail

Desire Ncube

A local prophet courted controversy in Budiriro 1 last week when he asked alcoholics and drug addicts to indulge in alcohol and cigarretes in church while he lay hands on them as a way of delivering them.

Prophet Lazarus Mashavave, leader and founder of Life Giving Sprit  International (LGMI) told The Sunday Mail Religion that the move would demonstrate his miraculous deliverance powers and help him deliver the addicts.

As congregants were smoking and drinking, Prophet Mashaire was laying hands on them and declaring them free.

This stunning departure from the norm have since stirred debate in the Christian community with some saying modern prophets are taking their spiritual demonstrations and miracles too far, while others are seeing the mighty hand of God.

Biblically, men of the cloth have stood against the principal of taking alcohol and other drugs.

The move left many questioning the sincerity of the church demonstration.

Attendants at Prophet Lazarus Mashavave’s church in Budiriro 1 who professed to have been delivered of their habits of drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes confess their deliverance after being prayed for. Some congregants at the church were less convinced of their sincerity suspecting that the act had been stage managed

Attendants at Prophet Lazarus Mashavave’s church in Budiriro 1 who professed to have been delivered of their habits of drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes confess their deliverance after being prayed for. Some congregants at the church were less convinced of their sincerity suspecting that the act had been stage managed

“Wangu this world is coming to an end. Maporofita enyu aya! Hameno chimboitai,” said a skeptical Farai Mudondo, a Budiriro 1 resident.

A lady identified as Mai Anisha said the demonstration was not necessary.

“I do not doubt that God can do anything, but these demonstrations are way off the mark, why can’t he just pray for them without asking them to drink and smoke?” she asked.

She added that when Jesus delivered the woman who was accused of adultery (John 8 verse11), He never ordered her to demonstrate her problem. Rather, Jesus just addressed her need.

On the day in question, Prophet Mashaire proclaimed that he has powers to deliver alcoholics and drug addicts.

Soon after his proclamation, several men and women thronged the pulpit seeking delivarance.

Prophet Mashaire subsequently ordered those who had come to the altar to drink alcohol and smoke their cigarettes.

They rushed to were they had been seated to take their cigarettes and beer and started drinking and smoking. What was not clear was why the congregants had brought the alcohol and cigarretes to church.

In a few minutes, they were complaining that their cigarettes and beer had lost taste.

An elderly man only identified as Mukoma Solomon was the first to testify that his cigarette has lost its original taste.

“This is not the Madison that I have been taking, it has changed,” he said.

Prophet Mashaire ordered him to to another one and try again.

ln his second attempt, Mukoma Solomon said he could no longer smoke.

LGMI congregates described their leader as a serial healer, seer and deliverer.

“My brother there is absolutely nothing he can not solve, he walks hand in hand with God,” said Tapiwa Ngwenya.

“There is nothing wrong with what he did, it’s only that you don’t know him. God is about to open a new dispensation using Prophet Mashaire.

“The problem is that people will always look at the negative, they ignore the fact that people have been delivered,” said Paul Mapfumo.

Life Giving Spirit International (LGMI) was founded in 2012.

Prophet Lazarus Mashaire told The Sunday Mail Religion that he draws his inspiration from United Family International Church leader Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa, his spiritual father.

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