His Majesty the King has honoured the late Princess Lindiwe as a heroine who dedicated her life to organising national prayer gatherings.
“We would like to thank the Hero who has spent years preparing for this service until God decided her journey had ended. May God bless her in her resting place,” the king said.
Princess Lindiwe Dlamini passed away on September 16 after a battle with cancer, while receiving treatment in South Africa. She was the daughter of King Sobhuza II and Inkhosikati LaMgunundvu, sister to His Majesty King Mswati III, and wife to Apostle Robert Kasaro, with whom she led the Jesus Calls Worship Centre (JCWC) in Matsapha.
A stateswoman and pastor, she served as minister of home affairs from 2018 until her death and was accorded a State memorial service on September 25 at JCWC and a State Funeral on September 26 at Sidvokodvo.
According to her obituary, in 1987 His Majesty commissioned her to develop the national prayer initiative, which grew into the tradition of opening and closing the year with prayer at Mandvulo.
The king said faith does not cease and the race must go on, announcing that Princess Tsandzisiwe has taken the baton to continue the work.
Find your corner to talk to God, king urges Emaswati
His Majesty has called on every Liswati to have a private corner for prayer and meditation with God.
“We should gather, find a corner where we will sit with God, chat with him, meditate with him.
You must have your corner where you will go when things are not right,” the king said. He said blessings come when you spend time with God.
“People without God have no life. Those who stay with him have a bright future.”
Using the story of Moses, the king said Moses’ mother confidently placed her baby in the Nile River because she had faith and God touched Pharaoh’s daughter to save him.
“Where there is God, there is confidence. Where there is God’s favour, you are loved even before you are seen.”
The king urged Emaswati not to be afraid of assignments, snakes, crocodiles or deep waters, because God is a God of war who is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow and will never leave them.
‘We need a solution from Heaven’
Other highlights from the king’s sermon focused on unconditional love and heavenly solutions.
“Sometimes you come across a situation that will shake you, but the Bible says we should love God unconditionally,” the king preached.
He said Eswatini must ask God to advance: “As Emaswati, we need to ask God so that we can advance. We need to find a solution from Heaven.”
The king said where there is God, things happen — the impossible becomes possible, just as Moses’ mother, who could not produce milk quickly, received a “booster from Heaven” and fed her child in Pharaoh’s palace.
“In God there is no one that suffers. In God there are answers. You might be in challenges, sick or searching for a job. And you are losing hope. There is someone who knows you are there.”
He declared a turnaround for Eswatini: “You can see the turnaround in Eswatini. Look at electricity, homes, roads, there is change. We are yet to see the first world. There will be people who will hold billions and billions. The favour of God opens doors.”
He concluded by saying, “When God declares that time has come, no one will close the doors. When God is taking you to the promise land, no one can close the door.”
