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IN GOD WE TRUST . . . Prophet Blessing Chiza prays for Highlanders legend and team manager, Willard Mashinkila-Khumalo, who represented his team at a Sunday service at the Eagle Life Assembly church in Bulawayo

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A BULAWAYO prophet, whose prophesy that Highlanders would win the Mbada Diamonds Cup last year was fulfilled, says Bosso will end a barren eight-year search by being crowned Premiership champions this year. But Eagle Life Assembly prophet, Blessing Chiza, warned Bosso that their championship dreams can only be fulfilled this year if the Bulawayo giants stay clear of juju and invest all their hopes in prayers.

Chiza shot to fame when his prophecy that Bosso would lift the Mbada Diamonds Cup came to pass after Kelvin Kaindu’s men crushed giant-killers How Mine 3-0 in the final at Barbourfields.

Since then, Chiza has seen a flock of Bosso players and technical personnel coming to his church services with team manager and club legend, Willard Mashinkila-Khumalo in the congregation last Sunday.

In a message on New Year’s Eve, Chiza foretold a league title success story for Bosso this year.
High-scoring wins for the club, would be frequent, with rival goalkeepers seeing fire and smoke, he predicted.

But, this would depend on three conditions being met by the country’s second biggest football franchise, said Chiza.
He said the first condition was for Highlanders to believe in his prophets and prophecy, according to 2 Chronicles 20:20, that God is still saying something, that God the Lord my God, says it’s now Bosso’s season of victory. The witchcraft curse of bareness, which had been cast over the team which has resulted in them failing to lift silverware, he said, was broken and removed from them just before the Mbada Cup final last year.

“The team must never use juju in God’s season but pray and worship Jesus Christ only,” said Chiza.
“As I pray to God I see Highlanders Football Club in the spirit lifting the 2014 League trophy, but there are three conditions they have to meet.

“Players must practise with faith and work hard because there’s always responsibility of a believer over every prophetic word given.
“If they believe in prophecy and work hard in all aspects, both physically and spiritually, it will be their season and God will be on their side and in whatever they do and touch.”

He said the two new assistant coaches (Mark Mathe and Peter Nkomo) must also flow in the true spirit of worship that is already in the team through head coach Kaindu.

“The third and final condition is that there must be team spirit, faith, unity and love among players because this trophy is not for Highlanders, it belongs to God and must be handed over to Jesus Christ in Spirit of love of Christ, though on earth it will be for Highlanders to lift it in joy and glory,” said Chiza.

“God spoke this to me so strongly last year in 2013 and I was battling in prayer whether to release it publicly or confidentially to Highlanders FC only, but God said my prophesy is not for private interpretation according to 2 Peter 1:20-21.

“Prophecy never has its origin in the will of man, but Holy men of God speak from God as they are carried along the Holy Spirit.
“So I can’t keep quiet when God is saying speak, because I am just a vessel in obedience and under His authority. I know very well that some will say is God not a God of all teams?

“Very true He is, but humans must understand there’s a time and season for every team on earth.”
The prophet said it was now Highlanders’ season of success.

Chiza prayed for Highlanders’ welfare manager Willard Khumalo and anointed him with oil in front of the pulpit as he was representing coach Kaindu and the whole team.

“I see Highlanders playing like the European soccer we watch on TV by God’s anointing, to the wonder and amazement of many people, your strikers will be on fire this coming season, banging goals after goals,” said Chiza.
“Goalkeepers of other teams shall see fire and smoke, I see scorelines of four goals, three goals, three goals, four goals and above.”

He said Barbourfields shall be a fortress again proving difficult for any team to beat Highlanders at home because the ground was now a blessed theatre.