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person from the fear that is seen. Gabonese or an Afrikan must put
in the work that is required to birth
It is very obvious that Afrikans have comfort through hope. And what
lost hope in their governments and that means is that, as Afrikans,
politicians. And the reason is simple; we must deliberately put in place
the people cannot see the essence systems and patterns that help
of governance and the dividend of create the future that we so desire
democracy, except in the many debts to have. Nothing on earth happens
and loans that are choking the mass- by chance, but by deliberate actions
es. Meaning that if you show or give backed with lots of determination,
a man or a people that which gives and the inner strength to bring
Happiness, Opportunity for growth, things to pass.
an atmosphere of Peace and a path
that Elevates them above the things Gabon is a great nation, and Afrika
that bring them down, they will take is a great continent, and what both
a stand and follow you to wher- require to step out of backwardness
ever you are going as a leader. So, is the same: deliberate actions that
does that mean that Afrikan leaders refuse to back down in the face of
have lost the trust of their people opposition, until that which is the
because they the people have lost dream of Afrika is realized. Afrika
HOPE? Absolutely. But hope can still remains the mother and the
be restored, not at a national level well spring of the entire nations of
at first, but first in the heart of the the world, and must take a stand to
individual who will accept the rod manifest that great position she was
(correction) and staff (instruction) given by the Creator.
of God.
My prayer for Gabon
What does this mean for Gabon? There is a fresh spirit of hope that
Whatever it means for Gabon enters into a person, which causes
God does to a person’s heart. certainly is what it also means for them to suddenly remember who
And one of the reasons that hap- Afrika. That is, there are ever new they are and what their destiny is.
pens is because, comfort stems from opportunities to rise above negative It makes them shake from off their
the hope that comes from knowing events that create complaints, by shoulders the weights and the yokes
that you are not alone, even in the aligning with realities of hope and that have held them down before.
wilderness, and that your life has room to make deliberate changes It is this spirit of hope I asked that
meaning before God. But what is towards that which elevates one to you the great nation of Gabon be
HOPE? a higher realm of existence. Gabon, blessed with, and that you will rise

as a nation in Afrika, is a micro of from every ashes of pain, oppres-
Hope for me is an acronym which the bigger macro Afrika. Meaning sion and limitation and begin to rise
stands for: Happiness, Opportunity, that whatever is given as a word of into the very place that is meant for
Peace and Elevation. encouragement and faith to Gabon, your comfort in hope. And because
Our world is broken and people are also applies to the entire Afrika. I you are the symbol of the comfort
looking for glimpse of hope and must say that the season we are in that is found in hope, the rest of the
light at the end of their tunnels. A right now in the world is not one in nations of Afrika and the nations
glimpse of hope that will give them which anyone will sit back and let of the world will begin to see you
happiness, opportunity to express events happen to them as if they for who you as a beacon of hope
themselves and also thrive, peace have no right to create their reality. and comfort. You will rise and rise
of mind and an elevation from that The comfort that comes through until all that was lost before is fully
which they have been subjected to hope is a good thing, but because restored.
before. Meaning that comfort is not hope is directly connected to faith
necessarily the absence of pain or and faith cannot work without the God bless you mighty nation of
that which causes fear, but the pos- due work that is required to make Gabon.
sibility of hope found that elevates a it happen. Each person, both as a

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