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DO NOT DESTROY THE ORDER: Securing the Promises of Marriage First Preached At Mt. Zion, Kwashieman District on Sat, Sep 22, 2012 God instituted marriage and blessed those who partake in it. Order is at the core of marriage, yet the order does not seem always attractive. Yet if the order is tampered with, out go the blessings ordained for it. This outline draws attention to the non-negotiable basics about marriage and highlights the misconceptions that make people often want to temper with the order. The entire outline is laced with hints of the blessings that come with observing the order. To effectively deal with a partner, who seems to be tampering with the order, just check how well you have been playing your own role. Main Readings: Psalm 11:3, and Ephesians 5:21 – 33 1.       Marriage was instituted by God 2.       Marriage is a Business Eccl. 4:9 3.       Marriage is the perfect illustrati...

Study Passage : All 4 Chapters of Ruth.  Summarizing  Passages : Ruth 1:11 – 18; 4:13 - 17 Introduction: The Book of Ruth seems to be more about Naomi’s prowess than Ruth’s. Ruth followed the lead of Naomi and entered into the majestic inheritance of the Royal Davidic and Messianic lineage. She could not have foreseen this, but the principles that she applied through the various seasons of her life made her stand out. Every woman has very valuable lessons to learn from Naomi. Naomi took her fear of the Lord very seriously and practically. In Marriage –         She stuck to her husband, though to leave Israel to Moab (outcasts in Israel) was not prime option (Ephrata meant fruitful, and Bethlehem meant home of bread), being of the kingship line of Judah – she followed the realism of her husband and was not foolhardy! –         She stood with her sons in their choices of wives, although, ideall...

COP Bible Study Lessons and Discussions: 2012 JULY WEEK ONE LESSON : Lesson 8: The Cost of Discipleship 4 (Taking up One’s Cross to Follow Jesus) Main Text: Mark 8:34 – 38 Memory Verse: Mark 8:34 I...

Prepared for PENSA Korle Bu Matthew 28:18-20; Mark 3:14 God chose having a relationship with and through us as His ultimate method of reconciling the world to Himself. A.      Another Definition of Discipleship : Called out to Feel, Think and Behave Like Christ to turn sinful people back to God ·         To be like Jesus in Character (Luke 6:40) ·         To be as He is in the world (1 John 4:17) ·         To show you have been with, not just seen, Jesus (Acts 4:13) o    Se woahu Yesu a ma N’abrapo pa no ntra Wo mu o    Se m’ahu Yesu yi, mene No betena daa B.      Why Discipleship as the Method of Calling out, Forgiving and Restoring a Fallen World of Sinful People? 1.       The Power and Deceptiveness of Sin a.       Sin has such a deceptive attracti...

Meditations on End-Of-2011 Exhortation by Apostle Dr. Opoku Onyinah, Chairman of the Church of Pentecost On December 23, 2011 a very transforming chord was struck in my system when Apostle Dr. Opoku Onyinah exhorted the Head Office Staff at the end-of year service. I did not need a second asking to settle my 2012 resolution, with which I quickly updated my status on Facebook: “ In 2012 and beyond, I want to speak what is in my heart, and let my face reflect what is in my mind. May I fully accomplish all that I commit myself to. May the Lord, whose word never fails make my word also reliable. Merry Christmas to all the wonderful friends I made in 2011 ” His theme for the morning was “With What Kiss are You Greeting Your Lord?” He recalled three kisses that betrayed their recipients: Then they lifted up their voices and wept again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her. And she said, "Look, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and...

Until the convert has been brought up to the status where he can be entrusted with a charge, the disciple-maker should not consider his work to be complete. By Ps. Seth Asare Ofei Badu (First Delivered at a Pastors Pre-Christmas Convention Prayer Meeting at Techiman in 2011) Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. John 15:16 The disciple-maker, cast in the mode of the Saviour, is equipped and authorized to bring/guide a person into full maturity in the Lord, watching to work with the Holy Spirit to raise a vessel that is useful to the Lord. Discipleship practices in approximately sequential order are: Compassion: Intercession: Preaching/ Calling to Decision: Water Baptism – The substance and the symbol: Holy Spirit Baptism – Completion of the New birth: Teaching – discipleship: Appo...

DAVID TAGOE repeats the necessary question we feel uncomfortable asking daily I am not done reflecting on how to maintain the appropriate attitude in the Kingdom of God as a child, and another stunner comes along: What is that to you? Efa wo ho ben? Please do not go away. I am not talking exactly to you. I am just repeating what Jesus told Peter when he asked him about what happens to John when the Lord the leaves. Because that is the angle that this stunner of all time came from, and as uncomfortable as this question would make anybody, and as utterly cheeky as it sounds, it should be a top self-examination question. David Tagoe, at devotion today used just 15 minutes to drive home this point so poignantly that it will remain with all HQ staff forever. Some may feel like toying with it and letting the point go, others may devote themselves to prayer for the Word to purify them and put them better in touch with their calling, but efa me ho ben? Let me concentrate on telling you exa...