OPERATION #Hear&Do! (Action #2)

Today's Hear&Do! is the continuation of the Bishop's message on the opening night.

Yesterday, we learnt that in spite of the corruption in the world, we can still live differently, as Samuel did, even though he  lived with Eli's sons, who were corrupt and did not know God.

Now, there are three key points about Eli's sons that you should know and avoid:

# Eli's sons did not know God.
# They were womanizers.
# They were thieves.

Bishop stated that we must be spiritually-minded. What are some of the ways we can become spiritually minded?

Bishop then zoomed in to the Call of God. He gave us two ways to perceive the call of God. In the case of Samuel, he heard a voice audibly calling him and the voice was Eli's, but in truth, it was God calling him.

The first way to perceive God's call is that you may hear the call in a familiar voice (sometimes, like that of your pastor)

Secondly, you may see visions or have dreams of seeing yourself preaching.

The man of God prophesied that God would speak to us that night, and He did!

He said, "God is looking for people with innocent minds to talk to."

When God calls you, submit to His calling.

Remember this: the calling of God is a process; it does not mean you have arrived. Remain obedient.

Samuel was a prophet with integrity (see 1 Samuel 8:1-7; 1 Samuel 7:8-10).

DO!: God is calling you to do His work. And what He requires from you is a life of yielding to His Spirit daily. Will you let go, and let God?

REVIEW: What is the key lesson you have learnt from today's Hear&Do? Please share to bless a brother or sister.

#BringafteryourownKind

In Just One Week...

We surrendered all on Monday,
Understood what the call of God was that night,
Heard God's Voice clearly calling forth for the G Youth-from the very 'littlest' to the 'biggest'
And the Voice said, "You're not too young to win souls, my child. Lay it all down and do the works of your Father."

Servanthood met us on Tuesday.
We received garments of humility and accepted to live the life of serving by being constant, close to our master, confidential with their secrets and content.

So fruitful was it that one person from each discussion group presented potent keys for servanthood. That night was phenomenal, for we received 10 reasons to win souls from our Mama.

Indeed, it is a supreme commandment from our Lord and shows that we are not ashamed of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

We were left sitting on the edge of our seats when yet another wave of the anointing blew on us as we learnt about the importance of planting churches.
So staired were we as we discovered that if a shepherd does not have a pen to keep his flocks, they will scatter...

3 decades of a sweet marriage experience enlightened us on Godly relationships. We were blessed greatly and glad to hear about practical tips for coexisting with our brethren and our Beloveds through development of good attitudes by being sober like Ruth, wise like Solomon, kind like Abigail, and strong in character like Joseph.

Then 9 districts competed keenly for the coveted trophy during the quiz competition. 7 rounds of questions based on our study material for the year 'Tell Them' brought joy to the Koforidua district after they had won. Central trailed behind them and so did Madina follow.

Consequently, the colourful display of God's creative ability in choreographed dance, drama and spoken word performances elated G Youth and glued us to our seats.

Through eye contact, hermeneutics and discovery of impromptu preaching, we were better positioned to preach and teach the Gospel with flavour!
We had every cause to minister to the Lord the fruit of our lips, offering sacrifices of praise.

By this time, we were physically drained by the fasting and intense prayer sessions but our inner man nudged us coolly to plod on and 'lambano' what we came for.

We had reason to ensure that we bore fruit and that out fruit remain by being active in Campus Ministry.

In no time, our shepherding rods and staffs were handed over to us to do 'BLOOD BUSINESS', for we understood that we are accountable for the souls of men. The favor of God was activated for us a few hours on.

Afterward, the leader within each G Youth was unleashed! Being the salt of the world and the light of the world caused us to soldier on to influence our world with God's investment in us- the Holy Ghost.

That night was for crying out to the Lord for a life of influence daily.

So we were moved from the promise through the process to progress by being dissatisfied with our current state, having a definite purpose, taking action, discovering and monetizing our talents, having a dream, taking decisions, being disciplined, diligent and having drive and determination.

Going forward, a picture of our desired future was painted with brush strokes of winning attitudes like discipline, fortitude, confidence, integrity, focus, and humility.

We could not stop jumping, running and watching people bite endlessly on apples, tug in peace, eat voraciously with inexplicable velocity, food that was too humongous for any 3 average humans to consume together.

Finally, we worshipped, prayed, heard from God and were anointed to bring after our own kind!

All...in just one week! Holy Spirit, Aekoo!

#Bringafteryourownkind

(What's your version of Camp 2015? Feel free to share!)

A Reason a Day #2

You must be a soulwinner because we are all called to this great work of soul winning.

Matthew 22:14 KJV
For many are called, but few are chosen.

Matthew 20:16 KJV
So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.

William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, said, "Not called! Did you say? Not heard the call, I think you should say.

Put your ears down to the Bible, and hear Him bid you go and pull sinners put of the fire of sin! Put your ear down to the burdened, agonized heart of humanity and listen to its pitiful wail for help!

Go stand by the gates of hell, and hear the damned entreat you go to their father's house and bid their brothers and sisters and servants and masters not to come there!

Then look at Christ in the face- whose mercy you have professed to obey- and tell Him whether you will join heart and soul and body and circumstances in the march to publish His mercy to the world."

Isobel Kuhn also remarked, "I believe that in each generation God has called enough men and women to evangelize all the yet unreached tribes of the earth. It is not God who does not call, it is man who will not respond."

#BringafteryourownKind