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The Rev. Professor Joseph MY Edusa-Eyison, Diocesan Bishop of North Accra, the Ghana Methodist Church, has warned Christians not to twist God’s hand during prayers for favor.
He said that the new normal among many Christians and churches was that if Christians wanted to be heard and favored by God, they had to shout and ask God for help while praying.
This was to show how serious they were with their request and how much they had power to trample the enemy.
He said so in an interview with the Ghana News Agency after inaugurating the Church Dome Circuit on Saturday in Accra.
Bishop Edusa-Eyison said all this was unnecessary and against the teachings of the Holy Bible, which pleaded with Christians to approach God in all humility.
“God is sovereign, God is Supreme, God is our Creator. The Bible commands us to approach God humbly and with all respect. Some prayer patterns and others for some of us do not display these qualities. If you are imploring your father to do something for you, you beg, you do not command and you do it with humility.
“Sometimes people yell too much, excessively, but that is not how we relate to our parents. If I want a shoe from my father, I beg you, Mom or Dad, please can I have this? But why do we go to God and start giving him orders? He said.
He said it was unfortunate how people, wrongly and completely out of context, quoted certain verses from the Bible to back up their faults in God’s presence.
Bishop Edusa-Eyison also encouraged Christians to seek unity among all people, reconciliation between factions, pray for peace and healing for the world, seek the well-being of the poor and homeless, help the disadvantaged, and marginalized and share in Christ. -life that calls them beyond themselves.
The Most Reverend Dr. Paul Kwabena Boafo, President Bishop of the Methodist Church of Ghana, speaking on the theme of connecting the Church for the year 2021, “Discipleship: teaching everyone to live like Jesus Christ” in a message of goodwill, He said there were too many forgeries and nominalism in Christianity today.
“The world is full of evil; society is corrupt; the state is something else. There are many gigantic evils that cry out for the Reformer Redeemer. The Gospel shows that in the person of Jesus Christ we have the most powerful and permanent remedy for social, political and temperance improvement, ”he said.
He encouraged the Circuit to provide all kinds of support to members during times of economic and social instability.
The Most Reverend Samuel Kofi Osabutey, Diocesan Bishop of Accra, the Ghana Methodist Church, in a message of goodwill reminded the Circuit of the trust placed in them by the Methodist Conference to contribute more meaningfully to the life of the entire Church.
He prayed that the Circuit would display Christian virtues, dedicated to fulfilling all of Christ’s commitments, by disciplining and teaching others to become like Christ, to be a shining light all around.
—GNA
