Though some our heart desire for a particular year, did not come to pass, one must always be grateful to God life.

Finish With Gratitude

Key text- Hebrews 12:2 

The whole duty of man is to fear God and serve Him. We can do that when we focus totally on Jesus who is the author and finisher of our faith. Without Jesus we can not please God. God values us and what he thinks of us is final. When we take our focus from Jesus and begin to pay attention to what people think of us,we make room for worry unnecessary competition and stress. 

Life at this point loses its joy until we come to the realization that our duty is to serve God and that whatever we do for God does not change Him but rather it changes us, we will go through life frustrated. What ever we do for God must be with a servant mindset not a supportive mindset We have to understand that it is a privilege to serve God. 

Every good Christian needs to serve Jesus with an eternity driven mindset. We need to serve God in Holiness and be servants in the House of God not settlers.

Serve Jesus

Transformed by problems 
Key Text – Psalm 34:19, James 1:2 
Rev Sammy Pearson Opoku Acheampong 

Life comes with challenges and every believer will have their fair share of life's challenges. The disciple James states that we should count it all joy when we fall into various trials because trials when endured brings us into a better phase in our Christian Life. What ever pain and affliction we go through is for a purpose, for a trophy of God’s workmanship. When a door of opportunity is closed we need to have faith that a bigger door will open. How to be transformed: 

1. Set your love on God – Romans 8: 28. The strategy of the enemy is to use your pain to steal your love for God. God’s purpose is bigger than our problems. We are like clay in the hands of God. At Times in the process of molding us we are not able to fathom God’s purpose . 

2. Remember that God has a good plan for you : In the genealogy of Jesus four women can be identified. Tamar, Rahab, Ruth and Beersheba God used the mess of these women to qualify them. 

3. Develop Godly character : Every problem is a character building opportunity. Suffering is part of Christianity. Philippians 3 : 10 in trying times pray more ‘conform me' prayers than ‘comfort me' prayers. 

4. Rejoice and give him thanks : give thanks in your circumstances and not for your circumstances. Philippians 4:4. 

We need to rejoice always because God is always with us.

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