Author: Senyo Cudjoe
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LET GOD RELEASE YOU.
My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. John 15:12-13 NIV
Relationship is a thing of God and so we need to allow Him to direct our actions.
Let God release you. Regular relationships such as marriage, business and even friendship can break out of sheer circumstances, just like that. The origin of a relationship is God. Until God releases us, we cannot quit the relationship but today it does not take us anything – just disagreement, misunderstanding and conflict – we quit the relationship. You cannot do it alone. You keep quitting relationships, business partners, marriage, and friendships.
Do not end relationships because of disagreements or fights, such scenarios create tension and stifle the spirit of forgiveness.
You move from one Church to another, it does take you anything and you leave. Without God releasing you, the question is: when are you going to settle with the relationship? God led you to that Church where your assignment in life can be accomplished. The Devil is against everything of God’s interest and will be using every means to sabotage God’s purpose.
You can count how many business partners you have had in the past, friends. The Bible says relationships begin with God and then to humans. If a relationship begins with God, we cannot just quit under any circumstances.
Something that you are not its origin, you can’t just quit under any circumstances. Unless you are released, you cannot quit. Why? Because God can speak through disagreement. God can speak through conflict, through tribulations, adversity – God can speak through them. He can speak joy through sadness. God sometimes uses foolish things to prepare us for a future victory and or success. He sometimes uses foolish things to preserve us. If God does not release us and we quit the relationship because of misunderstanding, disagreement, conflict and whatever – the way you quit is the way you will enter the next relationship. So let God release you.
We don’t leave a relationship as a Christian because of fight, disagreement, misunderstanding, adversity or conflict. We don’t leave relationships because the man you think is your enemy today can be your saviour tomorrow. Many have destroyed their future helpers. The man who is your enemy today can be your saviour tomorrow.
John 20:23 “If you forgive anyone’s sins, their sins are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”
What the Bible is saying is “If you forgive the sins of any, their sins are forgiven; But if you retain the sins of any, they are *retained”* This means we preserve the sin of other people when we pick up an offence, we harbour resentment.
It is impossible to establish a healthy relationship, a good relationship with a person who has left another relationship resentful and offended. Someone who breaks a relationship because of misunderstanding, disagreement or conflict now becomes your friend – there is no friendship there; you are destroyed.
You may be wrong or right, but you have no right to pick an offense.
Someone who breaks a relationship because of misunderstanding, disagreement or conflict that has not been resolved to start a new relationship with another who also might have left an unreconciled relationship. This new relationship is dead at the start because they are filled with infections of past hurts and unforgiveness.
Can you see the reason why we are facing relationships that are not lasting nor rewarding?
It is wrong for Christians to carry their offences into new relationships after they have ended with previous ones. The same way you quit your previous relationships is the same way you will quit the new ones if you hold onto offences. Whether you are wrong or right, you have no right to go away with that conflict and establish another relationship.
No one succeeds alone, hence the need to put away offence, forgive and forget in order to move ahead into a brighter tomorrow.
Our Lord Jesus knew that principle; that was why He had disciples. You cannot succeed alone; you need people. Jesus knew this; that was why He had disciples.”
Many have lost their opportunity for divine visitation by taking offence and pulling out of the place God had destined for them to succeed. Know and realise that the devil will always throw offence your way whenever you are in the right place where God wants you to be. If you are in a place where God wants you to be, the devil will want to offend you to pull out.
Beloved, wait for God in all circumstances rather than to take rash decisions instigated by your human faculties. No matter the crisis, don’t quit; wait patiently for God’s release. Let God release you.
LET’S PRAY.
Heavenly Father, connect my heart with Your Word for revelation and direction in my relationship to make right choices that glorifies You in Jesus Name. Endue me with strength and wisdom from on high to endure in my relationship to glorify You.
O Lord, make me a channel of shining light where there is darkness. Make me a channel of love where there is hurt, misunderstanding, disagreement, conflict and adversity in Jesus Name.
“The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is Your Faithfulness. Lam. 3:22 – 23
Indeed the Lord’s faithfulness is incomparable and we at Biblical Discipleship & Growth Ministries, Fountain of Life Chapel International, together with my family can attest to it because we continue to benefit from it and we are very grateful to the Lord as always for all He has done and will be doing in the coming years. Truly speaking, it can Only be God Who is the centre of our achievements and precious partners like you.
We began the year 2022 on the Theme: DIVINE MERCY AND FAVOUR. Psalm 102:13 was revealed and directed by God Almighty in October 2021 and was duly launched during Christmas service on 25th December 2021.
CHURCH PLANTING.
During the year we conducted 64 Open Air Crusades in 16 targeted villages and led 615 souls to Christ. This became possible because we received donations which enabled us to purchase a video Projector, outdoor Projector Screen, Public Address System with 2 cordless mics, a generator with lighting system, 120 Ewe Bibles and 120 benches.
Of these Crusades in 16 villages, ten (10) churches were planted for Fountain of Life Chapel International, 2 for United Calvary Church, and 4 for Faith Chapel Ministry.
The 10 churches planted for Fountain of Life Chapel International are being led and overseen by 5 sponsored field leaders.
CHILDREN SUPPORT.
Every quarter, BDGM receives and distributes orphan children’s funds to sponsored children and their caregivers in the villages of Klokope and Kpevenu-Tsati for their food and basic needs. A team travels from Ho to these two communities to personally hand the funds and supplies to the beneficiary children’s caregivers and take pictures of children available at the time of visit.
Just last Thursday 23rd December, when the team was on their way to distribute children’s funds at Klokope, they saw parents of 8 years old Abel of Kutime who fell from a Cashew tree and had his jaw bone broken at his chin and both ears. Because there was no vehicle in the village at the time, the team had to suspend their mission and transport this young boy Abel to Adidome hospital. Unfortunately Abel was referred to Ho Teaching Hospital where he is now receiving treatment. Those are some of the interventions you cannot refuse to do.
As l write this report the good news that, this morning a second X-ray test was conducted on Abel before taking him to the theatre for surgery but to amazement of the doctors, there is no fracture of his jaw bones and so he was discharged. Glory to God for His answer to power prayer.
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
Many efforts and attempts were made over the years to get Clean water for the people of Klokope and Kpevenu-Tsati such as drilling boreholes and building of Rain Water harvesting tanks which didn’t work. With prayers for the Lord to touch the hearts of government authorities, today I wish to report that this year April, pipe borne water was extended to the 2 communities and has been finally commissioned on 16th December and for the first time the people of Klokope and Kpevenu-Tsati now drink fresh treated pipe borne water. To God be the glory, great things He has done and greater things He will do in the coming years for His people.
Emergency relief
Early February fire gutted 4 houses at Klokope in the middle of the night leaving 8 families homeless with all their personal effects including cooking utensils, 10 bags of maize, 2 motorbikes, and cash amount GHC2450 burnt to ashes.
Through personal appeals to local individuals and members of Fountain of Life we made a total donation of GHC4000 to cover cooking utensils, School uniforms, Exercise/notebooks and footwear.
Not only that, fortunately our international partners at Move City Church and Move Africa Inc. heard our cry and supported us to rebuild all four buildings by reroofing two buildings and rebuild from the scratch the other two making it possible for these families to move back into their homes. The Lord blesses all who donated to make this happen thereby putting a smile on their faces and showing the power of love demonstrated by our Lord Jesus Christ.
Fountain of Life Chapel construction
Early this year we were prompted by an insider that our land permit is about to expire and the land will be rezoned. Because of its prime location, 2 businessmen were seriously and vigorously chasing after it. We quickly mobilized our meagre resources and got to work on casting the floor of our 600 seater Sanctuary we began 7 years ago from 20 – 22 April 2022.
Our Macedonian call attracted the Lord’s attention and on the 5th of May we received our first donation from our international partners Move City Church and Move Africa Inc. This enabled us to purchase materials such as iron rods, cement, woods, chippings etc to kick start raising pillars.
The authorities from the planning department who came round task us to complete the superstructure before the end of September to secure the land.
We were fired up when our international partners by God’s grace and love stood in the gap coming alongside conducting fundraisers and sending donations to us in June, July, August, and September making it possible for us to complete the superstructure. Glory to God. May the Lord bless them for every dime making it possible for the Sanctuary construction to progress steadily.
At the local level we got donations of bags of cements all these made it possible for how far we have come. Between May and August the Lord has been so good to us that, we had good weather most of the time during the day which made it possible for the pace at which the work progresses.
As l write we received donations for the fabrication of the trusses in November thereby putting the trusses fabricator to work in waiting for the roofing. God is good all the time.
In October after spending time in His presence for direction, the Lord gave me the theme for 2023 as a sub-theme of 2022. It is: 2023 and BEYOND, SPREADING GOD’S LOVE: Listening, Generosity, Encouraging, Kindness and Praying John 13:34 – 35
In November, we appealed to 5 local sponsors for support to enable us to launch the Theme during our Christmas Service on 25th December.
God being so kind we received a donation of 65 pieces of 5 kg rice, 65 pieces of 5 kg gari, 100 pieces of tin fish and 72 bottles of oil on Saturday, 24th December and duly launched it during Sunday 25th December service by donating to the people we intended. Beneficiary target people who could not join us at the service, because their depravity were visited after church by our team in their homes and the items presented and prayers said for them.
THE WAY FORWARD.
We have divided Ho into 12 target areas or suburbs for monthly outreach by identifying deprived locations in these suburbs.
PRAYER
May I express our heartfelt appreciation to you and your family for your huge contribution to the success of BDGM and Fountain of Life Chapel International 2022 ministry projects and programmes.
Psalms 100:4-5 says, “Enter His gates with thanksgiving, and His courts with praise! Give thanks to Him; bless His name! For the Lord is good; His steadfast love endures forever, and His faithfulness to all generations.”
We pray that anything upon which you lay your hands shall flourish uncommonly, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. Amen!
Etsey Nyabi 
Georgina Yedzude
On Thursday, the team on their way to distribute funds at Klokope met an 8 year old boy named Abel who fell from Cashew tree and broke his jaw at a village called Kutime.
Because there was no vehicle in the village, the team suspended their assignment and took the boy to the hospital at Adidome where they referred them to Ho Teaching Hospital. The whole of yesterday was very hectic as the child’s health issue became ours, because his mother is an insane person and the grandmother is aged and can’t afford the cost of 3 pieces of iron needed to have emergency surgery for him.
Praising God!
Prayers Answered in His timing!!
The good news at Kpevenu-Tsati is that, they opened the pipe borne water tap for them last Friday, 16th December. They fetch it in the morning from 5:30 am to 9:00 am and then from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm at fee of 20 Ghana Pesewas a bucket.
Note: Ghana 20 Pesewas is about a $0.01 in US.
“Faithful is He who calls you, and He also will do it.” 1 Thessalonians 5:24
God will do exactly what He has said He will do if we only Believe Him. He will Sanctify us wholly because without Him we cannot receive His promises.
For he says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” It does not, therefore, depend on human desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.” Romans 9:15-16
Abraham was called by God. This simply means he lived differently from those of his father’s house. The call shows God’s intent to introduce him to a way of life governed by divine laws.
Abraham’s response to this call represents an intentional decision on his part to honour God; thereby dissociating from the beliefs and practices of his father’s house. Consequently, this decision connected Abraham to God as his source
Abraham’s experience is akin to our salvation in Jesus Christ. By making Him our Lord and Saviour, we have chosen intentionally to live by God’s divine laws. This dissociates us from beliefs and practices that are ungodly and positions God as our source.
The process of ‘being called by God’ can also be thought of as ‘being named by God’. In this new identity we will severally face the conflict of whether to respond to our old identity with its flaws or to maintain our identity in Christ.
Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man whose sin the LORD does not count against him and in whose spirit is no deceit. Psalm 32:1 – 3
Our identity in Christ is a complete package that comes with support and strength from God. This entire identity is based on God’s ability to honour His promises to us. Thus as long as we depend on Him we cannot fail.
LET’S PRAY.
Let Your Mercy and Favour speak for me,
Lord Jesus Christ.
O Jesus, Let Your Mercy and Favour answer for me.
O Jesus, Letter Your Mercy and Favour restore to me the joy of my Salvation.
Finishing up the last remaining wall. Block laying is scheduled to finish up on Wednesday, December 7th. The steel for the trusses are paid for and scheduled to start arriving this Friday where they will be made on sight. Work on the trusses is scheduled to start next week.