METHODISTS RENEW COVENANT WITH GOD
Posted on Sunday January 02, 2022Story: Emmanuel Ashong, Accra
Church Services have been
organised by Methodists across the country to renew their covenant with God.
Dubbed Covenant Sunday, Methodists in Ghana mark
the first Sunday of the year with special Church Services to reaffirm their
commitment to live for God and die to self.
The Methodist Bishop of Accra Diocese, the Rt Rev
Emmanuel Borlabi Bortey led congregants at the Wesley Cathedral, Accra on
Sunday, January 02, 2022 to undergo the annual tradition of the Church. The
congregants, who were mostly clad in white apparel, were challenged to align
their will to God’s.
“I am no longer my own. I belong to you. Your will,
not mine be done in all things. Associate me with whom you will. Let me be of
service, even if it means suffering”, the Covenant said in part.
Preaching a sermon on the theme “Renewing our
Covenant with God”, Bishop Borlabi Bortey recounted that when God rescued
Israel from oppressive rule in Egypt, He entered into an agreement with them to
be their God and they in turn, His people, living in obedience to His
commandments and worshipping no other god.
Israel, he however noted, constantly failed in
observing God’s commandment, a situation he described as “symptomatic of human
nature”, adding “This is the reason why God Himself stepped into our world in
the person of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.”
Citing Psalm 50:10, the Rt Rev Borlabi Bortey
assured congregants of God’s ability to transform man's sinful nature to align
to His will. “God removes our stubborn hearts of stone and gives us a heart of
flesh as prophesied by Jeremiah and Ezekiel”, he stressed. He therefore
encouraged the congregants to put their faith in Jesus and seek first God’s
kingdom, “...and He will add all other things unto us”, he added.
The Superintendent Minister of the Accra Circuit,
the Very Rev Dr Nana Kwesi Bart-Plange prayed for members to keep their
covenant with God.
Similar Church Services were held at Methodist
Societies in all the 24 Circuits within the Accra Diocese.
