‘Don’t take Jesus’ death for granted’
Ghanaians have been urged not to take the suffering and painful death of Jesus Christ for granted by continuing to wallow in sin.
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The National Prayer Director of Aglow International, Mrs Gifty Affenyi-Dadzie, who made the call at a special Holy Saturday intercessory prayer session for Ghana at the forecourt of the State House last Saturday, said until Ghanaians took advantage of the cross and repented from their sins, the nation would not enjoy God’s favour as expected.
Quoting extensively from the Bible, Mrs Affenyi-Dadzie, who dwelled on 1 Thessalonians 4, which enjoined Christians to lead lives that would please God, said; “It is God’s will that we shall be sanctified and abstain from every sexual immorality. God has called us not to be impure but to lead holy lives.
“Therefore, there is the need for us to eschew all forms of social vices,” she stressed.
Mrs Affenyi-Dadzie bemoaned the fact that currently there was mistrust, hatred and wickedness in the nation and prayed that “God would forgive us our sins in this period of atonement.”
Intercessory prayers
Mrs Affenyi-Dadzie led thousands of the women who were clad in white to pray to God to cloth “our political leaders, the Judiciary, the Legislature, the Church and the media and all those in authority with compassion, humility, gentleness, favour and self-control”.
The congregation also prayed to God for Ghanaians to tolerate one another and forget whatever grievances they had against others, adding that Jesus Christ died so that mankind would be reconciled with God and with one another.
Praying on the theme: “Let every handwriting of the enemy that opposes Ghana be cancelled, oh God,” the women negotiated with God to break every satanic conspiracy that frustrated the forward march of Ghana’s development.
They also prayed that the blood of Jesus Christ would cancel and erase every handwriting of violence, corruption, disorder and instability, among other calamities.
The women prayed that every agenda to destabilise the country by members within the government and the opposition, as well as other reactionary forces, be blocked by the arm of God.
Agbogbloshie
Using Agbogbloshie as a point of contact, the women prayed that God would stop the escalation of every hand of violence that might lead to civil, tribal or religious strife.
They further prayed that God should back the government and the media in their effort to clamp down on ‘galamsey’.
The women also prayed earnestly against any form of terrorism and for the peaceful and favourable settlement of the Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire maritime dispute.
Members of the congregation, using different dialects, prayed for peace and progress of the regions.
Peace and prosperity
Ten women, representing the 10 regions, prayed prophetically into the regions, demanding that whatever unproductive covenant in every region be removed to pave the way for hard work, industrialisation and prosperity.
After the intercession for the regions, the 10 women overturned calabashes which had the names of the regions written on them.
The ‘shofar’ or the ram horn was blown by Mrs Affenyi-Dadzie over the nation, symbolising God’s peace and prosperity.
Thereafter, the women marched around the prayer ground amid the singing of the songs titled: Onward Christian soldiers, and There is Victory.
Similar prayer events were held by Aglow International in the regional capitals.