PHILIPPIANS 2:3-7 Christianity applauds many virtues in the Ghanaian socio-cultural heritage. Good character, boldness, courage, honesty, love, deep sense of care, hospitality and inter-personal relationships all get high marks. One thing that still remains a mirage is SUBMISSION. This attitude of regarding submissive people as “less graded people” with low value in society has permeated […]
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Liberty Breakfast: By Luke Barson (Rev)-Commitment: (Submission to Authority) Pt. 3
PHILIPPIANS 2:3-7 Someone asked me a question last month about “servant leadership”. He wanted to know why people must submit to leaders who are supposed to be servants? But even before I address the question, let me state EMPHATICALLY that, “servanthood is not servitude”. Although the heart of leadership is servanthood. Mark 10:42-45 talks about […]
Liberty Breakfast: By Luke Barson (Rev)-Commitment: (Submission to Authority) Pt. 2
PHILIPPIANS 2:3-7 “DO NOTHING OUT OF SELFISH OR VAIN CONCEIT. RATHER, IN HUMILITY VALUE OTHERS ABOVE YOURSELVES, NOT LOOKING TO YOUR OWN INTERESTS, BUT EACH OF YOU TO THE INTEREST OF OTHERS…” One major thing that is difficult in life is taking orders. This attitude is not different in the church today. Church members yelling […]
Liberty Breakfast: By Luke Barson (Rev)-Commitment: (Submission to Authority)
ACTS 20:18-38 The issue of “authority” is not just delicate or sensitive, but it’s also viewed with suspicion, controversy and cynicism. But authority, whether in the secular or among Christians, it remains critical. Believers who are not committed to authority CAN NOT submit to authority. If a believer can not relate to authority in the […]
Liberty Breakfast: By Luke Barson (Rev)-Commitment: (Submission to Leadership)
ACTS 20:18-38 There’s an increase in disrespect for church and civil authority. Disregard for church leadership has never been greater than it is now; and it appears to be getting worst by the day. Growing lawlessness, lack of decorum, pride and arrogance have grown beyond proportion. Why is it so? The answer is simple. Believers […]
Liberty Breakfast: By Luke Barson (Rev) Commitment: (The mind to serve) Pt. 2
ACTS 20:18-38 A faithful committed servant loves Jesus Christ, and strives to follow him. This means that, if he or she were to make any choice of what to do in life, he or she would choose what Jesus would have chosen and go where Jesus would go. I can’t over emphasise the role HUMILITY […]
Liberty Breakfast: By Luke Barson (Rev)-Commitment: (The mind to serve) Pt. 1
ACTS 20:18-38 “To be a committed servant, you must have unquestionable loyalty, and must at all times “THINK” like a servant”. Many people claim they are committed to serve, but want to serve as “bosses”, not “servants”. Servanthood demands a mental shift, a change in attitude, character and thinking. Through out the scriptures, God has […]
Liberty Breakfast: By Luke Barson (Rev)-Commitment (Commitment to serve)
ACTS 20:18-38 “WHEN THEY ARRIVED, HE SAID TO THEM; “YOU KNOW HOW I LIVED THE WHOLE TIME I WAS WITH YOU, FROM THE FIRST DAY I CAME INTO THE PROVINCE OF ASIA. I SERVED THE LORD WITH GREAT HUMILITY AND WITH TEARS…” When we go to church, we are committed to worship, committed to fellowship, […]
Liberty Breakfast: By Luke Barson (Rev)-Commitment: Pt. 5
LUKE 9:62 I will revisit the issue of commitment and servanthood next week. The Lord dropped something in my spirit yesterday at the park whilst praying and preparing for CHURCH SERVICE ( LIBERTY HOUR) today. I was just pondering, and reflecting on the past; about fifteen years ago how young men and women used to […]
Liberty Breakfast: By Luke Barson (Rev)-Commitment Pt. 4
LUKE 9:62 Today, I want to draw your attention to Make a COMMITMENT to serve, not just in the house of God, but wherever you find yourself as a child of God. Many believers have a vague idea about what is involved in “serving God”, “their church”, or “serving others”. I know many people who […]
Liberty Breakfast: By Luke Barson (Rev)-Commitment: Pt. 3
LUKE 9:62 The greatest problem facing spiritually minded believers today is that, while lip service is given to God, many are not TRULY committed to Him. “These people honour me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me”.( Matthew 15:8) This lack of commitment is seen in a variety of ways. “No growth […]
Liberty Breakfast: By Luke Barson (Rev)-Commitment: Pt. 2 (What is your real commitment?)
LUKE 9:62 I have had the opportunity to work in both the private and public sectors of the economy. I am privileged now, to be in ministry by the special grace of God. I have seen different levels of commitments in all these areas. “What’s your real commitment to the things of God? For many […]