Fare Thee Well ( Mr. Richard Anokye-Bempah )

WESLEYAN SYMPHONIC CHOIR

As part of our mission to minister songs of healing to the broken hearted and to the bereaved, WSC was invited to mourn with the family of the late Mr. Richard Anokye- Bempah on the 14th -16th of July, 2017 at Kumasi (Danyame).

SONGS MINISTERED

Saturday, 15th July 2017

• MHB 528
• MHB 511
• MHB 896
• MHB 427
• MHB 615
• MHB 602
• MHB 608
• MHB 831
• How Great Thou art
• Agbadza medley
• Highlife medley

Sunday, 16th July 2017

• And I saw a new heaven
• Where is our God

 As we simply trust our Lord Jesus Christ Everyday, as we trust Him through the stormy way, and even when our faith is small, all we have to do is to TRUST JESUS, that is all.
On behalf of the Wesleyan Symphonic Choir Management and its members, we express our condolences to the family of the late Mr. Richard Anokye-Bempah. May his soul rest in perfect peace.

                        Below are some Photos 

Why Is God So Patient with Us?

LIZ CURTIS NIGGS

I’ve been asking this question since the day I stepped into God’s embrace. Why do You put up with my foolishness, Lord? Why are You so patient with me?

One minute I’m praising, the next minute I’m grumbling. One minute I’m kind to others, the next minute I hurry past someone in need. One minute I vow to honor Him, the next minute I’m seeking glory for myself.

What a mess. Seriously, who could live with a person like that, let alone forgive them, let alone love them?

If you’ve been wondering the same thing, I’m so glad you’re here. A two-part answer is waiting for us in His Word.



First, God doesn’t just show us patience. He is Patience. It’s how He defines Himself.

Proof? His Word tells us that “God is love” (1 John 4:16) and also that “Love is patient” (1 Corinthians 13:4). It’s like that formula we learned in high school math. If A=B and B=C, then A=C. So, God = patience.

He said so Himself. When Moses went up to Mount Sinai, the Lord descended in a cloud (I’m still trying to get my head around what that must have been like) and proclaimed, “I am the Lord God. I am merciful and very patient with my people” (Exodus 34:6 CEV). Again, God = patience.

A more common translation for patience is “slow to anger” (NIV), and the one that best captures the original Hebrew is “longsuffering” (KJV). It’s a combo of two words—arak, meaning “long, patient, slow” and aph, meaning “nostril, nose, face, anger.”

In other words, God waits a very long time before He gets in your face. Literally, that’s what it means. (Do you love this?)

The Lord isn’t patient because we deserve it. He’s patient because it’s who He is. He doesn’t lose patience with those He loves, since patience is His very nature.



A second reason why God is patient with us? His patience is necessary for our salvation.

Peter assures us the Lord “is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance” (2 Peter 3:9). A couple verses later, Peter says it straight out: “our Lord’s patience means salvation” (2 Peter 3:15).

If He wasn’t patient, we would be done for.
But He is patient. Therefore, we are saved.



Paul reminds us that he—“the worst of sinners”—was shown mercy, so that “Christ Jesus might display his immense patience as an example for those who would believe in him and receive eternal life” (1 Timothy 1:16).

God waited for you, beloved. He did.

He is still waiting for others. That’s what compels us to share His love with everyone who crosses our path. Not just friends, family, and neighbors, but also strangers, who step in and out of our lives for a fleeting moment.

How do we do we share His love in 30 seconds or less? Not by preaching or prodding or pleading, but by being patient. Waiting instead of whining. Smiling instead of stewing. Taking our place in line with a calm spirit. Letting someone in need go ahead of us.

Since “the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience” (Galatians 5:22 NASB), then patience is God working through us to reach those who are lost (and often don’t know it).

When we are patient in an impatient world, we show people the One who is patient with us.

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Happy Mother's Day to all our Lovely Mothers.

Wishing our Wonderful mothers a 

Happy Mother’s Day means that 

neither flowers nor gifts are 

enough to express our gratitude 

to such loving mothers. 

We love you. 

God bless you all.

WESLEYAN SYMPHONIC CHOIR
LOVES YOU ALL

The Works of Fiifi Essilfie (Twitwa gye hɛn )

Mr. Ransford Fiifi Essilfie is a young prolific composer whose musical compositions have motivated most individuals who in one way or the other have felt the bitter side of life, lost their path to salvation and also those who have made it so great in life.

Now, it is time to celebrate the choral evangelist in a grand style. Let us meet on: 

Date: 12th May, 2017

Time: 4:30pm

Venue: Bethel Methodist Church, ( Kokomlemle )

Thank You. God bless you

WHAT HAPPENED IN THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE?

In The Garden of Gethsemane

The garden at Gethsemane, a place whose name literally means “oil press,” is located on a slope of the Mount of Olives just across the Kidron Valley from Jerusalem. A garden of ancient olive trees stands there to this day. Jesus frequently went to Gethsemane with His disciples to pray (John 18:2). 

The most famous events at Gethsemane occurred on the night before His crucifixion when Jesus was betrayed. Each of the Gospel writers describes the events of that night with slight variations, so reading the four accounts (Matthew 26:36-56, Mark 14:32-52, Luke 22:40-53 and John 18:1-11) will give an accurate picture of that momentous night in its entirety.

As the evening began, after Jesus and His disciples had celebrated the Passover, they came to the garden. At some point, Jesus took three of them—Peter, James and John— to a place separated from the rest. Here Jesus asked them to watch with Him and pray so they would not fall into temptation (Matthew 26:41), but they fell asleep. Twice, Jesus had to wake them and remind them to pray so that they would not fall into temptation. 

This was especially poignant because Peter did indeed fall into temptation later that very night when three times he denied even knowing Jesus. Jesus moved a little way from the three men to pray, and twice He asked His Father to remove the cup of wrath He was about to drink, but each time He submitted to the Father’s will. He was “exceedingly sorrowful unto death,” but God sent an angel from heaven to strengthen Him (Luke 22:43).

After this, Judas Iscariot, the betrayer, arrived with a “multitude” of soldiers, high priests, Pharisees, and servants to arrest Jesus. Judas identified Him by the prearranged signal of a kiss which he gave to Jesus. Trying to protect Jesus, Peter took a sword and attacked a man named Malchus, the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear. 

Jesus rebuked Peter and miraculously healed the man’s ear. It’s surprising that witnessing this amazing miracle of healing had no effect on the multitude. Neither were they shaken by His awesome display of power as described in John 18:5-6, where either at the majesty of His looks, or at the power of His words, or both, they became like dead men, falling to the ground. Nevertheless, they arrested Him and took Him to Pontius Pilate, while the disciples scattered in fear for their lives.

The events that occurred in the Garden of Gethsemane have reverberated down through the centuries. The passion Jesus displayed on that momentous night has been depicted in music, books, and films for centuries. From the 16th century, when Bach wrote two magnificent oratorios based on the gospel accounts of Matthew and John, to the present day with the film The Passion of the Christ, the story of this extraordinary night has been told again and again. 

Even our language has been affected by these events, giving us such phrases as “he who lives by the sword dies by the sword” (Matthew 26:52); “the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak” (Mark 14:38); and “sweating drops of blood” (Luke 22:44). 

Of course, the most important impact of this night was the willingness of our Savior to die on the cross in our place in order to pay the penalty for our sins. God “made Him who knew no sin, to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him” (2 Corinthians 5:21). This is the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Recommended Resource: Jesus: The Greatest Life of All by Charles Swindoll.

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Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die( THE WONDROUS CROSS)

  

Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die

1. To Absorb the Wrath of God
2. To Please His Heavenly Father
3. To Learn Obedience and Be Perfected
4. To Achieve His Own Resurrection from the Dead
5. To Show the Wealth of God’s Love and Grace for Sinners
6. To Show His Own Love for Us
7. To Cancel the Legal Demands of the Law Against Us
8. To Become a Ransom for Many
9. For the Forgiveness of Our Sins
10. To Provide the Basis for Our Justification
11. To Complete the Obedience That Becomes Our Righteousness
12. To Take Away Our Condemnation
13. To Abolish Circumcision and All Rituals as the Basis of Salvation
14. To Bring Us to Faith and Keep Us Faithful
15. To Make Us Holy, Blameless, and Perfect
16. To Give Us a Clear Conscience
17. To Obtain for Us All Things That Are Good for Us
18. To Heal Us from Moral and Physical Sickness
19. To Give Eternal Life to All Who Believe on Him
20. To Deliver Us from the Present Evil Age
21. To Reconcile Us to God
22. To Bring Us to God
23. So That We Might Belong to Him
24. To Give Us Confident Access to the Holiest Place
25. To Become for Us the Place Where We Meet God
26. To Bring the Old Testament Priesthood to an End and Become the Eternal High Priest
27. To Become a Sympathetic and Helpful Priest
28. To Free Us from the Futility of Our Ancestry
29. To Free Us from the Slavery of Sin
30. That We Might Die to Sin and Live to Righteousness
31. So That We Would Die to the Law and Bear Fruit for God
32. To Enable Us to Live for Christ and Not Ourselves
33. To Make His Cross the Ground of All Our Boasting
34. To Enable Us to Live by Faith in Him
35. To Give Marriage Its Deepest Meaning
36. To Create a People Passionate for Good Works
37. To Call Us to Follow His Example of Lowliness and Costly Love
38. To Create a Band of Crucified Followers
39. To Free Us from Bondage to the Fear of Death
40. So That We Would Be with Him Immediately After Death
41. To Secure Our Resurrection from the Dead
42. To Disarm the Rulers and Authorities
43. To Unleash the Power of God in the Gospel
44. To Destroy the Hostility Between Races
45. To Ransom People from Every Tribe and Language and People and Nation
46. To Gather All His Sheep from Around the World
47. To Rescue Us from Final Judgment
48. To Gain His Joy and Ours
49. So That He Would Be Crowned with Glory and Honor
50. To Show That the Worst Evil Is Meant by God for Good

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THE WONDROUS CROSS

The Cross is a symbol of the atonement and reminds Christians of God's love in sacrificing his own son for humanity. It represents Jesus' victory over sin and death.

The Cross of Jesus Christ is central to the Christian faith. The cross reveals to us the Character of God: His love for lost sinners and His perfect Justice meet at cross.

The Wondrous Cross enables our love for God to grow, which is the first and greatest commandment in the Holy Bible. There is the need to understand and appreciate the Wondrous Cross which shows us His great love.

Experience the Wesleyan Symphonic Choir singing in an Easter Concert dubbed "WONDROUS CROSS"

| Wondrous Cross | 26-03-2017 | Accra | GH |

| Wondrous Cross | 16-04-2017 | Takoradi | GH |