BE A SON OF ENCOURAGEMENT
Sunday 18 November 2012 Sermon by Ps. Seth Asare Ofei Badu John 6: 9; Acts 4:32-37, 2 Corinthians 8:1-7 The ministry of encouragement has always underpinned and kept the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ on course. Here are two remarkable connoisseurs of this grace: A. Barnabas was so named by no less a team than the Apostles of Jesus Christ for his ministry of encouragement, which seems to come by the way of 1. Giving his substance: his outstanding development in the grace of giving 2. Giving up his rights: being on record as the only disciple to have been confirmed by the Holy Spirit as the companion of Paul, he apparently gave up the privilege at being at the side of Paul to shore up John Mark who had fallen out with Paul, because he had turned back in an earlier journey. B. The Church at Macedonia, which gave beyond their ability; i...