‘Don’t rush to acquire wealth’

THE Moderator of the Global Evangelical Church, Rt Reverend Dr E. K. Gbordzoe, has called on the youth not to hurry into seeking material wealth at the expense of their future
He explained that wealth and prosperity did not come within a day, rather it is the result of hard work and self sacrifice.
Rev Gbordzoe made the call when he addressed the youth at the annual youth conference of the Global Evangelical Church at Kpando in the Volta Region over the week end.
The conference, which brought together youth across the country was on the theme: “Dreaming new Dreams”.
Rev Gbordzoe said the youth of the church and the country at large must learn to work hard in order to achieve their dreams of becoming what they want to be in the future.
He said a lot of the youth today had lost focus and direction because their desires were not in agreement with God's purpose for their life.
The moderator said for one to discover his or her purpose in life, the person must first have an intimate relationship with the maker.
The main speaker and Synod Clerk of the church, Rev Prince Y. Tefe, called on the youth not to allow the pleasures of the world to force them to move away from God because He did not discriminate but did all things right in His own time.
Rev Tefe lamented the increase in anti-social vices which were affecting the lives of the youth and mentioned lesbianism, homosexuality, Internet fraud and occultism as having been learnt from watching foreign movies.
The Director of the youth ministry of the church, Rev H. A. C. Agbesinyale, challenged the youth to lead the crusade against the "get rich quick" attitude that had become a challenge to society.
Rev Agbesinyale called on the government to see the youth as the energy of the nation and provide them with the needed resources in order to make them develop their full potential.
Two members of the national youth council of the church, Mr Francis Adatsi and Mr Ken Kuleke, in an interview with the Daily Graphic urged youth bodies to be courageous enough to expose injustice in society.
They stressed that if Christians who formed the majority of the country’s population could eschew arrogance, hypocrisy and deep seated hatred for each other, “we can have a corrupt free society.”
The two added that those practices must first be eradicated from the church which would in turn impact on the society as a whole.
As part of the conference, the youth donated blood to the Margret Marquat Hospital in Kpando.