Eunice Panin Offei

[Desiring God @desiringGod]

“The word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.” —Hebrews 4:12

[Eunice Panin Offei @PaninOffei]

Daniel 1:8 #undefiled #RYC #YouthWeek

[Spurgeon Library @SpurgeonMBTS]

"The preaching of Christ is the whip that flogs the devil; the preaching of Christ is the thunderbolt, the sound of which makes all hell shake."

- Charles Spurgeon

[GTV Ghana @GTV_Ghana]

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#HomeAloneOnGTV

[Amy Newman @amynewmangh]

✨ Blessed and humbled to share my latest song #MaMeNka released just last month
Let the music uplift your spirit and resonate with the power of faith! 🎵🌟

Amy Newman ✝️
Available on all streaming platforms

[Eunice Panin Offei @PaninOffei]

@Ms_Apenteng @meena_ummi @SweetSaltie @BinatariD @naana_akua21 @Carte_Noireee @osas__i @jydejoshua @kaykayoffei lol

[Aburi_girls_old_girls’_association @AOGA_official]

The beautiful Legacy Project handed over to the school by class of ‘98

#aogaofficial #bepowsohann #25thorekodo #abugiss

[Aburi_girls_old_girls’_association @AOGA_official]

“The Law is a noble profession, and our work can be noble when we represent the interests of Justice.”—*Ruth Bader Ginsberg*

These Beacons have made us proud and we are happy to celebrate them!
AOGA is super proud of you!!

[A-ensonga Hearts💕 @aensongahearts]

Excerpts from the drilling process of our borehole project in the Upper East Region. Water is one of the key necessities in various schools located up North and we are glad to be able to provide a borehole for the pupils of Kunkua Primary. This was a situation of urgent attention

[Spurgeon Library @SpurgeonMBTS]

"We find, in Jesus Christ, and in connection and in communion with him, all that our souls need, so that we not only derive from him spiritual life, but also the sustenance of that life."

- Charles Spurgeon

[Alistair Begg @AlistairBegg]

Habakkuk was an Old Testament prophet who didn't shy away from asking God tough questions—ones that continue to plague many of God's people today. Explore those questions along with Truth For Life as Alistair begins a study in the book of Habakkuk: https://t.co/u0QIZebHgA

[Spurgeon Library @SpurgeonMBTS]

"There is a time for every purpose under heaven, and if you had purposed to pray, you would have prayed."

- Charles Spurgeon

[Africa Facts Zone @AfricaFactsZone]

Ghanaian food, banku and tilapia 🇬🇭

[Eunice Panin Offei @PaninOffei]

@AaronCoverdel You're stil at this...smh

[George Whitefield @WhitefieldG]

I work not to keep myself in a justified state, (for men or devils can never pluck me out of Christ's hands,) but to express my love and gratitude for what Jesus has done for my soul.

[Eunice Panin Offei @PaninOffei]

I say this all the time, ministers must not neglect their marriages for the sake of "ministry". If you want to be completely focused on ministry then don't marry so you can focus but once you marry, you must not neglect your spouse "for the sake of the cause".

[Greg Stier @gregstier]

Church history is littered with bad marriages.

John Wesley—founder of the Methodist movement and one of the three key preachers in the First Great Awakening (along with George Whitefield and Jonathan Edwards)—had a notoriously bad marriage that was full of fights and fits. He and his wife, Molly, relentlessly insulted each other, and their arguments went from private to public.

John thought Molly was a rebellious woman who should quietly wait for and on him. Molly was tired of being home alone while he was gone for months at a time on preaching trips. Once, in 1758, when John was preparing to go on another preaching tour, his parting words to her were: “I hope I shall see your wicked face no more.”

Not quite pillow talk, Mr. Wesley.

John and Molly separated again and again, until she finally left once and for all. He wrote in his journal, “Finally, she left for good. I did not forsake her, I did not dismiss her, I will not recall her.”

This is sad indeed. A man who is considered by many to be the organizing force behind the First Great Awakening could not organize his life in such away as to prioritize his wife and could not bring a great awakening to his dead marriage.

Wesley pathetically tried to excuse his long absences and cold demeanor behind a ministry mantra: “for the sake of the cause.”

According to Robert Southey, in his book The Life of John Wesley, Wesley compared his own ministry impact with the impact of his wife’s life with these cut-to-the-heart words, “…of what importance is your character to mankind? If you were buried just now, or if you had never lived, what loss would it be to the cause of God.”

Ouch.

Tragically, Wesley is not the only man of God to have a marriage ruled by the Devil. And this is not true just of church history—it’s true all across the world in many churches today.

It was true in my marriage early on.

For the first several years of my marriage, I was busy preaching at my church on Sunday and leading Dare 2 Share the rest of the week. When I wasn’t on the road or in the office, I came home to collapse on the couch and watch television. I, like Wesley, subconsciously excused my lameness in loving my wife and leading my marriage on busyness with “the greater cause” of Christ.

Then one night, it all blew up in my face when our argument spilled over into public, literally during a Bible study. I’ll spare you the gory details, but I ended up in the fetal position in the middle of the Bible study circle, crying unconsolably for 30 minutes. Why? Because I knew she was right and I was wrong.

I was a jerk! I hadn’t been paying attention to her and her needs. I had been pulling a Wesley, “for the sake of the cause.” I wanted my wife Debbie to just suck it up so I could go on the road and save lost souls.

It was my soul that needed to be saved, not from the flames of Hell, but from the ice-coldness of a marriage on life-support.

That moment marked a turnaround point—not an immediate, full 180, but more like a Wall Street graph headed in the right direction. Yes, there have been—and continue to be—ups and downs. But my wife is the love of my life, and we’ve now been co-laboring side-by-side for, as of yesterday, 33 years!

Now we’re together “for the sake of the cause.”

Busyness from saving souls and leading ministries is not a good excuse for a bad marriage. Instead, our marriages should be a shining example of the Gospel, full of forgiveness, reconciliation and on-going transformation because of the example of Christ on the cross and power that comes through His Spirit.

[Spurgeon Library @SpurgeonMBTS]

"The power, as well as the affection, of Christ shall preserve the people of God. They are in his hands. “All thy saints are in thy hands.” What a blessed place for us to be in— in the hand of Christ — always there!"

- Charles Spurgeon

[SpurgeonBooks @SpurgeonBooks]

"The sinner must come to Jesus, not to works, ordinances, or doctrines."

— Charles Spurgeon

[SpurgeonBooks @SpurgeonBooks]

"I wish that I could be like a simple child and literally believe what the Lord says."

— Charles Spurgeon