Joel Kwesi Baidoo

Life in Christ demands that we go through constant transformation each day of our lives. Being transformed into the image of Christ is God’s ultimate purpose for our lives. The mind needs continuous cleansing for it to preserve and maintain the right thoughts. Decency, morality, order and discretion are not obtained once and for all; they are maintained by labour. If we fail to be transformed by the renewing of our minds our virtues shall depreciate and deteriorate. Dear reader, if you are determined to live to glorify the Lord then yield to the per diem industry of being transformed by the renewing of your mind! “Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the Lord” (Pro 8:34-35). BY: JOEL BAIDOO

THE SPIRIT-LED LIFE “Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven” (Matthew 6:10, NIV) Enrolling in a school but remaining untaught is not a rare possibility. So dear believer, you may have the Spirit of God residing in you but not be led by Him in your endeavors. We often naturally submit to the erroneous assumption that our regular activities are of disinterest to our maker. Our God is keenly committed to His purpose for our lives, and without His direction we shall fail to fulfill it. The Lord’s commitment is not to lead us to fulfill our ambitions but to achieve His purpose. Pursuing the Lord’s purpose for our lives will not be to our demerit for there is not a more glorious life that can be lived than a Spirit-led life. “Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit” (Galatians 5:25, NIV) Our regenerated spirits gain life from the Spirit of God. The above scripture is in twofold: First, “Since we live by the Spirit”, meaning it is a

PERSISTENCE “…Surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age” (Matthew 28:20, NIV). The unlikely shall be likely and the indefinite definite if we persist. We have not been promised a smooth sailing but a safe landing. Life’s turbulent moments shall try our resolve so long as we remain in the Lord. The vessel in which Christ dwells is not shielded from the storm, but survives it. “I will be with you always” must always reverberate in our hearts and minds when life’s tempest beats against our ship. We conquer by continuing. The secret place of the Most High is where your strength shall be renewed. Let us resort to the trustworthy shelter of our Father for there alone is our security assured. “But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint” (Isaiah 40:31, KJV). BY: JOEL BAIDOO