Joel Kwesi Baidoo

“For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ for it is the power of God to salvation to everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also to the Gentile. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, ‘The just shall live by faith’…” Romans 1:16-17. The Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, what is it? Apostle Paul said to the Corinthian church in his first epistle to them, “And brethren, when I came to you, I did not come in excellence of speech or of wisdom declaring to you the testimony of God. For I determined not know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him being crucified”. The Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ is the POWER that brings a man to the Goodness of God. Apostle Paul said to the Corinthians, “Moreover brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you unless you believed in vain.

MIND YOUR SPEECH Why must we mind our speech? Speaking too much interferes with thinking deeply, it interfers with listening enough, and it diminishes the value of our words. Benjamin Franklin was therefore on the ball when he said, “He who speaks much is much mistaken.” “Too much” is not so much determined by how much we say as by how much we are supposed to say. It is certainly a mark of wisdom to utter the right words in their right quantity at the right time. The ability to speak succinctly is one of a leader’s precious assets. No wonder the first area in which a leader is to be an example is in speech. “…be thou an example of the believers, in word…” 1 Timothy 4:12 Our words expose the condition of our hearts and the pattern of our thoughts. That’s why talking right begins with thinking right. There is perhaps, however, a more important reason why we should mind our speech. “But I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give ac