The APF story

The ministry we now call Ancient Pathways Fellowship (APF) started on this wise:

A passionate God-loving fellow felt the "need" to pray and spend time with God; as he puts it: He missed his days on campus. He thus invited a pal to come along in 'prayer'. The prayer was so powerful & 'nice' such that he invited another fellow to join as it turned out to become a monthly prayer meeting. At one of those prayer meetings (now Throne Room Encounter), God impressed the 'need' for the three friends to get out there and minister at the Legon hospital. The three agreed to go out and ministered at the hospital.

 Out of this has evolved this great ministry touching the lives of many to become fruitful in the kingdom and also the lives of many high school students, prison inmates, the sick, orphanages and missionary work in rural communities dubbed Jesus Gospel Crusade all in obedience to Matthew 25:31-46.

From the afore, it is clear that the said PRAYER MEETING now dubbed "THRONE ROOM ENCOUNTER" is the fulcrum around which APF revolves. It thus ought be taken with all seriousness because out of these meetings God has clearly instructed this ministry_APF. We wish to encourage ALL Christians with the zeal and passion for the things of God and missions to do ALL in their power to make it for the monthy Throne Room Encounter. 

We hope to see you on the first Saturday of every month at the Kanda Prayer & Worship Centre as pray, praise and get instructed in what it takes to get to the Next Level in our lives and ministry.

 God will instruct us and lead us to the next level as we fellowship in His Presence... I can't wait to see u. Blessings! The Lord's anointed...

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POWER TO WITNESS!

"But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth."
Acts 1:8 (KJV)

What great power the Church received on the day of Pentecost! That power still exists today and has been given to everyone who believes yet unlike the people of Old, our power we have received is laying waste .

The opening verse mentions "power, and witnesses" yet today we have power but are no more witnesses. God is calling you, He wants you to be reminded "you have the power of the Holy Ghost so you can a WITNESS".

You see, when we witness to others, it is not us who do the convincing or conversion - it is the Holy Spirit working through us. HE does everything - He begins by placing a desire in the heart of people where they get a great desire to know the Lord. Then He (the HOLY SPIRIT) sends a Word through someone to the person; sometimes they may not believe or are not settled in their minds/ hearts. Then God sends another person to them to confirm His Word, His love, His grace. This too might be rejected by the person. This does not mean those earlier people have no POWER, they do! The reason why most people may not accept the Word of God at the first instance is purely because you cannot put a seed of corn in the ground today and expect it to bear fruits that same day! SOMETIMES it does!

Let us consider these verses

Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.
And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.
I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.
John 4:35-38 KJV

There are various timelines for soul harvesting; one plants, one waters, one removes the thorns and prunes, another harvests and all receive wages! All the workers at the various stages are important.

In the verses above, John 4:38 reveals what our mandate is "we have been sent to harvest where we have not laboured, others have laboured and we enter into their labours"! Halleluyah!

It is time to arise and get working, the harvest is ready. By witnessing to others about Jesus Christ, the POWER to WITNESS is released and we harvest souls to the glory of God's name.
Arise today and be a WITNESS!

Much love!

Crowns For Soul Winners!

REWARDS FOR SOUL WINNERS!

There is a REWARD offered to soul-winners! Rewards are spoken of in the New Testament under the figure of crowns, which will be gained or lost, according to our faithfulness or otherwise. These are:

1.the incorruptible crown, for those who live a disciplined life (1 Corinthians 9:25);

2. the crown of life, for those who patiently endure trials and testings (James 1:12);

3. the crown of glory, for those who faithfully care for the flock (1 Peter 5:2-4);

4. the crown of righteousness, for those who love His appearing (2 Timothy 4:8);

5. the crown of rejoicing, for all who are faithful soul-winners (1 Thessalonians 2:19-20).

So there is quite definitely a reward for soul-winning. Go, spread the Gospel, great rewards await you!

Credit: Francis Dixon

KOHINTA - Waiting Upon The Lord!

KOHINTA - Waiting Upon The Lord.

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Kohinta is an Akan² word which means "to hide" and is used to describe a time of waiting before God in fasting & prayer to renew faith, commitment, zeal and also to reconnect with God. It is in these times that Christians receive renewed abilities to mount up wings like eagles.
The Eagle is the king of all birds - strong, aggressive, fearless and with great vision among many other qualities; it is also very skillful and does not eat dead meat!

The Eagle experiences a period when its feathers become weak and therefore makes it weak and unable to act and be like the way it was made to be.

"By the time an eagle reaches the age of 30 or so, its physical condition has deteriorated to the point that survival is difficult: its talons lose their flexibility and cannot properly grip prey, its beak becomes dull and bent, and its wing feathers grow thick and heavy, sticking to its chest and impairing its flight. The bird then retreats to a mountaintop, where over a five-month period it sequentially knocks off its beak by banging it against a rock, plucks out its talons, and then plucks out its feathers, each stage producing a regrowth of the removed body parts that "renews" the eagle and allows it to live for another 30 to 40 years."¹

"Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: 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; and they shall walk, and not faint."
Isaiah 40:28-31 KJV

As we carry on with life's activities, there comes a time when we feel so spiritually, emotionally and physically dry and weak. The stress and demands at work, societal and family issues, financial and educational challenges often make us faint and become weary that we are sometimes afraid we would lose all that we might have toiled for! It is in these times that we, like the eagle need to take a break, retreat and seek the Lord to renew our strength and receive more grace and anointing to carry on with life - doing the Master's will; becoming better!

Waiting on the Lord renews strength, improves physical and spiritual vision, emboldens, and make one aggressive for God in winning the lost and doing the work of the King of kings.

Kohinta - Wait on the Lord!

Footnotes
¹ Life of an eagle ( www.snopes.com/critters/wild/eaglerebirth.asp)

² Akan - a tribe in Ghana and a language spoken by the tribe.

7 Reasons Why The Church Must Witness

Jesus Christ is the founder of the Church. The Church was bought and redeemed with His blood and the main aim of the Church is to be like JESUS!
The Church is not a building to be beheld but the body of believers who have accepted Jesus as Lord and Saviour and in whom the Holy Spirit dwells. The Church has been called to be like Jesus, who in his earthly ministry proclaimed the Gospel of the kingdom of God, and had many signs and wonders following His ministry that many people believed in His name. Those who believed, He gave them power to become children of God (See John 1:12).
Every Christian has been called to witness about Christ - in fact it is one of the most basic and important responsibilities of every Christian.
Why must the Church witness about Christ? What is the importance of telling others about Jesus?

Let's find 7 reasons why the CHURCH must witness in:
John 3:19 KJV
"And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil"

1. There is darkness (SIN) in the World.
2. There is LIGHT (JESUS) in the World.
3. There is a condemnation (ETERNAL DAMNATION / HELL) to those who do not believe the LIGHT).
4. Men love darkness rather than LIGHT. They rejected the LIGHT.
5. The deeds of men are evil.
6. There is ETERNAL LIFE to those who believe in the LIGHT.
7. God's heartbeat is for all to be saved and have eternal life (John 3:16).

BONUS
*° It is a command!
Matthew 28:18-20 KJV
And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. [19] Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: [20] Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

It is our responsibility to draw the nations of the World to the LIGHT and we NEED to ACT NOW. It is our major assignment. Get up and go forth. There is a lot of work to be done!

The CHURCH is called to witness!

Borne up in Prayer!

Lu 22:31-32
31 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:
32 But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.

Praying for others is very important. It helps them to stand in the midst of difficulties, especially when the devil and the  storms if life try their faith, loyalty, and devotion to God. A prayer for them helps them stand firm and strong.
Whenever a friend's name pops into your head, it is God reminding you to pray for that person.

Jesus prayed for Peter, who have you prayed for?
Pray for someone today even as someone prays for you too! God bless you.

The Day God Run..!

Jesus told many parables, many of which are the most powerful and wonderful real life stories ever told by any man who ever lived and would ever probably live!

God ran! Yes He did and JESUS told His disciples a very touching story, likening it to God and Man. This story is often known as the the PARABLE of the Prodigal Son.

He was the youngest of the two children, yet he would not work to make a living but wanted to make a life out of his father's estate. He asked his father to give him the portion of the property that fell to him. What great impatience! Some fathers would have disowned any child who dared ask for his share of the property, here in Africa and in many other parts of the world as it is believed that the share of a person's property came mostly after the owner was dead and had stated how the property would be shared either by way of a will or in the presence of witnesses.

His willing, patient and loving father gave him what he asked for. In great haste, he left the father's presence and went into a far country where he spent his living wildly. Jesus spoke about the prodigal son in this manner...

"And when he had spent everything, a great famine arose in that country, and he began to be in want. So he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed swine. And he would gladly have fed on the pods that the swine ate; and no one gave him anything.
 But when he came to himself he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have bread enough and to spare, but I perish here with hunger!
 I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me as one of your hired servants."' Luke 15:14-19


What great pity! The son of a rich man now reduced to the state of a servant. What a shock! Feeding swine was an abomination in his country where he came from and was raised as they regarded swine as unclean animals with whom they have no relationship. It was the lowest point he could have gone as a Jew and son of a rich man who had a lot of treasure! How oft we are compelled to do things that would not have been done but for the current situation in which we find ourselves!
Coming back to his senses, the young man who had spent his share of the property began to miss home. He missed the food especially and thought to himself "How many of my father's hired servants have bread enough and to spare, but I perish here with hunger!" . Challenges, difficult times and trials are to bring us back to God not away from Him. The challenge of hunger in which this man found himself made him reminisce the good times he had in his father's house!

His father, who would have been offended at the sight of his son for his behaviour did something spectacular. It is recorded...
"But while he was yet at a distance, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him". Luke 15:20

The Father is God. He is  the creator of the universe and has all things- in fact, HE did all things. He gave us all things and wanted us to draw close to Him yet our sins pushed Him far away us. The Father had all the time been waiting in earnest expectation for the day the son would return and at the sight of the prodigal son, he ran, embraced him, and kissed the son over and over again! What a Father!

 Just like the youngest son, (usually known as the prodigal son) God is ready to run just to come to your rescue. Even though you think you don't deserve to be the son anymore, He is ready to restore you. Amazingly, He would forgive you even if you have murdered, fornicated, or stolen before. See what He says in Jeremiah 31:3 "Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee".

"But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran,..."
God is ready to run, indeed He is running to you. Are you willing to come home?
1 John 1:9 says "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness". 

Speak to God today!

God's Dirty Hands

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GOD’S DIRTY HANDS

“¶ And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:…” Genesis 1:26 (KJV)

In this day and age, things have become very different from the days of our parents and grandparents. They often refer to their days as “the good old days”. Imagine how good those days were when they had no televisions, good drinking water or electricity. There were not many roads as there are now and one had to go certain places to make phone calls which depended on whether the information would reach the right person on time. EMS, DHL, Western Union money transfer and other services that make life easier were non existence. Technology has been far advanced that many things are done more quickly. Robots and automated machines have become the order of the day doing the work men would have done some years ago.

God in creating the world called everything in to existence. Everything He created was without His hands. He spoke all things into being yet in creating man, God had to make His hands dirty. In Genesis 1:26, God the Father had to confer with the Son and the Holy Spirit. He said “let us”. In all of creation, God did not have to confer; He just had to speak them into being. All that He created was good at the end of each day but the Bible records that on the sixth day, God saw that His creation on the sixth day was “very good”. This means of all God’s creation, YOU are very good!



“And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul”.  Genesis 2:7(KJV)



God made His hands dirty, and excelled in doing so that His work for that day was described as very good. He did not use levers, machines or robots to do this work. That work He did is YOU. Don’t look over your shoulder; it’s you I’m talking about. God, in creating the first man that would eventually lead Him into making several million copies made a very special dedication to use His hands, make them dirty and not to command it into existence. You are special to God, created in His image and likeness – the reason why He had to confer, use His hands, give you special abilities and not use machines or robots!

Of all God’s creations, Man is the only creature in whom God breathed the breath of life into. He could have given His breath to the birds, fishes, lions or hippos but He chose to give it out to you. Wow! What a wonder! In giving you His breath, God has put His Spirit into you has given you the ability to commune with Him. Man is also the only creature with an intellect – the ability to think, reason, and understand. Now, that specialty!

Just like during creation, God is ready now, more than ever before to avail His services to you and make His hands even dirtier.

Jesus, the Son of God is another way God dirtied not only hands but also provided a means by which man could get closer to Him and regain his lost position which he lost to the devil in the garden of Eden. No wonder Jesus is described as the second Adam.

Jesus could have come to save cows, goats, lions or sheep but He chose to save MAN – you and me. This shows how important YOU are to God, who only did not create MAN with His hands from the dust of the earth, but also gave Man the breath of life with which he became a living soul. GREAT, isn’t it?

No matter what situation you are in, it does not matter what you have done or been through; God has been interested in you and is STILL interested in you because you posses divine breath. That breath with which you became a living soul belongs to God. The uniqueness that you posses; the one which makes you so special, which makes you look different and think differently is for God. In fact, the material which you admire so much – your BODY belongs to God. Interestingly, that’s what made God make His hands dirty. He had to scoop some of the dust, mix it in the right proportions, mould your body- the shape of your nose, ears, lips and head to make sure you looked perfect. Amazingly, He threw the mould away just after creating you. That’s what makes you so special to the extent that there is no one on the surface of the earth with the same fingerprint, physical, psychological and emotional framework like you. You are a special piece of work; created, moulded, shaped, designed and crafted and your mould used for no one else.

Remember, God loves you and would always make His hands dirty for you!