Christians should build their lives on Christ 96 Presiding Bishop

Accra, July 10, GNA - Christians should build their lives on Jesus Christ, since he is the Rock of salvation, the Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church of Ghana, The Most Reverend Professor Emmanuel K. Asante said on Sunday.

He said if Christians built their lives on the principles that Jesus has laid down in their professional, economic and domestic lives it would amount to building on the Rock, because all other grounds were sinking sand.

Most Rev. Prof. Asante, who was preaching the sermon at the foundation stone laying ceremony for the remodelled and expanded Ghana Police Church Chapel, opposite the Golden Tulip Hotel, Accra, asked Christians to take heed and to respond appropriately whenever they heard the word of God.

Making reference to the Sermon on the Mount, he said the wise builder would always take into consideration the nature of the area where he or she wanted to build, adding that one should not forget that the strong winds and floods would come.

He said the storms of life would always come to test the foundation of one's life and if that life were based on some 93dead man's" principles then the one would be overwhelmed but if that life were based on Christ then the one would overcome because 93Jesus is alive".

Most Rev. Prof. Asante said: 93Jesus is the solid rock. Do not build your life on a certain philosophy of life. Rather build your life on the principles of Jesus," adding, 93many are headed for destruction out of thoughtlessness."

He said the building inspectors 96 marital problems; problems with children; monetary problems; career problems 96 would come but those whose anchor are fastened to the Rock would overcome. 93Jesus is the solid Rock," he emphasised.

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Paul Tawiah Quaye laid the foundation stone of the remodelled and expanded chapel.

The expanded chapel, designed in the mould of a modern worship centre is 33metres long; 28 metres wide and nine metres high with a tower rising to the height of 24 metres.

It has a comfortable seating capacity of 1,230 with an overflowing capacity of 1,400 and a compromised capacity of about 2,000 persons - the old chapel had a seating capacity of about 750 persons.

The front elevation shows a dignified proportioned piece of architecture with gentle, graceful lines in perfect symmetry.