{"id":449171,"date":"2017-12-21T22:03:01","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T22:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/21\/christmas-convey-the-consciousness-of-god-on-earth-christian-council\/"},"modified":"2017-12-21T22:03:01","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T22:03:01","slug":"christmas-convey-the-consciousness-of-god-on-earth-christian-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/21\/christmas-convey-the-consciousness-of-god-on-earth-christian-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas convey the consciousness of God on earth &#8211; Christian Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Thursday, 21 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>ghananewsagency.org<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-21<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/89905173.295.jpg\" alt=\"Dr Kwabena Opuni Frimpongnewest\" title=\"Dr Kwabena Opuni Frimpongnewest\" width=\"295\" height=\"195\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Reverend Dr Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong, General Secretary of the CCG<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513893781_671_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Christian Council of Ghana (CCG) has urged Ghanaians to empty themselves of the preoccupations of life and consciously create space for God in their lives as the world celebrates Christmas, a period set aside to mark the birthday of Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n<p>The Council is also asking Ghanaians \u201cto offer their hearts as that \u2018manger\u2019 where Christ would be born\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChristmas must convey the consciousness that God was always seeking opportunity to bring His presence among us, and we must create space in our hearts and lives for His Presence. That God consciousness should not elude us in the celebration of Christmas\u201d a release has noted.<\/p>\n<p>The release signed by the Reverend Dr Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong, General Secretary of the CCG and copied to the GNA on Thursday, said if Christians did not create space for God, they would miss \u201cHis presence and lose the essence of Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur nation must be conscious of God\u2019s presence among us in every sphere of our lives,\u201d it urged.<\/p>\n<p>The release said this year\u2019s Christmas celebration offered Christians, another opportunity to reflect on how they could allow Jesus to be in their hearts.<\/p>\n<p>It recounted Luke 2:6-7 account on the birth of Jesus Christ which stated that, \u201cWhile they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a Son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.\u201d It said the earthly parents of Jesus Christ, Mary and Joseph were not given room to deliver the baby Jesus as the guest rooms were occupied and the people could not find a space for \u201cMary\u2019s Son because they were not conscious of the fact that the baby was God\u2019s gift to them and to the whole world\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat consciousness eluded them and so they missed the presence of God. The manger which Joseph and Mary found became the dwelling place of God\u2019s presence among the people\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The release urged Ministers of the Gospel to use the Christmas season to reflect on the scriptures and facilitate the formation of the God Consciousness in the hearts of their members during \u201cthis Christmas and beyond\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey must prepare their members to embrace the season with prayer and deep reflection on how they can make their hearts the home of Jesus Christ,\u201d it noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wish all Ghanaians the best of the season and call for modesty in all that we do during the Christmas festivities\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 62 updated by: 62 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Thursday, 21 December 2017 Source: ghananewsagency.org 2017-12-21 Reverend Dr Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong, General Secretary of the CCG The Christian Council of Ghana (CCG) has urged Ghanaians to empty themselves of the preoccupations of life and consciously create space for God in their lives as the world celebrates Christmas, a period set aside to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":441691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-449171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Christmas convey the consciousness of God on earth - Christian Council - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/21\/christmas-convey-the-consciousness-of-god-on-earth-christian-council\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Christmas convey the consciousness of God on earth - Christian Council - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"General News of Thursday, 21 December 2017 Source: ghananewsagency.org 2017-12-21 Reverend Dr Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong, General Secretary of the CCG The Christian Council of Ghana (CCG) has urged Ghanaians to empty themselves of the preoccupations of life and consciously create space for God in their lives as the world celebrates Christmas, a period set aside to [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/21\\\/christmas-convey-the-consciousness-of-god-on-earth-christian-council\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/21\\\/christmas-convey-the-consciousness-of-god-on-earth-christian-council\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Christmas convey the consciousness of God on earth &#8211; 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