{"id":609327,"date":"2019-04-21T17:17:26","date_gmt":"2019-04-21T17:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Sunday, 21 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>classfmonline.com<\/p>\n2019-04-21\n\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/04\/61083"},"modified":"2019-04-21T17:17:26","modified_gmt":"2019-04-21T17:17:26","slug":"ghana-sick-church-sick-economy-sick-kwabena-donkor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/21\/ghana-sick-church-sick-economy-sick-kwabena-donkor\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana sick, church sick, economy sick \u2013 Kwabena Donkor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Sunday, 21 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>classfmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2019-04-21<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/61083688.295.jpg\" alt=\"Kwabena Donkor12\" title=\"Kwabena Donkor12\" width=\"295\" height=\"191\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Former Minister of Power, Dr Kwabena Donkor<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Former Minister of Power, Dr Kwabena Donkor, has said Ghana is sick in so many ways.<\/p>\n<p>Preaching at the Pentecost International Worship Centre, Kokomlemle in Accra on Saturday, 20 April 2019, the opposition lawmaker relied on 2 Chronicles 7:14 to ask for healing for the nation.<\/p>\n<p>That bible verse says: \u201cIf my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe emphasis on healing the land: &#8216;I will heal the land&#8217;\u201d, Dr Donkor said, observing: \u201cThis land is sick, this land is sick, Ghanaian politics is sick, the Ghanaian Church is sick, the Ghanaian economy is sick, the Ghanaian social sector is sick\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd there is only one source of healing: if we\u2019ll humble ourselves and acknowledge that we\u2019re sick, acknowledge that we\u2019ve missed it\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He asserted that \u201cthe inheritance of the black man in the Bible is not poverty\u201d, explaining: \u201cJoseph of Arimathea was a black man, he provided accommodation for the body of our Lord.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The father-in-law of Moses sat Moses down and brought order, Moses was sitting and listening to thousands of cases a day, his father-in-law, who is African, counselled him and they brought management [and] leadership to the nation of Israel. If you go into history, the inheritance of the black man in the Bible is not poverty\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Pru East MP said: \u201cOur generation has no right to bequeath the current level of underdevelopment to the next generation. 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