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MY LIFE STORY
“ ----- Go home to your family and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you. So the man went away and began to tell ---- how much Jesus had done for him -----” Mark 5:19 –20.
I was born to the late Mr. Daniel Ofosuhene and Janet Ofosuhene at Ho. My parents been Christians tried their best to bring me up in the way of the Lord.
I attended Ho Anglican Primary and Middle Schools and after that continued my education at Ho Technical Institute to pursue Motor Vehicle Engineering Course.
By the special grace of God, l had the opportunity to attend Evangelical Presbyterian Church where my late parents attended church at Ho Kpodzi. I also attended Scripture Union Fellowships and other Christian seminars.
Although my family tried their possible best to live a Christian life, the enemy did many things to us, which is a testing of faith.
FIRST TEST
I was very young when l remembered my father who works with Ghana Water and Sewerage Corporation became ill.
We did all through prayer and fasting with the help of the church to make our father well but to no avail. Hospitals that we visited those days could not discover the problem of our father who was now at the point of death. Everything looked as if God was far away from us.
People began to suggest other methods of healing like taken him to shrines. I was young so l had no voice to suggest to the elders what must be done.
My father was taken to African Traditional herbalist from one place to another, but all did not help.
SOLUTION
The Bible says in Hosea 14:1,2 that “Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God. Your sins have been your downfall. Take words with you and return to the LORD. Say to Him, “Forgive all our sins and receive us graciously that we may offer the fruit of our lips.”
A family friend heard that our father was sick and we have been seeking solution for his healing but all to no avail. He took us to a place he used to attend fellowship called the Sacred Order of the Silent Brotherhood, opposite to Ho Leprosarium, Ghana.
That day we carried our father in a taxi car to that place. After intensive prayers for him at the church, my father who could not walked for many years, stood up on his feet and walked for the first time.
SECOND TEST
I came from a poor family and the scanty salary of my father could not take care of the needs of our mother and three boys.
My mother decided to work. So she got employment at Ministry of Health, as a cook. Conditions improved in our family, but this did not last at all. There was a great opposition from her other colleagues against her for leadership position. She was forced to resign her work and it was not long when she fell sick.
The doctor’s report said it was high blood pressure. The situation was tough and when things went out of control, she became paralysed and eventually died.
THIRD TEST
After l finished my Technical School education in Ghana, l got employment in 1983, at Volta Region Agricultural Development Project (VORADEP), in the Mechanisation Department.
The Lord made it possible for me to get married and my marriage was blessed with two boys.
The Bible says, “Do not be misled, bad company corrupts good character.” I Corinthians 15:33.
My association with co – workers at VORADEP, misled me into acts of drinking, womanising and running away from the calling of God. I’ll say this third test was a backsliding from the faith.
I was transferred from Ho to Jasikan, all in the Volta Region of Ghana and my wayward life continued.
The Bible says,“I will heal their (my) waywardness and love them (me). I will be like the dew to Israel (Godwin), he will blossom like a lily. Like a cedar of Lebanon he will send down his roots; his young shoots will grow. His splendour will be like an olive tree, his fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon. Men will dwell again in his shade. He will flourish like the grain. He will blossom like a vine and his fame will be like the wine from Lebanon.” Hosea 14: 4-7 (NIV)
I lost my job in 1995, at VORADEP while at Jasikan. I turned over into farming, gambling and business, but all these things did not help me. Meanwhile, God has been calling me into His ministry when l was fifteen years old.
I refused to answer the call. In fact l did not want anything to do with becoming a minister of God.
One night when l was asleep at Jasikan, l had a terrible dream and there l saw myself been buried alive in a coffin. The people who came to bury me said, “they have been sent to bury me because l refused to answer the call of God for becoming a minister.”
I pleaded with them in the dream not to bury me and l promised that if they spared my life, “I’ll take up the cross of Jesus.” All of a sudden, l woke up and saw that it was a dream. In actual fact the dream frightened me and l broke down in tears crying like a little child. I called my wife and narrated the dream to her. I told her that “ l do not want to die now but if l refused now to answer God’s calling l may die soon.”
After some few days of staying with my family, l left them for Accra, the capital city of Ghana. My going to Accra is upon divine instruction given to me after days of prayer and fasting to seek the face of God concerning my life.
At Accra, l started moving from one church to another and preached the gospel of Jesus Christ. It was a hard decision for me from the beginning and at night for almost one month, l sat down on my bed to weep like a baby. In my tears l pleaded earnestly with God that if it is possible, may He take away the calling into the ministry from me.
God did not answer such my prayer, but began to deal with me in different ways to make things clearer to me that my calling into ministry is neither by the will of man, nor the will of the flesh but comes from the Sovereign Lord God Almighty.
TRAINING
I fellowshipped with a church called Christ Believers Ministry those days at Abeka – Lapaz, suburb of Accra. One night l had a dream when l saw myself attending school and at the same time teaching. The dream was interpreted to mean that l should go to a Bible School.
That same year l enrolled for Pastoral Ministries, a part time course at Ghana Christian college and Seminary. I studied this course for three (3) years. After this course, l enrolled again for Bachelor Degree program in Christian Ministries at the same Seminary.
The Lord now started using me to hold crusades, seminars, prayer meetings and church revivals in so many towns and villages. My missionary work took me to regions in Ghana, such as Volta, Eastern, Western, Central, Ashanti and Greater Accra.
While in Christian college, the Lord directed me to work with Youth Ambassadors For Christ Association (YAFCA). The founder and leader is Rev. Dr. John Owusu Afriyie. This man of God discerned my ministry gifts and asked me to become the resident Pastor of Life Discovery church, a department under YAFCA. I served in this ministry for about five (5) years by training many youth through Youth Evangelism School called YES. I left there and established a non – denominational ministry known as Christ Ambassadors Movement (CAM). This ministry enabled my group and l to travel to several towns and villages for crusades activities.
In the year 2000AD, a new mission field opened unto me. A called came from Christ Holy Church, Nigeria (an African Instituted church) that l should come and teach Biblical subjects in their missionary training school. After much prayer and it was the will of God for me to go, l left Ghana for Nigeria in the year 2000AD.
I have been teaching there till now. So far by the grace of God’s abundant grace upon me, we have trained hundreds of students who are now serving in Christ Holy Church International at Nigeria, Ghana and Togo.
Question: What would have happened to me if l had not given myself to Christ and answer the call of God?
Probably l may have died by now
Probably l may still be in sin heading towards Hell.
Probably a worst thing may have happened to me --- ?
1. “O brother have you told how the Lord forgave?
Let us hear you tell it over once again:
Thy coming to the cross where He died to save,
Let us hear you tell it over once again.
Are you walking now in His blessed light?
Are you cleansed from every guilty stain?
Is He your joy by day and your song by night?
Let us hear you tell it over once again.
Chorus
Let us hear you tell it over
Feel it over once again
Tell the sweet and blessed story
It will help you on to glory
Let us hear you tell it over once again
When toiling up the way was the saviour there?
Let us hear you tell it over once again:
Did Jesus bear you up in His tender care?
Let us hear you tell it over once again,
Never have you found such a friend as He
Who can help you midst the toil and pain;
Oh all the world should hear what He’s done for thee:
Let us hear you tell it over once again
The battles you have fought and the victories won,
Let us hear you tell it over once again;
It will help them on the way who have just begun,
Let us hear you tell it over once again.
We are striving now with the hosts of sin,
Soon with Christ our Saviour we shall reign
Ye ransomed of the Lord, try a soul to win
Let us hear you tell it over once again.
C.H.C. HYMN 724
This testimony is written for the saved and unsaved.
May the saved read it and be encouraged. No matter their struggles in the Christian life, let them stand firm “ --- because their labour in the Lord is not in vain --- it will be richly rewarded.” I Cor. 15:58; Heb. 10:35
May the unsaved read it and “ --- Repent and be baptised, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.” Acts 2:38
God bless you and grant all your hearts desires in Jesus name. Amen.
TESTIMONIES CONCERNING PASTOR GODWIN OFOSUHENE
1. We of the Final Exodus Ministries of which True light Fellowship is a member who have known Rev. Ofosuhene for the past twenty (20) years. As early as that time he exhibited a rare gift of the spirit, which made us encourage him to attend Bible College.
Because of this rare gift in Rev. Ofosuhene’s life we of this ministry have allowed him to move as the Spirit of God leads him. We are therefore encouraging him to do such and recommend him to any group of believers who would want to benefit from the gift as we all wait patiently for the appearing of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
For teaching, prayer and counseling please visit us. We are located at St. Prosper College Compound (behind stadium). P. O. BOX 366, Ho. Ghana. W. / A.
Rev. Alexander A. E. O. Kennedy
10th February 1999
2. Teaching people to know and do the will of God after they have accepted Christ is an important ministry of the church …….. Godwin k. Ofosuhene (Rev.) desires to help leaders and their churches to improve the Christian Education carried out by congregations by offering some training for their present teachers and for new ones.
Godwin k. Ofosuhene (Rev.) was an excellent student in the college’s Christian Education course and shows continuing interest in this field. He will work with any church (group of believers) to schedule the time and scope of training that will suit a congregation.
(Miss) Dorothy J. Eunson
Christian Education Lecturer
22nd January 1999
3. Rt. Rev. Samuel k. Attuah is the visionary of Gospel Foundation Church. His son is Rev. Joseph Inkum who is a missionary and a personal friend of Rev. Godwin K. Ofosuhene. Joseph and Godwin all attended Ghana Christian College and Seminary. The two Ministers expressed very great desire to walk and work together for the propagating of the gospel. Meanwhile because of the Lord’s leading the two Ministers parted company but each of them by faith still believed whatever ministries they find themselves in today has not cancel their vision but rather added responsibilities to serve humanity more than making a name for themselves.
Worship at any of the branches of Gospel Foundation Church. Write P.O. Box 332, Sekondi. W. /R. Ghana.
RT. REV. SAMUEL K. ATTUAH
4. Rev. Christian Tsikata is the resident Pastor of Life Discovery Church. This is a ministry of Youth Ambassador for Christ Association (YAFCA) under the able leadership of Rev. Dr. John Owusu Afriyie.
I know Pastor Godwin K. Ofosuhene as a Great teacher – Pastor and Evangelist. It is through the ministry of Pastor Godwin that l also became a Reverend Minister today.
For prayer and counselling write to:
Liberty Christian Centre, P.O.Box 330, Madina. Ghana. W. /A.
Pastor Christian Tsikata
5. Pastor Eric Sorgah and Prophet Thomas Kwabla Fiave are visionaries of Christ Ambassadors Evangelistic Gospel Church. This ministry has a great desire to send the gospel to the hither lands so that souls will come to the saving knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
For many years Pastor Eric and Prophet Fiave worked with Pastor Godwin in discipleship training and Evangelisation programs.
They are also greatly delighted to be part of Home of Refuge Ministries International.
We know Pastor Godwin k. Ofosuhene as a great leader in the spreading of the gospel. Besides that he is a Pastor- Teacher- Apostle and Prophet. Christ Ambassadors Evangelistic Gospel Church is located at Ashaiman. Visit us today for prayer and counselling.
Pastor Eric k. Sorgah
6. The visionary of FATHER’S HEART MINISTRY is Evangelist (Mrs.) Vivian Quiadoo. The aim of this ministry is to reach out with the Gospel of Jesus Christ to as many souls that need the Word of God with healing and deliverance. Evangelist Vivian has been a disciple of Pastor Godwin k. Ofosuhene for over the past seven years. The Lord has used this man of God to nurture Vivian to her present stage in Ministry. The husband of Evangelist Vivian is Pastor Emmanuel Quiadoo. He is an Administrator and a great singer. The Lord has used him to shape FATHER’S HEART MINISTRY to be what she is today.
You can locate FATHER’S HEART MINISTRY 400 meters after Kpong Police Barrier off- Aflao road. For prayers and counselling call us at
009-233-244 – 289855 or write P. O. BOX 697, Ashaiman – Ghana.
Pastor & Evangelist Mr. & Mrs. Ouiadoo
7. Evangelist Agnes Ezu is a lady Evangelist in Global Evangelical Church, Sunyani. She worked with Pastor Godwin K. Ofosuhene in Crusade programs in the Volta Region, especially at Avedo – Atsati and Ashaiman effectively.
Visit Global Evangelical Church in any part of the country Ghana for teachings, prayer and counseling and your life will never remain the same again.
My address is P. O. BOX 382, Sunyani. B. /A. Ghana.
Evangelist Agnes Ezu
8. Evangelist Beauty Awaga is a lady Evangelist in Global Evangelical Church, Avedo via Accra. She worked with Pastor Godwin K. Ofosuhene in Crusade programs in the Volta Region, especially at Avedo – Atsati and Ashaiman very effectively. She used her talents, time and possessions to support God’s work.
Evangelist Beauty Awaga
9. International Believers Ministry is a member of Ghana Pentecostal Council.
The leader and founder of this dynamic ministry is the late Rev. Theophilus Danso. The desire of this ministry is to propagate the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ through teaching, preaching, prayer, counselling and deliverance
International Believers Ministry has leaders who are continuing in the footsteps of the founder. One of the features of this ministry is her proud stand with Home of Refuge Ministries International. The I. B.M. knows Rev. Godwin k. Ofosuhene as one Minister of God who worked tirelessly with the late Rev. Theophilus Danso and Evangelist Owusu of All Believers Crusade Ministry. We the children of God at I.B.M. see Rev. Ofosuhene as a great man of God with the qualities of teaching, pastoral, evangelism and visionary in many things of the Lord.
Evangelist Owusu (Pastor – in – charge I.B.M.)
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