Give thanks  to God in all  circumstances -Bishop James Saah

The Presiding Bishop of Action Faith Chapel International (ACI), Bishop James K. Saah, has emphasized that the Executive Chairman of Jospong Group of Companies (JSC) Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong appreciates what God has done for him over the years hence the Thanksgiving Service.

According to him, thanksgiving is an attitude you adopt and an action you take to praise God.

Bishop Saah was speaking at the Annual Thanksgiving service held at the head office of the company in Accra on Friday (December 10, 2021) to climax the week-long annual thanksgiving service under the theme “My Worship, My Weapon, His Glory.”

“This thanksgiving means Jospong has remembered what God did for Him. Jospong has been doing it every year and I hear people complain why is he not giving to the poor but he decides to do thanks giving. The people who do thanks giving sleep better because you are not thinking about anything”, the Bishop emphasized.

He further explained that thanksgiving is a formal public expression of thanks to God.

Buttressing his point with Genesis 8:22 , he said “thanksgiving operates by the law of sowing and reaping.”

…If you sow thanksgiving, God gives you something back, adding that “thanksgiving is in words and deeds” therefore people should not hold back their thanksgiving due God.

“There is no increase when thanksgiving is brushed aside,” he stressed.

The revered man of God also indicated that , people who walk in thanksgiving have increased immunity against diseases, saying that “thanksgiving can bring the dead to life.”

Quoting Psalm 106: 21-23 to support his point, the Presiding Bishop of Action Faith Chapel International advised that “if you do not recognize God’s benevolence it's a sin”.

He added “not remembering but forgetting past benevolence ignites God’s anger.”

Bishop Saah who likened thanksgiving to yeast in bread dough which increases the dough indicated that “thanksgiving also increases the blessing of the thanksgiver and has the capacity to change any situation”.

He therefore admonished Ghanaians to place premium on thanks giving due to the blessings that follow it.

Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources Mrs. Cecilia Abena Dapaah, who represented the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, said Jospong Group of Companies was being led by an “indefatigable humble and God-fearing person” hence the institution of the annual thanksgiving service.

“Dr Siaw Agyepong and his executives have found the key and the key is praise and worship,” she said.

…So the secret and the success of Jospong is that they worship God,”

“The annual thanksgiving is of great importance and I see it as a spiritual renewal to the group”, Mrs Dapaah emphasized.

She said the company wants to celebrate their gratefulness to God openly so this corporate thanksgiving should be preserved forever.

Mrs Dapaah noted that that the government in its capacity has provided an enabling environment to make the private sector including Jospong to thrive.

“The company as of now, recycles waste and as well turns waste into compost,” she said.

According to her, Zoomlion will soon have the capacity to turn waste into green energy, hence the need to support for Dr Siaw Agyepong and JGC.

The Executive Chairman of JGC, Dr Joseph Siaw Agyepong, indicated that the thanksgiving service has been held annually to acknowledge the faithfulness of God in the group’s operations, and also appreciate God for sustaining them.

“As a company, it is our custom to gather like this at the end of every year to celebrate the goodness of the Lord over our businesses, employees, families, the President and his executives and appointees in government, chiefs, partners and other stakeholders,” he said.

According to him, the Akufo-Addo administration has given real meaning to the truism that the private sector is the engine of growth.

“Through His Excellency’s transformational leadership and relevant policy interventions, an enabling environment for the private sector to grow has been created.
…Our achievements this year are largely due to the enabling environment that the government of His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has created.”

He stated that the enabling environment created empowers the private sector to do more, advising that “we in the sector should not waste it nor take it for granted.”

He applauded President Akufo-Addo and his government, for his “immense contribution” to the environmental sanitation space in the country.

“The government’s achievement in this sector is unprecedented and historic and it is worthy of note that since independence, over 60 years ago, it is during this administration that Ghana has experienced massive environmental infrastructural improvement.”

…Thirty-six (36) plants were commissioned within a year! These are 16 IRECoPs, 14 Medical waste treatment plants, 4 wastewater treatment facilities in Tema, Takoradi, Tamale and Kumasi, and decommissioning and reengineering of the two major landfill sites in Kpone in Accra and Oti in the Ashanti region with technical support from our American Partners using very modern technology.

He said the above projects have significantly helped to address the sanitation infrastructural deficit in the country and bridged the gap between waste collection and disposal with its accompanying consequences.

Dr Siaw Agyepong also praised his workforce for their hard work towards the growth of JGC and Zoomlion.

For her part, the Minister for Water and Sanitation, Mrs Cecilia Abena Dapaah who represented Veep, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia said Jospong group led by indefatigable humble and Godfearing person why the annual thanksgiving has been instituted and that she said has come to stay.

"The annual thanks giving is of great importance and I see it as a spiritual renewal to the group,", Mrs. Dapaah said.

She said the company wants to celebrate their gratefulness to God openly so this corporate thanks giving should be preserved for ever. 

Story: Freeman Koryekpor Awlesu