It was a service of thanksgiving and praise to God as members of the Christ Methodist Church, World Bank Circuit, Umuahia, celebrated their 2019 Adult Harvest.
Harvest thanksgiving which is a yearly feast afford christians the opportunity of coming together with their substance to thank God for a fruitful and successful year.
For Christ Methodist Church, this year’s Harvest was tagged ‘Harvest of Blessing’.
Speaking to newsmen, the presbyter of the circuit, Very Revd Kingsley Okocha, said harvest is simply a time christians thank God for what He has done, adding that anyone who do not lay it to heart to appreciate God, would be rejected.
Revd Okocha stated that it is expedient we give God thanks at all times,revealing that, that was what qualified David to be called ‘A man after God’s own Heart’.
According to him, Christians ought to come together every year to thank God for blessing the work of their hands all through the year, so that the preceding year would be blessed, since thanksgiving is the application for more.
The cleric stated that christians should use Harvest thanksgiving not only to appreciate God but to remind themselves that one day there will be the great harvest which is harvest of souls,urging christians to prepare for it.
However, the Presbyter enjoined all christians to always appreciate God with their whole heart, body and soul as instructed in Psalm 103, stressing that, that is the only way we can receive more blessings from God.
Revd Okocha further disclosed that Harvest thanksgiving is biblical and it’s not a sin as perceived by some doctrines, maintaining that if we do not do it, we are simply condemning ourselves and our blessings.
