For anyone who has watched friends rise while their own dreams appeared to stall, Prophet Ebenezer Gyane has a message: your present circumstances do not have to become your destination.
The Head Pastor of Christ Apostolic Church International at Fise No. 2, Amsaman, launched his book, Watch Your Clock: No Matter What You Go Through, You Can Still Make It, on Sunday, November 1, 2026, at the church premises.
The occasion brought together dignitaries from the clergy, family members and friends, marking the publication of a work that confronts comparison, discouragement, brokenness and the pressure to succeed before one is prepared.
Under the auspices of Rev. Abraham Fiifi Ochere, Head Pastor of Asesewa CACI, the book was successfully launched, with the maiden copy fetching GH₵5,000.00.
At the heart of the book is a challenge to a generation increasingly tempted to measure personal worth by another person’s achievements: stop watching other people’s clocks and begin paying attention to your own.
A Message Born from Personal Struggle
For Prophet Gyane, that message is rooted in lived experience.
In the introduction, he recounts a difficult upbringing during which little about his background suggested that he would become a minister in the Lord’s vineyard with a message for others. Academic struggles deepened his discouragement, particularly within an environment where classroom performance was often treated as the decisive measure of future success.
“At a point in my life, I concluded that I was a failure,” he writes. “I genuinely believed that nothing good was ever going to come out of me.”
He recalls receiving a prophecy that he would become a great man of God and minister across nations. His response was disbelief rather than excitement. Looking at his circumstances, he could not reconcile that prediction with the future he imagined for himself.
His account gives the book its emotional foundation: the conviction that a difficult beginning need not determine the outcome of a life. “What man called impossible, God has made possible,” he writes.
The Hidden Cost of Comparison
Across its twelve chapters, Watch Your Clock uses the clock as a metaphor for life, purpose, growth and opportunity. Its opening chapter tackles comparison, describing how people surrender their peace when they use another person’s marriage, career, finances or ministry as the timetable for their own progress. “It means you are judging your Chapter One with another man’s Chapter Ten,” Prophet Gyane writes.
That warning speaks directly to the social media age, where carefully selected images of weddings, houses, overseas travel and professional success can make ordinary struggles appear like personal failure. The book also examines family and societal pressure, including demands to marry, earn more money or achieve visible success by a particular age.
Rather than dismissing ambition, the author urges readers to distinguish meaningful preparation from hurried decisions made to impress others. His practical recommendations include limiting exposure to discouraging social media content, recognising personal progress and investing consistently in skills and character.
When Setbacks Are Not the End
One of the book’s strongest recurring declarations is that a setback should not automatically be mistaken for a permanent defeat. “Your clock did not stop. It only paused,” Prophet Gyane writes in Chapter Three. Through biblical examples, including Joseph, Moses and David, he presents waiting and obscurity as experiences that can precede greater responsibility.
The message extends to readers facing unemployment, failed examinations, business collapse, relationship breakdown or other painful disruptions. Instead of allowing those experiences to erase their sense of possibility, he encourages them to identify lessons, rebuild habits and begin again through manageable steps.
“The clock does not jump from 12 to 6,” he writes. “It ticks one second at a time.” That emphasis on small, consistent action gives practical substance to the book’s broader message of faith and restoration.
Making Room for Healing
Beyond motivation, Watch Your Clock addresses the wounds that can remain after betrayal, bereavement, abuse, disappointment and trauma. In “When Life Breaks Your Clock,” Prophet Gyane argues that outward achievement cannot substitute for inner healing.
“You will have money but no peace. You will have marriage but still feel empty,” he writes. He encourages readers to acknowledge pain honestly, allow themselves to mourn, rebuild daily routines and seek support rather than suffer in isolation.
Importantly, the book also recommends professional counselling or trusted health professionals for deep trauma, severe loss and long-term depression. This places practical care alongside prayer and pastoral guidance, offering readers more than a demand to appear strong.
An Endorsement from Church Leadership
The publication carries a foreword by Apostle George Yeboah, former Chairman of the Christ Apostolic Church International, who describes its central message as “profound and much needed.” He recommends it to pastors, leaders, young people and believers seeking to understand God’s timing and fulfil their purpose.
The foreword also challenges an understanding of Christianity centred exclusively on comfort, miracles and material blessings, emphasizing transformation, character and the responsibility to represent Christ.
That perspective reinforces a central thread running through the book: preparation matters as much as promotion, and character must sustain whatever opportunity brings.
From Personal Breakthrough to Lasting Impact
The later chapters move beyond individual recovery to ask what readers will do for others once their own circumstances improve.
Prophet Gyane calls this becoming a “Timekeeper” someone who helps others regain hope, develop discipline and pursue their purpose.
“True making it is not just that you made it,” he writes. “True making it is that because you made it, others will also make it.”
Mentorship, generosity, accountability and building systems that outlive their founders become essential parts of that vision.
Published by Confidence TV Publishing House, Watch Your Clock ultimately presents success not merely as wealth or recognition, but as a life marked by faithfulness, service and enduring impact.
Its launch at Fise introduced a message that is both personal and communal: begin again where necessary, protect what has been rebuilt, and help someone else rise.
For readers standing between disappointment and another attempt, its central appeal remains unmistakable: “No matter what you go through, you can still make it.”
By Innocent Samuel Appiah