Join Omolola on October 18

Join Omolola as she ministers to the Good Women of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Dominion Cathedral 180 S. Main Street, Orange NJ on the 18th of October 2014

Mrs. Omolola Omoteso is an exceptional teacher, inspirational speaker, anointed preacher and creative writer who is passionate about sharing God's Word for the healing of others. She is the host of Divine Connection, a ministry to mature singles and the initiator of the ACE 4.0 Project through which many lives are empowered by the sharing of Christ, counsel and cash. She obtained a bachelor’s degree, two master degrees and a number of certificates including one in entrepreneurship. She is a sexuality educator and a doctoral candidate in Biblical Counseling. She has published and authored a number of books including Just Sharing (for teens), What Is Wrong With Us (for mature singles), and Divine Connection (52-week devotional for singles). She is a woman led by God to reach, teach, mentor and nurture. She fulfills her calling through a number of missions God has committed into her hands. These include the annual Divine Connection Harvest Of Marriages Empowerment Summit (DC HOMES) for mature singles and Sandals for Soles Vision for less-privileged children in Nigeria. To read more about her, visit: dckiss.blogspot.com, dc-homes.webs.com, www.Omolola.webs.com

Summary of Sermon:

Who is a real woman? What is “power”? How can a woman put her power to better use?” What can we learn from the Bible about the power of a woman? How does control and influence relate to power? What are the tools used by today’s woman to exhibit power? What can hinder a woman from doing all things better through Christ who strengthens her?  How can women do better when they lead from power of influence rooted in God?  How can women tap into the anointing to be better in every facet and season of life? How can the power of love in sound mind translate a woman from an ordinary human to an extraordinary personality? On October 18, join Omolola Omoteso as she leads the great women of RCCG Dominion Cathedral to explore “Power of a Woman: Doing it BETTER”.

JOIN US FOR THE NEXT DC

What: Divine Connection's Breakfast Meeting

When: 08.November.2014 9AM

Who: Mature Singles & Pre-Marital Counsellors

Why: Purposeful Networking

Where: Englewood NJ (venue will be conveyed to those who register)

How: FREE Registration @ www.divineconnection.eventbrite.com

Join us for a  time of sharing, caring and networking for Chrstian singles. The Word will be shared by a woman of God (Pastor Jumoke Arasanyin), intercessory prayers will be led by a man of God and interactive sessions by all participants. Come and be blessed in an atmosphere of grace. Come fasting. Breakfast will be served.

Organiser: Divine Connection
The event is organised by Divine Connection. Coordinators of DC include Pastor Grace Okonrende, Pastor Akin Adubi and Dr. Omolola Omoteso and driven by a 12-person committee whose members are called Disciples.

Divine Visitation

Just as we pay each other visits, the Almighty has been known to visit his beloved. Like the visit of friends it is refreshing and often comes with gifts as an expression of care and love.

Can you recollect when you visited a friend or a friend visited you? What did you take with you? What did the friend bring to you? What sacrifice was evident in the visit?

If a friend travels from Minna to visit you in Port Harcourt, evident in that visit is the sacrificial risk the friend took regardless of the means of transportation. Part of the expense of the visit is cash ad care, time and token etc. during a friend's visitation, the friend at the time of the visit gives you attention. When a friend calls you on the phone, the friend may be giving you divided attention but a visit usually means the friend is there for you and you alone.

Those God visited remembered the experience throughout their lifetime! Imagine Moses and God's visit via the burning bush. Remember God's visit to the Israelites via the pillar of fire by night and pillar of cloud during the day; could they have ever forgotten that rare gift? If they forgot that, what of the visit via the passage in the Red Sea, the visit via Manna, the visit vis water from a rock!

With the indelible mark of the visits, wouldn't you like the Almighty to visit you? To aid your prayer, let's see 12 instances where divine visitation occured in the Bible.

In Genesis 18:3 (KJV), after Abraham recognised God in the three visitors:

3 And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:

Note that Abraham did not say My Lords, he recognised God's visitation and addressed this triune visitor as one - My Lord. He pleaded with God to abide with him and God did.

And what did that single visit serve Abraham? When God visited Abraham, he experienced stability and peace. This was a man whose life had been besieged by crisis from doing it his own way. Remember how he devised a strategy of calling Sarah his sister instead of coming clean about her identity as his wife. As his half sister or sister, the king may very well take her over and indeed that was what he did but God visited the king and the king asked questions that led him to the truth. This must have been a chaotic time in Abraham and Sarah's life. Sarah must have been so upset; with the lie, she was now in the king's harem as his wife and Abraham had no say in whatever the king did to her.

Soon we saw a replay of that 'do it yourself' (DIY) strategy. This time, it was Sarah who was a negative beneficiary of the previous deception who deviced this one. She asked her husband to father children for her via her maid. Though this was a permitted practice then, this was not the will of God so it led to crisis as Abraham became caught in the web of jealousy.

But stability and peace made a grand entry and brought laughter into the life of Abraham and Sarah when God visited.

In Job chapter 38-41 when God visited Job out of the storm, he experienced restoration. Imagine a man that lost everything because Satan was in a self-serving journey of destruction! But God visited Job and restored him 100 folds!

In Matthew 1 when God visited Mary she experienced divine insemination and conception. She who knew no man conceived and brought forth. The man who would have put her to shame was visited as well and he embraced her instead of embarrassing her!!! Before Mary and after her no one has nor will experience such insemination yet you and I can still experience the power of divine conception and divine delivery.

In Matthew 14 when God visited the congregation they experienced overflowing abundance as 5 loaves and two fishes were transformed to a meal for 5000 with 12 baskets of leftover.

These were destitutes that had received healing but were still hanging around for more. With his visitation they ate their fill and must have been thrilled to see leftover.

In Luke 19 when God visited Zaccheus the tax collector, he experienced transformation.

Even today no one likes IRS or whatever name you have for the tax agency in your country. This man went the extra mile to sought God out. He couldn't squeeze through the people because they definitely would have used that as an opportunity to take a jab at him! He chose a tree and climbed but God so through his genuine desire to see God. He went the extra mile and visited him. The visit became a reason for people to talk about Jesus and Zaccheus' life was transformed.

Some say that the woman with the issue of God had fibroids. One with a terrible symptom of bleeding continuously. This woman must have been so unassuming. She did not fight to see him, she did not plead for laying of hands, she simply made her way through the crowd and went for the hem of God's garment!

How low can you get to touch someone's hem?! She was already on the down low. Can you imagine bleeding continuously. Even when I experience this for 3-5 days monthly, I feel so moody, how much more continuously!

In Luke 8 when God visited her, she experienced instant healing.

In Acts 2 when God visited the apostles, they experienced spiritual upliftment as they spoke in new tongues. Figure out ministers going on a retreat and experiencing God's visit manifesting as speaking in tongues. As if that was not enough the news spread like siderite and the church grew instantly. About 3000 devotees were added to the church in one day! Such miracle today would have necessitated a breaking news with the headline "Church grew from 30 to 3000 in one day!"

Brethren, we need to keep praying that our ministers and leaders will experience spiritual upliftment that will cause the work of God to grow in the land.

In Exodus 7-12 When God visited the Israelites their enemies were put to shame and destroyed as they experienced liberty i.e freedom. Many things enslave us preventing us from experiencing the full benefit of or relationship with God. Some bought homes but the mortgage has enslaved them, some rejoiced over new jobs only to find out that the job has overrun their lives, some gave testimonies about safe deliveries only to be crying for help and deliverance as the children have grown to become monsters. Like the Israelites, you can experience God's visit that would set you free.

In 1 Kings 17 When God visited Elijah, he experienced spiritual satisfaction as ravens fed him even in a state of retirement! Can you imagine God asking you to stop working and leading you to withdraw to an out of town location. Many will break down crying and lamenting yet God visited Elijah with food through birds!

How bad can it get! A woman has had 5 husbands! Not 5 boyfriends but 5 husbands and now she was single again. That is adultery on a very high level. She would have been labelled "high maintenance" and would have become a no go area for singles who are trusting God for stability in marriage.  She has become a serial monogamist with a very bad husband turnover reputation.

But in John 4 when God visited the Samaritan woman at the well, she received the living water and her adulterous life became a thing of the past as she became a testimony and a witness for The Lord.

Mary and Martha knew Jesus as their brother's friend so they must have boasted, "Small thing! Jesus will wake him up!" But in disappointment, after waiting days, they buried their brother and entered the season of mourning. I sought for a miracle when my Mother transited but we must understand that Jesus' miracle for some may be calling His loved one home.

But this was not he case for his friend. After showing the emotion of man, he stepped into his place as God. In John 11 when God visited Lazarus, his maggot ridden body received life. I don't know what he did with the knew life but I knew he rose and breathed again!

In Luke 24 When God visited two men on his way to Emmaus their blind spiritual eyes were opened. They were on a journey and were shocked that anyone in the community could claim not to have heard about the rising of Jesus from the dead. Instead of Jesus just bamboozling them he saw through their spiritual blindness and went the extra mile to visit their home. This was no ordinary visit; their heart of kindness which led them to invite God to sup with them delivered spiritual sighted news to them.

In what areas do you need God's divine visitation? Prayerfully call upon him today.

Mrs. Omolola Omoteso-Famuyiwa is a minister who is passionate about sharing God's words for the healing of others.

Productive Team Building

During the last vigil, I drew our attention to Acts 19:1-12 where Paul prayerfully set out to reach “certain” disciples to do ministry work with him. He wasn’t looking for people who were ministerially qualified because God qualifies the called. 2 Peter 1:10 say, he is able to “make your calling and election sure” if you are diligent. 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 say, “…my strength is made perfect in weakness” because His grace is sufficient.

So Paul only needed the background God would build on; background like inexcusability, reliability, dependability and trustworthiness. After locating the disciples with these qualities, he ministered the Holy Spirit to them. Why? Paul understood that no disciple can successfully work in ministry without the empowerment of the Holy Spirit (Acts 1:8). The purpose for which we have been called as ministers and workers is activated only by the power of the Holy Spirit.

The account in Acts 19:1-12 is a capsule of how we can source for workers and ministers and what to expect. Sorry to shock you that contention is part of the deal. The good news is that though the devil will stir this up, we can keep God’s work going. If you have siblings or close friends and you’ve never tried to do a project together, there may be no contention but the moment you want to achieve a goal, I can guarantee that someone will not agree with something and that is okay. What is not okay is the inability to agree and move on with the goal or vision.

As long as humans staff ministry, people will come and go due to offense or opportunity. Even Paul who selected the disciples departed (vs. 9) but the work of God continued. Maya Angelou, a renowned poet said, “I am a human being, nothing human can be alien to me”. Arriving and departing is part of life but look around you, who are we missing? Why are they not here, have we reached out to them? As we do so, we must keep our eyes on the goal which is Matthew 28:19-20 “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.”

I learned a lot about bees from my Mum. She raised them and harvested their honey. She got so drawn to bees that whenever she stumbled on a channel or online site, you couldn’t pull her away until she was done watching or browsing. She believed bees and the product therefrom was God’s gift to her and each time she accidentally found anything about bees she believed God was reminding her of her calling and career.

As sweet as the product is, bees have very complex social behaviour one of which is that they can sting and kill. Interestingly, the Africanised bees are actually called killer bees! As workers we can do that too in the way we handle our calling and career. But this negative aspect is not what we need to promote, instead we need to concentrate on bringing out the honey of our election.

Bees are amazing! There is a lot we can learn from bees. They build intricate hives, protect the hives energetically, sustain themselves with honey
and reproduce. Based on this, I’ll share with us qualities for growing a productive team:

1. Build.

Our vision is to build the Kingdom of God by bringing new believers in and helping them grow up and become like Jesus. Our mission is simple and clear; we must position ourselves to build. As we build others we must not forget to build ourselves through devotion and obedience to God.

2. Protect.

We must guard one another and our local church. One of the best ways to do that is to let “no unwholesome word come from your mouth.” Undermining others in the church brings harm to God’s Kingdom and Jesus’ Bride, His church. More people leave the church because someone said something hurtful to them. As workers, we can protect this family God has called us into.

3. Provide.

Like bees, we must sustain ourselves from our labour. How productive have we been as a church? I mean physically by reaching more people, financially, socially, mentally etc. Are we healthy as workers and as a church? Not handling the church’s finances right is a sure way to lose not only money but people as well. Lack of funds mean lack of ministry; my people say “owo ni keke ihinrere, money is the vehicle of evangelism”. We must generate a culture of giving and generosity in our church so the church has sufficient funding to fuel the mission/vision.

4. Reproduce.

“Be fruitful and multiply.” That was God’s first command to mankind. The attitude of multiplication is non-negotiable. Every worker has to know and learn the skill of replacing themselves, and that conviction has to run throughout the team to the church as a whole. You are not a successful leader, if you haven’t raised someone who can take your place. When ministers and workers are sent to birth parishes, they are given just a handful of people with whom they are expected to multiply. How far has your department grown since you took over as leader or since you joined? If we fail to reproduce, we will die. The day we stop using phones and computers, Steve Jobs dies. But even if he didn’t have children, as long as we use software, his name lives.

Prayer Points:

1.              Thank God for qualifying you. It is not the title - leader, HOD, worker, minister, deacon or pastor that qualifies you, it is God. Thank God for calling and qualifying you!

2.                Let us pray that every minister and worker will yield to The Trinity and go, teach, baptise and observe all God commanded as directed in Matthew 28:19-20

3.              1^st Corinthians 9:27b say, “lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.” Pray that God will position you to be built as you build others, to grow as you grow others.

4.              I went to observe a teen talk event at an Assemblies of God Church in Teaneck. During the talk, the guest speaker in trying to act an analogy and having run out of female volunteers called out two teen boys to illustrate a couple. Immediately a female leader jumped up and said ‘No”, she instead volunteered to be the teen boy’s girlfriend. Why? She was protecting the children from subtle evil indoctrination. Let us pray that God will position us as shepherds to protect his sheep.

5.              During a prayer meeting at the Women In Ministry conference and also at a prayer meeting for the Women Zonal Retreat Committee, a prayer point was raised, Lord make me a financier. Let us pray that God will provide for us to fuel the mission and vision he has committed into our hands.

6.              Be fruitful and multiply was a command. We obey when we have replicated our kind. This extends beyond biological reproduction to include mentoring, nurturing and growing others to carry on the great commission. Pray that God will fulfill the command through you.

7.              Finally let us pray for today’s service; that others will see Jesus in us as we – workers, ministers, pastors – serve in our various calling and that God being glorified in our service will return the seed to us as manifold blessings

Mrs. Omolola Omoteso-Famuyiwa is a minister who is passionate about sharing God's words for the healing of others.

This was shared during the Workers Prayer Meeting on 11.05.14 

Looking Unto Jesus

Hebrews 12:2 (KJV)

2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

I will use the 5Ws and H – Who, What, Where, When, Why and How.

Who are we looking unto? 

Jesus - Jesus the representative of the Trinity. The Creator. The Saviour. Our Redeemer. The Resurrection and the Life. He has the power to save and has saved. He forgives sin. He is the Author and Finisher of our faith

What is the essence of looking unto Jesus?

Psalm 34:5 (KJV) They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.

We look unto him for life, for wholeness and to take our shame and reproach away

Where can you look up to him?

You cannot afford to be ashamed of him. Do you discuss Jesus freely and have an intimate relationship with him? For some they look unto Jesus on Sundays, for others they can only worship him privately but not in public; they are secret lovers.

When can you look unto Jesus?

To know when we must answer the question of readiness. Are you ready – for breakthrough, for total trust, for promotion, for fruitfulness…

Boaz did not appear to be ready, Joseph did not prepare, Moses lack of prep made him spend extra 40 years learning what he should have learned.

For me it is now and everyday. For ou it may be next week, when you need your mortgage paid. Or next month when you need to travel and don’t want your airline to eb another Malaysian airline. Brethren life is short, death is sure, sin the cause and Christ the cure; so I enjoin that you look unto Jesus permanently

Why do we need to look unto Jesus?

He is the foundation of our faith. He went first by enduring the cross and despising the shame; and he ran perfectly the race that was set before Him. He is our redemption. He is the perfect model for faith. He trusted his Father from beginning to end in his earthly race. And he is the giver and sustainer of our faith.

Hebrews 13:21(KJV) Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever.

So God can make us perfect

How do we look unto Jesus?

It is not by strength but by grace in a focused manner. In 1 Peter 4:11 Peter sank when he changed his gaze

Matthew 14 reads: 28 And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water. 9 And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. 30 But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. 31 And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?

Peter walked on the water. How? He kept his eyes fixed firmly on Jesus. As soon as he looked away he sank. But as long as Peter fixed his eyes on Jesus, he was able to walk on water.

And so we are encouraged, commanded, implored to fix our eyes upon Jesus, lest we grow weary and lose heart. Keep him always in your sight. Focus on his power and his majesty and his glory and his holiness. Fix your eyes upon Jesus, and thereby run with perseverance the race set before you.

Sometime ago a friend said to me, you went to America for one master degree but you were focused and came back with two. I shook my head in strong affirmation. Then she added, why don’t you focus so you can get one husband! Of course I wasn’t shaking my head by the time she concluded.

We can look unto Jesus by being in sync with the Holy Spirit; this means we must be sensitive and obey God's command. Be sensitive to distraction and learn to pray in a focused manner. Wear what the Spirit says to wear, go where the Spirit leads and do what the Spirit directs even if it appears stupid. But be sure what you are interacting with is the Holy Spirit. You must know your calling. you learn to pray in a focused manner

Prayer Points:

1. Thank God

2. Lord help me look unto you in humility

3. Help me accept your will

4. Help me yield to your love

5. Help me to know you – that I may know you

6. Help me to believe in you– whosoever believeth in

7. Help me to accept you – stay and knock

8. Help me to trust – If you say it

9. Help me to fix my gaze on you and not be deterred by challenge

10. Thank God

Mrs. Omolola Omoteso-Famuyiwa is a minister who is passionate about sharing God's words for the healing of others. This was shared on 04.04.14 during the RCCG The King’s Court vigil.