said, blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master’s brethren.” Being “in the way” is where we can be led to our spouse. During these three evenings, men and women of God. With the Help[ pf the Holy Spirit will show you how to be in the way and not miss our blessing. Please register quickly.

Register on our website https://bit.ly/SinglesRetreat2021 or on the Encouragers social media. https://www.facebook.com/weencouragers There is no fee for registration but registration is required.


You are also advised to obtain a copy of the booklet “Finding your spouse, Getting married and staying married” by Rev. Dr Andrew Omotoso. It is not compulsory to have the book to attend the Retreat.

 Whom are we fighting against? 
Our wrestling is against “principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places”
Ephesians 6:12, which is to say, against the devil and his mighty forces 

Why fight? Because resistance will come when we pray. That’s why sometimes when we pray it looks like the heavens are blocked and there is a siege against us. I have experienced this several times. What I have learnt is that this is the time to pray even more. 

Remember our Lord’s warning that from the time of John the Baptist, the Kingdom of God “suffers violence and the violent take it by force”. Those who would fight for the Kingdom of God must be hungry, must be excited and eager.  There can be no giving up, no giving in, no surrender! We see an unmistakable model of agonizing prayer in Elijah because a he prayed down the Promise of God the He would bring rain.

We know that Jesus is the Solution and He has given the unfailing weapon of prayer. What is more, as we stand on His Word in faith in prayer He continuously supplies the Grace to continue standing until the Finish line.

There is no asking without receiving,  there is no seeking without finding, and there is no knocking without the door being opened. Amen

To be made whole is to become a worshipper of Jesus Christ and you cannot worship Jesus from afar; you’ve got to come close.

The ten lepers knew they had a disease and they wanted to be rid of it. Third, they had faith that Jesus could heal them of the disease. Reader, do you recognize if you have any disease? And do you want to be healed?  
Sin by the way is like the disease of leprosy. To be healed we first must acknowledge the fact that it is a disease and desire to be healed of it. 

With their healing, the ten lepers became physically fit – All of them. Outwardly, they were all the same, physically clean from leprosy! Nine of them had got what they needed – release from their leprosy. Having got that why bother? They could just go from there to enjoy life. 

The inside of the nine former lepers remained the same: the inside of the one experienced change. He experienced conviction. The nine went on existing , the one began to live anew, a new life in Christ, a life of gratitude knowing the Healer and being close to Him, and in a position to receive from the Healer of the body, the healing of the soul – a complete transformation. He was no longer a Jew only outwardly but a Jew inwardly as well (Romans 2:28-29

Today, as you read this, get on your knees  surrender to the Lord Jesus so He may transform you inside out and make you whole on a continous basis for ever. Amen

the Foundation of the fear and admonition of the Lord as ordained for Christian parents. 
• Governments established on the foundation of equity and justice
• Societal culture based on the Foundation of the sanctity of life.


When these foundations are crumbling, what can the righteous do?

Do what our Lord Jesus says to the Church in Sardis in Rev 3:2 ” wake up and strengthen what remains which was about to die….”
We,  righteous (the Church) must wake up from stupor and repent! The church is made of me and you those ransomed from Satan and sin or else,  judgement will come and come suddenly.
In obeying this injection, please do not look on your neighbor, your Pastor or General Overseer or your other Daddy’s. Look only unto Jesus 
As you read this, please bow your heads or if you are able, kneel down and confess your sins.
He knows them anyway. Jesus wants us to come in humility and confess.

Follow the laid down the procedure in 2 Chronicles 7:14

be judgment by fire. The sun of righteousness JESUS has arisen “with healing in His wings”. Take hold of it. 


Let us focus on Jesus for the Peace we need today  in the midst of unprecedented turmoil. He alone can give us the Peace which the world can never give but which the world can also never take away because that PEACE which Jesus gives does not depend on the circumstances of our lives. Amen.

is an assurance that God will manifest His Power and goodness in your life.

With total confidence in his Word, fill your mouth with praise and God will surely “confound and consume” all your adversaries. Certainly God will not forsake you. Rather He will manifest His Power in your life for all around you to see, such that they may know that only God would have done it. As people around you behold the unmistakable move of God in your life, they will turn their lives over to the the Lord. Alleluya! 


Wait, I say upon the Lord.  Amen

encourage you as well as show you what to do.

The actual challenge is the problem of “not forgetting”. Lot’s wife could not ” forget”! How can I forget, you ask. How can you forget? Learn from the past but refuse to dwell there. You have confessed your sins. He is faithful; He has forgiven you as He promised. Forgive yourself, forgive others who hurt you. Forget! Forget!! Forget!!! 
You forget by focusing on the present which is your goal.

Please note that Paul was writing this letter to the Philippian Church while he was in prison. Yet the letter contained words of “joy”, ” victory” many times throughout the entire letter. This is because Paul was focused on his vision and would not be distracted by the challenges of the past or present.

This reminds us that in order to reach our goal, we must keep our focus on that goal! In spite of the challenges, we must focus and “press towards the mark”!. No matter how long the race, no matter what distraction lies on the way. Remember, the race is not for “the swift”; the battle is not “for the strong” . The battle is for the one who endures to the end, the one who holds out no matter what!

But then what is your ultimate goal today? What is your mission in life’? Check it out. The mission, the goal must have to do with seeking first, “the kingdom of God and His Righteousness”. In the pursuit of that mission, stay with Jesus in His Word and press on. Amen.

were replete in the ministry of the Word in the early Church. Miracles have continued to occur today where the conditions are met. Christ’s followers are to preach the Gospel of the Kingdom of God as well as demonstrate the power of the Kingdom through miracles such as casting out demons and healing the sick.

For miracles to occur, we must believe the Word of God completely and trust in the power of the Holy Spirit to liberate people from their captivity.

Sometime in 1995 or 6. when I was Registrar of the University of Lagos, I was sick, as it were, unto death. Something was going wrong in my stomach. The doctors did not know the nature of the problem. There was pain and I could not eat. At a point medication was being pumped into me intravenously. 

One day a young Elder in our church, the Foursquare Church of Nigeria, Rev. Yomi Adewale, who was then pastoring the Ikoyi Foursquare church came to visit me. He had not known that I had been sick for a while. When he saw me looking gaunt on my sick bed, he was visibly moved with Holy anger. 

He rushed back to his car brought a bottle of anointing oil, splashed some on my head and prayed with The Word of God in James 5. Verses 14 and 15. He called on God to perform His Word in that text. It was a short prayer and he left.

I could not speak out by reason of weakness but I continued to mumble these words “Lord that man is an Elder in Ikoyi Church. He anointed me with oil and said if I have committed any sin it is forgiven and that his prayer as an Elder will heal me. Lord let your Word come to pass in my life now. Heal me Lord heal me according to your word”. 

I continued to utter those words. After a short while, the pain in the stomach stopped. Soon I was able to eat a little. That is the miracle of healing I received based on the Word of God and the prayer of Faith.

Let’s go out there to preach the Gospel and also do the work of miracles in Jesus Name. Amen

“confinement” arising from the slavery, racism and oppression of her time, growing up. A caged Bird sings to express its longing for freedom. The caged Bird sings of the freedom it needs and lacks. 

This title reminds me of the psalmist  of Israel, David. Most of the Psalms of David were products of suffering and wrestling with God about the sufferings. Psalms 2, 3 and 4 for instance are traceable to the rebellion of Absalom against his father David. The Psalms were songs wrung from a heart under affliction and constitute songs of praise and freedom found only in God.

When I was told by my Bishop in 2008, that the Lord was moving him to ordain me as an Elder in Bethel Gospel Assembly New York, I looked at his face in utter disbelief. And he quickly asked if I wanted to pray about it? And I said “sure sir”.

And for several months after, I kept asking the Lord several times after, as I wondered how He could possibly be behind such a thing, knowing how incapable I was. One of the things the Lord used to confirm to me that He was indeed the Author of this thing, was from Isaiah 48:10. “Behold I have refined you, but not in silver, I have tried you in the furnace of affliction”

Then I came to understand that God refines us in the fire so that we may minister with anointing out of our brokenness. Power to minister before the Lord cannot come from our personal earthly qualifications. 

Are you going through? There is an anointing that follows when you have gone through because you have won with the Blood of the Lamb and the Word of your testimony. Refinement by fire puts songs of Triumph in your mouth. We “emerge from the fire with a stronger faith and an unrivalled dependence on God” . It is simple but it is not easy.

But understand that there is definitely an anointing that flows from your trial of faith that comforts those going through. So with that certain Hope, begin to fashion out like Paul and Silas, songs of praise in your temporary cage! Amen.