Last month, we dealt extensively on Open Heaven and its blessing as we saw in Luke 3:21-22,

Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came Heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.

The heavens were open and a voice was heard declaring Jesus Christ as the Son of God. The Heaven Opened when Jesus grew into maturity, but the Heavens were not opened until His son ship was declared after the Baptism. Son ship requires Maturity, Jesus was declared the son of God as a result of His Spiritual maturity. Open Heaven requires some degree of Maturity.

Spiritual maturity commands a measure of the Holy Spirit. It enhances a higher measure of the Holy Spirit. The more mature we become in God, the more the measure of the Holy Spirit power that will be released in our life. The level of our maturity is what determines the level of the Spirit of God that is released upon us as Sons of God.

Whenever the Heavens open, a measure of the Spirit power of God is released upon us and this release is determined by our maturity. It is not God that determines the level of measure of Spirit power that we walk in. It is our maturity that determines it. The more the Spiritual maturity we are, the more the measure of the Holy Spirit that will be released upon us.

We remain in the level we are because we have not taken the responsibility to our Spiritual maturity. Open Heaven is not possible without Spiritual Growth which is a degree of maturity. We also discover we cannot talk about Spiritual growth without the Holy Spirit.

In Acts 2:1-2
And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place, and suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.

We saw that the arrival of the Holy Spirit brought about Increase as well as spiritual growth,
The disciples were about 120 people in the upper room before the coming of the Holy Spirit, but on the arrival of the Holy Spirit, they went from 120 to 3000 people.

In Acts 2:41,
Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.

This is Supernatural Growth.so  this dimension of growth its not possible without the holy spirit and  the father will not release this measure of holy spirit without  our maturity or personal growth. Luke3:21-22
This shows that we have to take responsibility for our spiritual maturity which will leads to our Spiritual growth. We must not forget that this growth of the church its just in one day  input of the Holy Spirit,the holy spirit can do the same in your career,business,work of your hand or in any areaof your desire. It means that we may never experience the blessing of the Spirit beyond, the level of our Personal growth.

Before the Pentecost explosion of the holyspirit that brought this supernatural growth the apostles has been going through  personal  development training under Christ for three years and  40 days intense training. Acts1:3 after resurrection.

HOW THEN CAN WE GROW SPIRITUALLY

The Spiritual growth is programmed. It does not just occur. There are two kinds of  growth  whether its biological or spiritual

The growth mentioned above follow two basic approaches:

1) FEEDING and 2) EXERCISE, These two approaches to growth are the principal element in the subject of growth.

FEEDING

In John 6:63
It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

The word of God is the food of our Spirit man. We saw that the word of God is Spirit in written form, impacting life. It is God’s word that raised the level of your Spirituality. How much you are able to absorb the word of God will end up in your level of Spirituality or Spiritual growth. Spiritual growth begins with absorbing, receiving and swallowing the word of God. Feeding on the word of God is what makes us fit as stated.  

In 2 Tim 3:15-17
And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus? All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.

If you must be used for God’s work, you must be furnished, your primary duty to maturity is to feed on the Word of God, your dept of knowledge determines your height in Glory,

In 2 Tim 2:15
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

To escape the shame of stagnation, you must study the word of God; It is only those who study the word, that will have something to show forth in their God

EXERCISE

There are basically many ways to exercise but we will be discussing 3 ways exercising your Spirit man

1) PRAYER

In Acts 6:4,
But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.
You can exercise yourself in private prayers and Intercessions. It shows that as you pray, you are not only making request, you are developing your Spiritual man in the process. People that truly pray don’t misbehave when they come out from prayer room. Prayer does not just change situation, it also changes us

2) FASTING

In 2 Corinthians 4:16
For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the  inward  man is renewed day by day.
Fasting fattens our spirit man. When you fast, you weaken your flesh and in so doing you fatten your inner man. Fasting shakes off all strangers within your spirit man for our spirit man to live

3) GODLINESS

We live in a contaminated world where many are with unclean lips like the Bible says

In 1 Tim 4:7,
But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
We have 3 kinds of people we encounter daily in the body of Christ. They are either DOGS, and WOLVES and SERPENT

DOGS
These are people that go back to their vomit

WOLVES
These are the one that take advantage of their brethren. They are unfriendly friends

SERPENT
These are hypocrites in the body of Christ. Who hides under a camouflage?

Godliness is able to help us to be free from all these vices and forms of carnality. As we give attention to these facts, our growth is guaranteed since the more we grow and mature spiritually, the more measure of Spirit power that will be increase in our lives for Spiritual growth.

God bless you in Jesus name

Pastor Adebo Tomomewo
Snr Pastor
Recovery Chapel International

Luke 3:21-22

I welcome you to this second half of this year which is our month of open heaven. Elijah, Moses and Jacob experienced open Heaven because God caused the Heaven to open over their life; likewise God is also committed to opening the Heaven over your life.

When the Heavens Opens over your life and God’s glory falls upon you, all that you need to do is to position yourself to receive him and soak yourself completely in His presence. As God opens up the Heaven over your life this month, He will do the impossible in our lives.

WHAT IS AN OPEN HEAVEN?

When Heavens are open, we mean having free access to everything in Heavenly realm, a free flow of God’s abundant grace in our life. When Heaven opens over our life, we mean God will be nearer to you and Heaven’s will be manifested naturally as it is in heaven,

And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God and Jesus answered and said unto him, blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven
And I say also unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven:
And whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

Matthew 16: 16-19

Apostle Peter had an open Heaven experience whereby he had free access to Heaven to receive a revelation of who Jesus is. The keys to the Kingdom of Heaven have been given to all believers and this is the free access to the Kingdom of Heaven which is the Open Heaven experience.

In Isaiah 64: 1-3,

Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence.As when the meltiing fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence! When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.

Isaiah the prophet prayed for an open heaven and God answered him. God rend (tear down) the heavens over the Life of Isaiah the Prophet and, He had free access ( Revelations, Insights, Inspiration) to Heaven. He experienced open heaven over his life and this caused God’s presence to come down upon his life.

When God’s presence comes down upon your life, the mountains flow at His presence. Every obstacle is turned into miracles. A repeat of the manifestation of

When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language; Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.  The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back. The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs. What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? Thou Jordan, that thou wastn’t driven back?Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs?
Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob; which turned the rock into a standing water, the Flint into a fountain of waters.

Psalm 114:1-8

Psalm 114:1—8  over the life of the Children of Israel was what Isaiah the Prophet  wanted to experience in His life, and he prayed for God’s  presence in His Life and God answered him. God’s presence is the answer to all the obstacles of life

When the heaven opens for Jesus in Luke 3: 21-22 being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.

Jesus lived under an open heaven and carried it wherever He went. If Jesus could not fulfil his messianic mandate until the heaven open, It means that we cannot fulfil our heavenly mandate without open heaven over our life.

And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

Matthew 3:16-17

The moment the heaven opened over Jesus, the power of God came down upon Jesus and begins to function in His life and ministry. This leads to show that for the power of God to function in our life, our heavens must be opened. The power of God is one of the fruits of an open heaven.

Jesus ministered in one of the hardest atmosphere in History, He battled constantly with tough spiritual climate affected by religious spirit and contaminated mind set. He needed an Open Heaven experience to fulfil the divine mandate over His life, Likewise us, we must operate under an open Heaven to fulfil the divine mandate over our life

HOW DID HE OVER COME THIS?

It was the open heaven experience that released the power of God over the life and ministry of Jesus. Without the power of God that comes from an open heaven, we cannot over come demonic hostility against our destinies.

So we need an open heaven experience in this second half of this year to over come all obstacles on our way to a fulfil destiny, just  as Isaiah and Jesus did.

It is time to pursue our open heaven in this second half of the year, so that we can receive the power to fulfil our destiny this  year.

WHAT ARE THE KEYS TO THE OPEN HEAVEN

• Pray for Holy hunger….., Luke 6:21
• Repentance and Obedience….., Matthew 3: 16—17, Deuteronomy 28 :1
• Prayer and Fasting….., 2 Chronicles 7 :14
• Tithe and Offering…., Malachi 3: 10—12

If you pursue these four keys, I am sure we will arrive at our open heaven. May the fruit of Open heaven manifest in your life throughout this second half of the year

Remain blessed

Pastor Adebo Tomomewo

Snr Pastor

Recovery Chapel International

In Genesis 32:24—30, So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak. 25When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man. 26Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.”But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”27The man asked him, “What is your name?”“Jacob,” he answered.28Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel,^e because you have struggled with God and with men and have overcome.”29Jacob said, “Please tell me your name.”But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed him there.30So Jacob called the place Peniel,^f saying, “It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”

In the above bible verses, we saw how Jacob who was left alone encountered God when he was left alone. This singular encounter changed the identity and capacity of Jacob.

In Matthew 25:15, And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey

Your capacity determines how much God can put in your hand, i.e. what you can handle. Jacob, because of the capacity he could handle was transformed from being a person to a nation, from an individual to an institution.

In Genesis 32: 28 28Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel,^e because you have struggled with God and with men and have overcome, Jacob prevailed in the encounter he had with God. It is by our divine encounter that we prevail over all the struggles of life. Just as Jacob prevailed in the encounter with God and experienced a change in identity and capacity, likewise we should expect the same encounter with God this Month of June. The anointing to prevail over the struggles of life is released in our encounter with God. So we should go for it in this month of June

In every encounter with God, you can never be defeated again by man or devils. Every encounter turns your darkness into light, your weakness into strength, curses into blessing, poverty into success, Lack into Abundance etc

All we need is an encounter; just one encounter with God, where you will encounter God’s power and victory over your personal Esau. This is where the battle over your life is won.

In Exodus 3: 1—4, Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the desert and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. 2There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up. 3So Moses thought, “I will go over and see this strange sight—why the bush does not burn up.”4When the LORD saw that he had gone over to look, God called to him from within the bush, “Moses! Moses!”And Moses said, “Here I am.”

We see how Moses encounter with God turned his destiny around. This encounter with God produced 7 profound transformations in the life of Moses.

• It turned him from been a Wanderer into a Deliverer
• Fugitive to a Leader of people
• God anointed Moses with Such a great power that made the whole Nation to experience God
• It fought against Moses enemies and destroyed them. It turned Moses pursuer to flight.
• It gave Moses a place in the history of men and changed his nameless life into a great name among men
• It gave Moses access to knowledge beyond natural understanding. He knew things he could not have learnt in school. Moses was not there when the earth was created, yet he wrote the history of creation in the first five books of the bible as if he was there. It was the same Moses that wrote about Jacob’s encounter with God.
• It made Moses’ life to count in his generation and generations after him.

Every encounter leads to transformation, so in this month of Divine Encounter, we should desire an encounter with God and seek Him with all your heart. As the encounter transformed Moses when he encountered God, likewise, your life will be transformed with an encounter with God this month. The Lord will visit you as you spend quality time in His presence seeking His face. Amen

Remain blessed.

Pastor Adebo Tomomewo
Snr Pastor
Recovery Chapel International

Below is the excerpt from the teachings we had on the first day of the convention. Please watch out for more of the excerpts but I would that you order the CD’s and DVD‘s for the full message so you can partake of the blessings that God has released upon His children via this convention.

Remain blessed as you read and mediate on the message.

THE POWER OF KNOWING GOD

Paul writing to the Philippians church In Philippians 3:10 said that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;

Apostle Paul’s letter to the Philippians Church showed his heart desire. He wrote half of the New Testament scriptures. He had several encounters with the master and yet he still wrote that ‘’I might know Him.

One might ask what propels Apostle Paul desire to know the Lord Jesus more even with all the revelations and encounters during his life time and ministry. It becomes very clear that every encounter of God leaves you with more hunger to know Him more. The more God reveals Himself to you; the hunger to know Him more will increase.

In Romans 11:33: O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!

The depth to which you know the Lord Jesus, to that dept you will operate. Understanding God and knowing Him intimately will affect every aspect of our life. Brethren, there is a power release upon us when we set our heart to know God, and this power is power of His resurrection which is the power that has the capacity to go back to the dark ages of your life and cause changes to your life. This is a creative power.

In Matthew 16:18 And I say also unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Proximity does not mean revelation. It shows that we cannot know God by explanation but by revelation. It can only take God to reveal Jesus to his Children. How much of God you know determines the strength of the Rock you have built upon. How much of God you know determine how much of the Rock (Revelation) you have. It is upon this Rock that God will build. This Rock is the revelation you have received from God. You can build your marriage, Life, business, jobs etc upon this Rock of revelation you have received of God.

It is the understanding of God you have; you will use to build your destiny. Without an encounter with God, you will not build and every house built will be tasted. The Revelation that God gives you is the Rock upon which you will built

Brothers and Sisters, are you going through trials? Is that issue giving you sleepless night? Do you feel that there is no way out anymore? Are you going through marital problems or are your children becoming uncontrollable? What about your finances?

Look, there is a solution and the solution is God. If only you can seek to know God and the Power of His resurrection, you will be in control of your life as God will release the anointing(power) to overcome every situation that is fighting your destiny.

I will like you to get the CD and DVD and listen to the full message and watch what God will do in your life. This is an excerpt from the message.

Remain blessed as you read.

Pastor Adebo Tomomewo
Snr Pastor
Recovery chapel International

KNOWING GOD AND THE POWER OF HIS RESSURRECTION

Knowing God and The Power of His resurrection should be the focus of every child of God. This is what will usher us into our realm of victorious living in all aspect of our life.  Jesus Christ made this clear to His disciples about the importance of been anointed with power in their lives.

In Acts 1:6—8, the Bible When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? 7And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.8But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

When your name is written in the book of life, then you qualified to be filled with power. Please note that a Christian without power is subjected into captivity by the forces of hell. Powerlessness in the life of a Christian leads to captivity, intimidation, limitations; your glorious destiny is deemed to be terminated by Satan.

We should not forget that the enemy has three fold ministries and this is to terminate the works and plan of God for our lives and this is why we should seek the face of God to know Him and understand the power that is available to every child of God.

Limitations in the life of every believer are due to Lack of Power, we struggle in all areas of our life and this is because we lack power. The activities of the enemy in the life of a believer is because the power of God is absent in our lives. We need power to excel in life. The prevailing life is the life that is endued with power from God.

Looking at Acts 1:6, The Apostles asked the Lord when will the Kingdom be restored to Israel, which means they were asking about the Economy of Israel, Breakthrough in their life, Success in every area of their life but the Lord Jesus told that what they need is power and this power is the anointing of the Holy Spirit.  And what is Power?  Power is the release by the Holy Spirit the divine capacity and capability to do exploit.

We cannot succeed in life as a Christian without power. We need power to excel in any area of our life.

HOW CAN WE RECEIVE THIS POWER?

To receive the power of God, you must be:

1) be Born Again.

2) You must seek the face of God through Prayers

These are to enable you to know God by yourself through relationship and, in so doing, the anointing of the Holy Spirit will be released upon you to live a glorious life

Remain Blessed as you read.

Bishop Jide Oririe

Currently we have 60 pupils who have enrolled in our Supplementary school and are benefiting enormously from this program. Below are the excerpts about the Recovery Supplementary School.

Introduction:

The Department for Children, Schools and Families Bill was set out to ensure that from September 2010, under the “Pupils’ Guarantee”, children in England have the legal right to individualised tuition if they enter KS2 behind national expectations (level 2) and are not making good progress. Year 7 pupils who start secondary school below national expectations (level 4) will be entitled to one to one or small group tuition and their learning will be assessed through a progress check (APP).

As a community based organisation, we at Recovery Community Services have seized the initiative ahead of government’s September start date by setting up the Recovery Supplementary School. Not only do we intend to plug the gap in attainment of under achieving pupils, we also believe that the gifted and talented pupils need to be taken care of in our delivery. Those ‘A’ pupils could become ‘A*’ pupils if they are appropriately challenged and stretched.

The National Strategies:

Ensuring that the right support is in place for all children regardless of class and social background is very important in closing the attainment gap. Government have therefore put in place through the National Strategies Guidance for tutors in implementing one to one tuition. We at Recovery Community Services are going to be guided by this provision, and our staffs have already gone through training in the basics of planning and delivering learning using the national strategies.

Recovery School’s Curriculum:

We follow the national curriculum, and provide for children across the 4 key stages (Age 516).

For the benefit of those not familiar with the key stages, age 5-7 fall within KS1, while age 7-11 falls within key stage 2. These first 2 Key Stages form the primary curriculum.

Age 11-14 falls within KS3 and age 14-16 falls within KS4. These latter 2 Key stages form the secondary curriculum.
We shall make provision for the two compulsory subjects in the national curriculum which is maths and English. As added value we shall provide for ICT, Music and Dance in our curriculum. Who says we cannot have our own community-based ‘X – Factor’ competition that will set the pace for other communities?

Mother-tongue Provision:

It is a known fact that children born to people in Diaspora are often not engaged with the mother tongue of their parents. Some mainstream schools are known to have introduced languages like Yoruba, Punjabi, and Urdu etc as a way of arresting this concern. It is our hope at Recovery Community Services to introduce relevant mother tongues in our curriculum in the nearest future.

Our Staff:

We have implemented our Recruitment Policy in engaging qualified and motivated staff and Volunteers to deliver the best learning experience to our pupils. All our staffs are CRB checked, and conversant with Safeguarding Policy, Health and Safety Policy, Child Protection Policy and other policies that operate within a normal school setting.

Health and Safety:

Our own is a welcoming environment, and there is provision for wheelchair access and a fully functional lift system, Though we are not under any obligation to provide lunch to our pupils because of the short contact time of only 2 hours that the school is open to them, we may give snacks and drinks as provided by friends of our project from time to time. However, we make sure we only accept this gesture from reputable and government registered catering organizations with staff trained in Food and hygiene. We also ensure that our staff are properly trained in serving food items to our pupils. Therefore we shall request parents who approve their children and wards to take part in food and drink to sign a form of consent

Free Tuition?

This has been the most common questions from parents anytime they phone in. As we have stated in our handbill, the School will be free, but for the first one month. You will agree with us that in order to retain qualified staff that will provide the best Learning experience to our pupils they will need to be well motivated. It is our intention to apply for educational grant or funding that will make it possible for us to significantly subsidise whatever we ask our pupils to pay after the one month grace.

When funding is in place, we will only charge £10.00 per pupil per week in order to cover our costs. For those who have 3 or more children in the school however, we shall give £5.00 discount per week. We welcome donations which will be thankfully received and this will go a long way in helping us provide the best learning experience to our pupils.

Address

We are located at 71—73 County Street, off Harper Road, Elephant and Castle, SE1 4AD, London
Nearest Tube Station: Elephant and castle Tube Station
Tube: Northern Line, Bakerloo Line
Bus: 1, 53, 181, 453, 155,
The School operates every Saturday’s only.
Time: 12.00 pm —2.00pm