My name is Ebele Onwuachu. Originally from Nigeria, I am married to a very supportive husband, who upholds me in prayer. I am also a mother of a handsome son, Munachimsoaga, which means (I am walking with my God) I call him my blessing.

Giving my life to Christ 17yrs ago is the best thing that ever happened to me. Accepting Christ into my life transformed me completely and for the better. I believe it is ignorance and the devil that keep people from accepting God into their lives..

Since I  gave my life to Christ, I  have continued to be and feel alive, truly feel alive and striving by the grace of God to live a life worthy of Christ ambassador. Above all, being impacted by the love of Christ, each day inspires me to work harder to serve the Lord and share his love with any and every one who will listen. As he told us in

 Matthew 28:18-20 that we should go into the world and make disciples of all people regardless of color, race, or religion. I have a passion to see people give their life to Christ. My expirence and the  freedom I have in Christ/ the feeling of fullfilment as a new creature  spurs me to love others with the love of Christ.          

I try by his grace to hold on unswervingly to the hope I have profess , for Our God is faithful.

    2008 Women Conferecnce. Support from family. My Mother siting, little niece-one out 26, Sister -inlaw, and  sisters 

                              My Mother Sharing her testimony of victory . And thanks giving to the Most High God.              

My elder and I saying indeed, God is good. And

He answers prayers.      

                     2006 Women Retreat

I aim to get the true undiluted word of God out, and by the grace of God I do this mission for free. I only expect that event planners will pick up transportation, air fare or accommodation cost in cases that involve overnight, which I seriously discourage.

I like to be in an event in the morning and depart as soon as the event is over.

Reading the word and Prayer plays the most important role in my mission. Knowing and understanding the word of God helps you to be grounded as a child of God.

I will continue to share the word of God for free because an important Click to add your own text or images here. You can use this area to add supplemental details about your products or services, such as your business policies or ordering information. Consider adding images to spice up your page.

             Retreat held in Germantown, Maryland

                  Date: June 27 & 28

                       Theme: Restoration

                         Friday June 27,2008.

    Sisters shared intresting stories of their Evangelical work for God in the past years and how they still hunger to reach out to win souls for Christ.   

Dinner at Chinese Restaurant, Feeding the body with provision from the Lord to keep body and soul together in other to be strong to do explores for the Lord.  

 Friday Night after dinner, we had the word

   of God on Restoration by Ebele Onwuachu.

 Jeremiah 32, 33:1-3. Isaiah 55

God invites every one who is thirsty, to come to him. Thirsty is used to represent all the needs of man; Christians who needs refreshing  and those who have forsaken the ways of God  and his righteousness, to return back to him and be restored to fellowship and his blessing.  

The needs of men also represent an essential prerequisite for salvation which is a genuine spiritual hunger and thirst for forgiven and for a right relationship with God. (Jn 4:14, 7:37).

We must repent of our sins and draw near to God. If we say we have not sin, we make God to be a lire and the truth is not in us. As a matured Christian or what ever stage we are in, in our Christianity, we must always stop, take a break, and retreat to a quite place where we can have a quite time with God, reevaluate our relationship and walk with Him. In verse 2, he urges us not to spend our labor on things that does not satisfy. We might be tempted to serve the Lord in our own ways or with human strength; we don’t have to do that. W e need to stop and listen to him that our soul will delight in the richest of his fare.

We need the Lord to endow us with his splendor that we might win souls for Him and prosper his Kingdom.

We must always remember  as stated in verse 8 ” For my thoughts are not your thoughts’ neither are your ways my ways,” This tells us that we can not go about for a long period of time (without retreat) doing what we think is God’s work or think we are doing God’s will. We have to stop at some point to take a stock of our work and walk with God. In other for our minds and thoughts to be renewed and transformed, we have to seek him (Ro 12:1-2) that our thoughts and ways will begin to conform to his. That should be our greatest desire that every thing we do and how we live should conform to the will of God whom we serve. This we can achieve by abiding in his word and responding to the Holy Spirit’s leading Ro 8:5-14.             

Often we are too busy going about our business; we spend time/ money planning vacations but find it difficult to take a day or two to retreat to a quite place to seek the face of our Lord. That should not be the case for he admonishes us by saying we should not spend money on what is not bread, nor labor on what does not satisfy.

We are encouraged to seek the Lord while he may be found and to call on him while he is near.

Sisters opportunities like retreat comes once a while, we must strife to make sacrifice time to seek the face of the Lord. He promised that what ever we do for him shall never be in vain.

    We had a wonderful prayer section for ourselves, our families, friends, women, children, teenagers, mothers, fathers, church and our nation, America.

That was followed by watching a DVD title "The Case for Christ ".

                    Saturday June 28, 2008 .

Morning : Sisters had to take a walk to keep fit, healthy and a clear mind to focus on God's word and what the Lord had for them.

             Digging into the word of God 

      Prepare your self for the super natural.

To be able to do explore in God’s name, we must posses some qualities which will be reconcile with the Spirit of God dwelling in us and working through us to accomplish the purpose for which he has called us.

These qualities include the fruit of the spirit, which is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.

We must crucify with the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live in the Spirit, we must also walk in the Spirit. Galatians 5:19-26.

Before we do explore for the Lord, we must know him, accept him as Lord and Savior, and keep his word. John 6:28, John 14:23-24, John 15:1-5.

We are also reminded that Christ is the vine and we are the branches. He who abides in Christ and verse verse will bear much fruit; for without Christ we can do nothing.

As Christians we are suppose to do signs and wonders for the Lord, how ever, we can’t do it if there are junk in us. We have to know who we are in Christ; we have to practice through reading the word and knowing the word. We have to also hide the word of God in our heart that we might not sin against the Lord.

         Sister Ngo Spoke on Evangelism

Evangelism is the greatest task that God has put in our hands. Genesis 6:5-end.

Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.

The Lord gave Noah the task to make an ark of cypress wood.

Which will be 450 feet long, 75feet wide and 45 feet high; and 18 inches at the top? He was also to make lower, middle and upper decks.

Some one might look at the task given to Noah as a huge and as a result will not attempt to under take the task. But not Noah, verse 22 tells us that Noah did everything just as God commanded him.

When God gives us task to do, at first we might be over whelm but we must remember that He will always equip us to accomplish his purpose. 

We have to be obedient just like Noah who did everything that God commanded. We must also seek the face of God.

Some times we are held back from answering the call, because we are afraid, we might think the task is bigger than us, we might not have immediate resources to execute the job, we might be afraid of what people will say.

In all we need to just focus on God, follow his commands and be obedient to his words.  

     We ended the day with a powerful

                   anointing.

We return the glory to the Most High God who gave us the privilege to gather and wait upon Him. My sisters do agree that it was a wonderful experience to get away from the noise and bustle of life and just be in the presence of the Most High God. We were indeed blessed. Please sisters, you owe it to yourself to go for a retreat once in a while to be in the presence of God and just reflect on his love. And be spiritually filled.  

                         Hebrews 12

       WHAT  ARE YOU STRUGGLING AGAINST?

Is any one of you struggling against sin? Is any of you going through a hardship that seems unbearable? Is any of you suffering from the way you are treated from your husband- may be with out any respect? Is any of you going through rejection by husband, son or daughter? Is any of you going through treats of loosing your job for no true cause of your own? What are you going through?

Bring it to God. Don't think it is over because it is not over, un till God says it is over.

For what ever you are going through, know that you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. You should consider what Christ went through for you and me, from the hands of sinful men; therefore, do not grow weary and lose heart.

What ever you are going through today it’s only for a time; so long as you put your complete trust in God, he will surely make a way for you.

Yes no hardship or suffering seems good at the time, but it is for a purpose, for those that believe, it does produce a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it. "Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees. Make level paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed".

Finally sisters let us learn not to rebel against God because of suffering and hardship, and thereby, fall away from God. We should keep in mind that under God's will, trouble may come as a result of our spiritual

warfare with Satan Eph 6:11-18.

B. As a test to strengthen our faith ,1 Pe 1:6-7 and our works Mt 7:24-27;  1 Co3:13-15.

C. As a preparation for us to comfort others 2 Co 1:3-5 and to manifest the life of Christ 2 Co 4:8-10.

In all kinds of adversity we must seek God, examine our lives 2Ch 26:5; Ps 3:4; 9:12; 34:17 and forsake all that is contrary to his holiness.

 My prayers today is that God will shine his light upon every problem that seem unbearable in your life in Jesus Name. Amen           

 WISH FOR 2008

   I do hope that each sister had a wonderful Christmas celebration, thanks be to God. I believe that already we are looking forward to the New Year.

I want to use this opportunity to thank each person that has contributed in one way or the other to support this ministry, either by volunteering their time during the preparation and event of women forum, or by up holding the ministry in prayers, may our good Lord bless you abundantly. I also thank our readers, and hope that this ministry and website has been a blessing to each one in Jesus Name.

   I wish all women God's blessing this coming year, a stronger walk with God, Faith and fresh anointing from God. And for any woman looking for the fruit of the womb, employment, marriage, better relationship in marriage, financial break through, emotional stability, in what ever, your heart so desire, it is my sincere prayers that God in his infinite mercies and blessing will meet each one at their point of needs in accordance with his will in Jesus Name. Amen.

As the year 2008 draws closer, I wish women whom have been blessed by God in one profession or the other, God’s ministry, will join hands with us this coming year, volunteer an hour or two to serve the Lord through our upcoming women forum, prayer partnership, and circulation of information.

I welcome any suggestions and ideas that are God inspired to enable us move forward and shine for the Lord.

 Our theme for year 2008 is Encouragement and Hope, taken from   2 Thessalonians 2: 16 & 17

"May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word."

 Psalm 65:5”You answer us with awesome deeds of righteousness, O God our Savior, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas,"

My sisters, I encourage you to  hold firmly to that which you have been believing in God and have hope in the Lord, all you need to do differently this year is to draw closer to God, pray fervently, read his words, fast and wait upon him, to know his will and to receive your blessings.

Have a wonderful new year, remain bless and shining for the Lord.  

A MUST SEE FOR EVERY WOMAN 

 TYLER PERRY COLLECTIONS-WHY DID I GET   MARRIED?

My sisters in Christ, I stumbled on a Play "Why did I get Married"? By Tyler Perry, after watching the play, I felt so excited about the message and lessons women can learn from the play. I decided to get  as many women as possible to watch the play, in groups of five. This will enable us have  heart to heart talk about the movie. I believe each woman can identify with something in the play.

I had the first group of women watch the movie today to mark the end of monthly house fellowship held in my house for the year.

Below are questions generated from the movie,if  you have not watched  the movie, please go ahead and answer the following questions below, before watching the movie. After watching the movie,check  if your answers to the questions still remain the same. Finally do the bible study that goes along the questions.

Check back for results and interpretation of questionnaire at the end of December 2007. Feel free to e-mail your response to questionnaire, if you want to be part of women helping and supporting other women. Of cause, the results will not bear any names. We believe that this will help a lot of women to reflect into their marital life and relationships and realize that God has power of turning bad situations to good.

I encourage each woman to watch this play or movie as part of Christmas gift to themselves. You are welcome to use this format(questionnaire /bible study material) ,rent the play and watch with friends, at the end, you email your feed back to me. If you need help renting the play contact me by email or call my number 240-481-9232 for assistance.

Thank you & God bless you.

    IMPORTANCE OF     QUESTIONNAIRE

The reason for this questionnaire is to enable us pin point areas and issues common to all women that needs to be addressed. Our intension is to bring in professional counselors to address these issues in up coming Annual Women Forum for 2008.

Issues in marriage come in diverse forms and every marriage have its unique problems; however, with the help of the questionnaire, we can narrow down similar issues that every  woman can identify with. By bringing in professionals to address these issues, we will be empowering women on how to live and maintain a happy and healthy marriage. These will also serve as an eye opener to women to be aware of those little things they take for granted in marriage.     

Circle your choice of answer thank you

Copy and email your response

1.Are you involved in making major decisions with your spouse?

YES                            NO

2.How do you feel when your spouse makes a major decision that affects you without your consent?

UPSET          NOT TOO SURE          ANGRY   NOTHING

3.What do you do in such situations?

TALK ABOUT IT WITH SPOUSE         DO NOTHING

4.Do you make major decisions for your spouse?

YES                            NO

5.Do you come half way in making major decisions for your spouse example having children boy or girl etc?

6. Do you pray with your spouse?

Yes                                   No

7. Do you ever study the bible with your spouse?

YES                                           No

8. Do you take interest in the kind of friends your spouse keep?

YES                                               NO

9.When you have a lingering issue with your spouse and he seems not to be listening to you, Yu may want to stop and look in wards , see if there is something you need to change that will attract his attention, in most cases their might be something.

Agreed                       Don’t Agree

10. I have a ---- percentage Communication with my spouse

20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

11. How often do you try to change things your spouse will like you to work on?

Never         Often    Sometimes    All the Time

12. I can talk about ---- with my spouse

Everything            Some        Most 

13. When I have issue with my spouse, the first person I talk about it with is ………

Spouse  best friend   Mother   Co-Worker       Family

14.How often do you try to look attractive for your husband

Often  Very Often   Not very Often     NeverL

15.How often do you make a special dinner with flower and candle light for your husband

Never      Some times     Often

16.How often do you stop and look inwards when you have issues with your husband

Often               Never          Sometimes

17.Do you ever talk about your sex life with your spouse

Yes                  No

18.Do you ever seek ways to improve your relationship with your spouse

Yes                           No

19.Will you recommend the Play to other Ladies ?

YES                                  NO

20. Have you learnt any thing from the Movie?

YES                                NO

Verse 11 .. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber ,………….

Verse 8.…..Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another

What is Love?

Love is honesty/ love must be sincere , telling the truth, accepting the truth even when it hurts, Love is making positive changes.

Love is being disciplined, Love is going the extra mile, Love is making positive decisions ,

Love is hard work, Love is focusing on God, Love is total dependence on God.

Song of Songs 2:16

“My Lover is mine and I am his” A couple should have genuine love which should be monogamous in nature. Their should be no desire for any one else. In marriage their must be such love and

commitment ,faithfulness to a spouse should be of highest importance.

Song of Songs 7:10-13 Women to be able to spice up their marriage, (be the watch dog for the marriage)

…. The mandrakes send out their fragrance ,and at our door is every delicacy, both new and old, that I have stored up for you, my lover.

2 Corinthians 4:16

Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being rewarded day by day . For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us eternal glory that far out weighs them all.

What ever you are going through God is able to turn the situation around , if you let him..

2 Corinthians 10:4-6

The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary ,they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

James 5:13-16 Is any one of you in trouble? He should pray….. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.

Some times we go through problems that seems too big to handle, we can draw strength from God through prayers. He tells us that we should cast all our burden on him for he cares for us.( 1 Peter 5:7)

For any question

email me at ebele@womenretreat-vcws-us.org