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FEBRUARY 2012

M O N T H LY JOURNAL OF I N F O R M AT I O N & I N S P I R AT I O N

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Welcome to Divine Connections Happy New Year!!!! We made it to 2012 (To God be the Glory) and it’s going to be a breathtaking year. We are excited to share with you what Divine Connections will be doing this year.

Divine Connections provides services that help businesses connect to their potential through marketing in the form of a magazine, newsletters, internet TV show, and social media. Within these marketing tools you will hear and read about resources that can assist you financially, tips on health and wellness, scholarships, issues we need to learn how to deal with, testimonies of survivors, social media tips, how to have a health relationship, events going on in the community, how to break generational curses, the power of the local church, and more.

Now, let me encourage you what God has for you is for you. I want you to build your relationship with God and be open to what he has for you. Don’t doubt, don’t wavier, but trust God. He has a plan for your life.

Stay focus, follow-through, and keep the faith as you soar through this breathtaking year of 2012. The reason you are reading this is because I didn’t give up and I press to make it happen. So I say to you the best is yet to come.

More great news, you can now subscribe to Divine Connections and we come to your mailbox.. The cost is only $45.00 (one time annually) and it will cover the entire year of 2012 and you will receive a newsletter or magazine each month. You

will receive a magazine once a quarter and newsletters in the other remaining months. In our newsletters we will feature a business or a person along with placing encouraging words and writer’s expertise in various subjects that will assist you in your personal lives and business.

We encourage you to move forward and make it happen and birth your vision for it to come to pass. One of our main goals is for you to take this information and APPLY it. Actively Putting in Perspective Lessons for You! Everyone who subscribes between now and March 31st will be locked in at $45 Life time subscription with the option to cancel. Meaning your price to subscribe in the upcoming years will be just $45 each year. Subscription submitted after March 31st will pay the yearly subscription price which may vary from year to year.

We will be introducing some writers and they will share information in the areas they are knowledgeable about and impart insight for your understanding. For the bible says, Above all you getting, get an understanding.” Proverbs 4:7 We will have challenges for you to participate in through out the year that will be stimulating and fun. We want to see how we can help you make a difference in your life.

1st Lady Cherri Walston’s Top 7 Identity Tips Here are some things that

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every woman needs to know about their identity: 1. You are beautiful no matter what size or shape you are .

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2. Your Natural Divine Abilities (DNA) is God’s way of linking you to your purpose.

3. Every woman has an inner light that is waiting to burn for the world to see.

4. You have the capacity to improve your life no matter how difficult it may seem.

5. Your identity is unique, special and just right for YOU! 6. When you try to be someone else it will destroy who you are and who you were created to be.

7. It’s perfectly okay to be

YOU!

The First Ladiez Forum is a Celebration of Women, Knowledge, Experience, SelfIdentity & Values.

Hear from an elite cast of women from different walks of life & explore your own journey in a night of Sisterhood.

Hosted by Divine Connections & Lady Bizness, Inc. Sponsored by The Sweet Shop

Admission $25 includes the latest edition of Divine Connections Newsletter, Beverages, Networking, Book Signing, Photo opportunities with our esteemed panelists, Exhibitor Boutiques, Sponsor Raffle & Live Videotaping! Plus Live Performances with Praise & Worship

We have a host of five great 1st Ladiez that will be on our panel and this will an event that you do not want to miss.

Let’s Meet Them Robin Stone is The Dishing Diva!

Robin is a G.R.I.T.S: Girl Raised in the South. She was born ‘out west’ but got here as fast as she could!

For 30 years, Robin worked her way up the corporate ladder, fell down a few times (ok, lots of times) and crawled back up again. She gave her soul to Corporate America and they kept wanting more. Eventually, fearing her soul was never going to return, she left the world of cubbies and went on the road... where she belonged the entire time.

She lives in a tiny town in the foothills of North Carolina,

sharing a 150-year-old house with a traveling salesman, 3 dogs, 2 cats, a 4-year-old princess and 1 cranky ghost.

trapped, her spiritual faith would carry her, and she was Bound To Be Free again.

Marva has become a voice against domestic violence as she has been afforded the opportunity to speak at conferences, workshops, agencies, community centers, churches as well as other venues. Marva has served in the Pastorate for over ten years now in the city of Greensboro N.C. Her greatest joy is her family and the work she continues to serve in ministry.

Author Cherri Walston is The Big Picture Coach. From the early stages of my teenage years, I always imagined how I wanted to live. I envisioned being a businesswoman dressed in suits every day; I can truly say that I could always form a BIG PICTURE about everything in my life. I was a great F i r s t dreamer and visionL a d y There Is a ary; I needed to learn Byrdzetta how to create a plan H Knotts and take conco-labors sistent action. in the in

Now I had to ministry with her huslearn to live by faith, EVERY Woman!! band, Pastor Anthony live from the heart and Knotts. Along with move beyond those being Pastor Knotts’ limiting perceptions I biggest supporter, was no longer willing to be a she serves as a Elder over Music victim but to live a victorious and Performing Arts, interceswoman life! sor, counselor, and psalmist. Her genuine and loving spirit draws Author Marva people, especially women from J. Edwards all walks of life. knew all about

In 1998 she worked challenges together with Pastor Knotts from a very in founding and establishing young age, and what it took to Ambassadors For Christ Int’l overcome them. What she didn’t Ministries. In December of 2000, realize though, is that life would she preached her initial sermon, push her to a point where the thereby accepting her evangelissurroundings no longer tic and prophetic call. resembled that which she knew.

“First”, as she is affecWhere reason did not reside, tionately called by her sons and peace did not exist, and help was daughters in ministry, started not recognized. The one person and currently leads the Women that was supposedly committed of Worship (WOW) Ministry that to her until death do they part, focuses on building up women was trying to kill her. of God on a wholistic dimension.

It was then that Marva Lady Knotts is the founder of knew that though she felt Nephish Ministries, where

First Lady

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the motto is “I speak life”. Lady Knotts humbly puts her title aside as a “First Lady” and passionately and effectively accepts the call to be a servant to one of the greatest woman leaders of this decade.

Together with Pastor Knotts, First Lady has three beautiful children. Most importantly, Lady Knotts finds joy in building God’s Kingdom.

Pastor Angeline Jenkins Wall, affectionately known to her family, church, and close friends as “Lady Wall, Ann, Angie, Granny, and Sista, married her high school sweetheart, Clarence Roland Wall. Together they birthed three beautiful children.

Pastor Wall has

devoted over thirty years of service in her

husband’s ministry. As First Lady of Elon First Baptist Church for over twenty years, she was the founder and advisor of the C.R. Wall Ensemble, re-established the Youth Ushers Ministry. She was also the founder and advisor for the Nurse’s Ministry.

Pastor has been participant and volunteer in her community and her Alma Mater, Dudley High School.

Even through the transitioning of ministries, Lady Wall continued to stand by her husband and the ministry with her hard work and drive. Under the Greater Hope Cathedral Ministry, Pastor established the Children’s Church, the Nurses Ministry, and lead of the Angels of Hope Team. She has also received two certifications in Minority Business Development Phase I and II through the NC A&T State

University.

Pastor Angeline Wall’s mission is the “Be about God’s Business,” and her objective in ministry is to help build the Kingdom through mentoring the youth, which is our next generation and to be there to push and assist in the manifestation of her husband’s vision. She is very strong, assertive, and goal oriented. Whatever she sets her mind to doing; she works hard and lets nothing stop her from attaining her goals.

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EYE ON IT 10 things a woman needs to be a 1st Lady and obtain her own identity

by Robin Stone 1. Faith – in something. Whatever it is, have FAITH in something because everyone needs something to believe in.

2. Grace –(Simple elegance or refinement of movement) Sometimes we need the grace to deal with all the hard things in life. They aren’t easy and they aren’t going to go away, so you have to learn how to deal with them with grace.

There’s no benefit in going crazy every time something bad happens. Deal with it with Grace, learn from it and move on.

3. Her own bank account – and money in the bank. You never know when you might have to bail a friend out of jail, buy a pair of shoes because they are THE shoes to have or leave in the middle of the night for your safety. Having money in the bank allows you to make those decisions yourself without relying on anyone else.

4. Freedom from people who tell you no. Freedom from people who tell you “you can’t”. Freedom to do what you are called to do, what drives you and what you are passionate about.

5. Confidence. The ability to go into any room anywhere and ask for what you want.

6. Knowledge. You need to know how the world works. You need to know how you work. You need to know how to change a flat tire, order dinner from room service and when to take a sick child to the doctor. You should surround yourself with people that have the knowledge you want and learn from them, soak up their words and then turn those words into something you need.

7. Support System. Friends, family, soul mates. People that support you no matter what you are doing and tell you if it’s a good idea or not. If it’s not family, then don’t keep trying to make them your support system, find another one. You need to have someone that you can call and say, “Hey, tell me if this is a good idea.”

8. Music that you love and can dance to by yourself. Music makes me smile, it brings me joy, and reminds me of good memories. You have a special song that sings to your heart and soul….don’t let someone take that away because they like a different kind of music, think it’s a stupid song or don’t like the way you sing it. Sing it anyway.

9. A good self-image. You’ll never look like you want to look. You’ll never be the perfect size you think you should be. Love yourself and accept who you are. You are a combination of your parents and your ancestors. There’s not another single person just like you, so rejoice in being unique and special and know that you’re the best you can be.

10. Humor. If you can laugh at the worst times of your life, then you’ll be just fine. You have to find the humor in everyday life, and enjoy the small moments so when the hard times hit, you’ll be able to smile through it.