“GOD SAID WE SHOULD OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD”

I called a friend saying this a short while ago. I was telling her about a recent “negative” experience and how I opened up my Jesus Always to find the perfect message from God:

“When events in the world or your private life are threatening to unnerve you, grasp My (God’s) hand in trusting determination. Refuse to be intimidated by evil; instead, overcome evil with good. I am with you, and have won the ultimate victory…”

Heehaw! Got that? “Refuse to be intimidated by evil; instead, overcome evil with good.”

And God has even confirmed that this is exactly what He would have me to do with this issue. I came to work a few hours after speaking to my friend, and I decided to read my beloved calendar that God’s speaks to me through and unbelievably about the fifth date I turned to read:

“Forgiveness is the ultimate antidote to the poison of loss, harm, sin, and sorrow, even though it looks like the most bitter of cures.

“Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. – Romans 12:21

Another God wink when everything lines up a little bit too perfect, and I know it’s God reminding me that His Presence is with me in every single moment of my life.

I’m so in love with God! He should be our first love and priority with us remembering that He is with us in every moment of our lives for support, comfort, love, wisdom, and help.

I really want us taking this overcoming evil with good seriously because whatever anyone else does is between them and God and whatever we do is between God and us. I don’t know about you, but I want to completely suck up to God, following His lead in every moment of my life because the blessings from God are off the chain. He’s so amazing! Every moment He is showing me such love, and of course, I want you guys in on this, too.

Last night when the crazy lady made an appearance, I went to God sadly asking, “What’s wrong with me???” And He had me read the perfect message in Jesus Calling this time:

“… you forget who you are and Whose you are.”

This was after my post last week was entitled:

“I KNOW WHO I AM AND WHOSE I AM”

KEEP CALM—YOU’RE ROLLING WITH GOD

GOD’S INVISIBLE PRESENCE IS SHOWING UP EVERYWHERE!!!

“He said meet me in Miami.” God did that is, with those lyrics showing up in ‘At the Club,’ one of my fav exercise jams in Nigeria over a month ago. And He has met me in Miami, baby!!! I’m LOVING ALL THIS ATTENTION FROM HIM. Feeling like God’s special girl FOR REAL!

Again, my God winks (glimpses of His loving Presence) are when everything lines up strangely TOO perfectly to be a regular coincident and I know without any doubt, it’s God letting me know His invisible Presence is always with me. He’s pretty sweet and cool like that!

For Ember’s recent 17th birthday, He sang the happy birthday song to her through the show ‘All American.’ It just so happened that on her 17th birthday, the main character of the show we were watching was also celebrating his 17th birthday. Again, this lined up TOO perfectly. Like what are the chances of all the shows on Netflix that we decided to watch THIS show and of all the episodes we watched THIS episode on THIS day? Totally orchestrated by God! Ember felt the love from Him. too!

Next, I’m driving with a new mechanic to see a vehicle we needed his help with. On the drive, I asked him if he believed in God, he said, “I believe!” We get to the car that needed fixing and on the bumper of this very car, there was a sticker saying, “Father, Jesus, Holy Spirit (GOD) – I BELIEVE!” Again, of all the bumper stickers in the entire world, why would THESE very words, very specific to our conversation, show up on a vehicle we’re going to see 5 minutes after our talk?. TOO PERFECTLY TO BE COINCIDENT.

Then it was one last night when I strangely had a craving for broccoli and decided to cook some for dinner. I had Julie to taste test for me to see if it was cooked enough and she thought it needed some more cooking and I said, “I like it AL DENTE! (meaning not fully cooked). Again, watching another episode of our binge-watching of the show ‘All American,’ a couple of hours later, a character on the show appears wearing a t-shirt saying of all words, ‘AL DENTE!’ in BIG BOLD LETTERS. Again, too perfect to be coincident! All orchestrated by God to show me His love!

If you don’t believe me, start paying attention for yourself to the so-called coincidences that show up for you. Let me tell ya, they give me such peace and joy knowing how much God loves and is thinking about me. Like He goes to such trouble just for me! THIS IS THE BEST LIFE CLOSE TO HIM!!!

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I’M LOVING MY LIFE WITH GOD!!!

It’s far from perfect, but I’m cherishing my relationship with Him where He makes me feel so loved, as if I’m the only person in the world. I’ve gotten to the point where I feel His invisible Presence showing up all over the place, reminding me that I’m never alone and that I can enjoy every day of my life with Him as my loving and faithful Father, Friend, Protector, Advisor, Counselor, and Teacher.

CASE IN POINT:

Yesterday, my mom joined me at work and we ended up going for a beautiful lunch date at Panera Bread. I ended up having the most delicious veggie sandwich and we shared a freshly baked chocolate chip cookie for dessert. I felt that the whole day was planned out by God just for us to have that time together. And as we walked back to the car, we waited for a car that was backing out and my two numbers showed up together on the tag of that car – 11 and 7. These two numbers are special to me and God that His invisible Presence is always with me. Like He was saying, ‘Yes, Nik, I did plan out this day for you and your mom.’ Wink! Wink!

After dropping my mom and daughters back home, I had to rush back to work to take care of an urgent matter. On the way with someone in the car with me, they pointed out all the prostitutes and pimps along the road to where we were going. Getting to the place, I had to wait in the car for a little bit, and I decided to have an appointment with God. Amazingly this showed up in my meditation book, from exactly where I had last left off reading:

“Lord, there are these poor girls in the brothels (places where men go to visit prostitutes). I wish so much that they would give up this terrible life.” – He and I

For this to show up minutes after that conversation was God again revealing His intimate and invisible Presence with me. This was no regular coincident! It was God.

I love God’s response in the book in regards to these poor girls in the brothels, which is a message to all of us:

“There is no sin that I cannot forgive, no soul fallen so low that I cannot heal. You see in the Gospels how some people were scandalized. And I am always the same. My heart always goes to the most unfortunate…Love Me, love intensely. You can never know all that you can obtain and transform with your love on earth. But I know.” – He and I

God, I’m in! I want to love You and others even more intensely!

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“THERE IS NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD” (REPOST)

That was me to my two sons this morning, forcing them to have an appointment with God with me. We read how God asks us to wear love and faithfulness around our necks. And in a short while, I’ll be leaving to take my daughters and my mom out to a church close to our home where my Julie has been harassing me to take her. Sweet!

How’s your relationship with God going? This picture is of me yesterday going for a run with Him. It was a Thank You run, and I came back home feeling like God’s most special girl thinking of all He does for me, even down to the running shoes that I love so much. I especially thought of how He takes ALL my sadness and turns it into such joy. Being sad is like a wakeup call for me to reflect on what’s going wrong in my life and look at it from God’s perspective.

Like lately, the transition from Nigeria to Florida was getting me a little bit sad, but when I had a conversation with God about it, I felt BLESSED. It’s a BIG opportunity for our family in so many ways. I went from being discouraged to being totally inspired to make the most out of this experience. WE CAME TO WIN WITH GOD!

I’m telling you, anything that gets me a little depressed is a chance to run to God and see what He has to say about it. One day He asked, “Am I not your greatest friend?” The world is filled with disappointments and frustrations, but when I focus on God and His blessings, I’m SUPER happy. Even in the biggest trials, we can stay POSITIVE knowing God is for us, and there is nothing we can’t handle with Him helping us to fight our battles – NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR GOD. Our job is to pay attention to His communications and allow Him to direct us one step at a time. God is an expert in EVERYTHING!

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“WHY ARE YOU SMILING?”

My daughter, Ember, just caught me enjoying an appointment with God. I was thinking about my Thank You Run in the rain this morning and all the things I’m feeling so grateful for. And, of course, I’m giving all the glory to God for His help in EVERY ASPECT OF MY LIFE.

My hubby had just called from Nigeria, and he was a big part of my Thank You today. Having such a loyal and faithful husband for almost eighteen years, putting up with this “crazy” wife has been a HUGE blessing from God. His fidelity to the kids and me is something I cherish, and even when I’m tempted to get upset at him for ANYTHING, I just forgive and IMMEDIATELY let go – NOBODY’S PERFECT. Thanks for sticking with us, Pops! May I be an even better wife to you! Ride or die chick for life! Amen!

I also feel so grateful to Coach Bennet and the Nike Running Club app. I could leave out for a run feeling so depressed, burdened and overwhelmed, and I come back, like today, feeling super confident, grateful, and happy that I could take on whatever comes my way. Today, he reminded me that I’m capable of more. I’m still fighting with myself to leave my lazy, comfort zone where I continuously procrastinate and not give my best and that was just the reminder I needed to leave my new best friend – Netflix – and to be about important work for God. BTW, you’re capable of more too!

That work is to bring you this great news that God is intimately involved in every moment of our lives. This was the message from my meditation book today:

“My child, outside and inside, let everything about you speak of Me (God), give Me, make Me understood among the ignorant, the baffled, the hungry, the fearful, and the suffering ones. Tell them that I am there for every state of soul. Tell them to come to Me and I’ll never let them go. A God who loves… Just think of it.” – He and I

God is the foundation of my gratitude. I’ve gladly accepted His invitation. I feel so loved by Him. No matter the challenge, I know He’s with me, and I follow His guidance through my spirit as to what He would have me to do, step by step and one day at a time. Will you accept His invitation? This life is too difficult to do on our own. God, may we all enjoy an even CLOSER walk with You. Amen.

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“GOD ARRANGED ALL OF THIS FOR US”

That was me to my mom today. She was thanking me because she’s so enjoying her time with the girls and me in Florida. And honestly, I can’t stop thanking her for joining us. I truly feel blessed to have my 87-year-old mom with us happy, healthy and strong. The girls are calling me Mabel Junior after her, and I take it as a HUGE compliment. She is the reason why I’m here giving so much to them because she has given so much to me. I’m, blessed! God, thanks for arranging this special time for us and for giving me the best momma in the world!

HERE’S THE DEAL:

I see EVERYTHING IN MY LIFE all perfectly coordinated by God Himself. Down to every moment. Like this morning, going out for my run, I stopped to tell a neighbor how much I love her new driveway. I thought in my mind to say, ‘I’m jealous,’ but because she went on telling me about how it’s difficult to maintain, I didn’t get a chance to say it. But, as I continued my run from there, the first shuffled song to play was ‘Issues’ where the first words were “I’m jealous.” Wink! Wink!

Out of a library of over 800 songs, for this song to randomly play less than 30 seconds after my conversation with her with those words, was all God letting me know that He knows every thought I think, every conversation I have before I even have them and that He is intimately arranging ALL THE DETAILS OF MY LIFE. I BELIEVE THIS!!! Do you?

Even yesterday, we had to put up shutters at our house because of a hurricane that’s headed our way, and God found a way to let me know He was also there with us. There was one particular shutter that refused to align with the other ones. So, I thought to look for another one with the same size. I got a measuring tape and got a length of 117 inches from the top hole in it to the bottom one. I’ve written so many times how whenever I see 11 and 7 show up together, its my wink from God that His invisible Presence is with me. As this powerful and destructive storm approaches our home, God found a way to say, Nik, I’m with you.

This was no coincident that this ONE shutter gave us such a hard time with that measurement out of all the other shutters. All perfectly arranged by God to give me the confidence and peace that He is in the midst of ALL my storms to help and guide us safely through. This gave me such peace and joy yesterday KNOWING HE IS WITHME. Today, we woke up with great news that the hurricane is headed away from us and hopefully away from any landfall.

I’m sharing my crazy stories in hopes that you too will begin paying attention to His invisible Presence in your life. God is our greatest friend, we just have to learn His voice and His sweet ways of communicating with us.

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That was a question from my nephew, Duro. I responded, “I am! I want the world to experience this closeness to God that I’m experiencing!” These so-called “coincidences” that I call my God winks, are when things line up a little bit too perfect to just be ordinary happenings – I say they are perfectly orchestrated by God Himself.

Like the next day, this showed up in my appointment with God:

“Sometimes I (God) communicate with you in grand, unmistakable ways – “coincidences” that are clearly the work of My hands. At other times I display My unseen Presence in subtle ways. These are often so personal to you that others wouldn’t even notice them. Yet these subtle signs can be a source of deep, intimate joy. The more attentive you are, the more you can find Me in the details of your day. So try to stay alert—be on the lookout for Me!” – Jesus Always

And that grand, unmistakable way showed up for me in the form of a huge, Olympic quality and size running track that showed up at my daughters’ new school. Julie, my younger daughter, and I love running. We love listening to Coach Bennet and the Nike running club app crew and all the inspirational stories that have inspired us to not just be better runners but to be better people after each run. I kept saying to her that I wanted her to join a running club if there was one at this new school because I think runners are cool people to hang around. I said it sooooooooo many times to her.

So, when I got to the school for open house/parent evening and saw this beautiful running track, I knew this was God all the way. He not only grants me the desires of my heart, He exceeds my expectations. There me and Julie were in Nigeria running up and dwn the stairs in our house because we loved running so much and for us to show up in Florida to this school with this professional standard running track just blew me away. This was a very personal God wink at me letting me know we were exactly where He wanted us. No coincident!

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“DO NOT FEAR, I WILL HELP YOU”

That’s God’s constant message to me. I feel His loving and helping Presence always with me in every aspect of my life. Like in the last post I wrote:

“This astounding relationship gives me the peace and joy to wake up every day withGodfidence knowing HE IS ON MY SIDE.”

Fast forward to my very next appointment with God, I continued reading from where I had last left off in my meditation book, Jesus Always, to this:

“Remember that you are My beloved. I AM ON YOUR SIDE, and I want what is best for you.”

And not only did He confirm that He is on my side through this book, written as if He is speaking directly to me, but that day was also miraculous. I had invited a potential management candidate to spend the day at work with me before making a final decision. He sent a message saying it would be a one-day miracle if he sold a car. Can you believe as soon as we opened, some customers came and bought a car from him later on? They told me on the test drive that they really liked his spirit, that he wasn’t aggressive, but very professional in the way he spoke to them.

This is God in action, helping me. He always sends the people I need when I need them. After placing an ad for someone, within minutes, he called. I remember having conversations with God about what to say in the ad and where to post the position, and this gentleman showed up the next day, and I immediately got good vibes from him.

The customers who showed up were also God’s way of saying, ‘Nik, I’m on your side.’ They were the nicest people ever. They told us so many God stories, and there was no doubt that God sent them our way for that miracle. Like I always say, we’re going by God’s economy, not the world’s.

“The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.” Amen!

“Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’”

Are you allowing God to be the guide of your life in every moment? Start seeking Him and listening. He has the best plans for us. Don’t miss out!

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GOD, PLEASE SAVE ME FROM ME!!!

Let me tell ya, WE NEED HIM! This life is no joke! Last night, He made me super happy reading a book I got the feeling from Him to borrow from a library. Remarkably, a story there spoke exactly to a challenge I have going on at the moment. I IMMEDIATELY feltGod speaking to me as to what He would have me to do. I took it as no coincident that my very situation showed up in some random book from a library I just happened to drive by looking for the nearest Starbucks. It was another one of His sweet God winks letting me know His Presence is with me no matter the troublesome situations that come my way. He’s very cool like that!

Today, instead of feeling overwhelmed and overburdened, I’m confident, light and happy – God is on the case! I’ve decided to have some fun with it, as I allow God to be my Control Tower to direct every move I make in regards to it. I’ve been through many rough and tough situations with Him before, and I know that there is NOTHING that He and I can’t handle together. I’m going to use this situation as part of my continuous growth and enfoldment, allowing God to stretch me and mold me into a better AND MORE COURAGEOUS person – I like me better when I’m with Him!

This astounding relationship gives me the peace, and joy to wake up every day withGodfidence knowing He is on my side. I have access to God and His infinite support and wisdom. My biggest battle, though, is tackling all the negative thoughts of self-doubt, procrastination, pessimism, past regrets and failures, worries of the future, disappointments and hurts. GOD, PLEASE SAVE ME FROM ME!!! I just continually remind myself that no matter how many times I fall, I can get back up and keep going with God as my FAITHFUL BACK-UP. AMEN!

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ANYTIME AND ANYWHERE, OUR GOD IS THERE!!!

That’s what I’m talking about! I can be in Nigeria feeling His intimate Presence, and a day later, I could feel His sweet Presence following me all the way to the U.S.! God is great! I still can’t get over my God wink of yesterday when I stopped in the middle of my running to type the words “TAKE EVERY THOUGHT CAPTIVE,” and a couple of hours later, randomly opening a meditation book on a desk at work, and read a message from Him saying, “…bring those captive thoughts into My Presence…” Let me tell you, today I went out with new pep in my step: MY GOD HAS MY BACK WHEREVER I GO!

So, that’s the Godfidence I want us all having. Knowing that there is never a moment when God’s Presence is not with us. He is our Teacher, Protector, Strategist, Planner, Father, Counselour and Friend, and HE IS ALWAYS WITH US. We can go to Him anytime and anywhere to seek His guidance and to rest on His chest when we need a little time out from the world. He’s the GREATEST FRIEND EVER!

I want God to be our Control Tower with us continually going to Him for direction on everything. I loved a wink from Snoop Dogg today in regards to a lesson God has been teaching me. He spoke about how he and Suge Knight reconciled their relationship, and he was then asked if Suge had apologized. He said something like, he didn’t need to, but by the way their meeting and subsequent telephone conversation went, he knew that that was his (Suge’s) way of apologizing. And just like that, they were cool again.

The lesson from God has been that for me as well. Not everything has to be said. If someone did something I may not have liked, it’s no reason to confront them and expect an apology. I can let that thing go and politely move on, lovingly and forgivingly. I’m becoming an expert in this professional ignorer business – life is too short to be stressing things that are not important in the big picture of our lives. Amen! I can lovingly forgive everyone remembering I do it all for God. He’s the Boss and First Love of my life.

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