Were the words I fell in love with from the Boyz to Men’s song, I Will Get There, while working on my book again until about 2 a.m.

It has to be in a particular format and instead of wasting time complaining about it, I’m doing what my DVD exercise trainer, Shaun T, has taught me – to dig deep, having the endurance for exercising as well for my life. Honestly, I’ve become very lazy, but I’ve decided today that I will accept God’s invitation to play life at a higher level and areas where I’ve been weak, I will become strong.

And about this playing life at a higher level, God has challenged me again through the rapper, Prince EA, to answer a vital question: “Who am I in the deepest sense?” He spoke about us being loyal to conditioned thoughts passed on from generation to generation. Thoughts that we’re so loyal to that we’ve fought over, killed over, gotten angry, sad and depressed over. Me included! I get sad and depressed over the same crazy thoughts over and over again. I’ve had enough! I’m going to the next level of focusing on important goals like bringing humanity closer to God, seeing my children grow up to be the superhumans they’re capable of becoming, helping my husband take our businesses to new levels of success, and becoming the most awesome version of me.

That means no more constantly thinking crazy thoughts such as worry, fear, and insecurity; They’re not becoming of superhumans rolling with God! Instead we pray, work hard and let God worry, doing our best and leaving the rest with Him. That also means we’re spiritually and mentally disciplined to new levels of thinking about our lives, goals, dreams, and aspirations and we’re constantly, constantly, constantly catching ourselves when we find ourselves thinking negatively and saying, No, no, no! We’re not going there! and reprograming our minds with new thoughts with the best and most beautiful outcomes.

We must beat our minds with a stick, becoming mentally disciplined, focused and strong like John Joseph taught me.

I can already see my husband and me at our kids’ college graduations and me doing significant work in the world for God. I have faith and like the Boyz to Men song says, “I will get there!”

“Hold my head up high, I’ll stand tall. And I swear this time I won’t fall.”

Dear God, help us to dig deep and become the superhumans You intended for us to be. Amen.   KEEP CALM—YOU’RE ROLLING WITH GOD

Was me to a friend today! God is so intimately involved in our lives, and I will never get over how He generously showers me with His deep love and faithfulness. I’m like, ‘Wow, God! You did all this?’

And it all began one day when my daughter, Ember, surprisingly called me from her school requesting to be picked up early. I didn’t hesitate because she hardly ever wants to miss school. When she got in the car, I asked her if I should take her home or if she would come to work and hang out with me for a bit. She asked to go to work, and our time alone together there was the beginning of God revealing some pretty spectacular plans He was working on behind the scenes for us.

Let me tell ya, God is too much!!! I have new confidence and respect for Him that whatever He asks of me, I try to do my best to please Him. Finish. Everything is between God and me, not between me and anyone else. Got that?

I woke up this morning to this beautiful message from Him:

“I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have [perfect] peace and confidence. In the world you have tribulation and trials and distress and frustration; but be of good cheer [take courage; be confident, certain, undaunted]! For I have overcome the world. [I have deprived it of power to harm you and have conquered it for you.]” – John 16:33 AMP

God, tell me about it! This verse is spot on! There are so many annoying and frustrating situations we have to deal with, but with God on our side we can be cool and calm while He’s at work in the supernatural realm on our behalf. Wink! Wink!

Our job is to listen to what He would have us to do on a moment by moment basis. This is very difficult sometimes, but so worth it. When we do the hard stuff God expects of us like going the extra mile in love and kindness, we can celebrate and be glad because GREAT is our reward from Him.

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I asked a wonderful lady who came to visit me at our office yesterday. She replied, “I want to learn how to hear from God.” Oh my goodness, that made the God maniac here super happy and excited to tell her all about my appointments (alone times) with God reading a variety of spiritual books asking God what specifically He wants to say to me. Prayer is you talking to God, but meditation is God talking to you! These meetings with Him, help me to discern His important voice, so that when I’m back out in the world, I know what it is God would have me to do or say on a moment by moment basis. Don’t play with your relationship with God!

I bragged to this person how He is helping me so much in every aspect of my life, especially relationships and dealing with people – so crucial to living your best life! We need other people! Like my wonderful husband. He can go from one moment being my gift from God to the next moment being my CROSS that I must lovingly and joyfully continue carrying from Jesus for God. LOL!

However, God has been patiently teaching me FLEXIBILITY depending on each person and situation I’m dealing with. From learning God’s voice during the alone times, I can pretty much tell where He would have me to go. Sometimes that means being meek, humble, gentle, loving, merciful, light, joyful, playful and other times He’s calling me to be tough, strong, brave, persistent, courageous, fearless, unflinching, and determined.

So, all day, I listen to Him. When challenges arise, that means even more intense conversations with God because I need His wisdom to guide me through safely. He has been the best Advisor ever. He’ll say to me, “Do this!” “Talk to this person!” “Go here!” I’m talking about specific instructions through my Spirit!

Moreover, before situations do become major challenges, I’m learning to go to Him to set the agenda for every day, “God, what is the work of today, please?” Today, it was running for 5 miles up and down our stairs for about two hours. Believe it or not, this is God’s way of helping me become the Nikki He would have me to be in the world. With every run, I’m gaining endurance, strength, joy, peace, mental clarity, a sense of accomplishment (I did it!), satisfaction and the fortitude to take on whatever life brings my way. I love it! Warrior Nikki, baby!

So as I work on becoming a better me and getting closer to God, I pray I inspire you to do the same. Let’s up our God game!!! When will your alone times with Him take place?

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He has this way of making me feel so loved. I woke up feeling a little REJECTED, and He spoke to me through my meditation book, He and I:

“… even if all the affections of your heart were to fade away and you found yourself alone and misunderstood by everyone, I should still be your treasure, your goal, your incomparable friend, your beginning and your end. SO DON’T BE UPSET BY ANYTHING. Once and for all, place your heart in Mine, in joy as in distress.”

That was the perfect message at that moment!

Then, my daughter, Julie, pushed me to go for a run and the first song to play was, Love on Me, which has great history between me and God from a couple of years ago:

“This God wink began yesterday morning when I had an appointment with Him reading an old post entitled, ‘NIK, I WON’T LET YOU DOWN.’ To be very honest, the God maniac here was a bit anxious going into that alone time with Him, wondering if He was going to remember to help me with a certain challenge I have, and that post was exactly the reminder I needed; I got my high five from God: ‘NIK, I WON’T LET YOU DOWN.’

Fast forward later that day, we’re at the mall shopping when I saw a beautiful dress in a store I liked for my friend. I persuaded her to get it, and because she had to run to another store she wanted to give me the money to pay for the dress for her, but this friend, who is like more than ten great friends in one, I refused her money, and I went in line to pay for it. As I’m standing there waiting, I’m listening to the lyrics of the song playing in the background, and they astonishingly say:

“Girl put your love on Me
Cause I WON’T LET YOU DOWN
I WON’T LET YOU DOWN” – Love On Me by Galantis & Hook N Sling

Wink! Wink! The happiest, most blissful feeling came over me! I knew without a doubt this was God singing to me, again, saying that HE WON’T LET ME DOWN! Reading that old post that morning with the exact words in that song, out of the thousands of posts I’ve ever written, as my only appointment with God that day, and for that song, of all songs, to play for the few minutes I stood there in that line, was once again everything lining up STRANGELY a little bit too perfectly to be a coincident; it was another love song from God reminding me that I CAN trust Him.”

God has never let me down!!! Even my bad, He uses for my good, especially to bring me closer to Him. I want us with our eyes strictly on God; He’s our greatest friend. No matter the trials and tribulations that come our way, I want us NEVER LETTING GO OF GOD’S HANDS. My number one goal for the rest of this year is to get even closer than ever to Him. Even if I’m misunderstood and rejected by the entire world, I know I’m INFINITELY love by God. And that’s enough!

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Those are the lyrics that begin the song ‘Girls Need Love’ and EXACTLY WHERE I AM IN MY LIFE!!! Focus is the new superpower, baby! Life will try its best to distract us and have us thinking and doing the WRONG things, but I want us with our FOCUS on God, asking Him to be the Guide of our lives continually asking:

‘God, what would make You happy for me to do here in my thoughts, words, and deeds.’

Yesterday, I found myself thinking back about all sorts of craziness. It was just one little comment that got me so sad and thinking about a hurtful situation from the past. I was back to beating my head with a stick saying, ‘Nik, let’s please stay focused on happier things!’

“I am stronger than my temporary painful thoughts. I will not let myself get trapped into a destructive cycle of thinking.” — Affirmation of the day.

And all day long, I kept trying not to go down that dark road of negative thinking. But then, a late night appointment with God encouraged me:

““I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.” – Ezekiel 36:26

Before You Turn Out the Light

Trust Me to do what you cannot do: remove the little stones that mar the beauty of your heart.” – Jesus Calling

That made me so happy that God was there with me feeling my pain, but I must trust Him to take away those hurts from my heart. I wrote in my notes on my phone: “Don’t let difficulties from the past mar the beauty of your heart.” I went to bed happy.

Fast forward to today, I’m chatting with a customer, and he gives me his card and unbelievably, printed on the back are these words:

“Then I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within them, and take the stony heart out of their flesh, and give them a heart of flesh.” – Ezekiel 11:19

I started crying KNOWING this was a direct message from God to me confirming His message from the night before.. No coincident! This was His way of letting me know that He’s with me and He doesn’t want me focused on past hurts and disappointments, but on HIM. And that He does not want me sad. I asked the customer why did he pick that particular verse for his cards, and he showed me there are different verses, but he always asks God that he should give the right card to the right person. In this case, he got it correct!

Let’s keep our focus on God knowing that even the bad he can use for our good. He used my PAST hurts to reveal His intimate Presence with me TODAY! God is with us!!! Let’s give Him our very best – even a smile – let us do all for His glory. Our reward is with Him!

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