“YOU’RE IN THIS PICTURE WITH US!”

That was me to my angel/brother, Kevin, a short while ago. Even coaches need coaches and Kevin has been my coach sent specially by God to guide my life. No joke! He would say to me, “Neeks, call me 100 times a day if you need me!” And if I dare tell him I had a bad day and I didn’t call him, he would be upset at me! Hubs still doesn’t like our close relationship, but I try my best to explain that our relationship was established by God so we can do some important work in the world on God’s behalf. Like, check out this old post that came up in my appointment with God today:

CAN YOU STOP TALKING ABOUT YOUR BROTHER, KEVIN, SO MUCH?

This was a comment I got yesterday, and I did an entire video about it, but it had a technical glitch, and I had to throw it out. So, today, it’s all about my brother, Kevin, and all the remarkable advice he is giving me. It’s my privilege and honor to share with you guys my top six pieces of advice from him:

1.“NEEKS, ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS TO GET CLOSER TO GOD. MAKE HIM YOUR PRIORITY!” I ran with this by listening to Dr. Charles Stanley on YouTube, and he has taken my FAITH in God to an entirely new level. FAITH CHANGES EVERYTHING ABOUT YOUR LIFE!!! I had a terrible night sleeping, and I replayed his sermons repeatedly, reminded that I’m to follow God’s will. I’m with Jesus, asking God to give me the strength and the grace to do His will, not what the crazy lady inside of me wants to do:

“Jesus faced his trepidation over the upcoming suffering he would endure on the cross by praying for strength to do his Father’s will. Instead of letting fear overwhelm him or sink him into despair, Jesus dropped to his knees and prayed, “Father, not my will, but yours be done.”

I will joyfully and lovingly carry my crosses all for the glory of God! My reward is with Him, who exceeds my expectations! When I die, I want Him to say, “Well done my good and faithful servant! Amen!

1.“NEEKS, I WANT YOU TO WORK ON BEING A WISE WOMAN” For me, that means constant conversations with God about everything. To constantly look at my life from God’s perspective: What would He have me to say? Where would He have me to go? What would He have me to do?
“The LORD says, “I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you and watch over you.” – Psalm 32:8
2.“NEEKS, ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS TO BE PATIENT RIGHT NOW!” Those words continue to carry me through a rough life patch. I’m learning to be patient with everyone, including myself. Yesterday, I got goosebumps all over talking with our business manager about how we were so busy. So many times, I quoted to him, “It’s all about patience, bro!” The patience is working so much that you guys can call me, “Nikki So Patient! Kevin explained that he made many good decisions because he was patient. I’m in total agreement. I’m praying for God to continue to give me the strength to be patient. Amen.
3.“MARRIAGE IS LIKE A TEAM. WHEN ONE PERSON IS WEAK, THE OTHER SHOULD BE THE STRONG ONE AND VICE VERSA.” Hubby and I go through our ups and downs, but we’ve been having each other’s backs and supporting each other for the last 20 years! We have our share of dark nights, but always with the hope that our best days are still out ahead of us. I say we ain’t perfect, but we’re pretty close! All glory goes to God, who makes everything beautiful in His time.
4.“IF JESUS CAN ASK GOD TO FORGIVE THE PEOPLE WHO NAILED HIM TO THE CROSS, WHO ARE WE TO WITHHOLD FORGIVENESS FROM ANYONE?” Forgiveness is something you don’t do for the other person, you really do it for yourself. I’m learning to hand over all disappointments to God. When others are unfair, I remember God’s ways with me are more than fair! NOBODY CAN LOVE ME BETTER THAN HE CAN! I suck up His love and approval while I endlessly forgive everyone else for everything!
5.“DON’T ASK GOD TO FOLLOW YOU; YOU FOLLOW GOD! BE GOD’S ANGEL! And following God has led my life on a pretty gorgeous path! Not always easy following God’s will, but always so worth it. God’s ways are so much better than our human ways! I’m to the point that I use all the negativity in the world as fuel to up my game in being a better wife, mother, and person, SUPERHERO STYLE. GOD IS LOVE!
Thanks, K! I will forever be thanking God for you!!! Everyone needs a K in their life!

“I HOPE YOU TOOK MY ADVICE AND LEFT YOUR HUSBAND!!!”

That was from one of my friends/customers, whom I called to thank for all the positive corrections he has given me over the years of our relationship. I responded, “I will never leave my husband. That’s my person for life! Whatever we must go through, we will go through it together!!!” I was upset that he divorced his wife, telling me he wasn’t happy. I told him that when you get married, it’s a vow before God to stay together through the good, bad, and ugly. I haven’t seen my hubby and sons in almost a year, but I’m more committed than ever to my family. We are a team, and I always do my best to make the best decisions for our team, not my personal happiness. My happiness goes to the back seat while I ask God to help me be the wife, mom, and person He would have me be. I’m going for the greatest of all time person, all for the glory of God, and I want the entire world here with me.

“Sorry for calling you all the time crying, J!” That was me to my brother, Jason, today! God honestly melts my heart with all the love and support he surrounds me with – I have an entire support crew! I called Jason from the paint store where I was looking to purchase the color he advised me to get for the walls of our business. Without the husband around, Jason comes in and advises me on how to improve. I finally bit the bullet and took his advice on updating our floors. I called him to tell him how great it was working out. Jason is teaching me all about risk-taking. After a meeting with my team about it, they told me not to do it. I told them either we have faith in God that things will work out or we don’t have faith in God. Guys, I went out on a limb with God, feeling it was a nudge from Him to go ahead with the floors. Now, my team is thanking me for stepping out in faith as they already see the difference the floors have made. THANK YOU, JASON AND GOD!!!!

This is why we need to develop a close relationship with God so that we can feel His direction as to what He would have us to do in every aspect of our lives- business, relationships, health, even weaknesses we need to tackle. ANY AND EVERYTHING I WANT US TALKING TO GOD ABOUT IT!!! Pray without ceasing! I want us all to roll with God on the daily feeling and experiencing His Presence. But we must take the time to meet with Him, having those alone times where you read or listen to anything spiritual that makes you feel like you are connected to God. Like me with my ‘Words of Wisdom’ from my brother from God, Ceri, that’s available on our We Roll with God YouTube channel. I promise you with all my heart Ceri shows up to record them, but God takes over and speaks through Ceri as to His principles and values and how He would have us conduct ourselves in the world. Ceri loves these verses, and they have become engrained in me, too:

“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.” – Colossians 3:12-14

I got to see my walking Bible – my brother, Kevin, and he said one thing that has stuck with me: THE WORLD MUST LEARN THAT NOBODY’S PERFECT. So, as we want God to love us unconditionally for our faults and weaknesses, He asks us to do the same for others. Not always easy, but by God’s strength, may we be His loving representatives in the world loving and supporting each other. So help us, God!

I MUST MAKE YOU UNDERSTAND, GOD WANTS TO BE YOUR MAN

That’s my mission from God! Our GREATEST STRENGTH is knowing we have God Himself walking with us in every moment. He is our beautiful Partner and Guide on this adventure we call life. It’s just for us to prioritize Him by developing a relationship with Him where we can learn His voice and direction for every moment, KNOWING His invisible Presence ALWAYS stands strong with us.

Like I can’t get over a prayer from my daughter, Julie yesterday. She thanked God that we KNOW Him. That’s where I want us all! Not just knowing about God, but KNOWING Him for yourself. Like Julie and I followed God’s voice with the number 211, we felt God was saying she should attend a specific New York university. So much so that I said if she didn’t go to this university, God Himself would be mad at me. Now we both understand why!

Julie recently started an internship with a lawyer who has completely taken her under her wing and is teaching my daughter every aspect of the law, from researching to speaking with prisoners and developing strategies to defend them with other lawyers. Next week, she is going to the state capital of New York to actually sit at the table where they actually discuss the laws that may be enacted in the state; NOBODY CAN TELL ME THAT THIS IS NOT THE FAVOR OF GOD WALKING WITH MY DAUGHTER!!!

God is very mysterious and genius in how He communicates with us, but it’s up to us to learn His voice and obey Him. Julie and I are so in sync with this 211 that I started crying yesterday when she sent me a picture of how God had the 211 and the number 117 to line up in the Nike Club Running app out on her run yesterday. 117 is the number where God says to us that His invisible Presence is with us, so both 211 and 117 are special to us. The reason I cried was because the very day before, I saw a bus with the number 21117, and I smiled with God feeling that was a communication between Him and me, so for my daughter to send me that picture of those numbers together feeling it was God speaking to HER just left me feeling so overwhelmingly loved my God. He knows every thought we think!!! Like who are we that the Creator of the university would have me see that bus number 21117 to remind me of his Presence and then have those numbers appear less than 24 hours later to let my daughter know that He was with her too?

That’s the love we want you to KNOW for yourself. You learn God’s voice through a practical experience where you follow where you feel He is leading you, and then you see what happens from there. That experience of feeling that the 211 was God saying Julie should go to that university has worked out so well that we have no doubt that it was HIS DIRECTION. So, as you practice, practice, and practice some more listening to what you feel God would have you to do, the better you get at it, and you will KNOW Him and His voice when he is speaking to you. THIS IS HOW HE GUIDES US ON THE BEST PATHS FOR OUR LIVES!!!!

But you must set aside alone times with Him every day where you read or listen to anything spiritual that you feel takes you close to Him. I love our new playlist on YouTube called Rolling With God on the Daily! Wink! Wink! NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN LEARNING GOD’S VOICE AND DIRECTION FOR YOUR LIFE!!!! MAKE GOD YOUR TOP PRIORITY AND FOCUS, ASKING HIM TO HELP YOU MAKE THE WISEST DECISIONS IN THE 1,000 DECISIONS YOU MAKE EVERY DAY!!!

It doesn’t matter if you are at your lowest right now. Say a prayer and ask God to be a part of your life. No situation is too difficult for Him to help you get back on track. You must learn His voice, though, and be obedient to Him. Even if you fall a million times, He can help you get back up a million and one. Tell Him that today is the day you want to start walking closer with Him! Amen!

“ON MY UGLIEST DAYS, YOU SAY THAT YOU’LL ALWAYS LOVE ME JUST THE SAME”

“And then You remind me that You’re holding me tight
You said the past is behind me and it will be alright”– Where Do I Fit In, Justin Bieber

That’s my testimony, too!!! The way God finds all these ways to let me know that He is ALWAYS with me, just blows the God Maniac here away! Like I started a new YouTube playlist called Rolling With God on the Daily and out of almost 800 videos, one played about how the word “Synergy” appeared in an appointment with God years ago, and ever since then, its become a special word between me and God that even in my weakest moments He is my strength.

Fast forward to me going to the food store later on that night. I started crying when I saw these bottles of Kombucha named Synergy. The reason I cried was because I thought back to my lowest of moments and how God has been with me to bring me back to my feet. His love! I knew it was another glimmer of God’s Presence with Him taking my attention to those bottles to remind me that He was with me. It was another one of those updates from God that He gives us throughout the day when we know His voice.

Fast forward to the very next morning, my phone glitched, and I had no internet. Instead of going to our family’s website where I usually go for my morning appointment with God, I continued reading from a meditation book on my phone, and look what incredibly showed up:

“LEARN TO LEAN ON ME more and more. I know the full extent of your weakness, and that is where My powerful Presence meets you! MY STRENGTH AND YOUR WEAKNESS FIT TOGETHER PERFECTLY—IN A WONDERFUL SYNERGY (Wink! Wink!) designed long before your birth. Actually, My Power is most effective in weakness. This is counterintuitive and mysterious, yet it is true.

It is important to lean on Me when you’re feeling inadequate or overwhelmed. Remind yourself that you and I together are more than adequate. To sense my nearness, try closing your hand as if you’re holding on to Mine. For I take hold of your right hand and say to you, “Do not fear; I will help you.” – Jesus Always

That was no coincidence! It was another one of my God winks orchestrated by God Himself down to having had that glitch to happen with my phone’s internet just so He can tell us all that He wants us all learning to lean on Him! Just like that Justin Bieber song says, on our ugliest days, He loves us just the same! Make this year your year to start walking more closely with God in every moment. No matter where you are, even at your ugliest and lowest, He is there waiting for you with open arms. GOD, PULL US ALL CLOSER TO YOU!!!! Then hear Him say, “Do not fear; I will help you.” – Wink! Wink!

GOD, I’M SO INTO YOU

That’s the song I’m now singing to God because He finds all these ways to reveal His Presence with me. The love! The love! The love He shows me is so intense that I want to say, ‘God, I’m all Yours!!! May my entire life glorify You!!!!’ And I want the whole world here with me, not missing out on one nanosecond of rolling with Papa GOD, baby!

I can’t get over how I had a talk with my new car detailing guy, Kari before we closed up the shop together on Thursday night. I said to him, “This business is my cross right now to carry. We must be like Jesus in the world and carry our crosses on behalf of God.” Fast forward to the next day, and it was Good Friday, where we remember when Jesus carried his cross, I woke up stressing over this cross (our family’s business), and I said let me see what God had to say to me in my meditation book, and look what I directly opened up to:

“CARRY IT (YOUR CROSS) JOYFULLY, LOVINGLY. Carry it generously and you will learn to hide it from those around you, as you would hide a treasure. Hide it behind a generous smile and you will discover in the depths of your soul, what our Lord’s words mean when he says, ‘My yoke is easy and my burden is light’ (Mt 11:30); for he, the good Cyrenean of souls will help you carry it.” – Jesus As Friend by Salvatore Canals

Honestly, my heart just melted! Honestly, who am I for God to show me such love and attention? I woke up all anxious and stressed (your girl is not used to all this pressure!), and God lovingly showed up as if saying, “Nik, don’t stress, my boo. You can carry this cross joyfully because I am here to help you.”

And help me, God has been doing! Knowing I’m not tackling this dealership alone and that God Himself is my Partner brings me such peace. I tell our staff that we must show up, do our best, and leave the rest with God.

Everything we do is between us and God! Don’t worry about what anyone else is doing; do what you feel God is asking you to do and be obedient to Him! I promise you, this is the way to the best life with God. Kari has inspired me so much! He takes his prayer times seriously, and he has inspired me to up my game and connection with God.

I want the entire world here with us. Let’s make rolling with God on a daily a lifestyle where we are looking to God in every example, every decision, every circumstance, and every decision, seeking to do what it is He would have us to do. May we all be God’s representatives in the world where we go overboard in love, loyalty, patience, kindness, gentleness, and faithfulness. I say I’m loyal to a fault, but God Himself rewards that loyalty. The way God shows up for me in every aspect of my life, I say God, anything to please you, let me learn. Amen.

GOD IS ALWAYS GIVING US UPDATES

That’s the message I get from Ceri! For example, I asked my son Emmie to have an appointment with God with me reading my book, Keep Calm, You’re Rolling With God, and he picked number 310. It was about marriage, so I asked him if we could read Day 311 instead, and this showed up:

“We can have peace, joy, and happiness despite our problems. One of the best ways is simply by not worrying about tomorrow. Matthew 6:34 says, “Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now and don’t get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes.” My meditation book says, “It is vain and useless to feel either grief or joy for future things which perhaps will never take place.”

I thanked Emmie because that was the perfect message for crazy lady here who is forever stressing about the future. Fast forward to the very next morning. Can you believe God figured out a way to confirm that message from my book? My friend/customer, Joey sent this text message to me:

“One day at a time
The problem many times is that we live in tomorrow’s issues and tomorrow’s battles. Jesus clearly said “take no thought for tomorrow” meaning live one day at a time. Matthew 6:34”

No one can tell me that from the entire Bible, Joey just happens to send me that verse from my appointment with my son. It was another one of my God winks where everything lined up a little bit too perfectly to be considered some ordinary coincidence, but God giving us all an update that He is intimately involved in every moment of our lives and we can trust Him one day at a time.

Then, before typing this, I saw the number 77 and decided to go to our family’s website to see what God had to say to me there and precisely what I had just told a customer, showing him my empty car lot that God said I should give Him my nothing, this incredibly showed up:

“… give Me (God!) this nothing. Didn’t I create with nothing?’ – He and I

All these little updates from God remind us that we’re not going through life alone and that His Presence is always with us. Make sure you are waking up to your appointments with God. Just how we need regular food, we need spiritual food to nourish our souls with a God perspective to tackle our lives. I feel like I’m in the fire right now but I know who is in the fire with me: GOD HIMSELF, BABY!!! In God we trust! We walk by faith!

“DON’T BE MAKING ME CRY ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, DUDE!!!”

That was me to my brother, Ceri, today! Like no joke, your girl has a lot of pressure on her right now! So, that meant me running to God in an appointment with Him on Thursday evening, listening to one of my old videos on our family’s website where I mentioned this specific verse:

“The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can endure.” – 1 Corinthians 10:13

The following day, I was out running and listening to Ceri’s messages that I recorded and uploaded on YouTube, and he repeated this exact message. Out of over 600 recordings, for that specific message from Ceri saying God will not give me too much that I can’t stand, I literally sat on the side of the road crying!!! I just felt overwhelmingly loved by God.

Fast forward to today, Saturday, I go to record Ceri’s message for today, and can you believe as I sat on the side of the road crying over Ceri confirming that verse from 1 Corinthians 10:13, within that very hour, Ceri was recording a new message quoting precisely this verse:

“The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can endure.” – 1 Corinthians 10:13

Forget about it guys, I’m God’s favorite! The extent He goes to make me aware of His intimate presence with me and everything that concerns me. Now I say that the pressures are not on me, they’re on God! Like I tell my team, we’re not going by the ordinary rules; we’re rolling with God who is at work in the spiritual realm on my behalf. We can just keep showing up, giving our best, and trusting God to do the rest! NEVER FORGET THE GOD FACTOR!!!! Wink! Wink!

NIKKI NEEDS MORE OF GOD’S PRESENCE!!!

That was from my new guy, David, today when someone told him that I was fasting and, therefore, didn’t want any coffee. He hit the nail on the head, guys-GOD, I NEED TO FEEL YOUR PRESENCE WITH ME IN EVERY MOMENT!!! No shame; I will be running to God, and He doesn’t disappoint me in the many ways He finds to reveal His Presence with me.

Like this morning on the way to the God tree, I felt Him firmly nudging me to listen to an old Ceri message where he spoke about PRAYING TO GOD FOR STRENGTH. Fast forward to me sitting down by my God tree and debating what page of our family’s website to read, and I felt God saying go to page 17, and this incredibly showed up:

“On the radio station is a pastor saying specifically this, “I WANT YOU TO LEARN TO PRAY TO GOD FOR STRENGTH (Wink! Wink!). For the endurance and patience to handle the difficulties of your life.”

God is pretty talkative guys! Like today I’ve been seeing my 117 and 711 combinations all around me. That’s God’s loving and sweet way of letting me know that His invisible Presence is always with me. Like I accidentally purchased a vehicle today that I will have to return with the run number 1/17 and like a minute later, God took me to the time at the bottom of my computer screen and it was 1:17 (Wink! Wink!). His way of letting me know that He is even a part of my mistakes and failings – Hey, nobody’s perfect!

I love this message from Kevin that also showed up on page 17:

“Every day. Every day. Every day, my sister. Every day. Accumulate a little more strength, and you will see the most powerful woman you’ve ever seen in your life. Don’t mind all the noise around you. Work on that which you just sent me. You have to work on being a stronger person. And I don’t mean because you feel good today. The more strength you build up, the more muscle mass you build up, the stronger you are when you need that strength. I told you before you don’t pray for things not to happen; you pray for strength to deal with things when they happen. And things are happening. Every day. Every day. Every day. Every day. Take care of yourself.”

And as we pray for strength, let’s also work on being softer – more loving, loyal, supportive, gentler, patient, forgiving, merciful, and kinder. Amen!

“MS. NIKKI, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO MEET MY HUSBAND”

That was from my new baby sister last night! Honestly, God showed up along with her husband!!! He first freaked me out when he repeated verbatim what I had just said to my new manager a few minutes prior: “WE DO THE UTMOST BEST OF OUR ABILITIES.” Then he asked me, “Ms. Nikki, do you and your husband go through ups and downs?” Wow, I showed him the last text message I sent to my husband:

“Sticking with u, my boo, no matter THE UPS AND DOWNS (Wink! Wink!).”

Then, they started talking about how he tries to control her and wanted to know her whereabouts at every moment. I screamed because that was precisely the appointment with God I was having a few minutes before they came when I shared how I would want to do the same with my husband:

“… but more in the sense of what we mean by “trust.” This goes beyond simply presuming that the other is not lying or cheating. Such basic trust recognizes GOD’S LIGHT SHINING BEYOND THE DARKNESS… This trust enables a relationship to be free. It means we do not have to control the other person, to follow their every step lest they escape our grip. Love trusts, it sets free, IT DOES NOT TRY TO CONTROL (Wink! Wink!) …

…This means that love bears every trial with a positive attitude. It stands firm in hostile surroundings. This “endurance” involves not only the ability to tolerate certain aggravations (or like I put it, putting up with some things we may not like), but something greater: A CONSTANT READINESS TO CONFRONT ANY CHALLENGE. IT’S A LOVE THAT NEVER GIVES UP, EVEN IN THE DARKEST HOUR. It shows a certain dogged heroism, a power to resist every negative current, AN IRREPRESSIBLE COMMITMENT TO GOODNESS.” – The Joy of Love by Pope Francis

God revealed His Presence with them and their marriage and confirmed that He was with me and my hubby wubba, too. It’s been tough with my hubby in Nigeria and with me in the US, but I meant that text to my hubby that I’m sticking with him no matter what we go through.

Especially after your girl was in a tough situation one night, and I had turned off my phone for only nine minutes so someone would stop calling me. Can you guys believe within those nine minutes, my husband woke up in the middle of the night in Nigeria to call me? When I had turned the phone back on, my daughter Julie called me from New York, “Mommy, what’s going on? Daddy is trying to reach you.” Hubs insisted that I give him the person’s phone number and immediately called and texted him to stay away from me. When I told my husband about it a few days later, he said, “When I married you, it was my job to protect you.” I said, “Boo, even in your sleep, you’re protecting me.” (HUGE SMILE)

As I always write, our families (significant relationships) are essential to God! Let’s keep going the extra mile in love, patience, faithfulness, forgiveness, and gentleness, all for his glory! When it gets hard, God will strengthen us to continue loving others like He loves us. Amen!

“YOU KNOW YOU CAN DO NO WRONG IN MY BOOKS”

That’s me to my brother, Kevin, a few minutes ago! He said he was coming to see me yesterday, but he didn’t make it! I told him about the person I met with the words “Live Wise” tattooed on them and how I’m so grateful to him for teaching me to be a wise and strong woman. I was literally on the side of the road balling crying the other morning thinking about this brother and how he has helped me make the WISEST decisions for every aspect f my life. I was replaying all my TikTok videos where I kept talking about all the advice he gives me. Honestly, I felt so deeply loved by God to have this brother show up to genuinely love and support me as take on some difficult stuff on behalf of God and my family. CAN WE ALL BE MORE LIKE KEVIN? God’s angels in the world?

And let me tell ya how God loves me so much that after Kevin gave me that advice about being a wise woman, God then sends Ceri to teach me all these Godly values and principles for living the wisest life. I don’t play with these messages from Ceri and every day I have church with Ceri listening to his words of wisdom as soon as I wake up every morning. Honestly, I was so happy when a new brother, TJ, told me that he is learning from Ceri to forgive, and forgiving is one of the wisest decisions we can make. I love this old post:

That’s why I can’t get over my brother, Kevin. In one of my painful moments, I called him one day, and he incredibly said, “Neeks, you’re like a boxer right now. You will take 10,000 punches, but eventually, you will become numb. Keep fighting!” God Himself spoke to me through my brother to keep going and not give up! Who tells someone to stay in the ring and take 10,000 punches? This was not only what was good for me, it was indeed best for me! God was teaching me these crucial values in the process:

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To love others the way He loves us: unconditionally! To keep forgiving and keep forgiving and keep forgiving until we increase our capacity to forgive. And this forgiveness thing is for us! It brings us peace and joy! I try to wipe the slate clean for everyone every day, the way God does for us. Thanks, Ceri, my God influencer!
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To think less of self and more of others: “Don’t forget to do good and to help one another, because these are the sacrifices that please God.”
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My family is a team, and I must make decisions that are best for the team! My personal happiness goes to the back seat!
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To wisely, calmly, kindly, skillfully, and lovingly handle problems!
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Don’t repay evil with evil; LOVE EVEN HARDER!
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When others go low, you go high because, at the end of the day, everything is between us and God. God more than makes up for any disappointments! (Wink! Wink!)
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To obey and trust God! No matter how difficult what He is asking – He will be our strength to do difficult things!
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Stay committed! Don’t give up when things get hard. Sometimes we must go through difficult paths to get to the best ones. Loyalty all the way, baby! All for the glory of God!
▪ Do not judge! Loving others for both their strengths and weaknesses! NO ONE GETS IT RIGHT ALL THE TIME!
A special thanks to Kevin and Ceri! Thanks for putting up with me!