GOD LOVES ME IN EXCESS!!!

That’s my testimony, baby! He has placed around me so many angels. Like my YouTuber, Anita Sirene, who gives me CLEAR, CLEAR messages from Him. I’ve been replaying repeatedly her latest video, ‘Your April Prediction,’ feeling blown away by God’s love and comforted knowing that He is aware of EVERYTHING going on in my life. God is very talkative once you have ears to hear Him, and Ainta had so many positive messages from God to deliver personally to me. His love, let me tell ya, is too much!

Like I wrote this in a recent post: “I was talking with my brother, Kevin, a short while ago. I told him how his WISDOM EMPOWERS ME SO I CAN EMPOWER THE ENTIRE WORLD with everything I’m learning from him.” Anita incredibly says in this video,

“This is such a positive time for you in your life in April because God is showing you how He’s going to use you to give service to other people. And I feel like the way God is going to use you as a tool to serve humanity is being made crystal clear to you because each one of us…have a special strength that has the ability to benefit others…Your energy also has the ability to MAKE PEOPLE FEEL MORE EMPOWERED (Wink! Wink!) and more confident…

Your energy, it makes people feel good. And the way in which it makes people feel good is it makes them feel safe. It makes them feel protected. It makes them feel cared for. Just by being in your energy, other people feel more empowered, more brave, and more courageous. Simply by being around you because you have to remember that moods are contagious… States of being are contagious. And the contagious energy you give off to other people… give people a sense of empowerment. They feel more brave and less scared. That’s why people like being around you, and when they’re around you, they instantly feel happy. They instantly get a hit of dopamine. They instantly get cheered up.”

Can you believe God would go to that great length to confirm my conversation with Kevin through Anita. Even to go as have her use my very word to him – “Empower.” Told y’all, our God is pretty talkative! And everything she said was spot on! Forget you guys, I go back and reread my old posts or watch old videos of myself, and I’m instantly cheered up. No shame, I would be in the worst mood, and I run to our family’s website, werollwithgod.com, and I’m instantly EMPOWERED to take on my life. This life is hard, and the reminders that God is with us at every moment give me the courage to keep going no matter my troubles. THE JOY OF THE LORD IS OUR STRENGTH. He is with us, for us, and by our sides!

DON’T MISS OUT ON THE BEST LIFE WITH GOD, where we find true joy, the greatest love of all (God’s love!), contentment no matter the situation, the peace you cannot buy, and pure gratitude for everything – even the bad! WE MAY LOSE EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE, BUT WE WILL NEVER LOSE GOD!!! Thanks, Anita, for all my messages from God through you!!! May all our lives bring glory to God!

“NIK, WHY WOULD YOU GO TO NIGERIA TO BE WITH YOUR HUSBAND IF HE DOESN’T WANT YOU THERE?”


That was the question someone asked me a few months ago, and my answer was simple: I MUST OBEY GOD. Fast forward to today, I’m thanking God for being the guard rails of my life (Every time I go the wrong way, He turns me back around!). When the world and the devil would tell me to give up that it made no sense, God kept telling me to give everything instead by being the best wife, mom, and person, doing everything for His glory. Thank God for God! I can’t stop talking about His deep, deep love and intimate involvement in our lives!! DO EVERYTHING TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITIES (OBEY GOD!!!) AND LEAVE THE REST WITH HIM!!! Wink! Wink! Nothing is too difficult for God!

That’s why I will continue to preach this great news: THE BEST LIFE IS A LIFE CLOSE TO GOD! God sees the bigger picture! He knows the beginning, middle, and end and why He is our best advisor.

Can you believe that the very person who asked me that question asked me to now speak to their girlfriend for them? I explained to her that this marriage thing was no joke. I told her how my brother, Kevin, told me to stay in the ring and take the 10,000 punches, and I’m so happy for his advice because of the love that I now feel for my husband, I would take a million punches. Kevin explained that you should just be sure that the person you are accepting the punches from is worth taking the punches for. Hubs has honestly earned my deepest love, respect, and appreciation. God has opened my eyes to how blessed I am to have him (nobody’s perfect! We must keep forgiving others the way God forgives us). My cross to carry has now become my gift from God. I bury the little bad against all his overwhelming good.

How that all happened is nothing short of a complete miracle – the hurts became love. In my darkest moments, I kept running to God and step by step, moment by moment, He has lovingly guided me. Even everyone is asking Kevin why he kept advising me to stay based on everything that was going on. Still, luckily Kevin also had the wisdom to see the bigger picture, too. He would say, “Neeks, you have a husband who respects you, takes good care of you and your family, and there is nothing more you can ask other than that. Enjoy your gorgeous life.”

Kevin’s advice of making God our number one priority and focus remains the best advice ever in my books. Like I told this person yesterday, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE CONSTANT CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD ABOUT WHO TO MARRY!!! I know God Himself put me and hubs together, so even when things got difficult, I knew that this was the husband God Himself put me with. That meant sticking with the vows I made before God and the world: For better or worse, til death do us part! Even in the darkest hours, I kept my hope in God that light was still shining beyond the dark clouds.

To my better-than-best husband, may we continue to be this couple in the world on God’s behalf. Our marriage was ordained in heaven by God Himself to reflect what true marriage is supposed to be. So help us, God.

“NEEKS, I WANT YOU TO TELL EVERYONE TO ENJOY THEIR LIVES!!!”
That was the perfect advice from my brother, Kevin, and I ended up overly enjoying the most delicious roasted fish and FRIED yams for dinner last night. But can you believe God showed up a few hours later saying He wanted me to enjoy my life too when, in an appointment with my son, Joshie, reading our Jesus Calling Devotional For Kids, God had this to say:

“Laughing at Troubles

She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come. – Proverbs 31:25

Learn to laugh at yourself and at the world. Instead of getting bogged down in the mud of worry and fear, laugh and be happy because I AM BY YOUR SIDE. Just as parents delight in the laughter of their children, so I delight in hearing you laugh. I feel happy when you trust Me enough to ENJOY YOUR LIFE (Wink! Wink!).

Like God Himself approved of me enjoying my fried yam, y’all! LOL! That’s why these alone times with God are so crucial to us living our best lives with Him! I was back stalking my God influencer, Ceri, (NO SHAME! He is giving me the God perspective I need to take on my life!) In one of his old recordings (I call them vintage Ceri), he gave us why we can enjoy our lives: GOD GOT US!!! (Wink! Wink!) Here’s Ceri:

“I’ve been going through a lot for the past week, more than a week, but this last week has been pretty intense–physically, mentally, and emotionally. WE ALL WILL FACE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS (Like Kevin also mentioned, no one is immune from troubles-life WILL throw 10,000 punches our way!), and I found myself deep in the Psalms. Reading all these Psalms and looking at what David went through. But I stopped last night, put my Psalms down, decided to get on my knees, and prayed.

I told God I didn’t want to pray for anything other than just to thank Him. Thanks for everything. Thanks for gifting me with life. Thanks for my family. Thanks for being able to just be here. Thanks through the midst of all these things that are going on around me–the city burning–but still, thanks for being able to watch it. (Wow! Now that’s a great perspective!)

This kind of calmness came about me, where I felt more at peace than I did saying all those Psalms and other prayers I used for strength and protection.

So, my advice this morning is that sometimes, let’s just stop and give God thanks and praise. I’m not saying we don’t pray for protection and peace, but sometimes just pray and just tell God thanks. Because through all of these things we’re going through, it does forge us in the fire and it does allow us to come up even more resilient than we were when we went inside. Cast these troubles on Him. Allow him to take the burden. Allow him to take it because when I told Him thanks last night, I woke up with that refreshing clean feeling. Like okay, I don’t have nothing else to worry about. God got this! So, IN ALL THINGS, I just want to give God thanks and give God praise.

I’m with you, Ceri! God, THANK YOU!!!! (HUGE SMILE)

DON’T MISS OUT ON THIS STRONG, STRONG LOVING FROM GOD!!!

My mom didn’t like the title of yesterday’s post: ‘Going Through Hell With A Smile’ – “You’re not going through any hell! You have a beautiful life!” I do! I do! I do! I love my life where I told someone yesterday how I eat one cooked meal a day, and I enjoy that meal like it’s my birthday every day (the blessings of God!) But what I explained to mom is that even in this gorgeous life I have, some moments are not so pretty, and that’s where the crucial God perspective comes in so that WE CAN STILL HOLD OUR HEADS HIGH AND SMILE DESPITE THE TROUBLES AND STORMS THAT COME OUR WAY, KNOWING GOD HIMSELF IS WITH US. HeeHaw!

I was talking with my brother, Kevin, a short while ago. I told him how his wisdom empowers me so I can empower the entire world with everything I’m learning from him. Like in that awful moment, I’ve written so much about when he said, “Neeks, all I can tell you is get closer to God. Make God your priority!” Now, I’m on this mission to bring the entire world closer to God with me. I don’t want you guys to just know about God, I want you guys to have a personal relationship with Him where you know you have individual access to God every moment (His wisdom, love, help, support, favor, approval, strength, and generosity!)

Take for example a very hurtful (HELL) moment I had to deal with some months ago. The crazy lady was ready to come out swinging, but with one glance at God, I knew what it was He, and Kevin would have me to do (Kevin is in my head, y’all!). Neek, check the emotions because they will take you nowhere. Don’t crazily react, but wisely respond. Life is not checkers where you rapidly make moves. It’s chess where you strategize 4 to 5 moves ahead. So, I calmed down and asked this important question that I’ve stolen from Pastor Drew of the Bel Air church:

“Jesus (God), what is your perspective on every moment of my life? Every relationship. Every decision. Every circumstance. And how can I enter into it to glorify you.”

“Your girl swallowed that hurt, put on a fake smile, and did what she needed to do!” The next move was to take Kevin’s advice again. I didn’t get bitter, I got closer to God. I began doing my morning runs to my God tree in the dark! Romans 8:28: what is meant for my harm, God will use it for my good! GOD WILL USE YOUR ENEMIES TO BLESS YOU!

Please take Kevin’s and Pastor Drew’s advice by praying for a closer walk with God and continually asking:

“Jesus (God), what is your perspective on every moment of my life? Every relationship. Every decision. Every circumstance. And how can I enter into it to glorify you.”

This is how He guides us on the best paths for our lives! Being obedient to God is where the blessings are! (Wink! Wink!) THE GOD PERSPECTIVE CHANGES EVERYTHING! Make sure you have alone times with God by listening or reading anything spiritual that will bring you closer to Him! And don’t worry about all your mistakes and failures of the past; OUR GOD LOVES US UNCONDITIONALLY!!! No situation too difficult for Him, either! Kevin’s advice today was to put everything in God’s hands: BE STILL AND KNOW THAT HE IS GOD!!!

“GOING THROUGH HELL WITH A SMILE!”

That’s where I want us all, that no matter the situation, the challenges, the difficulties, the frustrations, the hurts, the disappointments, and the stresses we face, we can walk with our heads extremely high, KNOWING that God, the Creator of the entire universe, will NEVER leave us or forsake us. It’s just for us to tap into His wisdom, strength, help, support, favor, generosity, love, approval, peace, joy, courage, and boldness to tackle our lives CONFIDENTLY with God as our intimate Partner and Guide on this beautiful adventure called life. GOD IS THE MEANING OF OUR COMPOSURE!!! HEEHAW!!!

“Don’t bother me, and I won’t bother you!” That was the deal with my sons yesterday because they don’t like me disturbing them when they’re playing their games, and I don’t like them asking me to cook (I ain’t that momma!). But my son Joshie kept coming to give me these long hugs and kisses the entire day. That made me extra grateful to God for His INTIMATE love and guidance for making yesterday possible. I kept thinking back to a question someone asked me some months ago. It really didn’t make sense, humanly speaking, what I wanted to do, but I was so happy I remained committed to obedience to God. Fast forward to this morning, that very conversation with that person showed up in my alone time with God (God knows every thought we think!)

“… disagreed with me on some plans, but I explained to him that I must be obedient to God. Even when He asks difficult things of me. I truly want to be EXTRA like Nora said in going the EXTRA mile in love, patience, kindness, loyalty, forgiveness, excellence, and being obedient to God and what He would have me do on a moment-by-moment basis. Kelly said to me, “Nikki, it is very clear that God has placed many angels around you to support you.” So, I want to be a walking billboard for this God who does EXTRA for me, reflecting His unconditional love by being His representative in the world, overcoming evil with LOTS OF GOOD, so help me, God! I promise you, a life guided by God CANNOT fail.”

I keep asking myself why I’m sticking with running these 3.11 miles every day (yesterday was supper rough!), but my running Coach, Angela, from the Nike Running Club app explained that the running wasn’t really about the run, but taking the lessons from our runs into our lives. Your girl who struggles to complete that run is being trained by God Himself on ENDURANCE, DOING HARD THINGS, and going the extra mile even when it’s rugged and tough, KNOWING GOD IS WITH US IN EVERY MOMENT, PROVIDING US WITH HIS SPECIAL STRENGTH TO KEEP GOING DESPITE HOW SITUATIONS MAY SEEM. Then, learning to find the joy and purpose in it all, AS WE DO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITIES OF WHATEVER GOD ASKS OF US, THEN TRUSTING GOD TO HANDLE THE REST! Wink! Wink! God, thank You for this lesson of endurance! The runs will continue!

WE CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH HIM WHO STRENGTHENS US.

“I’M A PROFESSIONAL DRINKER!”

That was from someone who amazed me yesterday. He astonishingly knew the alcohol content of some alcoholic beverages off the top of his head. I was Googling to see if he was correct, and incredibly, he was!!! He was advising my 90-year-old mom to drink a little when she was feeling stressed, but I told him my way of handling stress was best, though – I run to God!!! NOTHING BETTER THAN THIS!!!

Like so many times under my God tree, I would call my brother, Kevin, so frazzled and crazy. I would get nudges from God to call Kevin, and I would listen for his take on the current dilemmas of my life. Kevin has a gift of wisdom, and we’ve agreed, looking back on everything, that it’s God speaking to me through him. He would blow me away with his deep responses that would come so quickly. One day he said something like, “Neeks, right now you are like a boxer. You will get knocked in the head 10,000 times, but eventually, you will become numb to the pain. Stay in the ring and keep fighting.” Today I asked him, “WHO ADVISES SOMEONE TO TAKE TEN THOUSAND PUNCHES?” His response was this:

“Life WILL throw you 10,000 punches, my sister. The wise person will expect them and not be surprised when they come. A wise person will also know who is worth taking the punches for!”

Wow! That’s the real-life perspective I love from Kevin. I’m happy I took his advice, even though the world might call me foolish. Someone asked me today, “How are Emmie and Joshie (my sons!)?” My response was this, “I’m enjoying them!” Yesterday I dragged them out to work with us, and I put them with the cleaning crew. I SUCKED THE ENJOYMENT OUT OF EVERY SECOND. I WAS MORE GRATEFUL THAN EVER TO KEVIN FOR ENCOURAGING ME TO STAY IN THE RING. Words can’t express my gratitude to Kevin, and his faithful, ride-or-die wife, Verona, who have become one of my inspirational couples to keep giving our best for our families. Our families are worth fighting for, and it’s our essential work from God Himself! Let’s do it all for the glory of God!

When the punches got a little harder to take, God, in all His love, sent me our family friend, Ceri, who repeatedly talked in some daily recordings about listening and being obedient to God. In fact, he said the MOST IMPORTANT THING WAS BEING OBEDIENT TO GOD (That’s where our blessings are (Wink! Wink!) He also added in Biblical passages on unconditionally loving others the way God loves us. With God’s mercy and grace every morning we wake up to, we’re to share it with others.

And about those 10,000 punches that life WILL throw at us! I want us living life with one foot on earth and the other foot in heaven, where we’re having constant conversations with God Himself from one moment to the next (God, what do I do here?!? Talking more with God than with anyone else!). He is with us and for us! But to obey God, we must know His voice and what He directs us to do.

How exactly do you know what God is advising you to do? PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE!!! Like me listening to Kevin’s tough advice and following through with them and eventually seeing how well things have worked out because I listened. It’s the same with God. His voice becomes more evident as I practice listening and He always leads me on the best path.

God is pretty talkative!!! So moment by moment, as I’m in the world, I listen to what God is saying, even as I’m speaking to someone else, I’m listening to God on how to respond. Sometimes He speaks to me in my spirit (something would just light up within me that I know it’s God), or He would say to call someone like, Kevin, or go and have an alone time with Him in such and such a place, including my fav meditation book, Jesus Calling.

The key is to be receptive to Him in all the ways He speaks that are unique to each of us. It’s up to us whether or not we want to follow Him or go through life without Him (I don’t recommend this route!) As for me, I’m sticking with my favorite verses in the entire Bible:

“Trust God from the bottom of your heart (GOD, ALL MY TRUST IS IN YOU!!!);
don’t try to figure out everything on your own.
LISTEN FOR GOD’S VOICE IN EVERYTHING YOU DO, EVERYWHERE YOU GO;
he’s the one who will keep you on track.” – Proverbs 3:5-6

God is an expert in everything, and His ways are always best! Don’t miss out! Walk with Him in every moment! (Wink! Wink!)

“I’M HONORED AND PROUD TO HAVE SUCH AN IMPORTANT ASSIGNMENT. LET’S BRING THE WORLD CLOSER TO GOD!!!”


That was me to my brother, Kevin, and our family friend, Ceri! After someone commented that it seemed as if I worshipped Ceri, I’ve been thinking about how Kevin’s and Ceri’s messages have tremendously helped me!!! Kevin taught me to stay in the ring, even if it meant staying beyond the 10,000th punch (WHO ADVISES STUFF LIKE THIS?). Ceri showed up to help me figure out WHY I should take the punches (not real punches, by the way) from an Almighty God (Biblical) perspective so that I could share these valuable lessons with you guys. I HEAR GOD CLEARLY THROUGH BOTH OF THEM! No joke!

Like both have lovingly corrected me about a severe distraction I have going on. Ceri continually said, “Nikki, you have kids! You have kids! You have kids! You’re carrying this thing around too much! Let go and let God! Give God an opportunity to be God.” Then Kevin brutally said, “Neeks, this thing is consuming you to the point that you’re even neglecting your children.” Ouch! Now, God has joined them in asking me to let go of this matter entirely and turn it over to Him.

This God wink started yesterday in the middle of my run when I felt God saying to sit and have an alone time with Him. It was 47 minutes past the hour, so I went to page 47 of our website, and this verse showed up:

“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.” – Hebrew 12:1

God knows everything about us and understands that this issue has been consuming His girl here too much. I immediately knew this was God speaking to me! Fast forward to going to work a few hours later, this randomly showed up in my calendar, Mottos for Success, that God speaks to me through:

“If you want God to take care of your difficulties, then you need to let go of them and give them to Him (Wink! Wink!). Tell Him that you’re going to trust Him to work it out.” –

“Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us walk with endurance the race that is set before us” – Hebrews 12:1 (Wink! Wink!)

No coincidence that of 365 days, God had me go there! I decided to reshare that entire post, feeling it was God’s message to the world that we should let go of anything holding us back.

But what really freaked me out was in the middle of the run today, I AGAIN STOPPED TO HAVE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT WITH GOD. This time, though, I went to read page 20 of our website, but a glitch (God!!!) ended up cutting out the zero in a link that I use to pick out specific pages, and I ended up going to page 2. Unbelievably, at the very top of that page 2 was a YouTube video of one of Ceri’s Breakfast and the Bible talks where he incredibly shared, of all verses in the entire Bible, he spoke on this very Hebrews 12:1! God, I’ve gotten the message loud and clear!!! Nikki, stop obsessing over this thing! God corrects those He loves! (HUGE SMILE)

Once again, these all lined up too perfectly to be some ordinary coincidences. THEY WERE ALL DIRECT COMMUNICATIONS FROM GOD HIMSELF! Even looking back on some advice from Kevin from a few months ago, I’m completely blown away. Kevin said, “This is a no-brainer!” All I can tell you guys is THANK GOD I LISTENED TO KEVIN!!! God is the ULTIMATE STRATEGIST AND PLANNER, and I listened to Kevin’s advice, even though it was tough to do, and God has once again exceeded my expectations! If I didn’t, oh my goodness, it would have been a total disaster!

THE WISDOM, LOVE, PEACE, JOY, AND COURAGE YOU CANNOT BUY KNOWING YOU HAVE GOD ON YOUR SIDE!!! Make sure you are developing a relationship with Him!!! What sin is entangling you and needs to be thrown off? Let’s run with endurance the race that God has set before us, being the people in the world He would have us to be, AND TELL GOD YOU WILL TRUST HIM TO WORK OUT SITUATIONS BEYOND YOUR CONTROL. Amen!

GOD HAD ME STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF MY RUN TO READ THIS POST


God is so concerned about making us better, and this old post was the perfect reminder for me because I’m too easily distracted, and God wants us all to throw off everything that holds us back from being all that He created us to be. Let’s use every moment to the fullest, living our bestest lives with God! Here’s what the old Nik had to say:

WOW! WOW! WOW!

‘Before you call your husband, have an appointment with God first!’ was what I thought to myself. The last time we spoke, it didn’t end too well, and I wanted to call him from a much gentler and softer place. It was 18 minutes past the hour, and so I went to page 18 of our family’s website, and the perfect reminder showed up in this old post:

“DON’T TRY TO BE GOD, BE GOD’S ANGEL”

Are the words from my brother, Kevin, that I can’t seem to get out of my head this beautiful Sunday. This is where I believe God is calling us all – to be His angels in the world. God, I’m in! That means not being so hard on myself or on others. To see the good, their innocence, and what people are capable of becoming. Not on the past failures, fallings, and mistakes. To forgive endlessly with the hope that better days are ahead, by God’s grace. To be kinder and gentler with our words (holding some back when necessary) and focused on building others up, not tearing them down.”

Right after reading that first paragraph, my husband surprisingly calls me from Nigeria, and a much softer Nik showed up asking him, “How’s our Big Daddy doin’?” He was bragging about some car parts our daughter, Ember, had ordered for him from the US and were shipped there to him. I then told him about a conversation I had with her late the night before. I said there was a verse that showed up in an appointment with God saying that we should strip off anything that slows us down or holds us back.

Hubby then got a phone call that he had to rush and take. So, I continued with my appointment with God reading that same post from page 18. Look what incredibly showed up there:

“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.” Wink! Wink!

I’m talking about the very verse (Hebrew 12:1) that showed up the night before for Ember and me! And just like that, God revealed His invisible Presence that is always with us. It was another God wink where, out of the blue, everything lined up extremely toooooo perfect to be considered some ordinary coincidence.

Ember actually came into my bedroom extremely late to discuss a decision she had made. I asked her if she got God involved before making that choice. She said she had, and I said, “Let’s see what God has to say to us reading my book.” It was 11:22 pm, so I thought to read page 22. She said, however, that we should see what day November 22 is, and let’s read that day instead. That turned out to be the 326th day of the year, so we read Day 326. When this verse showed up, she felt it was God confirming she needed to strip away something that she felt was holding her back. That’s my very wise daughter, guys!

So, for Ember and I to go through all of that trouble for our appointment with God late last night and for this verse to show up, for me to tell my husband about this very verse first thing this morning, and for it to show up less than a minute after our conversation, was all God showing us His deep love and involvement in our lives. No coincidence!

It doesn’t get better than this, guys! Knowing God Himself is walking through life with you and that He is intimately involved in every single moment. From essential discussions with your children to how to deal with a sometimes difficult spouse (SMILE), God is there to help.

In fact, yesterday, Coach Andy asked me on my run, “What is your song of the day?” I thought of ‘Leave The Door Open’ by Bruno Mars as I imagine God singing it to me, saying that He is leaving His door open, meaning His love, wisdom, approval, help, and guidance is always. I then hop in the car to take my sons to work with me, and amazingly my son, Joshie, of all songs in the world, is singing this very one to himself. No doubt, another God wink! Then all day long, I kept hearing it play on my fav radio station, 96.5, Miami’s Party Station. God’s love! By the way, He is leaving the door open for you, too! Wink! Wink!

“LIFE IS FULL OF UPS AND DOWN!”

I loved this statement from a close family friend this week! That’s it! It’s all a part of the human experience we ALL go through. I’ve been going through YEARS of a rough patch! I told my daughter, Ember, I’m the queen of falls yesterday. I may fall a million times (NO SHAME!!!!), but I get back up a million and one! That’s life! But the GREAT NEWS I want us KNOWING is that GOD’S PRESENCE IS WITH US THROUGH THE ENTIRE JOURNEY- THE LOWEST OF THE LOWS AND THE HIGHEST OF THE HGHS! Yeah, baby!

I can boast of my weaknesses because those are the times when God’s strength comes shining through. God and I have a little joke between us that whenever I want to complain, ‘God, what is this?’ He says, ‘Nik, My grace is sufficient, sweetie! Suck it up, buttercup!’ No one has a perfect life, and we all have our share of difficulties and troubles, but as they say in Nigeria, “God dey (God is here!)!” He is in complete control of everything and everyone. It’s just for us to develop a relationship with Him so we can know His voice and guidance for our personal lives.

Like this morning, God blew me away with His closeness! A Facebook friend commented something yesterday that I got a little bit upset about that it looked like I was “borderline worshipping” our family friend, Ceri, who I call my God influencer. I wanted to immediately write a post about my low state when I met Ceri and how someone called me from Nigeria saying, “Don’t worry, Aunty, God will send an angel to calm your mind.” Fast forward to this morning, I asked God what page to go to for my appointment with Him, and because it was 6:33, I decided to go to page 6 of 146 pages and look what incredibly showed up there:

“GOD WILL SEND YOU AN ANGEL TO CALM YOUR MIND”
I can’t get over these words from someone who called me from Nigeria. The crazy thing is that God didn’t just send me an angel, He honestly sent me an entire team of angels. Like my husband questioned my relationship with our friend, Ceri, yesterday (hubs is low-key jealous!) and I had to explain to him how Ceri faithfully does these messages every morning in a group that I now upload to YouTube and no shame, I replay them repeatedly to literally help calm my mind.”

THIS WAS NO COINCIDENCE THAT GOD TOOK ME THERE FOR MY ALONE TIME WITH HIM! It was God’s loving way of revealing His invisible Presence with me, as if saying, ‘Nik, I’m with you, I’m with you, I’m with you! I am aware of EVERYTHING going on with you!’ THE JOY OF THE LORD IS MY STRENGTH! Honestly, Ceri is just an example of the deep love God shows me. God gives me direct and specific message through Ceri! No joke! There was a message from Ceri that I shared and had to replay tens of times to calm my mind. It wasn’t funny the level of stress I was dealing with, but in God’s loving way, He connected me with Ceri and some recordings that he faithfully woke up to share in a group. Thanks, my God influencer!

Even the one where I told you guys recently about me crying to God in a sad moment and seeing if God had anything to say to me through Ceri, and his latest group message was God speaking to Moses, “Why are you crying out to me (me at that moment!)? Tell the people to get moving!”. Again, I took it as a direct message from God to me, and I left Nigeria, but still sad, weak, and fretful.

Then in another message through Ceri, once I returned to the US, I felt God saying to go into Rocky mode as if I was preparing for a big fight. I began these 5K runs every day as my time with God to strategize and get clarity on how to tackle my life. Let me tell you, a NEW Nikki returned to Nigeria. That weak, fretful Nik needed to say bye-bye! God has turned all my mourning into joy, and His super strength has emerged! This morning, I was able to lie next to my husband and say, “Hon, don’t worry about anything; our God is with us! Let’s move confidently forward.” What the devil means to harm us, God will use it for our good! I’m more committed to my family than ever before! Devil, go away!

Ceri has been a HUGE part of this transformation. I pray that he sees the changes in me and the power of his words. Not only has Ceri given me more faith (God repetitively reveals His Presence to me through Ceri, but he also gives me the WISDOM to tackle my life. His group recording of Feb 11, 2022, about loving others the way God loves us unconditionally with lots of grace and mercy, is the reason why I was able to get on a flight from the US to Nigeria and say to my husband, “Forget the past boo, we’re moving forward.”

Don’t be ashamed of your low moments! They are the times God is doing His best work to bring out the best in us! Heads high, my peeps. We’re rolling with God! Make sure you are having your alone times with Him! Ceri is one of my go-to places to seek God’s face (no shame!), but He talks to each of us individually, so find your place to hear from Him! THE BEST LIFE IS CLOSE TO GOD! Your girl here has decided to have fun with this entire situation! I’m watching and laughing! God tells me to take a lighthearted view of trouble because HE IS on my side!!! He is with you too!

“I BOW TO YOU! I BOW TO YOU! I BOW TO YOU!”

That’s me to my brother, Kevin, a short while ago! He has lovingly and wisely guided my life for the past few years. I talk to Him, and it’s like I’m talking to God Himself. He has become engrained in my soul and in so many crucial decisions I make. Even yesterday, after everyone told me how I’m gaining so much weight, I responded with what Kevin told me one day, “Neeks, you’re well taken care of! You don’t need to check for (worry about!) anyone.” I tell you guys that between God and my hubby, I’m very spoilt. God is forever telling me that He takes care of me exceedingly well! And like Kevin reminds me, “Neeks, you have a gorgeous life; enjoy it!”

The most important piece of advice Kevin has given, though, in an awful moment, he said, “Neeks, the only thing I can tell you now is to get close to God. Make God your TOP priority!” I would say that THIS HAS BEEN THE BEST ADVICE EVER GIVEN TO ANY HUMAN IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND!!! Your girl here has ran with that! Even with everything I’m tackling right now, my husband said last night, “Nikki, you’re lucky! God is with you!” Best believe it, baby! God makes me feel like His favorite girl in the entire world!

Like I had a challenging situation that I needed to deal with today, and in my late night appointment with God, He said to me, ‘WATCH TO SEE WHAT I WILL DO!’ Fast forward to today, God had the perfect person to sit next to my husband to help advise us. I was blown away by this person’s in-depth knowledge and how he wisely counseled us, AND by God’s deep love to have him there at that precise time as I had some other people waiting to hear our decision.

So, I don’t want to feel this loved by myself! Start making God your top priority! I wake up every day to appointments with Him, and I’m extremely in love with this message from my other messenger from God, Ceri, that has also changed my life. Now I keep saying like a broken record to myself, ‘Nik, keep forgiving! Nik, keep forgiving, Nik, keep forgiving!’ I do this because I’m being obedient to God, and in the final analysis, everything is between God and us, not between us and anyone else. Being OBEDIENT TO GOD IS WHAT HAS GUIDED MY LIFE ON THIS VERY GORGEOUS PATH! Wink! Wink! Here’s what Ceri had to say:

“… You got to be kind. It reverts back to what they said Paul said in this verse. He says to make allowance for everyone for each other’s faults and forgive anyone who offends you. When you make allowance for something, you prepare yourself that people will fail you. Ain’t nobody perfect. And even when people mess up, you must give them that Grace.

Remember now, we cannot keep asking God for grace and mercy when we don’t extend His hand to each other. Whatever it is that God gives us, he provides us with the opportunity to reflect that onto our fellow man. Hence, he told us he made us in his own image. What He’s given to us, we have the opportunity to give to other people. Every day we see the love that God has given us. From the moment we woke up and have our eyes open, we now have the opportunity and the ability to Grace others with what God has been so gracious with us. God helped us to wake up to see another day. He shows us love continuously. He is telling us once we wake up, ‘Hey, that’s what I did for you, now go out there and do for others.’ And forgiveness is one of those things.

Remember, it’s something that I always used to preach in here from when I first started preaching in this room. Forgiveness is something that God gave to you. He gave that to you. Forgiveness is for us. Nobody cares if you forgive them or not. Trust me on this one. Nobody cares. The only person to be affected by you not forgiving somebody is you. You’re going to walk around with a spiteful heart. You will walk around with hate in your eyes. You will be having sleepless nights because there’s something this person did to you that has you upset. You think they care? They don’t care because they can continuously run into the same problems over and over. They can keep running into people who either forgive them or who don’t. You think that like they are going to stop at you? Nah. It just doesn’t work that way.

The forgiveness is for us. The forgiveness is for us to just say, ‘Hey, you know I forgive you. You don’t do it because we want God to forgive us. That isn’t just the reason. You have to honestly search deep down inside you and realize that whatever this is, I am bigger than this. I’m not gonna let this consume me. This isn’t a part of me. This isn’t me. This isn’t what I’m going to focus on. I need to focus on the word of God. I need to focus on loving other people. I need to devote my energy to something more important than what it is that this person did to me. And that’s just what it is. So today, let’s remember to go out there with exactly what God asked us to do in these particular verses when He asks us to clothe ourselves today with mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through him to God our Father.”