That’s my testimony, baby! Sure, we may have some ups and downs along the way, but the overall climb is always UP! In fact, God exceeds our expectations when we stick with Him. Yesterday He had my daughter Julie and me pursuing a textbook for her college class. She called ahead to one of the book stores, and they said they had it in stock, so off we went. Oh my goodness! I get there to meet this beautiful campus that blew the God maniac here away. Wow, God, you did this for us? He was the one who alerted me in my spirit all the way in Nigeria that I should get Julie enrolled in this program in the US where she is completing her last year of high school in college for free. The blessings of God! Let me tell ya, don’t miss out!
While there, I spoke to Julie about being a wise woman. I said to her that without a doubt, it was God who wanted her to attend that college. As I seek a closer walk with Him, He helps me in every aspect of my life, including parenting. I’ve learned His voice to the point that I knew it was Him who said to stop what I was doing one morning in Nigeria and send out that email to Julie’s school. He said specifically that I should not trust Julie to do it.
That’s the intimacy I’ve been experiencing with God. He whispers to me His secrets and His strategies for me to live my best life with Him. I get my advice from God. He blew me away with a customer who showed up in our office the other day. I told my husband that I wanted to stop buying cars until I could figure out some of the weaknesses we had going on with our business. God Himself has been opening my eyes on how we can improve. This customer took his time to explain why he drove an hour to come and purchase from us when he could have EASILY purchased from anywhere else. He confirmed, almost word for word, the business startegies I’ve been passing on to our manager as to what I felt God was whispering to me in my spirit. It was pretty freaky! It was a Sunday morning God even told me about a specific marketing source to use, and this was how this customer found us. Incredible! Those who look to God will not go hungry!
I’m talking access to DIVINE GUIDANCE for your life! Don’t take my word. Give your heart to God. Walk with Him and look to Him for advice, support, help, and guidance in every aspect of your life. He can help you get any situation back on track when we look to Him for moment-by-moment support. The more you practice learning His voice, the better you get at it. Like Him telling me business strategies and parenting tips – get Julie in that program, Nik! THE BEST LIFE IS CLOSE TO GOD!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE BEST MOMMA IN THE WORLD!!! God exceeded my expectations when He made you my mom. May God continue to keep you healthy and strong for us!
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LIFE IS A WAR…BUT WE HAVE GOD (REPOST)
HERE’S THE DEAL: Life is full of challenges, trials, tribulations, stress, disappointments, frustrations, sadness, and sorrow. I open my life to tell you that I have my share of them all, but more importantly, I tell you about God showing up to help me get through ANYTHING that comes my way. Heehaw!!!
I love reading my fav devotional, Jesus Calling by Sarah Young, that has brought me so close to God. I hear direct messages from Him that I even keep a copy in our bathroom so that even when I peepee (too much information!), I open it to see what God has to say to me. No shame in my game! And He never fails to reveal His invisible Presence. I especially loved a recent one:
“YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED PERSONAL BENEFITS from thanking me for hard situations, but there is more—much more! Your sacrifice of thanksgiving has divine Power to weaken spiritual stronghold of evil. Moreover, your patient endurance of suffering can strengthen and encourage My people on earth.
“Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.” – Proverbs 3:5
“For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.” – 2 Corinthians 10:3-4
WE ARE NOT GOING BY THE ORDINARY RULES OF LIFE!!! Nothing is impossible for God, baby! That’s why it is so crucial for us to not lean on our own understanding but trust God wholeheartedly. God can make ANYTHING happen in the spiritual realm on our behalf, even when we don’t see a way.
“The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.” – Exodus 14:14
It’s just for us to show up every day as our BEST selves for Him, following His lead by seeking His direction in the 1,000 decisions we make every day. Being tough, brave, courageous, persevering, and STRONG, yet at the same time, calm, patient, gentle, loyal, loving, and forgiving. I promise you, like Sarah Young wrote: “there is more—much more!” (Wink! Wink!) I wish I could tell you guys everything that God is doing for me, but trust me, He gives me more than I can ever ask or imagine from Him. That when He asks me to do difficult things, I simply say, ‘No problem, My Love, I GOT YOU!!!’ Superhero Nik, in the house, all for God’s glory!
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GOD’S PRESENCE IS ALWAYS WITH ME, BABY!!!
He makes me feel like the most loved person in the world with all the attention I receive from Him. Like the other evening, Ember came home from work, and I immediately started singing this song to her:
“Motownphilly’s back again
Doin’ a little East Coast swing” – Boyz II Men
Fast forward an hour or so later, I’m watching my fav show lately, New Girl. At the very end of the first episode I continued watching from, OF ALL THE SONGS IN THE WORLD, can you believe the characters of the show ended up singing these exact lyrics:
“Motownphilly’s back again
Doin’ a little East Coast swing”
There are like 7 seasons of this show on Netflix, and I’m on 5th one. So, this again lined up too perfectly to be considered some ordinary coincidence. It was another one of my God winks. He lovingly orchestrated this to let me know His invisible Presence is always with me. For the very lyrics I sang to Ember to be sung by the characters of this show on the very episode I continued watching from was God showing me His deep, deep love. And this love is for you too! I’m just the God maniac here who pays attention to all these glimpses of His Presence to report back to you so you too can begin to feel His invisible Presence in your life.
Like I felt crazy telling you guys about this “311” showing up two places and how it was God telling me to be quiet in the middle of a conversation with my husband when I wanted to spew out everything I was angry with him about. THIS MARRIAGE THING IS NOT EASY!!! But God confirmed that it was indeed Him with this post showing up on Tumblr:
“Don’t waste words on people who deserve your silence. Sometimes the most powerful thing you can say is nothing at all.” – Mandy Hale
God said I should overwhelm the leaders who work hard for me with love and respect, and my husband goes overboard with his responsibilities as a husband and father. And if anyone deserves my silence, it’s my husband. He has really been our gift from God. I get to live this very gorgeous life with him and our super kids. Like my brother, Kevin, told me one day: “Neeks, you have a husband who takes good care of you and your children. He respects you, and there is nothing more you can ask for than that.”
God also spoke to me through another meditation book which talked about the wheat and the weed. We all have weeds growing in our souls but we must not let the weeds overshadow the wheat. I have so much wheat (good) with my husband that when the weeds (bad) show up, I have to just overlook them and focus on all the good in him. That goes for all our significant relationships! Wink! Wink!
“Don’t ever let love and loyalty leave you. Tie them around your neck, and write them on your heart. Then God will be pleased and think well of you and so will everyone else.” – Proverbs 3:3-4 ERV
