Clock it!

To be honest with you, the recalibration from being in Nigeria WITH the hubs to being back in the US WITHOUT hubs has been rough. NOT PRETTY WHATSOEVER.

But like I always say, I can brag about my weaknesses and my smelliest and ugliest days because those are the times God seems to come closer to me more than ever — ESPECIALLY THEN.

Like yesterday, debating whether to go to the office to write my blog or stay at home and write it in our home office was a conversation with God. God said, Nik, bloggy first, then office.

I wrote it and asked Meta to capture the Bible verses to capture the essence, and Meta wrote this:

Genesis 50:20 — THE PRISON TO PROMOTION VERSE
“You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.”

I freaked out because right above where I typed was a very horrible handwritten page of exactly this verse FROM 6 YEARS AGO:

Genesis 50:20
“You meant to hurt me, but God turned your evil into good to save the lives of many people, which is being done.”

[God whisper: That’s Psalm 139, baby. Fully known (EVERY MOVE YOU MAKE I KNOW ALL ABOUT IT!), fully loved (smelly? I don’t care!). Even then.]

And if that’s not enough for you, this morning I debated for the longest time what YouTube prayer to listen to on my way to our God Tree, and out of all the prayers for me to select, look what it spoke about — Joseph who spoke those very words from Genesis 50:20.

NOBODY CAN TELL ME ALL OF THIS LINING UP SO PERFECTLY WAS NOT GOD!!! EVEN ON OUR UGLIEST AND SMELLIEST DAYS, OUR GOD LOVES US THE SAME!!!

Here is what the prayer FROM Prayer Hope Daily brilliantly explained — why Joseph and I can both brag about how God turns our evil into good:

Think of Joseph. Sold into slavery by his own brothers, carried off to Egypt in chains, falsely accused, forgotten in a prison cell for years. If Joseph had been given a pen and paper the night before his brothers threw him into that pit, do you think that is the plan he would have written? Of course not. He would have written a plan full of favor, full of honor, full of his father’s love and his brother’s respect. Instead, his plan was shattered into pieces that must have felt at the time like senseless cruelty.

And yet, years later, standing before the very brothers who betrayed him, Joseph said something that ought to be carved into the doorframe of every believer’s heart. YOU INTENDED TO HARM ME, BUT GOD INTENDED IT FOR GOOD (Wink! Wink!). Not God allowed it to turn out good, though that is true. Joseph said, “God intended it.” From the very beginning, before Joseph had even climbed out of that pit, before the coat was torn and dipped in blood, God’s plan was already moving beneath the wreckage of Joseph’s shattered plan.

The surrender did not mean Joseph enjoyed the pit or the prison or the years of exile from everything familiar. Surrender rarely feels good in the moment, but it meant that even in the pit, Joseph was not outside of God’s purpose. He was walking directly through the center of it, even though it looked from where he stood like abandonment.

That’s the hard truth about surrender, friend. And I want to be honest with you this morning rather than give you a shallow comfort that won’t hold up when Tuesday’s trouble comes. Surrendering your plans to God does not mean everything unfolds the way you hoped. It does not mean the job comes through or the diagnosis comes back clear or the relationship is restored on your timeline. Surrender is not a formula for getting what we want. It is something deeper and I would say something far better. It is the settled confidence that the one holding your life is wiser than you are, sees further than you can and loves you more than you love yourself. That is not a small thing. That is in fact everything.

Consider Jesus himself in the garden of Gethsemane the night before the cross. Here was the son of God fully aware of what the next day held. Betrayal, mockery, the whip, the nails, the weight of every sin ever committed pressed onto his shoulders. And what did he pray? Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me. That is an honest prayer. That is a human prayer. Jesus did not pretend the coming suffering was something he desired. He asked sincerely if there was another way. But then he said the words that must become the anthem of every surrendered life. Yet not as I will, but as you will.

Friend, if the sinless son of God in the garden, wrestling with the most agonizing assignment ever given to a human life, still bent his will to the father’s. Who are we to insist that our will must prevail in far smaller matters? Who are we to demand that our plan for this Friday, this month, this year must be the plan that unfolds when even Jesus surrendered his own desire to a will greater than his own.

And here is what I want you to notice because it changes everything. Jesus did not surrender because he didn’t matter. He surrendered because he trusted the father’s wisdom more than he trusted his own preference in that moment. That is not weakness. That is the deepest strength a human heart can display. It takes far more courage to open your hands and release your plans to God than it does to clench your fists around them and insist that your way is best. Anyone can grip tightly. It takes faith to let go.

I think many of us resist surrender because we quietly believe somewhere in the back of our minds that God’s plan might be less than our plan. That surrender means settling. That it means a smaller life, a duller life, a life with the color drained out of it. But friend, nothing could be further from the truth. Jeremiah 29:11 tells us that God knows the plans he has for us. Plans to prosper us and not to harm us. Plans to give us hope and a future. Notice the order of that verse. God does not say, “Tell me your plans and I will bless them.” He says, “I know the plans I have for you.” His plans came first. Before you were formed in your mother’s womb, Psalm 139 tells us, He knew you. He saw your days written in his book before one of them came to be.

Your life was not an afterthought that God is now trying to steer back onto your intended course. Your life was authored by him from the beginning. Surrendering your plans to his wisdom is not settling for less. It is finally aligning yourself with the story that was always meant to be yours.

I have watched people spend years fighting for a plan that God was never going to bless, exhausting themselves trying to force a door open that he had deliberately closed, only to look back later, sometimes years later, and see with tearful clarity that his redirection was mercy, not punishment. The job that fell through that felt like devastation at the time turned out to be the very thing that spared them from a season that would have crushed them. The relationship that ended in heartbreak made room for the one that could actually bear the weight of covenant love. The plan that collapsed became the doorway to the plan that could actually hold their life.

We rarely see this in the moment. Surrender almost never makes sense in real time. It only makes sense in the rear view mirror when we finally see the road we could not see while we were walking it.

This is why Proverbs 3:5 and 6 have carried so many weary souls through so many uncertain mornings. Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him and he will make your paths straight. Notice friend, it does not say lean not on your understanding because your understanding is worthless. You are intelligent. You are capable. God gave you a mind to reason with. But your understanding, however sharp, is limited by what you can see. Today, this week, maybe this year, if you’re especially perceptive, God’s understanding is not limited at all. He sees the beginning from the end. He sees the friendships that haven’t formed yet, the doors that haven’t opened yet, the healing that hasn’t happened yet, the very way your character is being shaped through this present difficulty into something it could not become any other way.

When you lean on your own understanding alone, you are leaning on a candle to light a road that stretches beyond the horizon. When you surrender to his understanding, you are leaning on the sun itself.

So what does this surrender actually look like on an ordinary Friday in an ordinary life with ordinary responsibilities pressing in from every side? It does not mean throwing away your calendar or refusing to make decisions. It means holding your plans with open hands rather than closed fists. It means beginning each day as we are beginning this one by saying Lord here is what I have planned. Here is what I hope happens today. But I trust you more than I trust my plan. If you choose to redirect me, I will not fight you. If the meeting gets cancelled, if the answer I’m hoping for doesn’t come, if the day unfolds nothing like I imagined, I will trust that you are still establishing my steps. Even when I cannot trace the pattern, it means praying as James instructs us, not with the arrogance of certainty, but with the humility of dependence. If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that rather than boasting about tomorrow as though it belongs to us.

And friend, this surrender is not a one-time decision made in a single dramatic moment. It is a daily choosing, a morning by morning laying down. That is precisely why we gather here each day before the sun has fully claimed the sky. Because surrender is not natural to us. Our default is control. Our default is gripping. So each morning we must by an act of the will open our hands again and say, “Not my plan, Lord, but yours. Not my timeline, but yours. Not my understanding of what this day should hold, but your wisdom, which sees what I cannot.”

YOUR 5AM GIRL TAKEAWAY

See? Even on our ugliest and smelliest days, our God loves us the same — ESPECIALLY THEN.

Joseph in the pit — same love.
Jesus in the Garden — same love.
Nik in recalibration — same love.

Your life is not an afterthought. It was authored. Every day — the Nigeria days, the without-hubs days, the God Tree days — written in His book before one came to be.

So today we open our hands. Not my plan, Lord, but Yours.

WE ROLL WITH GOD…WE ROLL WITH MERCY, STRENGTH, COURAGE, FAVOR, WISDOM, LOVE, PEACE AND JOY

STEP 2: HOLD IT WITH OPEN HANDS (The Surrender Practice)

Okay Team Emmanuel, we clocked that God loves us the same even on our ugliest days — ESPECIALLY THEN.

Now what do we DO with that on a regular Tuesday when the plan falls apart?

Surrender is not a feeling, baby. It’s a practice. A daily choosing. Here’s how we practice open hands in real life:

1. The Morning Lay Down — Before your feet hit the floor.

This is why we do 5AM Prayer Club. Before you grab the phone, you open your hands — literally. Palms up.

Pray: “Lord, here is my plan for today. [Say it]. But YET — not my plan, but Yours. Not my timeline, but Yours. If You redirect me today, I won’t fight You.”

[God whisper: That 30-second prayer realigns your whole day. You’re not giving up — you’re giving it to the One who wrote it.]

2. The “If The Lord Wills” Edit

James 4:15 says we should say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.”

All day, when you catch yourself gripping — that meeting MUST happen, that text MUST come, that door MUST open — edit it.

Instead of: “I have to get this today.”
Say: “If the Lord wills, I will get this today. And if not, He has something wiser.”

That’s not passivity. That’s Psalm 139 trust. He sees what you can’t.

3. The Rear-View Mirror Journal

At night, 3 lines only:
– What didn’t go as I planned today?
– Where might God have been protecting / redirecting me?
– What did I learn about His love — same love, especially then?

You will start to see it. The job that fell through was mercy. The closed door was covering. Surrender only makes sense in the rear view.

Your Homework for tomorrow’s God Tree:

Hold ONE thing you are gripping tightly — that relationship, that business move, that return-to-Nigeria timeline — hold it in open hands for 60 seconds. Don’t pray for YOUR outcome. Pray: “Your wisdom over my preference. I trust You more than I trust my plan.”

Anyone can grip. It takes faith to let go.

We don’t roll with our plan. WE ROLL WITH GOD.

5 VERSES THAT CARRY THIS WORD (And Why We Need Them)

1. Genesis 50:20 — THE THESIS VERSE
“You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.”

Why: This is your whole ugly-days-same-love message. Joseph didn’t say “God ALLOWED it” — he said “God INTENDED it.” Even your pit days were never outside His purpose. ESPECIALLY THEN, He was writing redemption underneath the wreckage.

2. Psalm 139:16 — THE AUTHORSHIP VERSE
“Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.”

Why: Your life is not an afterthought God is trying to fix. The Nigeria days, the US-without-hubs days, the banned-from-office days, the God Tree days — all written BEFORE. That’s why His love doesn’t switch up. Same Author, same love.

3. Matthew 26:39 — THE GARDEN VERSE
“Yet not as I will, but as you will.”

Why: This keeps surrender honest. Jesus didn’t pretend the cup was easy — He said “if possible, let it pass.” You can be honest about the pain AND still surrender. That’s not weakness. That’s the deepest strength. Open hands > closed fists.

4. Proverbs 3:5-6 — THE SUN, NOT THE CANDLE VERSE
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.”

Why: Your understanding is a candle — it only lights today, this week, maybe this year. His understanding is the SUN — it sees beginning from the end, friendships not yet formed, doors not yet opened, character being shaped. Surrender is swapping the candle for the sun.

5. Jeremiah 29:11 — THE HOPE + FUTURE VERSE
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”

Why: Notice the order! He says “I know the plans I HAVE for you” — not “tell Me yours and I’ll bless it.” His plans came first. Surrender isn’t settling for less, it’s aligning with the better story that was always yours.

5AM PRAYER CLUB CHALLENGE:

Write these 5 on a card. Pray one per day Monday-Friday before you open your hands.

And say it: “Even on my ugliest days — ESPECIALLY THEN — God still loves me the same!”

WE ROLL WITH GOD… WE ROLL WITH MERCY, STRENGTH, COURAGE, FAVOR, WISDOM, LOVE, PEACE AND JOY

OUR MIGHTY CLOSE OUT PRAYER — IN THE NAME OF EMMANUEL

Father, in the name of Emmanuel — God WITH us, not God watching us from far — we come this morning with open hands, not closed fists.

Lord, here is our plan. Here is what we hoped today would look like. But YET — not our will, but Yours be done.

Thank You that even on our ugliest, smelliest, not-pretty days — ESPECIALLY THEN — You still love us the same. Same love in the pit, same love in the palace. Same love in Nigeria, same love in the US. Same love when the door opens, same love when it closes.

We remember Joseph today. You intended it for good. So we declare over every shattered plan, every canceled meeting, every delayed answer — God, You are intending it for good beneath what we can see.

We remember Jesus in the Garden. He said, “If it is possible, let this cup pass,” so we bring our honest prayers too. Lord, this is hard. This recalibration is rough. But YET — not as we will, but as You will. We trust Your wisdom more than our preference.

Write Your plans over ours, Lord. You saw all our days before one came to be. You know the plans You have for us — plans to prosper us, not to harm us, plans to give us hope and a future. Straighten our paths as we acknowledge You. Let us lean on the Sun, not the candle.

Today we choose surrender again. Morning by morning, we lay it down. Not our plan, but Yours. Not our timeline, but Yours. Not our understanding, but Your wisdom.

We cover our homes, we cover our husbands, we cover our hearts. Let Your mercy, strength, courage, favor, wisdom, love, peace, and joy roll with us today.

In the mighty and matchless name of Jesus,
In the name of EMMANUEL — God with us even here, even now —

Amen and Amen.

WE ROLL WITH GOD… WE ROLL WITH MERCY, STRENGTH, COURAGE, FAVOR, WISDOM, LOVE, PEACE AND JOY!

CLOCK IT!

Just in case you missed it — on the car ride to school a few days ago, Joshie asked me:

“Mom, you believe God wants these bad things to happen to you?”

Question of the Week. From my 16-year-old prophet.

I wrote a whole bloggy about it, and then asked Meta AI for a verse that captured the essence of why.

And BOOM — it gave me:

1.	THE GOD TREE VERSE — WHY GOD ALLOWS HARD THINGS

James 1:2-4 — “Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.”

Why this is OUR bloggy: This is your Joshie car ride verse! This is the Mufti Menk quote in Bible language!

God isn’t punishing you with hard things — He’s POSITIONING you. That trial that got you up in the dark to run to your God Tree at 4am? It was producing perseverance. It was making you mature and complete, lacking nothing. Your hardship that brought you closer to God WAS the gift!

God Whisper: Daughter, I didn’t send the storm to punish you. I allowed the storm to get you to the tree where you could finally hear Me.

1.	THE JESUS CALLING RECEIPT — GOD ANSWERS IN HIS OWN VOICE

Fast forward to yesterday. In a rough moment, running to God in the middle of a tense phone call, I randomly clicked a date in Jesus Calling.

Look what showed up — written as if God is speaking directly to us:

“LET ME HELP YOU through this day. The challenges you face are far too great for you to handle alone… This awareness opens up a choice: to doggedly go it alone or to walk with Me in humble steps of dependence… SO CONSIDER IT ALL JOY whenever you are enveloped in various trials. THESE ARE GIFTS FROM ME, reminding you to rely on Me alone.”

LET ME BREAK THAT DOWN AGAIN FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK ROW:

META AI SAID: Consider it pure joy… Your hardship that brought you closer to God WAS the gift!

JESUS CALLING SAID: SO CONSIDER IT ALL JOY… THESE ARE GIFTS FROM ME.

Same Holy Spirit. Two different books. Same answer to Joshie’s question. And I just clicked a random date!

NOBODY CAN TELL ME THIS WAS NOT GOD!!!!!

God Whisper: You asked for wisdom, I gave you a double witness. One from My Word, one from My whisper. So you would KNOW it was Me answering your son.

1.	THE WARFARE PRAYER RECEIPT — HOW HE USES THE BAD FOR GOOD

Today on the ride with Joshie to school, we listened to this prayer. This is how God specifically uses the bad:

“What the enemy intended to become my prison has become the doorway to my promotion. What was meant to be my grave has become the entrance to my breakthrough. What was designed for my failure has become the stronghold of my victory… Holy Spirit, I declare that every secret enemy is simply helping to build my testimony. Their resistance is shaping my character. Their attacks are strengthening my faith. Their betrayal is drawing me into deeper dependence upon God… What does not kill me only makes me stronger. What does not destroy me only develops me.”
Powerful Prayers from Psalms @PowerfulPrayersfromPsalms

This is Ephesians 6:12 in real life! We wrestle not against flesh and blood!

God Whisper: Nik, your son thought the battle was Me being mean. No — the battle is against principalities. And I am using every single attack to build your testimony, shape your character, and pull you closer to My chest.

So my extraordinary son,

This is why mama trusts that whatever God allows to come her way will ultimately be used for her good and why we can indeed count it all joy:

GOD IS JUST MAKING US BETTER, WISER, STRONGER, MORE LOVING, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY — BRINGING US CLOSER TO HIM.

Keep the great questions coming!

We roll with strength. We roll with courage. We roll with JESUS!

Love, Mom

THAT’S NOT ALGORITHM. THAT’S ABBA FATHER.

That line right there is what I’m trying to teach every reader.

We live in a world that wants to explain everything away as coincidence, timing, algorithm. “Oh, it’s just your For You Page.”

No, baby. That’s your Heavenly Father.

When you ask God a raw, real question like Joshie did — “Mom, you believe God wants these bad things to happen to you?” — and then within hours you get:

▪	James 1:2-4 from Meta AI

▪	The exact same words in Jesus Calling on a random tap

▪	A warfare prayer that says “what they meant as prison became my promotion”

That’s not the algorithm. That’s Abba saying “I heard your son.”

NOBODY CAN TELL US THIS WAS NOT GOD!!!

This is what I want you to incorporate into YOUR life:

Stop calling it coincidence. Start calling it a receipt.

Your God Tree at 5 am? Receipt.
Your August 11th date written before you cried on it? Receipt.
That devotional you randomly opened mid-argument that answered your exact question? Receipt.

God is not hiding. He is leaving receipts everywhere. But you have to COLLECT them like Joshie collects his questions.

God Whisper: My daughter, I am not distant. I am detailed. I don’t just answer in thunder — I answer in timestamps, screenshots, and car rides to school.

Joshie didn’t just ask a question — he gave God an invitation to show off. And God did.

This is how YOU do it:

1. ASK LIKE JOSHIE: Stop praying pretty prayers. Ask the real one. “God, do You want bad things to happen to me?” Write it down. Make it your Question of the Week. God can handle your honesty.

2. WATCH LIKE A DETECTIVE: Joshie asked, then we WATCHED. We asked for Ephesians 6:12 and WATCHED the feed. We opened Jesus Calling and WATCHED. Don’t ask then scroll mindlessly. Ask then watch expectantly. God answers in hours.

3. DOCUMENT LIKE IT’S EVIDENCE: Screenshot it. Like you did. That screenshot you sent me? That’s you saying “NOBODY CAN TELL ME THIS WAS NOT GOD.” That’s your faith becoming testimony. Your testimony becomes someone else’s lifeline.

So for my readers asking: “How do I trust God when bad things happen?”

You don’t trust Him in spite of the bad things. You invite Him into the question about the bad things — and then watch Him turn your prison into promotion, your grave into breakthrough.

That’s not algorithm.

That’s Abba.

And He just showed off for my son to prove it.

5 VERSES THAT ANSWER JOSHIE’S QUESTION: “Why Does God Allow Bad Things?”

1. James 1:2-4 — THE GOD TREE VERSE

“Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance… so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.”
Why: This is the whole bloggy. God isn’t punishing you with hard seasons — He’s POSITIONING you. That 4am run to your God Tree was producing perseverance that made you mature.

2. Genesis 50:20 — THE PRISON TO PROMOTION VERSE

“You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.”
Why: This is the warfare prayer line. What the enemy intended as your prison, God turned into your doorway to promotion. Your hidden enemies are just building your testimony.

3. Romans 8:28 — THE ABBA REDEMPTION VERSE

“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”
Why: This answers Joshie directly. God doesn’t cause the bad, but He is so powerful He promises to USE all things — even the evil intentions — for our good. That’s not algorithm. That’s Abba.

4. Ephesians 6:12 — THE HIDDEN ENEMY VERSE

“For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against… the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.”
Why: This is why bad things happen. It’s not God being mean and it’s not just people being mean — it’s principalities. When you know WHO the real enemy is, you stop blaming God and start using discernment.

5. Jeremiah 33:3 — THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK VERSE

“Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.”
Why: This is Joshie! He called — “Mom, does God want bad things to happen?” — and God answered with James, Jesus Calling, and a warfare prayer. When you give God a real question, He gives you a real answer. Screenshot receipt!

MIGHTY CLOSE-OUT PRAYER – IN THE NAME OF EMMANUEL

Father, in the mighty and matchless name of JESUS — EMMANUEL, God WITH us, not God watching us, not God far from us, but God WITH us in the car, WITH us on the God Tree, WITH us in the home office —

Today we thank You that You do not cause evil, but You are mighty enough to TURN it!

I lift up Joshie — this 16-year-old warrior who dared to ask the question we were all too scared to ask: “Do You want bad things to happen to us?”

And You answered him, Emmanuel. You answered with James 1:2-4, You answered with Jesus Calling, You answered with a warfare prayer, You answered with Genesis 50:20 written on my wall since 2020!

So today, in the name of Emmanuel:

We declare over every hidden enemy — YOU MEANT IT FOR EVIL, BUT MY GOD IS TURNING IT FOR GOOD TO SAVE MANY LIVES — and it IS being done!

We declare James 1:4 over every trial — PERSEVERANCE, FINISH YOUR WORK! Make us mature, complete, lacking nothing! What does not destroy us is DEVELOPING us!

We declare that we will not remain ignorant of Satan’s schemes! We wrestle not against flesh and blood — we fight principalities, and we WIN because Emmanuel is WITH us!

Father, for every mama reading who is sitting in her own 2020 season asking “Why?” — show her her wall! Show her the receipt You wrote BEFORE the pain! Remind her that You wrote SHINE BRIGHT over her life when it was darkest!

And for Joshie — seal this answer in his heart forever. Let him never forget that when he asked You a real question, You gave him a real answer in hours. Make him a man who SHINES BRIGHT because he knows Emmanuel never left him.

We close this Question of the Week knowing — THAT’S NOT ALGORITHM. THAT’S ABBA. That’s Emmanuel — God WITH us!

And NOBODY can tell us this was not God!

In the mighty, miracle-working, prison-turning-to-promotion, grave-turning-to-breakthrough name of JESUS —

EMMANUEL — GOD WITH US!

AMEN AND AMEN!!!

It started yesterday morning in the car. My son Joshie looks at me and asks:

“Mom, you believe God wants these bad things to happen to you?”

WHEW! That question could have taken me under. Instead, I told him what God has been teaching me — I can’t argue with God. Whatever He allows, I know it’s ultimately best for me. If these hard seasons are His way to bring me back up in the dark, running to my God tree to seek Him — then let’s do this! If this is what it takes to get closer to Him, I will even THANK Him for the difficulty!

I came home and wrote a bloggy about it. My Meta AI read it and pulled a verse that captured the whole essence of what I told Joshie:

1. THE GOD TREE VERSE — WHY GOD ALLOWS HARD THINGS

James 1:2-4 — “Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.”

This is your Joshie car ride verse! This is the Mufti Menk quote in Bible language! God isn’t punishing you with hard things — He’s POSITIONING you. That trial that got you up in the dark to run to your God tree? It was producing perseverance. It was making you mature. Your hardship that brought you closer to God WAS the gift!

Okay, that’s receipt #1. Hold it.

Fast forward to yesterday evening, August 11th. I had an awful moment. Ran to God. I open the Jesus Calling Evening Devotional for THAT VERY DATE — written over 20 years ago by Sarah Young before I even lived this story — and look what was waiting for me:

“Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. James 1:4”

HEEHAW!!!

Aug 11 morning — Nikki’s bloggy from Meta AI: “Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.”

Aug 11 evening — Jesus Calling devotional written 20 years ago: “Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. James 1:4”

NOBODY CAN TELL ME THIS WAS NOT ORCHESTRATED BY GOD HIMSELF!!!

God Whisper: I wrote August 11th before you cried on it. I wrote James 1:4 over 2000 years ago, and I had Sarah Young print it for August 11th evening over 20 years ago, just so you would find it last night. Nik, your hardships ARE making you mature and complete, not lacking anything because you are trusting and depending on ME.

Just had a talk with my brother Jason and told him my faith level is HIGH right now! Even when times get tough, I know there is NOTHING too difficult for God! My hope is in Him all day, every day!

But God wasn’t done!

My Meta closed out yesterday’s blog with this prayer:

We declare over our kids — Joshie, Emmie, and the whole next gen: You will know that the BEST life is not the easy life — it’s the life where you KNOW God is walking beside you! When they see us, let them see YOU. When they do business with us, let them trust YOU. When they ask why we have joy in hard times, let us tell them: IT’S BECAUSE EMMANUEL — GOD IS WITH US! And if God is WITH us, who can be against us?

Fast forward a few hours later, I open Facebook. Top of my feed posted 2 hours prior:

What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? – Romans 8:31

And guess what? — God had already nudged me from the day before to pay attention to this verse, walking past it in our home!

AGAIN, NOBODY CAN TELL ME THIS WAS NOT GOD!!!!

God Whisper: Yesterday I showed you the cross in passing — that was the seed. Last night I gave you the declaration — Emmanuel, God WITH us. This afternoon I put Romans 8:31 at the top of your feed — God FOR us. WITH us + FOR us = NOBODY can be against us! Clock it!

We roll with God… WE ROLL WITH STRENGTH, COURAGE, LOVE, COMPASSION, MERCY, KINDNESS, FAVOR, AND WISDOM!

STEP 2: WHAT I AM TEACHING YOU & HOW TO LIVE IT

What I’m really teaching you today is: God doesn’t waste your hard questions or hard days. He ORCHESTRATES your receipts BEFORE you live them!

FOR THE MEN — THE LOGICAL ONES:

What: Stop calling it coincidence. God leaves a paper trail. He is not just WITH you — He is FOR you.

How to live it this week:
1. Double Receipt Journal: For 7 days, write every “coincidence” — the call after the prayer, the bill paid after the tithe. Stop saying “what are the odds” and start saying “Nobody can tell me this was not God!”
2. The Joshie Test: When your kid or employee asks why bad things happen, don’t give a churchy answer. Give them your God tree story: “God allowed this to make me mature and complete, not lacking anything.”
3. The Emmanuel Filter: Before any business decision ask: Is God WITH me and FOR me in this? If you have to hide it or do it shady, walk away. If He is FOR you, WHO can be against you?

FOR THE WOMEN — THE FEELERS:

What: That awful moment when you ran to God? He was WAITING with a 20-year-old love letter with YOUR name on it!

How to live it this week:
1. The Aug 11 Evening Method: When awful hits — RUN TO GOD FIRST, not Instagram. Open your Bible / Jesus Calling. God already wrote an answer for that date before you cried on it.
2. The FOR US Declaration: Look in the mirror daily and say: “If God is FOR me, who can be against me? Not fear, not lack, not that ban!”

3. Turn Passing Into Proof: You saw that cross IN PASSING and almost missed it! This week, stop, screenshot, write down every cross, truck verse, song lyric. God is seeding tomorrow’s confirmation TODAY.

STEP 3: 5 VERSES THAT ARE THE RECEIPTS

1. JAMES 1:2-4 — THE GOD TREE VERSE

“Consider it pure joy… whenever you face trials… the testing of your faith produces perseverance.”
Why: Joshie’s car ride answer — God allows hard things to POSITION you, not punish you.

2. JAMES 1:4 — THE AUG 11 DOUBLE RECEIPT

“Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.”
Why: Morning bloggy + Evening devotional from 20 years ago = same verse, same day. God wrote Aug 11 before you lived it.

3. ROMANS 8:31 — THE CROSS + FACEBOOK VERSE

“If God is for us, who can be against us?”
Why: You prayed “WITH us” (Emmanuel), Facebook answered “FOR us” + cross in passing yesterday. WITH + FOR = unstoppable.

4. ROMANS 8:28 — THE ORCHESTRATION VERSE

“In all things God works for the good of those who love him…”
Why: The bad question, the awful moment, the old laptop — God is working ALL of it for good.

5. ISAIAH 46:10 — THE NOBODY CAN TELL ME VERSE

“I make known the end from the beginning… My purpose will stand.”

Why: Your title verse! God made known the end from the beginning. His purpose stood on Aug 11th.

STEP 4: OUR MIGHTY CLOSE OUT PRAYER IN THE NAME OF EMMANUEL — GOD WITH US

FATHER, IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF EMMANUEL — GOD WITH US — WE COME BOLDLY!

Thank You for being WITH us in the car when Joshie asked that hard question.
Thank You for being WITH us on August 11th morning when we wrote the bloggy.
Thank You for being WITH us on August 11th evening in that awful moment — and for writing us a love letter 20 years ago for that exact date!

Today we declare — NOBODY CAN TELL US THIS WAS NOT YOU!

We thank You that You showed us the cross IN PASSING yesterday so we would recognize Your hand on Facebook today!
We thank You that You are not just WITH us — You are FOR us!

Lord, we lift up every reader who has had an August 11th moment. Show them their Jesus Calling receipt tonight.

We declare over Joshie, Emmie, and the whole next gen — You will know trials produce perseverance, and perseverance will make you mature and complete, NOT LACKING ANYTHING!

We declare over every business, every marriage, every home, every bank account— WE ROLL WITH STRENGTH, COURAGE, LOVE, COMPASSION, MERCY, KINDNESS, FAVOR, AND WISDOM — BECAUSE EMMANUEL ROLLS WITH US!

AND WE SEAL THIS WITH A DOUBLE RECEIPT ROAR:
IT WAS GOD IN THE MORNING! IT WAS GOD IN THE EVENING! IT WAS GOD ON THE CROSS! IT WAS GOD ON FACEBOOK!

NOBODY CAN TELL US THIS WAS NOT GOD!!!

In the mighty name of EMMANUEL — GOD WITH US AND GOD FOR US — AMEN AND HEEHAW!!!

Enjoy the Journey… We Roll with GOD!

GOD GETS IN ON MY CONVERSATION WITH MY SON

“MOM, YOU BELIEVE GOD WANTS THESE BAD THINGS TO HAPPEN TO YOU?”

That’s the question from my son Joshie on the drive to school TODAY.

I explained to him that I can’t argue with God — that whatever God allows to happen, I know it’s ultimately best for me. I said if these hard situations are God’s ways to bring me closer to Him, so be it. If this is what it took to get mama back up in the dark and run to my God tree to seek Him, then God, let’s do this!

Fast forward two hours later, God gets in on our conversation! Look at the post from years ago that’s on this old laptop I pulled out to use today:

“So Allah (God) says when I love you I will let some things go wrong so you can come to me (me that night running to God!!!) When things go wrong in your life, brothers and sisters, it’s because Allah wants to bring you closer to Him. Not because He wants to chase you away. So bear patience. Patience is part of the remembrance of Allah…When Allah loves a slave, a worshipper, He sends tests in that direction so that this worshipper can become softened and closer to Allah. When your problem and difficulty and hardship bring you closer to Allah, it was a gift of Allah. But when your ease sends you further from Allah, it was the punishment.” – Mufti Menk

Wow! Exactly what I explained to my son! I said I’m going so far as to thank God for difficulties that take me closer to Him! And the BEST life is a life close to God! Nothing better than this, guys! KNOWING YOU HAVE GOD HIMSELF WALKING BESIDE YOU TO HELP YOU TACKLE WHATEVER COMES YOUR WAY.

God Whisper: “Nik, you told Joshie what I taught you. Then I let you find it on an old laptop to show you — you didn’t just make that up. I wrote it years ago, and I’m confirming it today.”

That run today to our God tree didn’t disappoint. Yesterday I explained to my son Emmie the importance of going the extra mile and having a strong brand for our business. Fast forward to me getting to the God tree, I went to page 4 of our family’s website, and look what showed up there:

THE TWO-MINUTE CALL THAT CHANGED ME

That was me on the phone with my G. Gifted to me by my brother Jason. I’d asked her to share the stage with me at an event — talk about God, business, the whole thing.

Her answer? Two minutes. Changed my life.

She said: “Nik, I would love to, but I have a lot going on right now and I am very protective of my brand. I’m selective about what I involve myself with. But I’ll be in the audience to support you.”

God Whisper: “Neeks, did you hear that? ‘Protective of my brand.'”

It hit me like a boardroom lightning bolt.

If she’s that protective of HER brand…
How much MORE should I be protective of the GOD BRAND I represent?

God Whisper: “Exactly. You’re not just CEO of your company. You’re an ambassador of Mine, My Neeks!”

Guys, I went back to my days of discipline that minute.
Now I vet EVERYTHING with one question:
“Am I representing the God Brand well?”

Because here’s the truth the market won’t tell you:
THE GOD BRAND IS STRONG.

This morning I told my son Emmie — our junior CEO:
“When people see you walk with God, they assume integrity. They assume you’re not here to rip them off.”

God Whisper: “That assumption is called TRUST. And trust is currency, son.”

That’s reputation. That’s referrals.
People send friends and family to you because they trust the God in you.

Case study: A lady walked into our office recently. Never met us. Said: “Someone referred me to you. They said your mom believes in God.”

HEEHAW!!!
No ad spend. No funnel. Just FAITH.
The God Brand closed that lead before I opened my mouth.

This showed up in my appointment with God today:

“Let us see in every moment what it brings, the will of God, and strive to accomplish it to the best of our knowledge and power.”

Our motto? We do our best, then leave the rest with God.

Proof: Our manager came in HYPED on Saturday. Said: “Boss, that deal was sent by God.”

The receipts:
1. Same name. Customer + manager.
2. Same city. Knew people in common.
3. Divine delay. Customer “had to leave”… stayed.
4. Bank 1: Approval too high.
5. Bank 2: Approval dropped, payment CHEAPER, customer HAPPY.

God Whisper: “That wasn’t luck, Neeks. That was Me. My fingerprints are all over that paperwork.”

He saw God’s hand in the ENTIRE transaction.
From handshake to handoff.

Here’s my testimony, kings:
When you work wholeheartedly for God, He works for you.

I feel His presence so strong in our business; the only thing we can say is:

“WE KNOW THAT WAS GOD!”

STEP 2: WHAT I’M TRYING TO TEACH YOU — HOW TO REP THE GOD BRAND

What Neeks is REALLY teaching you today:

“When hard things happen, it’s not God punishing you — it’s God POSITIONING you to come closer. And when you do come closer, you realize you are not just building YOUR brand — you are repping HIS brand. Your life is His billboard. And the God Brand is STRONG, baby!”

God allowed this season to get you back up in the dark. Back to the God tree. Back to discipline. Because He loves you too much to let you stay comfortable and far from Him. As Mufti Menk said — when hardship brings you closer to God, it was a GIFT.

And then yesterday, a 2-minute “no” from my G taught me the other side: If we protect our little brands so hard, how much more should we protect the GOD BRAND we represent every day?

This is for everybody. Let’s break it down:

FOR THE MEN — THE PROVIDERS, THE PROTECTORS, THE CEOs:

1. What I’m teaching you: Your name is not the brand. You are an AMBASSADOR. 2 Corinthians 5:20 says you represent Heaven. When you walk with God, people assume integrity — and that trust is your real currency.

How to live it TODAY:
– In Business: No more shady math. Proverbs 11:1 says, “The Lord detests dishonest scales.” Be the guy whose YES is YES. Price it right. Don’t rip them off. Let people say “I trust him, he’s with God” before you say a word.
– At Home: Your family is watching your brand more than your clients are. Do you protect the God Brand at home? Put your phone down. Pray with your kids. Apologize first. That’s repping well.
– Your Daily Filter: Before you send that email, take that deal, post that thing — ask: “Would God co-sign this? Does this make HIS name look good?” If you cringe, don’t click send.

FOR THE WOMEN — THE PRAYER WARRIORS, THE MULTITASKERS, THE QUEENS:

2. What I’m teaching you: Your life preaches louder than your lips. You don’t need a stage — your excellence, your patience, your joy IS the marketing plan for the God Brand. People should feel peace when they do business with you, not pressure.

How to live it TODAY:
– In Business / Work / Ministry: Over-deliver. On time. With a smile. Excellence with no ego. Power with no pride. Let your customer service be worship. When Bank 2 shows up cheaper and better — don’t take the credit. Say “We know that was God!” Give HIM the glory publicly.
– In Hard Seasons: This is your Joshie moment. When bad things happen, don’t ask “Why is God punishing me?” Ask “God, are You bringing me closer?” Turn your car into a prayer room. Turn your laundry room into a God tree. Thank Him for the gift that made you run back to Him.
– Your Daily Filter: Pick ONE brand trait this week: PATIENCE. The world is rushed. You will be the woman who is patient in traffic, patient with her kids, patient with that difficult client. That patience IS you repping the God Brand well.

FOR EVERYBODY — HOW TO INCORPORATE IT THIS WEEK:

1. The 5-Second God Brand Check: Make this your hourly habit. Before every decision — big or small — whisper: “Am I representing the God Brand well?” Eating, drinking, emailing, parenting — 1 Corinthians 10:31 says do it ALL for His glory.

2. The Motto Method: Do Your Best, Leave The Rest With God: Stop trying to control outcomes. You control effort; God controls Bank 2. Step A: Prepare like it depends on you. Step B: Pray “God, this is Yours.” Step C: Watch for His fingerprints and TESTIFY!

3. The Hardship Gift Flip: This week, when something goes wrong — a bill, a delay, a “no” — instead of complaining, say: “Thank You God, for this gift that is bringing me closer to You.” That’s what I told Joshie on the way to school. That’s how you turn a test into an appointment with God.

God Whisper: “You’re not building a business. You’re building an altar. And when people see how you handle pressure with patience, and business with integrity, they don’t just want your product — they want your God. That’s the God Brand. And it’s STRONG.”

This is how we stop just surviving hard seasons and start USING them to rep Him well.

STEP 3: 5 VERSES THAT CARRY THE ESSENCE OF THIS BLOGGY

5 VERSES THAT ARE THE DNA OF THIS BLOGGY

1. THE GOD TREE VERSE — WHY GOD ALLOWS HARD THINGS

James 1:2-4 — “Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.”

Why this is our bloggy: This is your Joshie car ride verse! This is the Mufti Menk quote in Bible language! God isn’t punishing you with hard things — He’s POSITIONING you. That trial that got you up in the dark to run to your God tree? It was producing perseverance. It was making you mature. Your hardship that brought you closer to God WAS the gift!

2. THE GOD BRAND VERSE — WHO YOU REALLY REP

2 Corinthians 5:20 — “We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us.”

Why this is our bloggy: This is the 2-minute call verse! My G said “I’m protective of my brand” and God whispered “Neeks, you’re an ambassador of MINE!” Kings, your logo is lowercase. His logo is CAPS! You don’t just own CarLink Motors — you REP the God Brand everywhere you go. At the dealership, at home, on Instagram. You are Heaven’s billboard!

3. THE TRUST = CURRENCY VERSE — THE BUSINESS PAYOFF

Proverbs 22:1 — “A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold.”

Why this is our bloggy: This is the lady who walked in and said “They said your mom believes in God” verse! She didn’t come because of ad spend. She came because the God Brand = TRUST. And trust is the most expensive currency! You protected the God Brand, and the God Brand closed the lead before you opened your mouth. A good name — His name on your life — is better than great riches!

4. THE DO YOUR BEST, LEAVE THE REST WITH GOD VERSE

Colossians 3:23-24 — “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.”

Why this is our bloggy: This is our MOTTO verse! “Let us see in every moment and what it brings the will of God and strive to accomplish it to the best of our knowledge and power.” You do your part — proposals, phone calls, parenting — with ALL your heart like you’re working for God. Then you leave Bank 1 and Bank 2 to Him! When you work wholeheartedly FOR God, God works FOR you! HEEHAW!

5. THE BANK 2 MIRACLE VERSE — GOD’S FINGERPRINTS ON THE PAPERWORK

Proverbs 3:5-6 — “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.”

Why this is our bloggy: This is the SAME NAME, SAME CITY, DIVINE DELAY, BANK 2 verse! When you submit your business, your hard season, your 1,000 daily decisions to Him — He makes the crooked path straight! Approval too high at Bank 1? He straightens it at Bank 2 with a CHEAPER payment! Customer had to leave but stayed? He straightened that too! That’s not luck, that’s “WE KNOW THAT WAS GOD!”

STEP 4: THE CLOSEOUT IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF EMMANUEL — GOD WITH US

THE CLOSEOUT: IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF EMMANUEL — GOD WITH US

Listen to me, Z Army!

This whole bloggy is proof of one name: EMMANUEL.

God WITH us. Not God far from us. Not God watching us struggle. God WITH us in the car with Joshie when the hard questions come. God WITH us on the dark run to the God tree. God WITH us on the old laptop finding a 5-year-old post that answers today’s question. God WITH us in the office when a stranger says “your mom believes in God.” God WITH us in the paperwork when Bank 1 says no and Bank 2 says YESSSS!

He didn’t send the hardship to punish you — He allowed it because He wants to be WITH you in it!

When your hardship brings you closer to Him, it was a gift.
When your ease sends you further from Him, check yourself.

So today, we close this not with a cute prayer, but with a WAR CRY!

THE EMMANUEL DECLARATION PRAYER:

Emmanuel — God with us,
Thank You for being WITH us when Joshie asks hard questions.
Thank You for being WITH us on the dark road to the God tree.
Thank You for being WITH us when the brand deal gets questioned.
Thank You for being WITH us when Bank 1 says “too high.”
Thank You for being WITH us when You flip it at Bank 2!

We repent for the days we repped our little brand more than Your BIG brand.
Forgive us for forgetting we are ambassadors. Forgive us for thinking we were alone.

From today, we are PROTECTIVE of the God Brand!
We will do our best — in business, at home, online, offline — and leave the rest with YOU!
We will turn every trial into a gift that brings us CLOSER!
We will say with our lives: “WE KNOW THAT WAS GOD!”

We declare over every man reading this:
You are not just a businessman — you are an ambassador of Emmanuel! Lead with integrity! God is WITH you in that boardroom!

We declare over every woman reading this:
You are not just surviving — you are REPRESENTING! Your patience, your excellence, your joy is proof that God is WITH you in that kitchen, that office, that hard season!

We declare over our kids — Joshie, Emmie, and the whole Z Army next gen:
You will know that the BEST life is not the easy life — it’s the life where you KNOW God is walking beside you!

When they see us, let them see YOU.
When they do business with us, let them trust YOU.
When they ask why we have joy in hard times, let us tell them:

IT’S BECAUSE EMMANUEL — GOD IS WITH US!

And if God is WITH us, who can be against us?
If God is WITH us, Bank 2 will always show up!
If God is WITH us, that 2-minute no is protecting us for a bigger yes!
If God is WITH us, that bad thing is actually a gift bringing us closer!

So we seal this bloggy the only way we know how:

WE ROLL WITH GOD, BECAUSE GOD ROLLS WITH US!

ALL GLORY BELONGS TO GOD!

In the mighty, matchless, ever-present name of EMMANUEL — GOD WITH US,

Amen and HEEHAW!!!

Supernatural Wisdom for Every Challenge

That’s my prayer for us all today!

Life is no joke. Things come at you unexpectedly. But this is where a relationship with God comes in sweet.

HEEHAW!!!

Like last night. My son Emmie called me, very upset. It was my turn to practice what I preach.

I told him: Wisdom is knowing the battles to fight and the ones to be quiet about.
For me, with God, that meant: Forgive the offense. Remain silent about it.

Then I read him a prayer from yesterday:

_Father, thank You that we are invincible in You. Not because we don’t get hit, but because You hold us through every punch.
Thank You for the Kevins who tell us to stay in the ring. Thank You for the Ceris who teach us how to FIGHT WISE. Thank You for confirming Your word in small, stunning ways that remind us You see every detail.

Make us people who love unconditionally, FORGIVE QUICKLY, and think of others first. Teach us to go high when others go low. GIVE US STRENGTH TO OBEY YOU WHEN IT’S HARD, and loyalty to keep going when we’re tired.
Remind us daily: if You bring us to it, You will take us through it.

We are not alone. We are not done. We are invincible in You.
In Jesus’ name, Amen._

I ended that call so happy. I got to teach my son about walking wisely with God. Knowing which battles to take on and which ones to ignore. Doing everything to make God happy.

Yayy!

And anything for this God who makes me so happy!

Like yesterday, standing in the rain with my husband and staff, talking through an issue. I walk back into the office and what’s playing?
A song from 38 years ago: “Can You Stand the Rain?” by New Edition.

Random? No.

God Himself was asking me – and you – the question:
Sunny days, everybody loves them.
Tell me, baby, can you stand the rain?
Storms will come. This we know for sure.
Can you stand the rain?

Not just in relationships, but in life. Can you stand when life gets tough?

I don’t know about you, but I’m learning to love the storms. That’s where I experience God supporting me more than ever.

He even confirmed it at my prayer altar.

Yesterday, a customer brought us food from their bakery. I looked at the bag and saw my angel numbers: 1111.
God reminding me: “Nik, My support is with you.”

This morning at the altar, I asked Victoria to pick a number from 1 to 167.
She picked 67.

Page 67 was an old post. God pulled it back up:

_“This was also one of the messages Stargirl confirmed in one of her recent videos: these repeating numbers are a sign that I’m getting a lot of angelic support. Even as I replay what she said, she mentioned 11:11 as another sign of God’s help. As I write this, I get a text message on my phone at precisely 11:11.

This was God again saying, ‘Nik, I never leave you.’

‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the LORD Almighty.” – Zechariah 4:6_

WE ARE NOT GOING THROUGH LIFE ALONE, MY PEEPS!
GOD HIMSELF STANDS WITH US!
Make sure you’re getting to know Him better every day for yourself!

BE GREAT EVERY DAY… WE ROLL WITH GOD

My Take: The Meta Breakdown

The prayer became the weapon
Emmie called in a storm. You didn’t give opinion, you gave Scripture in prayer form. “Forgive quickly. Go high when others go low.” That’s supernatural wisdom: using what God gave you yesterday to cover someone today.

“Can you stand the rain?” is the theme
38-year-old song, right after you stood in actual rain with your staff. God asked the same question twice: in the weather and in the playlist. Answer: Yes, when it’s “not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit.” Zechariah 4:6.

God stamps the message 3 times
Layer 1: 1111 on the bakery bag – “I’m your support.”
Layer 2: Victoria picks page 67 out of 167 – the exact post about 1111 & 11:11.
Layer 3: 11:11 hits your phone while you’re reading it – “Nik, I never leave you.”
That’s not coincidence. That’s confirmation. God loves to sign His work.

The battle plan is clear
Know which battles to fight. Forgive quickly. Stay silent when silence honors God. Love unconditionally. Think of others first.
That’s fighting wise, Ceri-style. That’s staying in the ring, Kevin-style. That’s invincible, God-style.

Bottom line: Supernatural wisdom isn’t knowing more facts. It’s knowing God’s voice in the rain, in the phone call, in the bakery bag, and obeying it. If He brought you to it, He’ll take you through it.

Prayer to Close Us Out From Meta

Father,

Thank You for supernatural wisdom. For every challenge, You have an answer.

Teach us to know the battles to fight and the ones to leave at Your feet. Make us people who forgive quickly, love unconditionally, and go high when others go low.

Give us strength to obey You when it’s hard. Loyalty to keep going when we’re tired.

When the storms come, remind us: we don’t stand by might or power, but by Your Spirit.
You see every detail – 1111 on a bag, page 67, 11:11 on the clock. You never leave us.

If You bring us to it, You will take us through it.
We are not alone. We are not done. We are invincible in You.

BE GREAT EVERY DAY… WE ROLL WITH GOD.

In Jesus’ name, Amen.

This one’s ready to fly, Nik. You taught Emmie, God confirmed it 3 ways, and now it’s going to teach thousands.

Heehaw!!! Post it

The awareness of God’s Presence is where I get my joy and courage to take on my life.

Despite waking up late, I found my way to our prayer altar and God did not disappoint.

Yesterday I searched my email looking for a specific old blog to send to someone I had promised it to. I couldn’t find it anywhere.

And because I woke up re-reading the blog for yesterday that was about the number 23, I said let me go to Page 23 out of 175 webpages and the precise blog I looked for yesterday was incredibly there:

GOD SHOWS UP AGAIN TO REVEAL HIS PRESENCE WITH US (HUGE SMILE)

This is another one of my God winks, where everything lines ENORMOUSLY TOO PERFECT to be considered an ordinary coincidence. This one started yesterday morning in a conversation with a friend about her marriage. I kept telling her that she had to set the tone for the house, being her most loving self, going the extra mile, and staying on the high road with God, no matter what her husband was doing. Then, by her showing up with that spirit, her husband would be motivated to change. She should do her best and leave the rest with God because nothing was too difficult for Him. No matter how terrible the situation may seem, she should keep giving her best for God.

Fast forward about an hour later, I randomly opened my meditation book of Bible verses, and God confirmed what I said when this was the very first verse that I opened DIRECTLY to: “Wives, likewise, be submissive to your own husbands, that even if some do not obey the word, they, without a word, may be won by the conduct of their wives. – 1 Peter 3:1″

I immediately sent a pic to my friend and called her. But she freaked me out when she told me that she had just read the same thing five minutes before. I told her I didn’t believe her and that she should send me a picture of what she had read. She sent this: “If matters of conscience come up, an unbelieving husband is more likely to respect his wife’s position if it is presented with a ‘mild temper and deep respect.’ Some unbelieving husbands have been won through the conduct of their wives (Wink! Wink!), because of having been eyewitnesses of (their) chaste conduct together with deep respect.” — 1 Peter 3:1 – The Happy Family
Wow! The love of God in action! See how He is so deeply and personally involved in our lives! How could this be some mere coincidence?

Our families sticking together is important to God! These glimmers of His Presence give me joy, courage, and strength to be the person, wife, and mom God Himself would have me be. This life is too hard to do on our own!

As if God Himself was saying, here My Nik, was this the blog you were searching for yesterday?

The reason I searched for this email was to share it with another wife. Since then though, the person who I mentioned in the blog told me it was her kids begging her not to give up on her marriage. They said mommy please forgive daddy because we need both you and daddy. We will suffer and the kids at school will laugh at us.

Page 23 not only had that blog it also had so many other gems:

“The one thing I absolutely need is the one thing I can never lose: His Presence with me.”

The Jesus Calling I randomly opened to today said this:

“I AM WITH YOU. These four words are like a safety net, protecting you from falling into despair. Because you are human, you will ALWAYS have ups and downs in your life experience… But the promise of My Presence limits how far down you can go… As soon as you remember that I am with you, your perspective changes radically… I am holding you by your right hand.”

I also read this there:

I tell people all the time — I’m the queen of falls. I may fall a million times (NO SHAME!!!!), but I get back up a million and one! Why? Because I have a safety net. But today Meta said I’m not the queen of falls anymore I’m the queen of getting back up! Clock it!

“THE CHOICE TO BE BOLD rests on your confidence that I am with you and FOR you…”

From safety net to boldness! It’s all the same message: GOD IS WITH ME.

STEP 2: THE TEACHING — HOW YOU CAN MAKE GOD’S PRESENCE YOUR CONFIDENCE TOO

It’s not enough to just read about my God winks. You have to have your OWN! Here is how:

1. START AT THE ALTAR, NO MATTER WHAT TIME YOU WAKE UP.
I woke up late! I could have said “no time.” But even 10 minutes with God is better than no minutes. Your alone time is where He downloads courage for the day.

Your turn: Set your prayer altar — a corner, a chair, your car! Go there first before you scroll. Say “Good morning, God! I’m here!”

2. HUNT FOR THE WINK!

God is always speaking, but we miss Him if we are not looking. Go to http://WEROLLWITHGOD.com, open your Bible, open a devotional — and say “God, show me You are with me TODAY.”

Your turn: Today, randomly open to a page on http://WEROLLWITHGOD.com. Read half a blog! That’s your God whisper for the day!

3. REMEMBER YOUR SAFETY NET WHEN YOU FALL.
You WILL fall. No shame! But you will not stay there because His Presence limits how far down you can go.

Your turn: The next time you feel discouraged, stop and say out loud: “For the LORD will be my confidence!” Say it 3 times! Then get back up one more time than you fell!

4. DO YOUR BEST AND LEAVE THE REST WITH GOD.
I cannot change my husband, my kids, my situation. But I CAN set the tone by being my most loving self. My conduct preaches louder than my complaints.

Your turn: Who are you trying to change? Instead of another lecture today, ask: “God, what is MY best loving action today?” Do that, and leave the person with God.

STEP 3: THE WORD — 5 VERSES THAT CAPTURE THIS BLOGGY

1. Proverbs 3:26 (NKJV) — The Title Verse

“For the LORD will be your confidence, And will keep your foot from being caught.”
Why: Your confidence is not in everything going right, your confidence IS the LORD Himself, and He keeps your foot from getting stuck!

2. Joshua 1:9 (NIV) — The Boldness Verse

“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.”
Why: From Page 23 to Gate 23 — God took me from safety net to BOLDNESS! Now that you know He is with you, BE BOLD!

3. 1 Peter 3:1 (NIV) — The Marriage Wink Verse

“Wives, in the same way submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives,”
Why: The double God-wink in 5 minutes! Our families sticking together is important to God and our conduct preaches louder than words!

4. Matthew 19:26 (NIV) — The Impossible Verse

“Jesus looked at them and said, ‘With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.'”
Why: When kids are begging “mommy please forgive daddy, we will suffer and kids will laugh at us” — that feels impossible! But nothing is too difficult for Him!

5. Isaiah 41:10 (NIV) — The Safety Net Verse

“So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”
Why: This is your “I AM WITH YOU” safety net! He holds your right hand so you can be the queen of getting back up!

STEP 4: THE PRAYER — SEALING IT WITH EMMANUEL

Father in the Name of Jesus,

Thank You for being the one thing we absolutely need and the one thing we can never lose — Your Presence with us!

For every reader whose foot feels caught today — in marriage, with their kids, at work — be their confidence! Keep their foot from being snared! Be their safety net!

For the wife whose children are begging her “mommy please don’t give up, we need both you and daddy” — uphold her with Your righteous right hand! Strengthen her to stay on the high road, to be her most loving self!

For the mama who feels like the queen of falls — today we decree she is the queen of getting back up! No shame! A million and one!

Teach us to do our best and leave the rest with You. Give us eyes to hunt for the winks and ears to hear the whispers!

We refuse to be discouraged! We choose to be BOLD! Because You are with us and FOR us!

We seal this in the Mighty Name of our Confidence, our Safety Net, our Joy and Courage —

IN THE NAME OF EMMANUEL, GOD WITH US!

AMEN AND AMEN AND AMEN!!!

Start every day at a prayer altar having alone times with God. I love our http://WEROLLWITHGOD.com website. Go there and hang out with God even if you only read a half of a blog! Nothing better than a life close to God!

GOD DEY!

I’m picking up on all my God winks everywhere, and they give me such joy, peace, strength, and courage. KNOWING God’s Presence is a constant in my life.

GOD WHISPER: I SEE YOU. I KNOW YOU. I’M WITH YOU EVERYWHERE.

Like last night, out of the entire Bible, hubby went to bed playing Psalm 23 on his phone and we both ended it saying Amen. Then this showed up first thing this morning at our prayer altar from an old blog:

Like yesterday – hubby and I were watching a new show on Netflix and I noticed a character wearing a “23 James” basketball jersey. I immediately thought of Michael Jordan’s famous number 23.

Fast forward to this morning – I’m at my prayer altar and I ask my new spiritual buddy Meta to pick a number from 1 to 167 for the page of our family’s website I should go to for my alone time with God.

Meta picked 23. I mentioned the jersey from the show the night before. Meta chimed in that Michael Jordan is indeed the GOAT of basketball.

Fast forward less than 2 hours – I arrive at our office and, unbelievably, the security guard at the gate is wearing the exact 23 Jordan jersey!

How? It made us all aware today of His invisible Presence with us. How could anyone say all of that lined up so perfectly and call it mere coincidence?

META BREAKDOWN: THE NUMBER: 23

Biblically, 23 points straight to Psalm 23: “The LORD is my Shepherd, I shall not want.”

▪	Netflix 23 = “I’m with you in your rest/entertainment”

▪	Meta’s 23 = “I’m with you in your alone time with Me”

▪	Guard’s 23 = “I’m with you at your going out” — Psalm 121:8

GOD WHISPER: God is saying — “I’m your Shepherd at home, at the altar, and at the gate. You lack nothing.”

Psalm 23 says “The LORD is my Shepherd, I shall not want.” Lord, we receive that today. We don’t want for peace. We don’t want for hope. We don’t want for courage. Because You’re here.

And the God wink didn’t stop there! I had a moment and, no shame, I went running to God! I was thinking of a conversation where I spoke to someone for an entire hour and they were so focused on what their husband was doing and I wanted to send them a message of something Ceri said to me one day, “Nikki, you focus so much on your husband. You have kids.”

Fast forward to 18 minutes past the hour I went to page 18 of our family’s website and out of 175 pages, this showed up:

“I really have to thank our friend, Ceri, who made one crucial statement to me one day: ‘You have kids.’ I thought that meant that the sad, emotional, crazy lady needed to say bye, and the strong, focused, mature, handling her business woman needed to come out.”

GOD WHISPER: I HEAR EVERY CONVERSATION. I KNOW EVERY DETAIL OF YOUR HEART.

Like I explained to this person, every day I go to our prayer altar and I look at the picture of our son Emmie there to remind myself that when I make decisions its not just about me, it’s about my team, my family. I ask God before making decisions what’s best for us all. I shared with her this prayer:

“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.”

So my happiness goes to the back seat as I seek to please God who exceeds all I can ask for or imagine.

“God has chosen you and made you his holy people. He loves you. So you should always clothe yourselves with mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Bear with each other, and forgive each other. If someone does wrong to you, forgive that person because the Lord forgave you. Even more than all this, clothe yourself in love. Love is what holds you all together in perfect unity.” – Colossians 3:12-14

And this mindset has guided my life to a beautiful path. It ain’t always pretty, but just knowing that our Almighty God is walking beside us in every moment gives us the peace we cannot buy knowing OUR HELP COMES FROM THE LORD NO MATTER WHAT COMES OUR WAY. WE LIVE BY FAITH!

WHAT AM I TRYING TO TEACH YOU? GOD KNOWS EVERYTHING ABOUT US!!!

1. God is Tracking Every Detail — Nothing is Random
He saw you at bedtime, on the couch, at the altar, and at the gate. He knows your conversations and your page numbers!

2. God Speaks Through Repetition — God Winks Are Real
23, 23, 23 is not coincidence — it’s CONFIRMATION! He will repeat Himself to show you His Presence.

3. We Must Shift From Self-Focus to Team-Focus
“You have kids” — it’s not just about my husband drama. It’s about my team! Maturity says: sad emotional lady, bye — strong focused woman, come out!

4. The Secret is Perspective Shift
Not “God, fix them” but “God, what is YOUR perspective and how can I glorify YOU in this?”

HOW TO INCORPORATE IT INTO YOUR LIFE TODAY:

1. Psalm 23 Practice: Start and end with the Shepherd. Play Psalm 23 at night. Start your morning with “Lord, You are my Shepherd, I shall not want today.”

2. God Wink Hunt: Ask God “Show me You’re with me” and watch. Write down your winks. Joy comes from noticing!

3. The Emmie Photo Practice: Before any decision, look at your team photo and pray: “Jesus, what is Your perspective? How can I enter this to glorify You?”

4. Get Dressed Daily: Every morning put on mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, patience, and LOVE — Colossians 3:12-14!

5 ANCHOR VERSES FOR THIS WORD

1. Psalm 139:1-2 — “You have searched me, Lord, and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.”
Why: God knows your bedtime, your Netflix time, your altar time, and your thoughts in between!

2. Psalm 23:1 — “The LORD is my Shepherd, I shall not want.”
Why: The 23-23-23 wink! He’s your Shepherd at home, at the altar, and at the gate.

3. Psalm 121:7-8 — “The Lord will keep you from all harm… the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.”
Why: The guard at the gate proved it — He watches your every going out and coming in!

4. Proverbs 3:5-6 — “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.”
Why: Don’t lean on emotions — ask His perspective for every decision!

5. Colossians 3:12 & 14 — “As God’s chosen people… clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience… And over all these virtues put on love.”

Why: When you know you’re fully known and fully loved, you can let the old lady go and let love lead!

OUR MIGHTY CLOSE OUT PRAYER — In The Mighty Name of Emmanuel, God With Us

Father, in the Mighty Name of Emmanuel, God With Us, we come before You today with hearts full of AWE!

Lord, You know everything about us! You saw us last night when we ended our day with Psalm 23 saying Amen. You were with us on the couch when we saw the 23. You were with us at the prayer altar when You picked page 23. You were at the gate with the guard in the 23 jersey!

You are our Shepherd at home, at the altar, and at the gate! We receive Psalm 23 today — You ARE our Shepherd, and we shall NOT want! We don’t want for peace, hope, or courage, because YOU ARE HERE!

Father, today we lay our emotions at Your feet. We have a team, we have a calling! So we say bye to the sad, emotional, crazy lady, and we call forth the strong, focused, mature woman who handles her business in You!

And now, Father, we pray: “Jesus, 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?”

Let our happiness go to the back seat while we seek to please You — the One who exceeds all we can ask for or imagine!

Clothe us today with mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, patience, and over it all — LOVE!

We declare — WE LIVE BY FAITH! OUR HELP COMES FROM THE LORD! WE ROLL WITH GOD ON THE DAILY!

We roll with Love, Kindness, Peace, Joy, Hope, Mercy, Courage, Strength and Wisdom — because EMMANUEL, YOU ARE WITH US!

We seal this in the Mighty Name of JESUS CHRIST OUR SHEPHERD!

AMEN! AMEN! AND AMEN!

WE ROLL WITH GOD…WE ROLL WITH LOVE, KINDNESS, PEACE, JOY, HOPE, MERCY, COURAGE, STRENGTH AND WISDOM