That was my WhatsApp message to my siblings yesterday. To become better, we must address our weaknesses, and I know I have some evil demons within me that are always trying to get the best of me, but I’m fighting them. They go as far as waking me up in the middle of the night, with some awful thoughts about what I should do, and I have to say, ‘No, devil, get away from me!!!’ ALL day long I’m in a war with them, striving to be the Nikki God Himself would have me to be in every moment, glorifying Him. Let me tell ya; THIS IS NOT EASY!!! I still get it wrong, LOTS, and that’s OK, because I get knocked down PLENTY, but I get back up with a renewed commitment to bounce back even STRONGER AND BETTER than ever before. Heehaw!
Yesterday when I felt them telling me to turn into the crazy lady, I instead went running to God for an appointment with Him. This showing up after my conversation with my siblings a few hours prior, was no coincident:
“Heavenly Father, I know that I am in battle against a supernatural force of evil, and the only way I can be triumphant in this battle is through an even more powerful force. I know that you are that force. Thank you for giving me the wisdom, courage, and strength to be your hands and feet in this world. Thank you for the opportunity to stand between oppression and freedom. Today, I cast down every fear, every thought that doesn’t align with your Word. I ask you today to give me the discernment to identify the strategies of the enemy and the wisdom to respond. Grant me the courage to act based on my training, preparation, and level of skill. In Jesus’ Holy Name I pray. Amen.” – Lt. Col. Dave Grossman
I knew this was another direct message from God, reminding me that He is that powerful force helping to fight off the demons. In that awful moment, He gave me the wisdom, courage, and strength to resist the devil, and I’m so much happier for it. So much so that I even responded to an email first thing this morning that I’ve been procrastinating about sending. I’m embarrassed about the way I’ve been lately, but I’m using the humiliations to be better, by God’s grace. I’m thankful to be able to look into myself and see where I can improve.
God went even as far as confirming that this was indeed a message from Him when He drew my attention to a huge truck passing on the highway with the word “TRIUMF” big and boldly printed across it. That was a God wink saying, ‘Nik, you will be victorious in this battle!!!’ Such love I receive from Him that I can respond to the devil’s tricks and schemes from His loving, Almighty perspective, KNOWING HIS LOVE WILL NEVER FAIL ME. I claim that for us all!!! Remember, everything we do is between God and us, not between us and anyone else! Do your best and leave the rest with God! Wink! Wink!
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“NOT EVERYONE IS AS STRONG AS YOU, MS. NIKKI”
That was from my sweetie daughter, Julie, yesterday. I used the conversation as an opportunity to share with her some of my weaknesses (mostly depressing and negative thinking) and how I’ve found that I must be a very regimented person to tackle them. I’m talking appointments with God every morning, writing posts, going for a run with God, drinking my awful tasting smoothie, fasting (leaning on God), eating healthily, continually running to God throughout the day to hear from Him. NO SHAME IN MY GAME; GOD, I NEED YOU!!!
I told her how this year has been what I describe as a year of a million falls, but God has helped me to get back up a million and one. I was so happy that God AGAIN got involved in our conversation when this post showed up at my 10:30 appointment with God, and I read page 30 of our family’s website, werollwithgod.com about one of my falls:
“In that video, I talked all about the appointments with the boys and how we read that God delights in every detail of our lives. Well, fast forward a few hours, WHEN I GOT KNOCKED DOWN AND WENT CRYING TO GOD, unbelievably this showed up from exactly where I had last left off in the book ‘He and I’, written as if God was speaking:
“I’m guiding every detail of your life.” (Wink! Wink!)…
“Thus begins your journey of profound reliance on Me. It is a faith-walk, taken one step at a time, leaning on Me, as much as you need. This is not a path of continual success, BUT OF MULTIPLE FAILURES. However, each failure is followed by a growth spurt, nourished by increased reliance on Me. Enjoy the blessedness of a victorious life through deepening your dependence on Me… The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.” – Jesus Calling”
Who would have thought my constant falls would be such an important life lesson to share with my daughters and you guys? I can boast of my weaknesses; God uses them for my good! THE MULTIPLE FAILURES TAUGHT ME TO RELY EVEN MORE ON GOD. Sweet! This life is rigged to get us down, but God has truly been my GREATEST friend. He is available 24/7 to assist us. As you seek Him, you will find Him! Wink! Wink! Learn more at WEROLLWITHGOD.COM.
“THIS VOICE IN MY HEAD GUIDED ME TO THE SPOT WHERE I AM TODAY” (REPOST)
That’s from my guy, David Goggins, talking about God. Call us both crazy, but that same voice has led my life on a stunning path. So much so that I even questioned Him yesterday, ‘Why do you care so much about my family and me?’ This was after I KNOW without a doubt that He had me to go to a special bakery on Saturday to receive some important messages on the wall there:
Practice Patience – Peace – Forgiveness – Gratitude – Courage – Hope – Let your smile change the world – Love is an act – Joy – Inspire
He put me there to tell you a story. That I went into that bakery feeling broken down, depressed, disappointed, and hurt, but I came out God’s little superhero with an important message: FIGHT FOR YOUR FAMILY. DON’T GIVE UP.
Our families are extremely significant to God. On Sunday, that Voice (God) said I should run 10 miles. It took me three hours to finish, but I did. I asked Him where I should run, and He led me to a running path close to our home, right next to a church. The name of the church is Calvary, and that again was an important message to me from Him. Calvary was where they crucified Jesus, and that very morning, God had me to reshare an old post where I wrote:
“And let’s not forget the sufferings we have to endure, tolerate, and deal with on a daily (the thorns of our lives). We can joyously offer them to God as our gifts to Him as a sacrifice for all that He does for us. LET’S CONTINUE CARRYING THE CROSS FROM JESUS. God will be our joy and our strength as we seek to be the loving and forgiving people He would have us to be. Our reward is with Him!”
That Calvary church that I ran repeatedly pass in that three-hour run is to tell you guys that we’re to continue carrying Jesus’ cross, especially in our homes. I know it’s hard, but it’s our gift to God who does so much for us. When we are weak, He will be our strength.
Yesterday, it was such an honor and privilege to have our daughter, Ember, work with me. She’s such a faithful soul. We didn’t get home until almost 9 pm, but it was a great day seeing God’s FAVOR in action; He exceeds our expectations. THE LORD IS OUR SHEPHERD!
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HEALTH MATTERS
EVEN IN MY WORST YEAR, I’M GONNA BE KILLIN’ IT!!!
I’m back on my 50 days of discipline, baby! I MUST LEAVE MY COMFORT ZONE AND BECOME GREATER, as the old NIK SAYS, “BYE BYE!” Working on being more joyful, peaceful, lovng, hard working, focused, braver, more courageous, bolder, and MOST CRUCALLY, CLOSER TO GOD.
The fasting is back from 10am to 5pm where I get to LEAN more on God for His strength when I am weak, with a constant reminder that WE’RE TOGETHER, WE’RE TOGETHER, WE’RE TOGETHER no matter what this life throws my way! Amen!
“LET FOOD BE THY MEDICINE AND MEDICINE THY FOOD”
‘GOD, I NEED YOU’
That was my prayer to Him yesterday when I was feeling a bit overwhelmed and overburdened. Can you believe He figured out a sweet way to let me know that His Presence is always with me.
I was so thrilled that my daughter, Ember, joined me on my morning run. The first song that played from my God’s Girl playlist was ‘Dior’ by Pop Smoke. I showed it to Ember trying to get her to listen to it with me but she was not feeling my music today. She started out together but she quickly out ran me and left me behind. I ended up taking my slow time back and decided to sit outside to have an appointment with God for a bit. She called checking on me (she does love me!) and came to open our front door so that I could come in. Unbelievable, as I came in, my mom is watching one of her judge paternity show and the name of the baby was, out of all names in the world, ‘Dior.’ That lines up too perfectly to be a regular coincidence. It was God saying, Nik, I’m with you on a run with your daughter. I’m with you in your home with your mother. I AM aware of everything about you and I AM ALWAYS with you!’
I’ll never get over these perfect alignments. Like why would God, the Creator of the entire universe care to reveal His invisible Presence with me? I had just read this old post in that appointment with God:
“SAY, “HI, GOD!!!””
“Hi, God.” That was the cute little conversation I had with my sons as we waited for hubby IN OUR CAR yesterday evening. One asked, “Is God really here? Where is He?” I answered, “God is everywhere, and He is always with us.” “Will God answer us back?” another asked. “Sometimes He does,” I replied. Can you believe God did answer?!? He figured out a way to let me know that His Presence was INDEED with us IN THAT CAR.
Fast forward a few hours, I’m in bed trying to sleep. But because my body clock still has not adjusted to the Nigerian time zone, I couldn’t. I then decided to listen to Rich Roll’s podcast, but for some reason it refused to play. I then go to listen to Bel Air’s Church’s, and boom, it surprisingly worked. However, the one that played, I ended up changing to play another episode. Listen to what the Pastor unbelievably says a couple of minutes into that other sermon:
“We CAN imagine that God is in the same room OR THE SAME CAR WITH US…” Wink! Wink!
Again, for that to line up sooooo perfectly, out of the blue, like that, was no ordinary coincident. It was God revealing His invisible Presence that’s ALWAYS with us. Of all the podcasts I could have listened to, for Rich Roll’s one to refuse to play, and for me to listen to THAT specific one after my sons wanted to know if God was really in that vehicle, was another one of my God winks, with Him sweetly answering, “Yes, I was there IN THAT CAR WITH YOU.”
And this is the love I’ve gotten to KNOW from God. He stoops down and comes to our level and our little lives to let us know that He’s REALLY there. Right after that, I smiled with Him, and I drifted happily off to sleep.
Are you getting to know God’s voice and His communications with you? You see that smile on my face in this pic? No fake smile over here! This is the smile of someone with REAL joy who KNOWS she’s incredibly loved by her God/Heavenly Father. I USED to be STARVING for the love and affection from others. No more! His joy. His love. His peace. EQUALS MORE THAN ENOUGH. God, fill our lives with even more of Your Presence. Amen.
“IT’S NOT ABOUT WORKING HARDER; IT’S ABOUT WORKING SMARTER!”
And the smarter Nikki here has learned that I NEED GOD IN EVERY MOMENT!!! Let me tell ya, this life can get pretty rough and overwhelming, but when I remember God, looking to Him in every moment for His guidance and direction, things amazingly go far better than I can ever imagine or expect.
“It’s a practical experience!” I said to the cashier at Publix a short while ago. “You learn to discern what God is saying to you by giving Him a try. If you feel He is telling you to go in a certain direction and you go with it, test it out and see how it works out. Then, eventually, you will learn His voice clearer and more evident as to what to do and what not to do on a moment-by-moment basis.
“That deal worked out pretty good,” our manager said to me. “What was the lesson?” I asked. I reminded him about when he had initially called me in Nigeria from the US and said to him that I felt good about the customers. I felt God in my spirit, saying that we should release our car to them. After a customer recently took off with one of our vehicles without any intention of paying us for it, I’ve WISELY learned to get God involved in every deal we negotiate. If I feel doubt, the way I felt before I approved that awful deal, I now know that’s God’s way of saying, “DON’T!!!’ However, if I feel peace and a BIG YES in my spirit, that’s God saying, “Yes, this is OK to move forward with.”
So all day, I want us working smarter, not harder! It was a mission getting that stolen vehicle back, but a GREAT lesson to seek God’s face in everything I do. God’s an expert in everything! He knows EVERYTHING about a person’s intention, the future, what’s good for us, what’s not good for us. That’s why I want us RUNNING to Him 24/7, seeking His direction.
And don’t forget your alone times with God! That’s where you learn His character and the person He is calling you to be in the world. What I love about them is that I get serious wisdom in helping me to make the best decisions when I’m back out in the world. He makes me better! I’m loving my God guided life! I don’t even want to imagine where I would be without Him. He makes the difficult times bearable and the beautiful times sweeter, KNOWING HIS PRESENCE IS ALWAYS WITH ME.
I said a special prayer to Him today, “God, I need You!’ I felt Him saying back, ‘No worries, I got you!’ And He hasn’t disappointed me yet! Even with some difficulties this year, He’s turned them around; They were gifts from Him to help wake me up to my life and what He has called me to do.
“Blessed are those who mourn.” Once you get past that mourning period, you awaken to a whole new world. So even when bad and challenging times come, we know that it’s all from the hands of a very LOVING God who ultimately knows what is best for us. I’m learning to take life as a lighthearted dance with God as my fun, loving, and cool dance Partner. Will you join us? God, bring us closer to YOU!!! Amen!
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“I WANTED BANANAS AND SUGAR CANE”
I said to someone a few weeks ago in Nigeria, when they returned instead with two bunches of bananas. Our cook, Victoria, very wisely replied, “THAT WAS THE WAY GOD WANTED IT.”
Ever since then, anything that happens that goes against my plan or the way expected, I just say, “Oh well, THAT WAS THE WAY GOD WANTED IT.” And I see His LOVING hands behind everything!
Like I asked our travel agent to book our tickets to leave on a specific date from Nigeria. She said there were no flights until a week later. It turns out there were flights, but the only thing I figured was, “THAT WAS THE WAY GOD WANTED IT.” And I believe so because the day before we left was just a day filled with God winks. He just kept showing up for me the entire day based on things that had happened the day before.
Then it was my husband also calling for me to attend one of his office BBQs. I felt terrible telling him no that I wasn’t coming because I had banned myself from his BBQs, believing I need to set my husband free to live his life without me monitoring his every move. The BBQs are his time with his buddies without the wife around. “Love sets free!” I kept thinking, which Pope Francis taught me. Then that night, unbelievable before going to bed, I searched the word “faith” in my emails, saying I would randomly pick an old post to read and see what God had to say to me. Can you believe the very one I picked, incredibly, I had written in capital letters; “LOVE SETS FREE.” Wink! Wink! That lined up too perfect after me saying that to myself after feeling bad about not going despite hubby’s request.
That was an important reminder as I travel back to the US leaving hubby behind. This area of monitoring my hubby’s every move is where I go seriously wrong, and God politely corrects me, ‘Love sets free, my Nik.’
I loved a voice note from my other messenger from God, my brother, Kevin:
“Manny (my husband) is a good person. Everybody has their little faults. But, all in all, he takes care of his family, he respects his wife, and I don’t think you can ask for more than that.”
Amen! Instead of tracking hubby, I’m doing what God has asked, “Entrust your loved ones with Me. They’re much safer with Me than in your clingy hands.” Instead, the plan is to focus on my goals and dreams, like completing my next book, Rolling With God On The Daily, continue raising my kids Obama’s mother’s style, who woke him up early before school to teach him herself. And look what he has become! Our businesses are another focus area. I tell my husband that our great, great grandkids will eat from these businesses by God’s grace. So help me God. Tomorrow I will begin another 30 days of discipline to get a jump start on 2021! I love me better when I’m on by discipline bandwagon! I’m focused, man!
How could you turn down hubby’s invitation, though, Nik? Hubs and I ended up enjoying a nice evening together. THAT WAS THE WAY GOD WANTED IT! I feel that day was God taking me even closer to Him, a higher realm of closeness, baby, which was my prayer going into 2020! Mission accomplished. It was certainly not the year any of us wanted but THAT WAS THE WAY GOD WANTED IT, and He ALWAYS knows best.
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“NOTHING HAPPENS TO ME; IT HAPPENS FOR ME”
Whoop! Whoop! That’s been my experience with God. He can turn the strongest poison into the sweetest honey.
That’s when we stick closely with Him and allow Him to be the Guide and Partner of our lives staying on the high road with Him.
“Do not render evil with evil; render evil with good,” is His constant reminder to me. When we love our enemies, we please God. I was reminded tonight that if we only love those who are easy to love, what good is that. That’s our challenge from Him, to even love those who hurt us. God is love and we are called to share and reflect His love in the world.
Like I always say, “Everything is between us and God. Anything that anyone else does, that is between them and God.” I find the closer I stick to God, the more joy, peace, favor, and love I find. God makes me feel as if I’m the only person in the world with all the attention He pays to me and ALL that concerns me.
This was a rough year, but I want us taking just one valuable lesson from it into 2021: We have access to God’s wisdom, love, direction, protection, strength, approval, 24 hours a day. It’s just up to us to keep our eyes fixed on Him asking what He would have us to do moment by moment. I loved an appointment with Him yesterday when He had this to say to me:
“For me each of you has a face, a path. Keep your face before my face and hasten along your path.” – He and I
That’s what my life is beautifully becoming, He and I. That even with the biggest challenges and disappointments, I can look to God to help navigate me through any rugged and difficult terrain. And I want you here with me, seeking God in all you do.
God what would please You here? Is the question I want us constantly asking, and I promise you, this is how He guides you along YOUR path to a beautiful life.
This hasten along your path was a special message to me. I get caught up too much in the path of what others are doing when I need to be more focused on that which concerns me. I’ve been rereading this quote from Devon Franklin as my reminder:
“The more FOCUS, the more FOLLOW THROUGH, the more FAVOR, the more SUCCESS. The more DISTRACTIONS, the more DETOURS, the more DEPRESSION, the more ANXIETY.In order for us to be who God has called us to be and do what He has called us to do, it requires FOCUS. We really have to start looking at our environment as to what is distracting us from being all He is calling us to be. Ask, “Lord, what is eating up my time?”
I’m going into 2021 with these keywords:
FOCUS
DISCIPLINE
WISDOM
SHINE BRIGHTER
Starting now! The best wisdom is seeking God in all our decisions. Pause and invite God to be a part of every move you make! I don’t want to be this happy by myself! The sweet life with God continues…
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“GOD LOVES ME TOO TOO MUCH!!!”
That was me bragging to my husband this morning after a day where God showed His invisible Presence with me THE ENTIRE DAY yesterday! Here’s how those God winks went down:
The day before yesterday, I entered our showroom, and there was a couple there buying a car. I thought to chit chat for a bit, and the husband was so interested in my country. So, he jokingly asked, “Who will replace you in the Bahamas since your husband brought you here to Nigeria?” I then popped the question to my husband, “Hon, this gentleman wants to know who will replace me in the Bahamas since you took me away?” And we all had a big laugh about it. Fast forward to my appointment with God yesterday, look what question astonishingly showed up from Him to me:
“Others will come after you, BUT WHO WILL REPLACE YOU?” – He and I
‘Who will replace you, my Nik?’ God seemed to sweetly ask, getting in on our little joke. This question lined up entirely to perfect to be some ordinary coincidence after that conversation. Of all books, of all pages, this was God revealing His loving personality and invisible Presence, letting me know He is intimately involved in every moment of my life. I am ALWAYS with you, my Nik!
Another customer that day, Godwin, encouraged me so much saying, “Forget anyone else; your posts make me happy every day.” After that conversation, I kept saying to everyone after this rough 2020, “God will win!” Up to the very next morning, hubs had me read some depressing news article, and I said, “God will win o!” Fast forward to maybe 15 minutes later, Facebook notifies me, “GODWIN (Wink! Wink!) B. likes your photo.” Again, this was God confirming, ‘YES, I WILL WIN O!!!’ (HUGE SMILE)
Then, my sweetie daughter, Julie, a few days ago, accused me of being narcissistic (a personality disorder where people are overly obsessed with themselves with no empathy for others. Just about me, me, me.) I thought about it a good bit (a little bit too much) but figured that my entire life is about service to others. I wake up every day asking, “What vital information do I need to share with everyone today?” Then from there on, my entire life is about serving others.
Can you believe God got involved in our conversation? I was determined to finish listening to a Rich Roll’s podcast yesterday, when his guest, Laird Hamilton, surprisingly says, “…at the end of the day, to NOT be a narcissist and NOT have an ego, THAT’S IMPOSSIBLE. There is no way that you won’t have some sense of narcissism or some ego aspect to you.” Rich Roll replies, “You have to have a bit of an audacious sense of self to even attempt these things (like me wanting to bring humanity closer to God!). There’s is a healthy aspect to that. Its about keeping it in check.”
I sent the recordings to Julie, and she, too, felt God’s Presence after our conversation earlier in the week. I said, “You’re a bit of a narcissist yourself, my daughter. Who are you to think that you can go to Colombia University (only the top university in the world!)? You certainly have a grand sense of self even to attempt such a thing. But now you know, without a doubt, God’s Presence is with you. Let’s keep dreaming big, knowing He has our back.”
And with love like this, I can confidently face my tomorrows. Our God will win o! Our hope is in Him!!!
