Tomorrow I become a woman, wow, what a book.

The author was incredibly honest. I cried so hard while reading this book, for women and all the battles they fight alone, for women who come from homes were they aren’t supported and protected, for women who suffer in the most abusive marriages, for women in Nigeria and the crazy expectations society places on you, even in 2025.

Jesus asked the two disciples of John who followed him, what it was they were looking for. And that is His question to all of us today.

What are you looking for?

This is a question that requires deep reflection and honesty.

Are you really looking for Jesus for who He is? For a relationship with Him?

🕯️Bible verse of the week:

•“So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭6‬:‭31‬-‭34‬ ‭NIV‬‬

📌Quote of the week:

Suffering lived with Christ is a door to heaven;

Suffering lived alone is a door to hell.

-A line from the movie- ‘Padre Pio’.

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Do you know that you are loved completely?

God will never show you gold and give you silver dear friends.

•“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.”

‭‭-Ephesians‬ ‭3‬:‭20‬-‭21‬ ‭NIV‬‬

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Many, if not all seasons of life, call and invite us to deep trust of the One whom we call Lord and Saviour. We are called to trust more in His strength than ours. We are called to trust more in His intelligence than ours. We are called to trust more in His wisdom than ours. We are called to trust more in His provision than the wealth we supposedly have. We are called to trust more in His knowledge of the future than our own plans. We are called to trust God deeply.

We are not on earth to stay; we are pilgrims, pilgrims of hope. And pilgrims are people on a journey. Pilgrims are people who need to trust deeply and fully because they do not know what tomorrow will bring. So may God help us to trust in Him and Him alone. He is the only One who satisfies.

Wherever this letter may find you, I want to remind you of God’s love for you and His compassion towards you. He is not unaware of your struggles or your battles. He sees you, He hears you and He can be trusted. You are in safe hands.

I’m rooting for you!

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The Olympic Games are the biggest sporting competition in the world. Just as an actor strives to excel in his craft so as to win an Oscar, an award considered the greatest when it comes to film, so an athlete strives to excel in his sport so he can one day compete in the Olympic Games alongside outstanding athletes from other nations.

And they do this for a medal, a crown that will not matter in eternity but as Christians, our crown will matter in eternity. Eternal life with Christ, our crown and price, will be worth it. At the end of our lives, may we win in the greater Olympics. Amen.

•“Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.”

‭‭-Psalms‬ ‭90‬:‭12‬ ‭NIV‬‬

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Merry Christmas!💃🤩🥳🎉🎄🎄🎄

Don’t forget that when you have Christ, you have everything.

Merry Christmas once again. May the joy of this season remain with us forever. Amen.

🕯Bible verse of the week:

* “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”

-Isaiah‬ ‭9‬:‭6‬ ‭NIV‬‬

🖋Quote of the week:

I’m so glad Jesus was born in a stable.

Because my soul is so much like a stable.

It’s poor and in unsatisfactory condition-

Yet I believe that if Jesus can be born in a stable,

Maybe He can be born in me.

-Dorothy Day.

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Obstacles will come. The only thing that will keep you going in the face of these obstacles is your conviction that what you have to offer is good and something of value. Not everyone will support you. Anyone who has started a new business will tell you that they had a vision and that was they kept their eyes on. They were convinced that what they had to offer was good. So, are you convinced that what you have to offer is good and of value?

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Last week, to celebrate Ken iti Na turning 3, I invited 10 of my most active subscribers and a few friends who were around me for an evening of faith, fellowship and rejuvenation. We praised God, we spoke about fear, we played some games. It went so much better than I expected and people actually showing up for me made my heart so warm. I chose the topic ‘fear’ because no matter how old we are, when God tells us to do something new, fear is something that threatens to hold us back. I invited my girl Olajumoke to speak alongside me and this letter will cover both our sessions.

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3 years! I can’t believe it. Where has the time gone? I’m so grateful to God. I went back to read the first few posts I made when I started writing and I saw so much growth compared to where I am today. And for that, I just say thank You Jesus. I’m not sure if when I started writing I even wanted it to be for life. I wanted to obey God in the moment and I can’t say that I saw the future then. But God never calls us to know all that will happen. He calls us to believe in Him and trust in Him for the now and He supplies grace for every step thereafter.

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It is so easy to get overwhelmed by what our eyes see.

When you look at the economy, there are countless things to complain about. When I think about a lot of things around me, I find so many reasons to sigh and complain and say, “God Abeg”(God please).

And as I sigh, a little voice in my head tells me that I am better off than a lot of people because of God’s grace. Even the fact that I don’t need an oxygen machine to breathe is a gift, so how can I use this good health I’ve been given to complain about things I have no control over and things that could be worse?

It’s not easy to be live in these times and not ask a lot of questions on where we’re headed. It’s not easy to be an adult and it definitely is not easy to live your life trusting in God with all your heart and not leaning on your own understanding of things. But that it is how we are called to live.

Proverbs 3:5-

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.

TRUST. Trust in the Lord. Not trust in man. Not trust in your family. Not trust in your leaders. Not trust in your partner/spouse. But trust in the Lord and do so with all of your heart. Not part of your heart and then your spouse/ partner/ parents with the rest of your heart.

I think that many times we divide our trust. We put some trust in God, some in the money we have saved up, some with our partners. You divide your trust so that if perhaps one fails, you wouldn’t have put all your eggs in one basket. God wants all of our trust and I can imagine that this is because whatever He does can only be for our own good. Everything will fail except God. He is the only One who is the Ancient of Days. He is the only One who has been the same God since the beginning. He is the only One who is faithful a 100 percent of the time.

LEAN. To lean means to rely. Lean not on your own understanding. Do not rely or depend on what you think you know about x or x issue. Our understanding is so limited and so is our perspective. Relying on our own understanding of things is a recipe for disaster. When we only see the present moment, how can we know if this pain is for greater things to come? How can we know if our prayer wasn’t answered this year because next year, it will be answered in an even greater fashion than we could have dreamt of?

In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight. Not some of your ways. ALL. There is no aspect of your life that God doesn’t care about. The Holy Spirit is your most intimate friend. Nothing is off-limits. In the big and in the small things, involve God and do not exclude Him. It is only in acknowledging Him that He can make our paths straight. It is only in acknowledging Him that we can know the right way to take at all times. It is only in acknowledging Him that you can know when to move or when to stay put. It is only in acknowledging Him that you will find your way in this maze called life.

All this doesn’t mean that trusting in God is a walk in the park. Each day, you will have to steer your heart gently back to God when you see that your trust is shifting. May God continue to help us and bring us back to Him.

I’m rooting for you!

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💡Bible verse of the week:

•“Trust in the LORD with all your heart. Never rely on what you think you know. Remember the LORD in everything you do, and he will show you the right way.”

‭‭-Proverbs‬ ‭3‬:‭5‬-‭6‬ ‭GNBDK‬‬

•“Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe.”

‭‭-Proverbs‬ ‭29‬:‭25‬ ‭NIV‬‬

🖋️Quote of the week:

Relying on God has to begin

all over again every day

as if nothing had yet been done.

-C. S. Lewis

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Note to self(and to you).

You’ve come so far.

You’ve grown so much.

You’ve done really hard things! And survived!

You’ve taken risks and you’ve been bold.

You’ve dared to dream and even better, execute.

You’ve asked the difficult questions that have brought growth.

You’ve persevered in times of trial.

You’ve loved.

You’ve kept on striving when you really just wanted to quit.

You’ve taken great leaps of faith.

You’ve stayed.

You’ve remained.

You’ve fought in the battles God told you to fight.

You’ve been obedient.

You’ve been really kind.

You’ve recognized your shortcomings and where you need to do better.

Rest in God’s Welldone.

For any one of these or all of these lines, I say Welldone and so does the Father.

Take whichever line you need for this week. God sees you and is incredibly proud of you. Even if you did nothing, His love would still remain with you, He would still have you engraved on the palm of His hand.

💡Bible verse of the week:

“But blessed are those who trust in the Lord and have made the Lord their hope and confidence. They are like trees planted along a riverbank, with roots that reach deep into the water. Such trees are not bothered by the heat or worried by long months of drought. Their leaves stay green, and they never stop producing fruit.”

-‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭17‬:‭7‬-‭8‬ ‭NLT‬‬

🖋️Quote of the week:

“Start in November.

Start in your 40s.

Start on Friday.

Start at 5 pm.

Start on the 31st.

Start late.

Start.”

-Yuch studio.

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