God the Reason!

".....You are the reason, for the Life I Live, for the air I breathe, for the Song I sing......" Chris Shalom

Hello, Good Morning! It is indeed another Marvelous Monday!

Today, I’m just here to Praise and Worship my Awesome God. The King of Kings and the Lord if Lords! The Holy one of Israel. The one who has got my back always! Beeni! Oba awon Oba, atofarati bi oke!

“How do you do it”? I have been asked severally. “You don’t seem to have a care in the world"! "You are always smiling DD" (as I’m fondly called by some), “You have no stress at all”. Hmmm! little do they know!

Yes! I do have issues oh, more than you can ever imagine. I aint super human folks. Lol.

However, I find that focusing on the Almighty God, choosing to be happy every moment, staying positive minded, focusing on the good I want to see, regardless of my current matter, and most especially praising through my circumstances is sure to bring a speedy turn around for good.

It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, and it’s a new week.

Yes, there are challenges, but then regardless, join me in praising through, and see a turnaround for good for that niggling matter. 

Trust me, I am a daily witness.

Stay encompassed in God’s Love. Shalom J

 You are the reason, for the Life I Live, for the air I breathe, for the Song I sing, You are the reason, Why I lift my Voice, Why I lift my hands, It’s all because of You, O Sweet Jesus, Beautiful Lord, Thank you always and forever

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSTQxIK-6NY

 

Winning Battles with our Praise

Give Thanks to the Lord, for HIS love endures forever. 2 Chronicles 20:21 NIV

Yay! My first post from a super duper woman @Lisa Bevere! Enjoy dearies. :)

News flash: you don’t have to be a worship leader to worship, and you do not have to be a singer to sing. You only have to be a child of God, which is a good thing, because there are many battles we win in song!

There is such power in praise. I believe that when we sing God’s Word, we make the enemy shake and tremble with fear. As we wield words of adoration and gratitude—often spoken as songs—heaven is accessed, and an audience in the courts of our Father is granted. The combination of musical instruments and song has the power to alter the very environment that surrounds us.

When we sing, God is magnified. His dominion is declared over our situation. So when we choose to praise Him in the midst of battles unseen, He fights for us. There was a time when the choir of Judah defeated three impossibly large armies that had assembled to destroy them. As God’s holy people shouted and praised their invincible God, He threw the enemy armies into confusion and caused them to slaughter one another. And what was their strategic battle cry?

Give thanks to the Lord, for His love endures forever.
2 Chronicles 20:21 NIV

What army can stand against the power of enduring love? Not one, because love cannot fail.

Another one of my favorite examples of God fighting on our behalf in the midst of a battle is told in Isaiah:

And you will sing as on the night you celebrate a holy festival; your hearts will rejoice as when people playing pipes go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the Rock of Israel.
The Lord will cause people to hear his majestic voice and will make them see his arm coming down with raging anger and consuming fire, with cloudburst, thunderstorm and hail.
The voice of the Lord will shatter Assyria; with his rod he will strike them down.
Every stroke the Lord lays on them with his punishing club will be to the music of timbrels and harps, as he fights them in battle with the blows of his arm.
Isaiah 30:29–32 NIV, emphasis added

Our part in this equation is to open our mouths and sing! But not just any song will do. We are to sing in unified joy with all our strength and might as God routs the enemy.

As you open the gates of your heart through intentional gratitude and thankfulness for what God has done, you come in contact with all that He is. Our songs in the night move Him into our day, and the enemy’s progress is arrested as we are brought into God’s presence. What a magnificent thought!

I challenge you this week to ask God where you can step out on the battlefield with your worship. Let’s sing our battle cry in praise!

To dig deeper into this subject, check out my book Girls with Swords: How to Carry Your Cross Like a Hero.

Credits: http://messengerinternational.org/blog/devotional/winning-battles-with-our-praise/

Wonderful Wednesday Worship

¹ Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.² Worship the Lord with gladness; come before HIM with joyful songs... Psalms 100:1-2

So I woke up this morning with so much Joy in my Heart! Lol!'

Why you may ask? Seriously? I do not know! I just can't pin point it, I am simply happy, joyful, expectant and so in awe God's benevolent love for me!. 

But then, think about it, search deep inside, God has been faithful you know? 

You can see, you can breathe (freely I dare say!) You can move! You can eat! You have a roof over your head! 

You can try listing out a few of the seemingly simple reasons to be thankful. Count your blessings, name them one by one!

Hey! Some people are six feet under! 

I don't know who this is for, but girl, U better get get up from your cute derriere and give God some high praise and see HIM work wonders in your awesome life! God moves mightily when we praise HIM!

Have a wonderful Wednesday dearies and stay encompassed and bask in God's Love! Its a place of divine bliss!

Shalom! :)

ps: Read and meditate on Psalm 100 throughout today. It's such a kool praise and worship Psalm! 

Psalms 100:1-5

¹ Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. ²  Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. ³ Know that the Lord is God.  It is he who made us, and we are his^[a]; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. ⁴ Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise;give thanks to him and praise his name. ⁵ For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.

"DEFINE and ALIGN" A Sista Power Gathering in Abuja

...."....Five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight;......" Leviticus 26:8 (NKJV)

Hello dearies! Its a glorious beautiful morning! Indeed our God is Faithful! Hallelujah! 

Today, I want to share a little about Ladies gatherings. Yea Yea, I got your attention there, right? Lol!

Often times, when we hear about a Ladies gathering or a women’s meeting, we wonder “what is this about again oh" while rolling our eyes! Lolz. In fact, some ladies just shut down and do not even consider it. “I don’t attend Ladies’ meetings they say, “too much drama”. 

“Hmm. What do they want to talk about sef”? They ask with skepticism! hahahaha! Don't worry. You are not alone oh! This reaction is perfectly normal! Yes, it’s been wired into our brains! Albeit with some “evidence” though that our fellow women may be our enemies.

Well, I am here to tell you, that is a deception from the d boss of deception himself! d devil! Because he knows how powerful we are, especially as women, when we collaborate!

The fact is that as women, together we are more! As women, when we come together and commit to a common good, we achieve more! When we offer prayers together, we get more results! Yes! I am witness! I can confirm! I have countless proof!

Over the years, being in the awesome company of real big Sistas like Bidemi –Mark Mordi and Sista Audrey Joe Ezigbo, has been proven over and over again, that when we find that divine connection of women, the sky is our launch pad! Indeed we soar!

https://www.facebook.com/bidemim
https://www.facebook.com/audrey.joeezigbo

Make I no talk too much, make una come see and experience for una self!

The first Sista Power Gathering in Abuja tagged “Define and Allign” is Tomorrow Saturday, the 31^st of October, 2015 at the Basement Meeting Room of the NAF Conference Centre near NEXT Supermarket by 11am. Trusted ChildCare is provided.

Sista Bidemi – Mark Mordi and Sista Audrey Joe Ezigbo I mentioned will be sharing with us as among others. I'm Super Duper Excited! 

Trust me, this is a meeting you cannot miss and it is indeed an awesome privilege to see you there

Remember to bask in God’s Awesome Love! It's the Height of Divine Bliss! Shalom! :)

The Awesome Privilege of Choice!

..... "..... Therefore choose life ..... loving the Lord your God, obeying HIS voice and holding fast to HIM, for HE is your life and length of days, that you may dwell in the land that the Lord swore to your fathers..... " (Deuteronomy 30: 26-28)

Hello dearies! Indeed today is a good day! Yes today is an awesome day to be alive!  God be Praised!

I Pray y'all are good and blessed.

I wanna share with you, the awesome privilege of choice that God has Blessed us with. Yes, again I say, the awesome privilege of choice, and it is indeed a blessing. :)

People often ask me, Adeola, you seem to have no issues, no problems, you are always happy! Lol! Well, the true reality is that I do have challenges, I do have times of "it could be better", times of expecting blessings, answers that tarry a bit. Times, when the outcomes are absolutely different from expected, totally unpalatable.

But then, what do I do in those seasons, I CHOOSE!

Rather than be upset, I CHOOSE to be Happy, rather than lose faith, I CHOOSE to Trust and Believe in God's promises to me "that all things work together for my good, for it will get better (Romans 8:28)! Rather than cry over mistakes, I CHOOSE to see it as a lesson learnt and CHOOSE to move on. 

Rather than wait, I CHOOSE to make the first move and another and another and another if need be. Rather than get upset with that person, I CHOOSE to make excuses for them and CHOOSE to give LOVE (after all, they are going through their own stuff and probably do not understand yet the awesome privilege of CHOICE that God has given us!) Besides, who is perfect? We are all working to be better everyday. 

Most importantly,  rather than give up, I CHOOSE to Live Life Awesomely.

Believe me, it is not always easy. Many times, I am Happy (not! lol!), many times I have been hurt, many times, friends and family say nice (not) things, many times, I don't get my desired outcome(s)

Then I remember, how much God Loves me and mine! I remember also, that HE gave me the awesome privilege of CHOICE! I remember that I create my outcomes with my CHOICES, Then I CHOOSE to forge ahead, yet again, and again, based on my desired outcome!

GOD CHOSE to Love Us, regardless of how faithful (not) we have been, how much more us HIS magnificently crafted beings to our fellow magnificently crafted beings! :)

Life is a journey, an experience of choices we make every second, the earlier we CHOOSE to enjoy this awesome journey of Life, the better the quality. Yes, there will be storms (blessed rain), yes there will be mountains (stepping stones/launching pads to soar), yes there will be mistakes (lessons learnt), but the difference is that we CHOOSE!

So, would you CHOOSE to CHOOSE the awesome privilege of CHOICE that God has blessed us with? Selah.

Enjoy your awesome weekend darlings, and remember, you have the awesome privilege of CHOICE. Shalom.

..... stay encompassed in God's Love. It's the most ecstatic place to be! ..... Shalom!

God's Steadfast Love, Indeed, It Never Ceases!

..... "It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness....." Lamentations 3:22-23(KJV)

Hello dearies, how are we today? It is an Awesome Sunday innit?  A Beautiful Day to be alive.

Today, I simply want to remind us of the awesomeness of God's Love. How amazing! 

Often times we get so carried away, focused on the seeming challenges we go through. Yet we forget that but for God's awesome Love that preserves and sustains us, we will not even have those challenges to worry about in the first place! Ironic isn't it?

We have the breath of life in our lungs! Our eyes blink open! Food on our table (even if it is one meal, at least we had one) A roof over our heads, a mat (bed) to lay on! The sun on our skin, the wind ruffling through our hair! Water to drink! Friends, Family, Colleagues to relate with. A Husband/Wife to Love (or even bicker, with, lol!) Excited voices of our awesome children (born and soon to be born). 

Yes there are issues and bills to take care of, but hey? there is hope for tomorrow! We will get there! In fact, better to Praise through the journey, than be miserable. Indeed Let Every(one)thing that hath breadth Praise the Lord (Psalm 150:6) for ALL things work together for our Good! (Romans 8:28)

How about choosing this week to pause, ponder and count the little blessings in our lives! Rather than complain, why not thank God instead? rather than respond to that person in anger, why not give a smile? rather than complain about that issue, how about thanking  God for solution that will surely come. 

Our God is an awesome God, His Love transcends the Heavens and the Earth. Can we simply rest and bask in this knowledge this new week?

Have an awesome blessed and favored week ahead folks, surely, we will have numerous things to bless God for. 

..... and remember to keep basking in God's awesome Love ..... It's the most blissful place! Shalom

...It's The Little Things ....

..... "The generous soul will be made rich, And he who waters will also be watered himself....." Proverbs 11:25 (NKJV)

Hello everyone. How are we today? How has the weather been? and preps for the school holidays? Yea I know! So much to sort! It is all well.

So this morning, I picked up a lady on my way to work (I actually try to do that often, my own small social responsibility :)  and when she got down, she thanked me profusely. "God Bless you so much ma"! My heart swelled with joy, so little for me but so much for her! .

A little ahead, I saw another lady with a baby on her back, I picked her too! :) and of course by the time I dropped her off she had a smile on her face! Beneath my breath, I muttered  a simple prayer for both ladies for God to bless them and meet them at the point of their needs! Two people touched with my little mite! My heart was aglow!

And it struck me, it's the little things! Yes. the little and seeming little things!....

Seriously, it's not the big things! If you can do the big things, then by all means go ahead!, but you don't have to feed the whole of a village! It doesn't have to be some grand show! What you see as small may be a windfall for another. The most important thing is that God who sees in secret will reward accordingly.

Many times, we are under undue pressure to do so much! even beyond our own capacity! Hello darlings, this is not a circus show! It's all about God Almighty! HE is the only audience we need to please. He sees our hearts and knows our various issues. We need not get overly worked up about what is beyond us at a particular point in time

Someone might say.. "how can I pick up strangers? It's not safe! I know someone who was mugged when they helped"... hmmmm

Someone else may say, "but I don't have a car" ... "I can barely pay my transport fare" Yes it understandable, but what works for YOU?!  You can give a smile, you can give a (genuine) complement, you can say a word of prayer, or you can simply keep a grateful heart and bless God for the breath of Life!

Something must work for you! What can you do? It's the little things. Like little drops of water into a bucket, they add up! It may take time and patience, but hey, you did a good deed along the way :) .

There is always a good reward for every kind deed with the right motives. God sees and He rewards, that's so sure and I am a witness.

So today, make up your mind. Do your little bit, shine you little light! a tiny ember can light up a forest. And our awesome God who sees all will replenish you abundantly!

Enjoy the rest of the week and long weekend. Please try and get some well deserved rest oh (note to self! lolz!)

..... and remember keep basking in God's awesome Love ..... It's the most blissful place! Shalom :)