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why your emails are being ignored
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5 Reasons why your emails are being ignored

Have you ever written a set of emails only to discover it was ignored? I get a lot of emails as a Writer and Blogger and
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ways to overcome failure in life
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4 godly ways to overcome failure in life

How do you overcome failure in life? How do you move past your fear of failure and live a resilient life? As believers growing in grace,
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If I was to make decisions based on my colour, tribe, gender, sexuality and my emotions, then all my decisions would be biased, subjective and flawed. 
✨These attributes have become my ‘Lord’ And this falls short of God’s will for me. 
✨But if I was to make decisions based on God’s voice through His word, regardless of all of my external reasons, then I’ve truly made Jesus the Lord of my life. 
It’s so easy to declare our love for Jesus until something contrary to our feelings shows up. Or maybe someone attacked us based on our race, tribe or belief. Perhaps their attack was strong enough to make us forget our first allegiance is to Jesus Christ and this influences how we live and react to things. 
✨We accept Jesus as Savior, but we refuse His Lordship over our lives. His Lordship means we live and respond from One place only-Christ✨
When Christ who is MY LIFE appears-Colossians 3:4
✨When Christ is my life, he determines my gender, sexuality, race and everything that makes me up as a human. He determines the choices I make (inclusive of the movies I watch, the books I read and the conversations I have) Because for me to Live is Christ. Any other life is a dead life. 
Dear Christian, have you started living? Or you still desire the grave life where dead men walk?😞
I hope as each day comes, you choose Life over Death. I pray we learn to see Jesus as our Lord where his commandments aren’t seen as suggestions but oxygen to our soul. 
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#spiritualgrowthjourney 
#christmylife
Do you read the bible like a map or a storybook? 
Do you know God talks codes too and only regenerated spirits (New Creatures) can access His codes in His word? 
Bible reading can be difficult, misunderstood or tasking if it isn’t read with the right heart or you don’t wait for your guide (HolySpirit) to lead you. I’ve seen people give up easily because it feels contradictory or complex for the human/natural mind.
I hope this post sheds more light on how to enjoy FEASTING on God’s word. Because it’s LIFE. 
P.S: I still revert back to KJV to get some accurate context of the words used. Did you notice NKJV replaces ‘in their forehead’ with ‘on their forehead?’ Revelations 9:4.
That’s because KJV shows there’s a spiritual depth to that sentence when translated from the original language. See why it’s good to develop a good foundation with KJV?
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We have an official date people💃🏻✨💃🏻
Been wondering why I’ve been away? 
This was one of the reasons🌼
So the countdown begins aye? And the speculations can finally end😂😂
Expect to see some sneak peak of Beautiful Surrender, new developments and who knows, you might be the lucky winner of a giveaway copy. 
Just stay tuned to this page. 
Thanks for waiting patiently. Its been a journey and it feels  so good to be rounding up the duology as well. 
I know you all can’t wait to ship Nimi and Dapo again😅This time not as a couple courting, but as a married couple. 
*Wiggles eyebrows* 😁😍
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Did you know that immediately Adam fell, the first thing he did was look at self? Everything became about self and immediately he slipped into victim mode. 
Because that’s what Sin does to our soul. 
‘Oh the wife you gave me did this to me.’’
Isn’t it terrifying that the world keeps preaching to us and asking us to put ourselves first? The world keeps fanning the flame of self-centeredness in our flesh and then we wonder why we feel sad and empty often. We wonder why our feelings betray us when we’ve always depended on them. 
We give ourselves because we feel we are enough when we need someone to keep filling us.
I look at the life of Jesus and Apostle Paul and I’m amazed. These men kept giving and giving and they weren’t depressed or sad. They were brimming with so much Life and love to give🔥
Paul was even writing from Prison saying we should rejoice! Peter was about to be executed the next day and he was sleeping in Prison comfortably (not pacing up and down like me) 
Like, I’m not even in Prison and I’m tired of COVID-19 already😩😂and I have to always remind myself that this season will be over. 
I’m learning that the first step to my healing and restoration is looking to Jesus. This is the ONLY way I can become WHOLE. 
For Just as the serpent was lifted up in the wilderness by Moses, so the Son of Man will be lifted up. Then will He draw all men to Himself. For this reason I was made. To behold the Beauty of my King until I become. To become nothing as Christ becomes my everything. 
To Worship. 
All eyes on Jesus🙌🏼
When next you feel yourself sinking in, ask yourself, who are you looking at? 
Self or Christ?
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#Christovert🌱
C.S Lewis once said, ‘I was with book, as a woman is with child.’
Ernest Hemingway also said, ‘There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed’ 
I’m sure many of you have been anticipating Beautiful Surrender since forever😄and somewhere in my mind I just believed it would happen last year but it didn’t. 
I won’t lie, this particular book has been quite tasking to write. I’m still trying to find my balance amidst everything going on in my life and stay sane amidst it all. 
Also the inspiration for the sequel didn’t come as fast as I anticipated. But that’s one of the characteristics of walking with Jesus. With Jesus, it’s all about the process🌱
If there’s one thing I’ve learned in this journey, it’s that my writing process for each book is different and I can’t afford to assume. At a point I was all about meeting my deadline, eager to put the book out there and then God’s voice came in and pressed the brakes reminding me of why I started in the first place and what this whole thing is about (It’s easy to forget and get distracted by the pressure around you)
Don’t fret. Beautiful Surrender is still going to be released this year, but when it’s time. You’ll definitely know when it’s time. Have you subscribed to my Newsletter? Hit the link in my bio and let’s catch up✨
As for now, I’ll keep typing, proofreading, going back and forth with my editor and rewriting my work until it’s clean and good to go. I hope you bear with me🙏🏽
Wanna see some BTS of my writing process? Then stay tuned to my stories❤️
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It took my heart a long time to reconcile with the goodness of God when reading the book of Job. I just didn’t get it🤷🏽‍♀️
And so when people would say God was good, I’d just nod along because what else could I say? Also I was in a season where everything was just going wrong! 
God didn’t ‘feel’ good to me😭
But then I started knowing God and learning about Him and saw the reflection of Christ in Job. I saw the love of God in Job’s life and a true test of Love and Faith. God called Job His servant! God decreed that there was no man as upright as Job on earth! 
Imagine that!
In the past, I had conflicts because 
🚫I was reading the bible with a wrongly positioned HEART (Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall SEE God-Matt5:8)
🚫I didn’t know God or his NATURE
🚫I read the Old Testament before immersing myself in the New Testament. That’s like reading chapter 20 before chapter 2. 
🚫I judged God’s goodness with my ‘carnal mind/shortsightedness’
If God could give me oxygen when I didn’t ask, if God could send His Son to take my place when I was eternally doomed, 
If God makes the Sun shine on the good and bad guys, 
if He could forgive me times without number, then who am I to say God isn’t good?!
What’s love if it isn’t tried? What’s faith if it isn’t tested? Any man can say they love a woman until they face their greatest temptation. And vice versa 
Satan boasted Men couldn’t sincerely love God from the heart. And man can only love God because of what He gives. But God is raising men that will defy that standard. Rev12:11
I used to think 1Cor13 was only God’s expression of love to me, but God whispered to me recently and said, ‘I want you to Love Me that way too❤️❤️❤️
I hope you see God for the Kind Father He is so obeying Him becomes easy and Fellowship becomes enjoyable. 
And I hope you purify your heart, for only then can you truly SEE Him for Who He is❤️
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I used to pride myself in being an introvert many years ago. I grew up trying to understand ‘why I acted the way I did’ 
These were the things I discovered:
🌾I was often misunderstood by others
🌾I loved my space a whole lot
🌾I preferred reading and watching movies over loving and building relationship with people (because it’s mentally tasking😂) 
🌾I got drained easily 
🌾I had perfectionistic tendencies 
🌾I was always skeptical about making new friends because I found it hard to handle breakups. 
🌾I read too much into things and assumed a lot. 
I felt this was the way God made me until God made me see His reason for SAVING me. It wasn’t for me to remain like I was before Christ, but for me to leave my old man and enter the New Man-Christ. 
No matter how good the old man looks, God has something better. Becoming like Christ. And the more I let Jesus into the rooms of my heart, the more he started His Holy Sweep operation. He was calling me out to leave my comfort zone. 
Every time I feel the old itunu crawling in, I’d feel him draw me out to look to Him, not self. 
It’s been a beautiful albeit painful experience but I’ve experienced so much freedom, much more than I had when I clung to my old way of doing things. Even my mum and my close friends noticed the changes in me💃🏻✨
And that’s how the word Christovert came about. ‘Intro’ means looking into self But ‘Christo’ means looking into Christ. For He’s the author and finisher of my faith❤️
Now before this post is misinterpreted and arguments about temperaments are raised, I have a full blog post titled ‘Dear Believer, You are NOT your temperament.’ on the blog. 
P.S: I was practicing my hand-lettering and came up with this. 
Fun fact: someone wanted the design on a sweatshirt😄 so it was a win win situation. You can check out my merch store @buildtobloom 
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This may be an unpopular truth, but it’s truth anyway. Because if we were enough, Jesus wouldn’t need to die for us. We wouldn’t need the HolySpirit to dwell in us either. 
Imagine how depressing it would have been to not have the HolySpirit console us in these trying times! Or can you console yourself? 
In a world that’s sinking into oblivion and chaos, we need an everlasting Saviour every passing day🌼
I’ve had overwhelming days and bad days. I’ve had seasons that threatened to crush me. And I saw my humanity and how fragile I was. 
God was my only constant. 
It was in those moments I felt God lift me up and wrap his hands around me. For I can only live through Christ that strengthens me. Without Christ, I AM nothing. 
Please Don’t let the world pump you up with false realities and motivational quotes that contradict God’s wisdom and truth. 
It’s okay to understand how frail we are and then seek God’s strength until we become like Him. 
May this truth make us run deeper into the Father’s arms. On our good and bad days. 
#buildtobloom 
#biblegram 
#jesusisenough
Imagine Jesus’ bio or LinkedIn profile in light of today’s world:
Son of Carpenter, 12 followers. P.S: I don’t have my own place. Can I come and crash at yours?
It doesn’t look attractive does it? If we were to see God’s 5-10 year plan for Jesus, it wasn’t looking pretty either. To the carnal mind it doesn’t, but to God it was perfect. And that plan is what is still speaking for mankind till date✨
Its easy to see ourselves in light of society’s description of success: PhD, Married, Global Leader, Founder, Billionaire, House owner, etc. And slowly we lose ourselves to these external labels. We feel sad if we don’t ‘belong’ or have tags accompanying our name. 
We even pray and fast to God for these mundane labels. They become our identity and how we also see ourselves. 
Like the figs Adam and Eve used to cover their nakedness, it’s a false covering. It has no ability to cover our real nakedness or heal the insecurities we battle within us. 
And then something comes along that disrupts our plan or everything we’ve spent years pursuing with our hands and heart. Then we begin to see who we really are and how these things are only a facade and have an expiry date. 
No matter how much we do with our hands, it still boils down to who you’re becoming with your heart💚 
God is more interested in the work going on inside your heart much more than what you’re doing with your hands. Remember Cain and Abel’s offering? 
I pray God opens our eyes to see the figs we’ve wrapped around our nakedness. So that we begin to long for and SEEK to be COVERED with our true GLORY-God-Psalm 3:3❤️
Only then will we find our true happiness and freedom. 
#buildtobloom
#reflections
#definedbyGod
When I was a little girl, I used to be so giddy about the new year. Because in my mind I felt there was just something magical about the year being new. I would make so many resolutions but end up falling short and achieving half to nothing on that list. 
Overtime, I discovered I have a role to play and if I don’t do anything, if i don’t take the steps forward as God calls me out to, it would be the same old conversation we’ll keep having. 
I realised the real ‘magic’ meant I had to be intentional doing it even when I don’t ‘feel’ like it. Even when the end isn’t clear in sight. Even when obeying God may seem foolish to my human mind, I would do it anyway. 
This year, I want to take my journaling further. I want to be more intentional about the things I write down and practice them. I want to be more intentional about God, my spiritual food and my motives/heart. Because if my heart is okay, then everything else will be 🔥Proverbs 4:23
So I started bullet journaling this year and some of my goals include: 
🌼Release Beautiful Surrender and Stolen Kisses
🌼Outline and start working on my new novel God placed in my heart since 2017😅
🌼Spend time Adoring God before bed. Won’t be talking about my needs but just allowing my soul remember his goodness. Trying to listen in more instead of just talking 
🌼Get more illustration and lettering done
Perhaps you want to grow spiritually this year, well it’s not going to happen by wishing upon a star. You’ll have to take steps to doing the needful, even when you’d rather be sleeping, talking idly or watching Netflix. 
You want to learn a language this year? Then create realistic plans on how you’d like to go about it. How many minutes a day? 
You want to lose weight? (like me😹)Then dedicate time to exercising and track your eating habits.
If you want to stay healthy spiritually and physically then you’ll have to be intentional. Soldiers of Christ aren’t passive about their purpose in life. 
Have I said Happy new year to you? A very Happy New Year to you guys. Thanks for being part of my 2020🎉 
May you never lose your wonder✨
Have any goals for the year? Please share with me!
Don’t forget to swipe✨
Two slides, two questions. I look forward to reading your beautiful responses as always💃🏻✨
We live in a world where sin looks normal and those who question it are seen as ‘judgemental’ or ‘weird’ 
but Jesus wasn’t afraid of standing out. He knew what He was about. He wasn’t afraid of airing His Father’s thoughts about everything people deemed ‘okay’ 
Because in this world, if you don’t stand for something, you would fall for anything and everything the world brings your way. 
Don’t be moved by what the world thinks. Be moved by what Jesus has called you to believe. The world may make you feel like your standard in Christ is too high and unattainable, but Jesus came to define the new standard. I’m pledging my life to stick with his standard and nothing less. 
What about you? 
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Am I the only one that loves having book convos? Whenever I finish reading a good book that gives me all the feels, I’m always looking for someone to rant to and feels what I feel!😂
Like can we just talk about that annoying character and the love interest of so-so? 
But you know the best part of reading Christian fiction? It’s the beauty of the source and where the wisdom is being fetched from. It’s how I can take practical examples from that story and apply it to my life. It’s not just about entertainment but how I can learn a lesson or two. 
In this situation, Lara knew Soji was wrong for her but chose to stay. There was a time I used to wonder why people stay in toxic relationships until I learned that many factors are involved and we must tackle these issues from the depths, and not just the surface. It’s so easy to judge others based on what we see, but the closer we get, we see that there’s so much happening behind the scenes. 
Let me throw the question out to you. While reading BW, what did you think about Soji and Lara’s relationship? If you were her friend, how would you advice her? All comments are welcome. 
P.S: Do you know I learn from my readers too?😄 Your contribution definitely matters! 
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