Sandra Adeyemi

Hi People!

I’m Sandra Adeyemi and I am a 23 year old Graduate student at the University of Baltimore undergoing a MS degree in Counseling Psychology. I am a zealous lover of Christ and a determined ambassador for his kingdom. With this space I plan to share the love that God has bestowed on my heart in a way that will not only bring people to HIM but that they may also come to enjoy HIM. Freely I have received and freely I wish to give. This will be a place of transparency, truth, fears, doubt, questions, mistakes, successes and just how I go through life in general!!

I believe God has stirred up a gift of encouragement in me and with this gift, I plan to share the gospel of Jesus Christ; the Good News. I am far from a prolific scholar, but with God’s grace I pray that HIS message will get across through me in the simplest way ever.

- Be Blessed

WELCOME

Consider this place your "Spiritual Hub". Whether you are new to the faith or have been in the faith for a while, there is always more to discover. Here, I share resources that keep me going and help me to renew my mind in addition to consistent study of the word of God!

GROWTH

There are a lot of people who seek greater fellowship (relationship) with Christ but have no idea on where to start or are too afraid to ask. My greatest desire is that we will all grow in the knowledge of Christ & experience freedom!

“Everything in the universe is good to the degree it conforms to the nature of God and evil as it fails to do so. —A.W. Tozer”

Encouragement @Sandsssinspiration

God spoke a promise over you, you feel like you heard a word from God but for some reason it is not manifesting in the physical. Did you really hear God? Was it your own voice or the voice of the devil? Maybe there’s something you can do to speed up the manifestation process ?
All these are valid questions. But sometimes God wants to work on US BEFORE he brings the promise to pass. God is most concerned with our heart than with us just being “happy”. Are you SOLELY satisfied with Him without the promise or is the promise the determinant of your joy ? Ask God to reveal the places in your heart that don’t please Him and for Grace to wait on him WELL and to LOVE Him wholeheartedly before the promise comes. ✨✨

ABIDE
to heed, obey, observe, follow, accept, acknowledge, respect
Greek: [Meno]; to remain, dwell, await, continue in, endure, stay ••••
I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever ABIDES in ME [Jesus] and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. ‭‭John‬ ‭15:5‬ ‭ESV‬‬ [emphasis mine] ••••
If our hearts be rooted in anything else but Christ, we will fall and we will fail. For without Christ we cannot bear godly fruit or live in a way that is pleasing to Him. If our hearts be deeply rooted in Christ and His ways, we will be pruned, guided, convicted & redirected. To Abide in Christ is a daily process of turning to Him, dwelling in His presence, waiting for & obeying His voice, and continuing in the grace that He alone provides daily to do that which he has sent us!

“Draw near to God and He will draw near to you”
I love how it states the drawing starts from us. Many times we believe God has abandoned us or moved far away from us because of maybe something that we did or are going through ! But many times through our sin and disobedience we have moved further away from Him. In drawing near to Him first (God never moved but we did), we THEN come to experience and feel His nearness because we have moved closer ! And even in moments and phases of supposed silence we still experience His nearness, because through the process of drawing near, we have come to KNOW that He exist in the stillness too!
#HappyFriday 🧡

#MondayMotivation
It is imperative that when he come into the presence of God to engage with His word that we do it with a heart that seeks to not just read or skim or to check off “bible study” from our list of things to do, but that we come to UNDERSTAND His word. A lack of understanding/context of Gods word hinders us from living out our full potential in Christ! How can we be doers of the Word that we do not understand?! How can the Word that we do not understand take root in us and yield fruit or godly character ? A lack of understanding of God’s word leads to us not effectively applying His word in our lives or in the real word ! The same immediacy we take in the word without understanding is the same immediacy with which we will soon forgot it and turn from it!! And we won’t always get it at first but a sincere heart that yearns to understand will receive revelation from God! ••
My prayer is that God’s precious Holy Spirit will give us complete understanding of His word as we study it this week and beyond in Jesus name and that He will open our hearts to receive fresh fire ! ••
What are some things that are hindering you from effectively understanding God’s word ?! Comment below & let’s learn together ! 👇🏽👇🏽 #Faith #Returning #Understanding #God #TheBible

“Any man who by repentance and a sincere return to God will break himself out of the mold in which He has been held, and will go to the Bible itself for his spiritual standards, will be delighted with what he finds there” •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
“One of the greatest hinderances to internal peace which the Christian encounters is the common habit of dividing our lives into two areas: the sacred and the secular” •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Some of my favorite pieces from the book! This book shone light on so many areas of my heart that I did not pay much attention to and reminded me of the importance of sincere, simple, child-like, everyday devotion to God.
#Returning #PursuitofGod.

I was praying this morning and I found myself repeating verses back to God in a state of repentance over my intermittent neglect of His word and presence. As I was repeating them, saying them over and over again, The Holy Spirit gave me the notion of a married couple.
They recite their vows on their wedding day and make promises to each other, to stick to each other through thick or thin. Now imagine some months or years into the marriage and all a sudden one party decides he/she is tired and wants to be “unfaithful” and just go about doing whatever he/she wants meanwhile the other party is constantly pursuing him/her, reassuring them that they are loved, fighting for the marriage only to get no response back. Despite the lack of response, the other party doesn’t leave but waits for the RETURN of the “unfaithful” one.
And when the “unfaithful” returns, they expect to be insulted, shown disappointment and thrown out but yet they are embraced by the one who truly loves them.
Our return to God should be a daily, continual process. From the moment we wake, we return our hearts and mind back to Him for love, peace & direction. That’s how much He cares for us and loves us. He is ever patient, always waiting in love!
Return today, no matter how long your journey away has been 🌺🌺

THIS is happening less than two weeks from today!! Hosted by my beautiful sister in Christ @oluwaseyiogundana @peppd_ ! Definitely not something you want to miss! Going to be a great time in the presence of God✨✨
Register on the site or through the link in her bio and be sure to follow her for great Christ centered encouragement !!

“Now when Jesus saw a crowd around him, he gave orders to go over to the other side. And a scribe came up and said to him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go." And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head." Another of the disciples said to him, "Lord, let me first go and bury my father." And Jesus said to him, "FOLLOW ME, and leave the dead to bury their own dead."”
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I was studying this recently And the contrast between these two people stuck out to me. The scribe wanted to follow Jesus wherever he was going. We don’t know if this was proposed genuinely but Jesus responds by telling him that following him is not glitz and glamour in a nutshell and there is nothing in it for Him. Now we have the second person, the disciple. I’m not sure if he was in close proximity to Jesus when he was telling the scribe all this but he instead avoids following Jesus to attend to cares of this world (burying His father) whom is not depicted as dead yet. So basically his plan was to go wait until his fathers death, bury Him then think about following Jesus. Jesus responds by telling Him to follow Him and allow the (spiritually) dead bury the dead because there are enough of them to do that but His calling was to ministry with Jesus. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Now this does not pertain to ministry alone, but to everyday life & It made me think/wonder what cares of this world have I not let go of to give myself away to Jesus? What am I holding on to that is not allowing me to fully surrender ? Have I become complacent? Have I become so comfortable with where I am and not allowed Jesus to stretch me? What work of the Holy Spirit am I inhibiting with my resistance? What is the root of my resistance? •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Look Inward 🔎🔍

“You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I THIRST for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.” [Psalm‬ ‭63:1‬]
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“Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I GIVE them will NEVER thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” [John‬ ‭4:13-14‬]
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Self Explanatory. Only YOU satisfy. 🌹🌹

•Something changes whenever we enter the presence of God •
But this isnt always true for all of us all the time and here are a few reasons why:

1)We are not engaging with the Spirit of God: The Bible says to love God with all our heart, soul & mind. This can be applied here. We are to engage all our senses with the Holy Spirit. Employ the Help of the Spirit before, during & after your time with the Lord. Ask questions and He will answer using scripture to back up scripture (This is the best & ONLY way to get the MOST out of your time with the Lord). He will orchestrate it.
2)We forget the Bible is about God & not about us: So when we don’t come across scripture that automatically speaks to our situation at the time we give up on studying the Bible all together. Don’t miss out on what God wants to reveal to you about Him because it does not come the way we expect it !
3)We ignore our convictions: & this is How God will use His Spirit to change us but we have a part to play, repentance & obedience. Moving forward knowing that God has not left us to ourselves !
4)We read the Bible & don’t study it: The richness of the word of God is found in in depth study of it. Knowing the context, times & audience of the scriptures & how those scriptures apply to us today! God’s word is still relevant & does not change with time.
5) We are impatient: Revelation unravels itself over time & with circumstance. Some things from the word may not be understood immediately until a situation occurs that God may use to give meaning to it. Also, give yourself time. Don’t rush out of Gods presence ! Receive all that He has to give & engage !
So if the devil has discouraged you from spending time with God, today is a new day & this is a new week, God is near & wants to speak to you ! Don’t allow the devil to make you comfortable in your sin/compromise/complacency, Gods grace is greater !
I pray this week brings new favor & depth with God in Jesus name 💋

Praying that the hurt that life has caused you does not push you to seek freedom in this world. Praying that your pain does not cause you to see your maker as an enemy. The world cannot save you from what it dishes out to you, only Jesus can! The pain, hurt, disappointments, denials, dying and reliving will come but the Lord is mighty to save. His Spirit teaches, heals, uplifts, transforms, saves. He sees you, God does & He is beckoning you into His presence to engage with His Spirit & experience true FREEDOM. •
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Now the Lord IS the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, THERE IS freedom.
‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭3:17‬

These are questions I tend to ask myself during worship/quiet time to check where my heart is exactly. Am I only seeking Gods blessings/hand or am I️ daily seeking His face/presence to be molded into the image of Christ ? Is my worship & joy dependent on only the attainment of my desires or is it dependent on who God has revealed Himself to Be in my life & His desire. Do I️ have the kind of joy even in the midst of delay, disappointments, discouragement, altered plans etc that will confuse the enemy and make him question why I️ am joyful despite all ? Reminiscing on this past year and what the Lord has done for me thus far has brought me to a place of personal realizations/questioning/humility ! If everything I️ have right now that was given to me by Gods grace was to be stripped away will I️ cease to consider God as “GOOD” ? He is the ultimate source of our resources and knows where our allocation exists. He is our INHERITANCE and in His presence there’s fullness of joy & at His right hand pleasures forever more. When we have Him, we have EVERYTHING that we NEED ! Does that mean we should stop asking/seeking God for what we desire? NO !! But let your desires not take forefront of God’s desire for you ! SEEK HIM first & EVERYTHING else shall be added ! Enjoy the wilderness/waiting season and learn because even then He is still speaking & sees you. Not only does God want to speak to your physical need but also your spiritual need too. Don’t allow the enemy to get into your head. It’s not easy to see a promised expected end in a period where drought clouds our vision of who God is. But keep pressing in & holding on to His promises. Times will come where Gods presence will be the farthest thing from your desire, then is when you have to make a DELIBERATE choice to be honest to choose Him despite it all. He is your peace & substance. Keep showing up, keep praying, keep worshipping. It’s all about Him !

Sandra Adeyemi 🌺

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