She has spoken at institutions and events including Imperial College London and the Adobe Ambassador London Summit and has been recognized as one of All Marketing School’s “Top 100 Marketers to Watch in 2026.”

One thing Bolaji hammered on during our conversation is “Faith without works is dead.”

Sometimes as Christians, we can be very religious, always praying, always speaking in tongues, but failing to act.

We ask God for ideas, yet we fail to execute them. Almost as though, we expect God to jump down from Heaven to help us execute those ideas, but when God gives you an idea, he expects you to move.

God can also speak through men in the most mundane random conversation, but you have to be discerning to catch it.

One example that came up in our conversation was the name social media Oga/ Bolaji Billions. Bolaji didn’t have a dream where God told her to use these names for her brand, instead her friends suggested the names, and she ran with it.

You don’t always need a dramatic sign before you move. When God gives you an instruction, thank Him for it, ask for wisdom to execute it and run with it.

This conversation will definitely bless you.

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With love,

Mo 🤍

You already know what time is! 💃🏽🕺🏽💃🏽🕺🏽💃🏽🕺🏽💃🏽🕺🏽

It’s time for another episode of the Dear Christian Girl Podcast! Whoop Whoop!

I sat down with my guest Bolaji Ajibare, popularly known online as Social Media Oga and Bolaji Billions.

Bolaji is a social media strategist, digital marketer, educator and community builder. Over the past five years, she has built a community of 250,000+ creators, freelancers and social media professionals, helping people develop the skills and knowledge to build careers and businesses in the digital space.

She has spoken at institutions and events including Imperial College London and the Adobe Ambassador London Summit and has been recognized as one of All Marketing School’s “Top 100 Marketers to Watch in 2026.”

Bolaji kept referencing a particular line in our conversation that I will never forget:

“You are too small to tarnish the plan of God for your life.”

We talked about how sometimes you may feel like you’ve made a mistake and that mistake has messed up God’s plans for your life, but God is more interested in fulfilling His plans for your life than you are.

God is all powerful and can account for your mistakes.

Look at Joseph, for example, his big mouth got him sold into slavery and thrown into prison, yet none of that derailed what God had already planned for his life. If God could work through Joseph’s mistakes, He can work through yours.

If you think you have made a mistake too great, or spoken to others about your dreams too early, remember, God is your Father, and you are too small to tarnish God’s plan for your life.

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With love,

Mo 🤍

I trust you are doing well and I hope you had an awesome week.

It’s been a while since I’ve done this, but it has been on my heart for a while to reach out and ask if you have any prayer requests.

Please, if you have a prayer request you would like us to join you in faith for, kindly send it my way.

We have a team of intercessors who will be praying along as we lift your requests before God.

Whether you are believing God for the salvation of a family member, healing, direction, clarity, provision, restoration, or any other need, we would be honoured to pray with you.

Please send your prayer requests my way and have a wonderful weekend ahead.

With love,

Mo

There’s a teaching that has gone around for decades, and I think it’s time we address it.

While half of it is completely true, the other half is a lie.

“I’m a new creation. Jesus has already won. I have victory in Christ, so I don’t need to pray. I don’t need to fight. I just need to rest in what Jesus has already done.”

Lol… dey play. 😂

When you give your life to Christ, you are a new creation. The old has gone; the new has come and Jesus’ finished work on the cross is complete. There is nothing you can do to add to it, improve it, or make your salvation more secure.

But sometimes we stop at verses 8 and 9 of Ephesians 2 and completely overlook verse 10.

Paul says in Ephesians 2: 8 -9, NLT :

“God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it.

But then he continues in verse 10

“For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.

You are saved by grace, not works, however you are created for good works. You don’t do these things to earn salvation, you do them because you have been called to good works.

So there is a “doing”;

You will pray.
You will read your Bible.
You will preach the gospel.
You will intentionally cultivate your relationship with God.
You will serve people.
You will give to those in need.
You will love people.

You will resists the devil.
You will pursue justice.
You will use the gifts God has given you to bring Him glory.

And this is where I think we’ve sometimes confused resting in Christ with passivity.

Yes, Jesus has given you victory, but you must resist the devil.

Yes, you have authority in Christ, but you must exercise that authority.

Your sanctification and the day-to-day process of becoming more like Christ, renewing your mind, resisting sin, walking in obedience, and learning to live in the freedom Jesus purchased for you, is something you actively have to participate in.

And this is exactly what struck me in my conversation with Meghan McComb.

Meghan said:

“The moment you become a Christian, you get a target on your back.”

“The enemy can’t take your salvation from you.”

“So what does he try to attack?”

“Your peace.
Your identity.
Your obedience.
Your confidence in God.”

“One lie at a time.”

Meghan began practising witchcraft in Grade 6, and although she gave her life to Christ at 14, the fear, nightmares, and tormenting dreams continued. They did not simply disappear when she became a Christian and it wasn’t until she took a stand against the enemy and began exercising her authority in Christ that she experienced freedom from them.

Her testimony became The Rose in the Fire series: Book One: Lies and Deception and Book Two: The Rose From The Tower and it is a powerful reminder that you can rest in the finished work of Christ and still stay dressed for battle.

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As usual, I look forward to your feedback and comments.

Thanks for listening and supporting the podcast.

With love,

Mo

My guest, Meghan McComb, spent years carrying two labels that affected her all her life: unloved and unwanted.

Meghan grew up in a home that looked fine from the outside but was unstable on the inside. She grew up with parents who loved her but were stretched thin by money problems and long work hours. Eventually, their marriage ended in divorce after 26 years of marriage. It left Meghan broken and with the belief that marriages simply didn’t last and it also left her feeling unloved and unwanted and these followed her into adulthood, showing up in her everyday life and even in her dreams.

Feeling unloved or unwanted is not evidence that you are.

Sometimes the lies we believe about ourselves are so old that they begin to feel like facts. Sometimes they’ve been passed down through generations. Sometimes they’ve been reinforced by things that happened to us, but as believers, we never believe the lie of the enemy.

What began as years of wrestling with rejection, brokenness, fear, and lies ultimately became a story of redemption; one that Meghan has now turned into a bestselling book series she can share with other women: The Rose in the Fireseries; Book One: Lies and Deception and Book Two: The Rose From The Tower

This week’s episode is Meghan’s full story, including the moment she says those old labels finally lost their grip.

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As usual, I look forward to your feedback and comments.

Thanks for listening and supporting the podcast.

With love,

Mo

A new episode of the Dear Christian Girl Podcast is out and this is a testimony you should listen to.

My guest this week is Meghan McComb, a wife of over 40 years, a homeschool mom, and an author whose newest book series almost didn’t get written at all.

Meghan grew up in a home that looked fine from the outside but was unstable on the inside. She grew up with parents who loved her but were stretched thin by money problems and long work hours. Eventually, their marriage ended in divorce after 26 years of marriage. It left Meghan broken and with the belief that marriages simply didn’t last.

By 6th grade, curiosity made her read a friend’s book on witchcraft and that lured her into séances, Ouija boards, and eventually she formed a small coven with her classmates. Her friends lost interest in witchcraft, but Meghan didn’t. She kept going until she eventually entered a covenant with Satan.

The turning point came in 1991, when her deliverance started, and years later, the story God brought her through, became the foundation for a book which has become a best seller; The Rose In The Fire series; Book One: Lies and Deception and Book Two: The Rose From The Tower

In this episode, Meghan shares how God brought her out of the occult, restored her understanding of marriage and family, and ultimately gave her a story worth putting on paper.

We talk about witchcraft, the occult, deliverance, marriage, family, and what it looks like when God completely transforms a life.

Her testimony is a powerful reminder that curiosity can open doors we never intended to walk through, but there is no place too dark for Jesus to reach.

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As usual, I look forward to your feedback and comments.

Thanks for listening and supporting the podcast.

With love,

Mo

A new episode of the Dear Christian Girl Podcast is out, and my guest is Tolulope Mike-Bamiloye, a Christian actress, registered dietitian and nutritionist, and host of the Truth Talk with Ted YouTube show. She’s also a wife and mom of two handsome boys.

Tolu explained thee story of Abraham and Isaac in Genesis 22. God gave Abraham a very specific instruction—and Abraham obeyed it.

But here’s the part that stood out to me: the provision was waiting for him at the place God had instructed him to go.

Tolu explained that Abraham had to get to that specific mountain. If he had decided to go somewhere else, he wouldn’t have encountered the provision God had prepared there.

It made me think about how easy it is to obey God generally while avoiding the specifics of what He is actually asking us to do.

Tolu said:

“You need to obey to the letter, obey the specifics. When God has given specific instructions, there is provision He has made available for that exact assignment.”

And then:

“Once you obey, other things will start unfolding. However, you still have a choice. God will not force you to obey.”

That last part is important.

Sometimes we’re waiting for God to show us the entire plan before we take the first step. We want to know where we’re going, how everything will work out, and what the provision will look like.

But what if the provision is waiting on the other side of the instruction?

What if we’re asking God to provide before we obey, when He’s asking us to obey so we can see what He has already prepared?

We go deeper into this in the episode, including what it has looked like for Tolu to follow God’s specific instructions in her own life—even when she didn’t fully understand where they were leading.

And if you’re in a season where you know God has told you to do something specific, but you’re hesitating because you can’t yet see how it will all work out, this episode is for you.

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Mo

Hey friend,

A new episode of the Dear Christian Girl Podcast is out, and my guest is Tolulope Mike-Bamiloye—a Christian actress, registered dietitian and nutritionist, and host of the Truth Talk with Ted YouTube show. She’s also a wife and mom of two handsome boys.

Tolu explained the story of Abraham and Isaac in Genesis 22 in a way I had never heard before.

God gave Abraham a very specific instruction and told him to go to the land of Moriah and offer Isaac as a burnt offering on one of the mountains He would show him.

The provision was waiting for Abraham at the place God had instructed him to go.

God had already prepared the ram that would take Isaac’s place but Abraham had to follow the instruction and go to the mountain God had prepared for him.

It made me think about how easy it is to obey God generally while avoiding the specifics of what He is actually asking us to do.

Tolu put it this way:

“You need to obey to the letter, obey the specifics. When God has given specific instructions, there is provision He has made available for that exact assignment.”

Sometimes, we want God to show us the provision before we obey and we want to know how everything will work out before we take the first step.

But what if God is asking you to take the step first?

We go deeper into this in the episode, including what it has looked like for Tolu to follow God’s specific instructions in her own life, even when she didn’t fully understand where they were leading.

If you’re in a season where you know God has told you to do something specific, but you’re hesitating because you can’t yet see how it will all work out, this episode is for you.

🎧 Listen to the full conversation here

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With love,

Mo

Hey friend,

A new episode of the Dear Christian Girl Podcast is out, and my guest Tolulope Mike-Bamiloye is a Christian actress, registered dietitian and nutritionist, and host of the Truth Talk with Ted YouTube show. She’s also a wife and mom of two handsome boys.

One of the things I loved about this conversation was how honest Tolu was about the difference between becoming a mom for the first time and having her second baby.

With her first son, she said nobody really prepared her for what motherhood would actually feel like; the sleepless nights, the exhaustion, and even those moments when she wondered if she had made a mistake.

But by the time her second baby came along, something had changed.

The circumstances weren’t necessarily easier, but her mindset was different.

Sometimes we’re waiting for the circumstances to change when God is actually teaching us how to think differently, and change our perspective.

We dive deeper into Tolu’s experience of motherhood, what changed between her first and second baby, how she learned to renew her mind along the way and how she learned to give herself more grace along the way.

If you’re in a season of motherhood that feels harder than you expected, or you’re carrying guilt because you thought you’d be handling it better by now, or you are just in a very difficult season, this episode is for you.

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With love,

Mo

A new episode of the Dear Christian Girl Podcast is out, and my guest is Tolulope Mike-Bamiloye, a Christian actress, a registered dietitian and nutritionist, and the host of the YouTube talk show Truth Talk with Ted. She’s also a wife and a mom of two handsome boys.

One core theme in this episode is how to know when a season has ended, because so many of us are still holding on to assignments God has already moved on from, and so many of us don’t even know what’s next or can’t hear God clearly concerning the next season.

Tolu shared a story of someone they interviewed on Truth Talk with Ted, a doctor who left her career to raise her children. It was a difficult decision for her to make but she perceived that she had to complexity put her career on hold to raise her children and she chose to obey.

Tolu said

“There will be signs.”

“You’ll know.”

“Things won’t feel as seamless as they used to.”

We dive deeper into this in the episode. And if you’re in a season right now where you’re unsure of what comes next, or even what God is asking you to do in this season, this episode is for you.

Listen to the full conversation here

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With love,

Mo

I can’t believe it’s been a month since our last podcast episode! A new one is finally out and I can’t wait for you to listen!💃💃💃

My guest today is Tolulope Mike-Bamiloye, a Christian actress, a registered dietitian and nutritionist, and the host of the YouTube talk show Truth Talk with Ted. She’s also a wife and a mom of two handsome boys.

We talked about motherhood, marriage, and ministry, and we finally settled the long-standing debate: can a woman actually have it all?🤭

Some of the things we got into:

• The lie that marriage and motherhood will slow down your purpose

• Her honest mindset shift between baby #1 and baby #2

• Why renewing your mind daily in the Word isn’t optional

• Why you may need to lose yourself to be the person God wants you to be

• How to know when God is closing one season and opening a new one

If you’re a mom in the trenches right now, juggling a career, ministry, marriage, motherhood, and still trying to hold onto your own sanity, this episode is for you.

If you’re not a mom yet but you are afraid marriage and motherhood might cost you your dreams, this episode is definitely for you!

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With love,

Mo

It may seem like I come bearing bad news this Friday evening when all you want to do is relax, catch up on your favourite Netflix show and just enjoy the start of the weekend. But I’m just reminding you of Jesus’s words in John 16:33:

“And everything I’ve taught you is so that the peace which is in me will be in you and will give you great confidence as you rest in me. For in this unbelieving world, you will experience trouble and sorrows, but you must be courageous, for I have conquered the world!”

I’m not sure what version of Christianity we were sold, but I know too many Christians who have bought into the idea that Christianity is synonymous with the “soft life”; a life free from hardship, discomfort, and challenges. It’s almost as though a lot of people didn’t really understand the terms and conditions of Christianity before signing up. You know how people just scroll and say “I accept” without reading the terms and conditions?

That is what a lot of people do with Christianity.

News flash! God did not call you to a life of ease, or a life free from stress and hardship, and Jesus himself said it, that “in this unbelieving world, you will experience trouble and sorrows.”

The Message translation says, “you will continue to experience difficulties.”

The Amplified translation says, “you will have tribulation, trials, distress and frustration.”

Maybe we should define these words, so it hits home.

Sorrows: Deep sadness or grief, often caused by loss, disappointment, or pain.

Tribulation: Severe trials, suffering, or trouble, especially related to faith.

Frustration: A feeling of being upset or annoyed due to being unable to change or achieve something.

Distress: Extreme, sorrow, or pain; mental or emotional suffering.

Trials: Tests or difficult experiences meant to prove, strengthen, or refine one’s faith.

Trouble: Problems, difficulties, or situations that cause concern or suffering.

This is the reality of life in a fallen world; difficult seasons are inevitable.

You may lose a loved one far sooner than you ever imagined. You may lose your job. You or someone you love may receive a devastating diagnosis. Your children may fall sick. You may experience grief, disappointment, financial hardship, or seasons where you’re flat out broke. You may face betrayal, you may be swindled out of money, or you may find yourself waiting much longer than you expected for a spouse, a child, or a long-awaited breakthrough. You may battle anxiety, depression, loneliness, or deep sorrow.

These are the realities of living in a fallen world, so the question isn’t if difficult seasons will come, because surely, they will.

The question is: How will you respond when they come?

1. Stop Being Surprised by Trouble

Jesus didn’t hide the terms and conditions of following Him. He never promised us a life free from pain, disappointment, hardship, or suffering. In fact, He said it plainly:

“In this world you will have trouble.”

So why are we surprised when trouble comes?

I am not talking about the initial shock that comes with devastating news.

Losing your job is shocking.
Receiving a cancer diagnosis is shocking.
Losing someone you love is heartbreaking.
Going through a miscarriage is devastating.

Those emotions are human and even Jesus wept at Lazarus’ tomb.

What I am referring to is something different: it’s the shock of believing you would go through life without ever experiencing hardship. It is the mindset that says, “How could God let this happen to me?” as if trouble was never supposed to touch your address.

But Jesus already told us that trouble would come.

So instead of beefing God and doubling down on the “woe is me” mindset, lean into Him for strength. Bring Him your questions, confusion, and your pain, and allow Him to help you make sense of the things that don’t make sense. Because the goal is not to respond according to what your emotions are telling you in that moment, instead respond according to what Jesus has instructed us to do when we face trouble.

2. Be of good cheer

Jesus doesn’t leave us at, “You will have trouble”, He continues by saying, “Take heart, be of good cheer, because I have overcome the world.”

But how can anyone be cheerful while they are suffering? How can someone still have joy in the middle of disappointment, grief, or hardship?

It is because Joy is a fruit of the Spirit and it is not dependent on external circumstances, or your current reality. It is rooted in the unchanging nature of God and the confidence that He is still good, even when life feels uncertain.

This is the standard for every believer: whether you are in a season of abundance or a season of difficulty, your Joy cannot be held hostage by your circumstances.

I know someone is probably asking, does that mean I can’t cry, or mourn or grieve when I’m experiencing trouble?

Being joyful does not mean you cannot cry. You can cry and still maintain your joy.

I know that sounds like an oxymoron, but it isn’t. Crying is a normal human response to pain, grief, and disappointment. Again, even Jesus wept. However, when your emotions start to become the main character in the story and begins to shift your attention away from God into despair, that is when it becomes dangerous.

So, take heart.

Be of good cheer.

And protect your joy at all cost.

3. Pray and investigate the trouble

Not every hard season is simply life lifing

Sometimes, the devil is manipulating a situation and using it as an opportunity to oppress you.

The question is: How do you know the difference?

Prayer.

Every hard season is an invitation to return to your Father and ask Him questions.

“Lord, what is happening in this season?”

“What are You teaching me?”

“Is this a season I need to endure?”

“Is this an attack from the enemy?”

Don’t make assumptions; instead, take the matter before God in prayer and investigate the matter and if you discern that it is a spiritual attack, then that is not the time to sulk, and accept what the enemy is doing. Rather, it is the time to stand firm, and enforce your victory in Christ.

Scripture tells us that Jesus has overcome the World, and as believers we have authority in His name, so stand on the Word of God, pray with that authority and in the understanding of who you are in Christ. “No gree” for the enemy.

But what if you discern you are in a waiting season?

Then, as strange as this may sound, congratulations.

James tells us to “Count it all joy, whenever we experience various trials, because we know that the testing of our faith produces endurance. And we must let that endurance have its full effect, so that we may be mature and complete, lacking nothing.” (James 1:2–4)

Waiting seasons are never wasted because God uses them to develop endurance, deepen our dependence on Him, refine our character, and prepare us for the next season. If you lean into Him instead of trying to escape the discomfort, you will come out stronger and better.

Prayer is a non-negotiable in this season, but let’s be honest, you don’t necessarily feel like praying when you are going through a difficult season.

At least, I don’t and when I was still a baby Christian, I would act on my feelings and not pray, but now, I know better.

A lot of us have made prayer feel like this complex activity, and we make it feel more complicated than it needs to be.

But prayer is communication with your Father.

God is your Father. Please let that sink in.

Prayer is telling Him exactly how you feel without sugarcoating your words. It is bringing your fears, worries, and frustrations to Him instead of acting on them.

Sometimes all you have the strength to say is:

“God… help me.” That’s prayer.

Sometimes all you can do is cry in His presence. I promise you, depending on the posture of your heart, that is also prayer.

Sometimes all you can do is play worship music and sing along.

Sometimes you simply leave the audio Bible playing while lying in bed.

Sometimes you call your friends and ask them to pray with you and for you. This is the one I lean into the most.

Sometimes I have a roster of friends I call every day to pray with me because I just don’t have the strength and it works like magic every time. I draw from their strength until I am able to start praying by myself again.

Also, make sure you draw strength from the Word of God and remind yourself of His promises. Usually when I’m in a difficult season, the Holy Spirit drops a Bible verse or a chapter in my spirit that speaks exactly to what I’m going through and I stay on those verses for weeks, sometimes even months.

If you aren’t getting any verses or chapters when you pray, read Psalms and encourage yourself in the Lord, just like David did.

4. Bask in your victory

Bask in the victory you already have in Christ. As a believer, you are victorious in every situation, and you always win. But one thing you must do is enforce your victory. Jesus has died for you, but you must enforce that victory by declaring the Word of God over your situation.

The Bible says, “Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him from them all.”

Bask in the victory that is already yours and remind yourself that God has delivered you and will continue to carry you through whatever you are facing. What you are walking through right now has an expiration date; it will not last forever. Continually anchor yourself in God’s truth, stand firmly on His promises, and embrace the victory He has given you, even in the midst of that season.

5. Be anxious for nothing

One of Satan’s favourite tactics during difficult seasons is to plague believers with anxiety, fear and worry. But remember that our brother Paul admonishes us to “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God.”

But let’s be honest, this is easier said than done, and I’m not saying there aren’t times when anxiety won’t try to rear its ugly head or when fear wont creep in, depending on what the matter is, but as believers we can’t embrace it. When I start to feel anxious about a particular matter, I take that anxiety to God, and I speak about it practically.

“God, this situation is making me nervous.”
“I am scared about my future, and I don’t know what to make of it”
“God, please I need Your help.”

Instead of dwelling on your worries, choose to replace them with the promises of God. Take the very thing that is causing you fear, uncertainty, or anxiety and bring it before your Father in prayer. Remember He is a good Father who deeply cares for you, sees you, and is attentive to every detail of your life and you can trust Him with the things that weigh heavily on your heart.

6. Stay in community

This is VERY important.

One of the most common things people do in hard seasons is withdraw, and I am one of those people. My first instinct is to delete all my social media apps, lol, and probably turn off my phone, and if I could delete my number, trust me, I probably would.

But this is one of the oldest tricks in the book. The enemy wants you isolated and he wants you to believe no one loves you, cares about you, and you must walk through everything alone so you can continue believing that lie.

But please, don’t isolate yourself. Instead, throw yourself into community.

Lean into your friends and family, lean into your church community, talk to your cell leaders, pastors, and other trusted believers. If you need financial help or any other form of support, please remember we don’t call ourselves brothers and sisters in Christ for no reason.

There is nothing new under the sun and there is nothing happening to you that someone else hasn’t already walked through. When God leads you to the right person, you will often discover that someone has survived exactly what you are facing right now and hearing their testimony will strengthen you in ways you never expected.

7. Take care of yourself

Please make sure you eat good food and enjoy yourself, because last last, you cannot come and kill yourself. Eat that pizza, grab that ice cream, go to the gym, go swimming, if you like reading and writing, find your community of readers or writers, and if you like golf, go golfing. Also make sure you are taking care of yourself and doing what fills you up. Indulge in the things that are genuinely good for your soul.

So yes, Jesus promised trouble, but He has also overcome the world, and He has promised us victory. So, when trouble comes, and it will, don’t panic, don’t assume God has abandoned you, and resist the urge to run from God, because He is with you even amid that difficult season.

I’ll leave you with the words of Jesus:

“In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”

With love,

Mo

I sat down with the incredible Joyful Adenike for the latest episode of Dear Christian Girl podcast and if you don’t know Joyful, let me introduce her properly.

She’s a filmmaker, director, and producer known for creating compelling stories. She is the creative mind behind films like Summer Rain and Chemistry and she’s currently working on her newest film, Tele x Zikora. Beyond film, she’s an author, content creator, wife, mum and a woman who wears many hats beautifully.

One thing Joyful and I talked about in this episode is the way many of us were raised not to share our good news too quickly.

Many of us grew up hearing things like: “Don’t announce your pregnancy until the baby is born”, “Don’t let people know too soon”, “Don’t tell anyone about your new job until you’ve settled in”, “Don’t share the struggle while you’re still walking through it.”

And while she understands where that comes from, many of our mothers and aunties who taught us this, were speaking from a place of fear— fear of disappointment, fear of losing the good news, or even beliefs around things like the “evil eye.”

Joyful shared that she chose not to share her last pregnancy publicly, but even in keeping it private, she still experienced the heartbreaking loss of her baby at six months.

As Christians, we are always led by the Spirit of God, and when it comes to what we share and what we keep private, our decisions should be guided by the Holy Spirit, and not controlled by fear.

Episode 4 with Joyful Adenike is out now on all podcast platforms and if this is a conversation you are interested in, I’d love for you to listen to the full episode here.

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Mo 🤍

Have you ever scrolled past someone’s win and felt something twist in your chest? Not because you don’t love them, or because you’re a bad person, but because it looks like life is moving for them, and you’re still exactly where you were last year.

In this episode of the Dear Christian Girl podcast, I sat down with the incredible Joyful Adenike.

She’s a filmmaker, director, and producer known for creating compelling stories. She is the creative mind behind films like Summer Rain and Chemistry and she’s currently working on her newest film, Tele x Zikora. Beyond film, she’s an author, content creator, wife, mum and she’s a woman who wears many hats beautifully.

She talked about watching people who started after her reach milestones she once dreamed of, and she acknowledged something many of us struggle with: the temptation to feel jealous when someone else seems to be moving ahead of you.

She also shared how she chooses to handle those feelings when they come up, because jealousy is not a spirit we want to hold on to.

If you’ve ever struggled with jealousy, envy, or the feeling that you’re being left behind while everyone else seems to be moving forward, this episode is for you.

Episode 4 with Joyful Adenike is out now on all podcast platforms.

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With love,

Mo 🤍

I sat down with the incredible Joyful Adenike for the latest episode of Dear Christian Girl podcast and if you don’t know Joyful, let me introduce her properly.

She’s a filmmaker, director, and producer known for creating compelling stories. She is the creative mind behind films like Summer Rain and Chemistry and she’s currently working on her newest film, Tele x Zikora. Beyond film, she’s an author, content creator, wife, mum and she’s a woman who wears many hats beautifully.

Joyful has gotten to where she is today by building audacity, and it’s something she circles back to throughout this conversation. If you want to go far in life, she says,

“you have to build audacity”

“You have to be stubborn about your destiny.”

Not stubborn in a way that rejects wisdom or correction, but stubborn enough to refuse to give up on what God has spoken over your life, even when the timing doesn’t look anything like you expected.

The audacity to ask, the audacity to show up, the audacity to push past every reason it feels hard, difficult, and uncomfortable.

She also shared that audacity isn’t always found in the big, dramatic moments. Sometimes it’s doing the small things nobody applauds.

For her, it meant cutting off the hair she’d been growing since secondary school as part of starting over. It meant getting on social media and openly admitting she was in debt and driving Uber to pay it off, even though she knew people would judge her, especially in a world where so many people measure success by appearances.

She further shared that building audacity comes at a cost. It means being willing to be misunderstood, and being that person who does the thing everyone else is too afraid to attempt.

If you are reading this now, this is your sign to build audacity. Audacity to send that message, audacity to apply for that opportunity, audacity to start that business, audacity to have the hard conversation.

Episode 4 with Joyful Adenike is out now on all podcast platforms.

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With love,

Mo

She’s a filmmaker, director, and producer known for creating compelling stories. She is the creative mind behind films like Summer Rain and Chemistry and she’s currently working on her newest film, Tele x Zikora. Beyond film, she’s an author, content creator, wife, mum and she’s a woman who wears many hats beautifully.

She built an Instagram platform to over 164,000 followers and walked away from it to start fresh and her new page grew to over 61,000 followers in a fraction of the time. She’s built not one, but three YouTube channels from scratch. The first grew to over 42,000 subscribers, the second to over 40,000, and now her newest channel is rapidly growing again.

When Netflix dropped her film Chemistry at the last minute, she was heartbroken. But instead of letting the disappointment define her, she kept creating and went on to produce another film, Tele x Zikora.

She’s the queen of starting over, and in our conversation, she was honest about what starting over actually means.

Starting over isn’t a glamorous reset. More often than not, it’s terrifying, and even after you’ve rebuilt your life once, the fear doesn’t magically disappear the next time you have to begin again. You just learn to keep moving forward anyway, even while you’re afraid.

If you’ve failed at something, or you’re walking through failure right now, if you’ve faced rejection more than once, watched a business fall apart, seen your career stall, or had a dream slip through your fingers, and you’re wondering, How do I begin again?, this episode is for you.

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With love,

Mo 🤍

She’s a filmmaker, director, and producer known for creating compelling stories. She is the creative mind behind films like Summer Rain and Chemistry and she’s currently working on her newest film, Tele x Zikora. Beyond film, she’s an author, content creator, wife, mum and she’s a woman who wears many hats beautifully.

In this conversation, she walked me through some of the hardest seasons of her life. Her film, Chemistry, was dropped by Netflix at the last minute. She found herself drowning in debt and even became an Uber driver just to stay afloat. Then, in the middle of it all, she experienced the heartbreaking loss of her baby at six months of pregnancy.

And then she hit rock bottom!

But through all of it, she still calls God good.

If you’re in a hard season and need to hear from someone who has walked through one of life’s deepest valleys and still came out declaring that God is good, this episode is for you.

And even if life is going well right now, but you simply need a story that will strengthen your faith and remind you of God’s faithfulness, this conversation is for you too.

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With love,

Mo 🤍

Growing up as a preacher’s kid (PK) is a unique experience that shapes your faith and identity. Whether you followed in your parent’s footsteps, carved your own path, wrestled with doubts, or left the church, every PK has a story.

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Over the weekend, I attended a fully funded professional conference in Montréal and I’m genuinely grateful for the opportunity.

If you know a little about me, you know I love a good conference and I try to attend at least one every year. Last year I attended another professional conference, and in past, I’ve attended writer’s conferences. You can read about them here.

Conferences have actually been part of my life for as long as I can remember.

My parents are professors, and growing up, they attended conferences every year and they sometimes took me along. I remember sitting in the audience, watching them present their research papers, not realizing that something in me was being shaped.

By the time I got into university, I had stepped into that world myself and started attending conferences independently, presenting papers, while learning how to build my network and make strategic connections.

Some conferences cost me money I didn’t have at the time and I remember almost talking myself out of attending. There were months of depriving myself of things so I could save up to afford them. I am glad I made those decisions, because some of the most important opportunities I have gained in my life, or relationships I have built, have come from spaces like this. I met my literary agent at a writers’ conference and that one moment alone changed the trajectory of my writing journey.

Investing in yourself sometimes, can feel uncomfortable. It often requires spending money before you see a return, stepping into unfamiliar rooms, having to do small talks when you don’t feel like it, making out time that you don’t necessarily have, but some of the best investments I have made were the ones that stretched me.

The return will not always come immediately, but it will come in the form of a new mindset, a fresh perspective, new opportunities, greater confidence, expanded knowledge, meaningful relationships, and perspectives you could not have gained any other way.

Growth rarely happens by accident; it happens when we intentionally place ourselves in environments that challenge us, teach us, and expose us to what is possible. And sometimes, the very thing standing between where you are and where you want to be is a decision to invest in yourself.

Also, if you are also an explorer like me, you also get to explore a new city when you attend a conference. I’m an explorer at heart, and if I’m in a new place, I will find my way around it. After the sessions in Montréal wrapped up, I spent time walking through the city, taking photos, and just being present.

I had been here about five years ago, but coming back brought with it a new perspective, and I saw new things, noticed details I missed the first time, and found areas I didn’t get a chance to explore before.

So if there’s a conference you’ve been eyeing, a coach you need to work with, a course you need to take, or a book you need to purchase, or an investment you need to make in yourself, consider this a SIGN!

You are your greatest investment, and you must invest in your growth, even when it is inconvenient and you must invest in your future, even when the return is not yet visible. The opportunities, relationships, and perspectives that will shape your life almost always begin with the decision to invest in yourself.

With love,

Mo