Salt Essien-Nelson

Bola Essien-Nelson is a working wife, mom and blogger turned published author living in the vibrant cosmopolitan city of Lagos, Nigeria. In 2009, her love for people and passion for writing gave birth to her blog ministry, The Salt Chronicles (formerly known as the 'Diary of a Desperate Naija Woman) which serves as a platform from where Bola does her best to encourage people to join her in her quest for Authentic Christianity. Bola's draws her inspiration from all of the life going on around her. She truly believes that, if only we would pay attention, there is a lesson to be learnt from all our experiences; good, bad and even the downright ugly. For three years, she wrote as the 'Desperate Naija Woman' but in January 2012, God gave her a new name. He called her 'Salt' sending her out with a new mission: To use the 'Voice' he had given her to draw lives to His Light. Her first book, in this new dispensation is a collection of fables titled 'True Confessions'. Salt is also the Founder of the Shola Adefolalu Gaska Foundation aka the Sholly Smile Factory, a not-for-profit determined to make the world a happier place, one smile at a time.

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The DNA of God Almighty Is In Me

Can you read the words above again, please? This time, read it slowly and let the full import of what you are saying sink into your being. It means that there is an unbreakable spiritual genetic link between you and the God of all Creation! Do you know what this means? It means that your ‘Potential’ is guaranteed! Whether you can see it or not, whether you believe it or not right now, you have …

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I Am Not Adventurous

 “Hezekiah put his whole trust in the God of Israel…He held fast to God—never loosened his grip—and obeyed to the letter everything God had commanded Moses. And God, for his part, held fast to him through all his adventures.” (2 Kings 14: 5-6, The Message) That is just the simple truth. There is not one adventurous bone in my body. My idea of a perfect ‘adventure’ holiday is staying in a lovely beach resort hotel …

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God is My Rest

‘My Presence will go with you and I will give you REST’ (Exodus 33:14) Permit me to begin this conversation by asking you some questions. Do you think it would be possible to be at rest in the midst of ‘office politics’ trouble? How about in the midst of financial trouble? Can a person be at rest while dealing with health issues? Or do you know anyone who will be in a blissful place when …

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Spiritual Alignment

Alignment for Accelerated Spiritual Growth

Imagine the Christian life was lived on a scale from zero to ten. The closer you were to ten, the more selfish and ‘full on flesh’ you are while, the more you moved towards the zero marker, the more ‘self-forgetful’ and ‘full on God’s Spirit’ you became. As re-born Christians, I believe that aligning our lives more and more to zero is what will bring us to that place where the Holy Spirit gradually removes …

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