Esteemed By Love was conceived in 2012, when the Holy Spirit came upon Sabina Joy Beloved during a morning devotion in her room. The Spirit engulfed SabinaJoy and she began to speak the words of Isaiah 61, quoted by Jesus in Luke 4:18:
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised.”
Luke 4:18
She knew the Lord was sending her to preach the gospel of the Kingdom, care for the poor and vulnerable, heal emotionally broken and physically impaired people, and set people free from bondages and captivity of all sorts.
After the proclamation, the Holy Spirit began to speak to her about brokenness and low self-esteem. The Spirit specifically mentioned the word “esteem”, which means to value, to appreciate, to honour, to love and care for someone.
Then the Lord started to talk about women with low confidence, low self-esteem and no sense of value, and about orphans, and how to help bring restoration. This came at a time when she herself was at a very low and critical point in her life, going through brokenness with diminished confidence.
As she wrote everything down, more was poured out by the Holy Spirit. It was overwhelming, and the presence stayed around her for a very long time. Straight away she felt the need to run with the vision. But not so fast: she was still to go through even more broken experiences. The Lord saw her through, though it was a very rough journey.
Since that amazing encounter with the Holy Spirit, this purpose and mission has never let her rest.
A new season
Fast forward to 2019. While she was still working at a chartered accountancy office, and also serving in the finance office of her church, the Lord gave her a vision: it was time to step into a new field of delivery. She didn’t yet know what it was.
Then in 2020, when Covid slowed down the world and Heaven got her attention, SabinaJoy was visited by the Lord again, and many times after that. This time came specific instructions and biblical education: to preach the gospel, to teach, to equip, to feed the homeless, but most importantly to focus on the vulnerable. She was told her assignment was about the vulnerable.
Through this she encountered the true love of God. She began to feel valued and loved by the Lord, and she knew she was loved by God, which was all that mattered. SabinaJoy was encountered by the Lord Jesus, His overwhelming power of love filled her, and she felt esteemed by the love of God. So Esteemed By Love was born.
No more low confidence: her value would no longer depend on other people. It doesn’t matter what anyone thinks of her; she knows she is loved by an amazing Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
From one meal to many
At Christmas 2021 she was specifically instructed to cook and take food to the homeless, so she did, not knowing this would be the seed of the outreaches that feed vulnerable people today.
Then in 2023 the Lord gave her instructions to hold outreaches, which gave birth to the Instant Food Bank and Christmas on the Street, and other missions at home and abroad, including the recent Ghana mission, where she was instructed to buy back-to-school stationery and sanitary pads for children and young people in a poor community.
Esteemed By Love lives to do the heartfelt will of Jesus.