MARRIAGE KILLERS: HUMAN TRADITIONS AND CULTURE
🤎🍂💕God designed your marriage to be self-reviving. However, this only becomes a reality as you reject marriage traditions and cultures that are contrary to God’s Word. For instance, tradition and culture often suggest that a wife should subtly resist her husband’s romantic advances for some time before ever consenting—that she should be romantically and sexually […]
THE BEAUTY OF NONSEXUAL TOUCH IN MARRIAGE
🌹🍂One of your most valuable tools for nurturing a marriage is the gift of imagination and creativity. Often, we get so caught up in the “big” milestones that we forget the power of small, intentional gestures. One of the most effective—yet overlooked—ways to strengthen your union is to engage in consistent, non-sexual physical touch, such […]
THE ART OF MAINTENANCE: LESSONS FROM A 14-YEAR-OLD TOWEL
🧡🤎💕When my wife and I married in 1992, she moved into my house with many things. Among them was a towel her brother-in-law had bought for her when she first headed to Government Secondary School in Akpanya, Kogi State, for Form One. I was amazed that a towel purchased for her first year of […]
A LESSON FROM UK’ANUKPŌDA
🍎🍊Romance is a state of intense love between a husband and wife. This state is evidenced by peace between the spouses and by an open, mutual display of affection, passion, togetherness, and fondness toward each other. 🍎🍊THE NATURE OF ROMANTIC SPOUSES Romantic spouses are close to each other. They are virtually inseparable and cannot endure […]
WISDOM WITH WORDS
🍄🍁🍂Marriage has brought you right into the life of your spouse. One of the privileges you enjoy as a result is full access to their affairs and knowledge of things that are far beyond the view of others, including their parents and siblings. This includes knowledge of their secret strengths and weaknesses. In marriage, […]
DEFEND YOUR MARRIAGE AT ALL COST
🎷🎸Over four decades ago, I worshipped in a church where the leader had a strong and vibrant marriage. Before joining this church, I had known several other anointed preachers, but not one of them was as openly proud of his spouse as this clergyman. In the heat of an invigorating sermon, he would pause and […]
YOUR TOUCH SPEAKS
🪘💕In our anchor scripture for today, touching a woman that’s not one’s spouse is forbidden. It also means that a woman touching a man that’s not her husband is equally abominable. 🪘💕A MERE TOUCH??Why would God forbid a “mere touch” of the opposite sex? It’s because what appears as a “mere touch” is so […]
JOY AND REJOICING: MAGICAL ALLIES OF ROMANCE
🤎🤎What makes the beginning of a marriage so sweet that it is universally known as a “honeymoon”? It is the spirit of joy that is abundant in the union. But where does this joy come from? It flows from the hearts of the new couple. As a result of the success of their marriage ceremonies […]
MATRIMONIAL COMMON SENSE
💕🧡There are simple matrimonial “common sense” tips that you shouldn’t wait to be taught in a marriage seminar. Age and maturity ought to have bestowed them upon you before, or as soon as, you got married. Sadly, some spouses are lacking in these simple yet important principles. We shall explore a few of them this […]
THE POWER OF COMMITTMENT IN MARRIAGE
🤎💕”Don’t touch me; I’m not in the mood.” “Leave me alone; I’m just not feeling it.” “Stop holding me; I told you, I’m not in the mood!” Does this sound familiar? In many homes, the “moody mate” remains sour for thirty minutes or more, bringing the relationship to a grinding halt until the cloud finally […]