THE CHRISTIAN HUSBAND AND THE OPPOSITE SEX
AT THE TENDER AGE OF 15, DAVID confronted a Giant-Warrior and swiftly brought him down. Within seconds, he stood upon him, drew out the boastful Champion’s sword from it’s sheath and with it cut off his head and held the bleeding skull high before the Philistine and Jewish armies! It was a wonder never before […]
THE CRUCIALITY OF UNDERSTANDING IN MARRIAGE
IT’S WONDERFUL TO BE MARRIED AS YOU ARE TODAY. This is one of the quests, dreams and yearnings of your heart that God has graciously granted you. However, good as being married is, there is the more important aspect which is:STAYING MARRIED TO THE END; because that’s where the real beauty and glory of marriage […]
SPOUSES, BEWARE LEST YOU CONSUME EACH OTHER!!!
WHEN THE WINE RAN OUT DURING THE MARRIAGE FEAST in Cana of Galilee and Mary spoke to Jesus, remember what happened? Jesus did not visibly consent but she nonetheless told the Servants: “WHATSOEVER HE TELLS YOU TO DO, DO IT.” Jesus told the Servants to fill the water pots with water. Now, what had filling […]
THE POWER OF RIGHT ATTITUDE IN THE MARRIAGE BEDROOM (PT. 2)
IN YESTERDAY’S DEVOTIONAL PIECE, we looked at four RIGHT ATTITUDES that would help Spouses become astute sexual lovers to their Mate in marriage.Today, we shall be concluding by looking at three more. (5) MAKE LOVE HEARTILY, SKILLFULLY AND WITH THE TOUCH OF EXCELLENCE. (a) “AND WHATSOEVER YE DO, DO IT HEARTILY, AS TO THE LORD, […]
THE POWER OF RIGHT ATTITUDE IN THE MARRIAGE BEDROOM
LONG AGO, I READ ABOUT A POPULAR AMERICAN WIFE who spoke roughly to her husband some minutes before their scheduled time for sexual intimacy. When the time came, she walked into the bedroom dressed in “a new and most seductive” night gown to thrill him.Her husband looked at her and turned his face the other […]
HAS YOUR MARRIAGE LOST IT’S TRADEMARK QUALITIES?
IF YOU’RE VISITING A HOME WHERE THERE’S A NEW BORN BABY, as you walk into the sitting room, the fragrance of baby powders, soaps and hair oils are first to greet you. Thereafter, the piercing and persistent cries of the infant soon confirm it’s presence. When you visit the hospital, the harsh smells of disinfectants […]
TRUTHFULNESS AND TRANSPARENCY IN MARRIAGE
WE HAD HOLIDAYED IN THE VILLAGE ONCE AGAIN after so long. This time, I and my younger brother got to know the secrets about Masquerades and “the spirits of the Ancestors”. The bigger village boys had allowed us to join themwhere they hid to make all theeerie sounds that made women, girls and children cringe […]
DEALING WITH CHARACTER DEFICIENCIES IN MARRIAGE (PT. 2)
PEOPLE COME INTO MARRIAGE WITH DIFFERENT character flaws; some so small and negligible and others so horrible and most unexpected. Never be dismayed by yours or those of your Spouse; because they’re not beyond divine remedy. I remember a law enforcement officer who was caught in the market in the 1960s for stealing an expensive […]
DEALING WITH CHARACTER DEFICIENCIES IN MARRIAGE
SOME TIME AGO, THERE WAS A WEDDING during which the Bride and her new Mother-in-law had an altercation. Sadly, it was about something so simple: FOOD. The Bride had some of the festive food set aside for her parents during the reception party. However, because more guests had arrived, the Mother-in-law approached her and requested […]
DEAR SPOUSES, BUILD UP ONE ANOTHER!
IN MARRIAGE, YOU INTERACT WITH YOUR SPOUSE on any given day by words more than by hugs, kisses, embraces and sexual intimacy combined. Therefore, the happiness, peace and tranquility in your marriage is greatly determined by the kind of words you speak to each other. Marriage apart, God did not give us mouths to speak […]