I WAS ONLY THREE YEARS OLD as a born again Christian, when I began to get restless, even anxious, about knowing what my spiritual gifts were! Looking back, all I can say is that: the Grace I saw at work in the lives of some of the leading ministers from the Headquarters of the Church denomination where I worshipped then, made me hungry to know what spiritual gifts were inside me.
Then God did something that I didn’t understand for many years after. Seeing my heart’s quest and craving, He gave me a Love Song titled NOT AN ANGEL. I knew absolutely nothing about love songs at the time. I was a stark ignoramus about God’s doctrines on Marriage. I was ten long years away from getting married. So how come a love song was given me long ago in 1982 twenty one years before Maximum Marriage Ministries began? God was simply answering my hearts desire about knowing my calling in Christ. He was simply telling me: I’m calling you to be a Minister of Love Songs and a Teacher of Marriage. By His grace, I’ve been happily engaged in that work since 2001. I and my wife just loved and cherished this ministry so much! She spent for it without looking back.
THE SONG TITLED: NOT AN ANGEL
This song has a message for you and your spouse and your marriage. Here are the “messages” in: NOT AN ANGEL.
1) Beautiful or handsome as your Mate may be, they’re not celestial creatures. They’re earthly, limited, human, imperfect, frail and faulty. They have inadequacies and weaknesses despite their age or position in the work of God.
2) In view of all of above, don’t expect too much from your Partner. The reason many Spouses become so devastated when their Mate let’s them down is because they have placed them on a high pedestal in their minds and don’t expect any disappointment. But it’s never this way with God. God knows our weaknesses and so our suddenly not meeting up with His expectations doesn’t leave Him feeling shattered.
For instance: if, as a husband, you left home for work on a hungry stomach and told Madam to ensure that your meal was ready by 4:00 PM. And by the time you returned, not only was the meal no where in sight but Madam was conspicuously absent. The natural thing is to feel angry and badly let down. Yet that’s not the best response. Instead, wait for her to return. By the time she’s back and tells you that an old female friend stopped by on her way to a neighbouring shopping Mall, gave her N50K cash gift and wanted her to accompany her to the shopping Mall and she couldn’t refuse; it’s obvious that she didn’t disobey you but a sudden circumstance altered her plans. What are you to do then? Adapt to the situation. Hunger from morning till 6:00 PM can’t kill you. Enduring it is more noble than starting an uproar that will bring all the clans and tribes in your neighborhood into your home to seperate the fight between “the hungry and angry husband and his lazy wife.” Some have made this mistake and regret it till this day.
3) As a Spouse always readily accept your fault when you’re wrong. Don’t be dodgy. Call a spade by its name: SPADE. Don’t make excuses to coverup when you know that you’re wrong. Rather, humbly accept that you’re wrong. And don’t stop there, go further to apologize and ask your Partner for forgiveness.
4) When your Spouse humbly and sincerely admit their wrong, apologize and ask your forgiveness, freely give it to them. Forgiveness is not for storage but for giving; so freely give it away. Never hoard it.
5) Always love each other! Endeavour to be actively and practically in love with one another all the time.
6) Always be minded to avoid hurting or displeasing your husband or wife.
Prevention is forever better than cure.
🔥🔥🔥FAITH DECREE: LET THE GRACE TO BE COMPASSIONATE TO YOUR MATE AND OVERLOOK THEIR WEAKNESSES AND FAULTS BE BESTOWED UPON YOU RIGHT NOW!⚡
🍷🍗 TAKE-HOME LESSON: DON’T EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM YOUR MATE. ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT, LIKE YOU, YOUR SPOUSE IS IMPERFECT.
💕❤️ TONIGHT’S ONE FLESH ASSIGNMENT IN THE BEDROOM
Reread today’s devotional piece and discuss it.
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