End the Day With a Clean Slate The Bible says in Ephesians 4:26 to not let the sun go down while you are still angry. Make it a goal to clear the air with your spouse on a daily basis. Fortunately, most days there will not be a need to clean the slate. For those days where tensions are high make an agreement with one another that you will work out your differences before going to bed. Not 50-50 The Bible says that it is a man’s responsibility to love (Ephesians 5:25) and it is a woman’s responsibility to submit (Ephesians 5:22). If the husband will commit to love then it makes it much easier for the wife to submit. If the wife will submit, the husband will have less trouble loving her. The beautiful thing about this is that God does not say, “a man should love his wife if she will submit.” Or, “a woman should submit to her husband if he loves her.” Each spouse’s responsibility is independent of what the other one does. When a couple looks at marriag...
Written By: Lizzy Oyebola Oyekunle (Please read it to the end!) ***** Phew! I turned to look back and saw- blood! Phew! Phew!! Phew!!! I turned right, left, up, down, all around me to see what it was – blood again! I saw Mr Paul, the good man who never hurts an ant crying bitterly- his fingers and toes were all gone- my heart missed a beat Has this government now become that cruel? Even in Nigeria? In the church? I looked up at the pulpit and there was the pastor- his tongue had been pulled out and blood was splashed all over the place- my heart thumped on violently Jesus! These policemen are ruthless o… What offence could our holiness preacher have committed? What? My gentle mother, always prayerful and cool even as she is being smashed by my father- her right hand wasn’t there again- that was when my heart shifted from the bony cage around it and fell down to the floor (Bouncing as it did!) I screamed with great pain as I fell to the floor Phe...
1) Genesis 9:20-26 - Noah became drunk; the result was immorality and family trouble. 2) Genesis 19:30-38 - Lot was so drunk he did not know what he was doing; this led to immorality 3) Leviticus 10:9-11 - God commanded priests not to drink so that they could tell the difference between the holy and the unholy. 4) Numbers 6:3 - The Nazarites were told to eat or drink nothing from the grape vine. 5) Deuteronomy 21:20 - A drunken son was stubborn and rebellious. 6) Deuteronomy 29:5-6 - God gave no grape juice to Israel nor did they have intoxicating drink in the wilderness. 7) Deuteronomy 32:33 - Intoxicating wine is like the poison of serpents, the cruel venom of asps. 8) Judges 13:4, 7, 14 - Samson was to be a Nazarite for life. His mother was told not to drink wine or strong drink. 9) 1 Samuel 1:14-15 - Accused, Hannah said she drank no wine. 10) 1 Samuel 25:32-38 - Nabal died after a drunken spree. 11) 2 Samuel 11:13 - By getting Uriah drunk, David hoped to cover h...
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