7VEN YEARS, 7VEN LESSONS

#1. My first lesson was that there will be challenges. I remember reading (Numbers 13), God knew there were giants in the land before he led the people of Israel out of Egypt. God had given them the land, therefore their victory was sure.The Lord has given you your spouse, who is your promised land, indeed there will be giants but will you be like Caleb and Joshua? Who despite the giants knew they would conquer. Their confessions were different and they took possession of the land.

#2. Marriage is meant to change you, to make you better. I am a strong believer of the fact that God is in the business of reconciling his children back to him. After Salvation, I believe that marriage is His reconciliation tool. It will teach you to love, to sacrifice, to serve, to forgive and to keep doing it consistently over and over again. Tell me how you will not become like Jesus.

#3. When you pray for new wine, remember to pray for new wine skin too. We all want newness in our marriages but no one wants to go through the process of change.

(Mark 2:22;)

"And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins".

#4. The anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God. (James 1:20). Note, no matter how justified you are to be angry, it does not work the righteousness of God. Anger is a spirit, it doesn’t work in line with righteousness.

#5. Never underestimate the power of a third party- good or bad. Subject every voice to the influence of the word of God and let the strongest influence be the voice of the Holy Spirit.

#6. Learn to balance friendship with your spouse with respect and honor. I guess what I am trying to say is knowing when to wear different hats, knowing when to address him as his wife and when to address him as his best friend. I will play, joke and gist but I also accord him with great respect and honor.

#7. It’s ok to build boundaries, they are not walls. The boundaries you set applies to you too, so do not violate the boundaries you have set if you don’t want others to do the same.

Yours in the walk....

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