Tuesday, 16^th August, 2022

Bible Reading: Leviticus 6:12-13, 1 Peter 3:1-2, 7

Memory Verse: Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. 1 Peter 4:8 (NIV)

… Continued from yesterday

1. Family Altar: Many wants to experience God in their marriage but are not deliberate about it. If there must be fire on your marriage altar, you must be ready to consistently put wood day and night (Leviticus 6:12-13). Unity and peace in your home may not be achieved without paying attention to spiritual warfare. Call all members of the family together as your worship God, study the Word, and pray together every morning and night. A family that prays together stays together.

• Effective Communication: As a rule of thumb, Dr. K.N Jacob says when he is talking, his wife keeps quiet, and same applies to him too when his wife is talking. This is what civilized people do. Again, be careful of your body language when talking. It is possible to be saying a particular thing but your body language means another thing. What your body language is saying sometimes speaks louder than what your mouth is saying.

• Good sex: Sex is honourable ONLY within the confines of marriage (Hebrews 13:4). Be innovative. Be dynamic.

• Quality attention: You will be so surprised that a woman needs more of her husband’s attention than any other thing he’s got to offer her. Spend time together. You can be seated together in the sitting room silent yet communicating – emotional union.

7. Perseverance: We say a capital No to all forms of abuse – verbal, physical, emotional, financial, sexual, etc.  However, nothing in  life works without the virtue of perseverance. Don’t leave your marriage at the slightest provocation. Seek godly counsel if need be. Don’t die in isolation.

Quote: A Christian marriage is [not] one with no problems or even a marriage with fewer problems. (It may well mean more problems.) But it does mean a life in which two people are able to accept each other and love each other in the midst of problems and fears. It means a marriage in which selfish people can accept selfish people without constantly trying to change them—and even accept themselves, because they realize personally that they have been accepted by Christ ― Keith Miller

Prophetic Decree: The strongman attached to marital crisis in your home falls today to rise no more, in Jesus name.

Prayer Focus

1. O Lord, set my family altar afresh with your fire, in Jesus name.

2. I receive the wisdom of God to know when to talk, how to talk and where to talk effectively, in Jesus name.

3. I receive all-round marital wisdom, in Jesus name.

4. Teach us O Lord to lead a fulfilling marital life, in Jesus name.

5. We receive grace to stand the test of time in season and out of season in marriage, in Jesus name.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:  Jeremiah 32-34