The upcoming Christian movie “I Still Believe” has topped Seventeen magazine’s list of the most romantic movies to watch in 2020.

The secular magazine, which has been in circulation for 74 years, reaches millions of young adults and teens each year.

For the first time in the magazine’s history, a Christian movie has ranked No.1, selected for its list of the “7 Most Romantic Movies Premiering in 2020.”

A new film poster and trailer have also been released.

“I Still Believe,” chronicles the story of Award-winning Christian singer Jeremy Camp and his first marriage to Melissa Lynn Henning-Camp who died in 2001, less than a year after they were wed.

“Riverdale’s K.J. Apa stars in this romantic movie about singer/songwriter Jeremy Camp. The movie follows Jeremy’s life, including his marriage to his first wife, Melissa.

Melissa was diagnosed with ovarian cancer just before they were married, but the pair continued on with their relationship through Melissa’s illness,” author Jasmine Gomez writes for Seventeen.com.

The new trailer shows some of the film’s romantic scenes between Camp and Melissa played by actress Britt Robertson.

Also featured in the film, is country singer Shania Twain who plays the role of Camp’s mother opposite actor Gary Sinise who portrays Camp’s father.

The trailer highlights Camp’s journey to finding love, fame and his enduring faith in the midst of an unexpected tragedy.

Named after Camp’s popular song of the same name, the movie is an Erwin Brothers production, the same producers behind the blockbuster hit “I Can Only Imagine.”

Jon Erwin, Andrew Erwin and producing partner Kevin Downes are hoping to follow the commercial success of their first biopic made about the life of Christian musician Bart Millard, although they never initially intended to do another film about a musician.

“I Still Believe” was produced under the Erwin brothers’ newly-formed studio Kingdom, in association with Lionsgate, and is scheduled for release on March 13.

Camp remarried 16 years ago to his wife, Adrienne, and the couple have three children together.

Camp has lauded his wife for being his biggest supporter throughout the years and for supporting him in telling Melissa’s story.

 

 

 

source @christianpost

Chance the Rapper, whose real name is Chancelor Jonathan Bennett, says his wife’s decision to get baptized and abstain from sex during a separation before they got married saved his life.

The Chicago native was a guest on Queen Radio on Apple Music’s Beats 1 hosted by Nicki Minaj to discuss his new album The Big Day.

In the interview he opened up about his relationship with his longtime love, Kirsten Corley, who he recently married.

Chance then got candid with Minaj and said his wife “saved” him by abstaining from sex.

“I need you to hear one song on my album that has my best verse that I written in my life,” he said. “It’s called ‘we go high.

I explain that my wife literally saved my life by becoming celibate and going and getting baptized.”

He also admitted that before he witnessed her commitment to her faith, he never really knew where his strength came from.

“It changed her life, obviously. But we talking about me right now. It changed my life, for real. Now I know exactly where my strength comes from.”

Chance’s awakening came after he completed his Grammy Award-winning album Coloring Book while he and Kirsten were separated.

“This is all after Coloring Book, after I proclaimed that I love Jesus, and all that stuff,” he revealed.

“You’re never fully, fully sanctified, so I had to keep figuring it out. I had to do the Grammy’s by myself.

I had to do a lot by myself. Then when my girl was gracious enough to have me back, it changed my whole life.”

The 26 year old declared that he has now discovered who to turn to when he’s in despair.

“The other day I was lower than I ever been. I know the caricature of me is super positive.

I was lower than I ever felt in my life, and I really had to get down on [my] knees and be like, ‘I know I can’t solve this problem by myself.’

So I’m here right now happier than I ever been.”

According to Chance, himself and his wife are now happier than ever. The couple have a 3-year-old daughter together and another child on the way.

 

Source @Christianpost

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In a recent survey, 43% of people didn’t know the salary range of their spouse.

We’ve put together the ten topics you should talk about with your significant other before you get married.

Ideally, you’ll be asking these questions even before you’re engaged, in the natural course of getting to know each other and deepening your relationship.

We know that money is not easy to talk about. Conversations can get emotional and escalate quickly.

Below you’ll see the questions you probably want to ask, but they are not always constructive or can lead to an argument, unless you and your partner are completely comfortable talking about money.

Instead, you’ll also see the questions you should ask and how to have a strong conversation with your partner about finances.

You can walk away from these conversations much happier after having an open and honest conversation, and your relationship will strengthen as you get on the same page.

1. Income and Assets

What You Should Ask:

• How much do you make?

• How much is in your checking, saving, retirement and investing accounts?

• Do you have a trust fund?

• Are you the heir to a fortune?

Your true intentions: The reason you’re wanting to ask these questions is not because you’re a gold digger (hopefully!) but because you know that a serious relationship and especially marriage requires financial transparency.

You need to know what each of you earns, spends and saves. You need to know if and how you each plan financially for the future.

You need to know if there is family money, in case one of you wants a prenup.

Solution: Start a conversation that will uncover you partner’s financial habits – HOW do they save, WHAT are their strategies?

As you talk more about your approach to managing money, you can more naturally ask the questions of HOW MUCH they have. And be ready to share your side too!

So you can ask these instead:

• How have you been approaching saving money?

• Have you started putting away for retirement, and if so, what’s your strategy?

• Do you invest in the market, and if so, what kind of stocks/bonds/mutual funds do you hold? Who manages your investments?

• Has your family provided any financial help to you in recent years?

 2: Credit Card Debt

What You Should Ask:

• Do you live beyond your means?

• Are you knee deep in credit card debt?

• Have you paid mountains of interest?

• Do you expect me to help you pay it off when we’re married, even though I had nothing to do with it?

Your true intentions: You want to start your partnership off with no secrets, but let’s face it – credit card debt is about as fun as a colonoscopy.

If you have credit card debt, you’re probably not that happy about it. If you’re wondering whether your partner has credit card debt, you’re worried the answer is Yes.

It’s a topic that stirs up strong feelings – sometimes shame and embarrassment about getting into debt, sometimes pride about paying it off, sometimes fear of others finding out.

Remember, this is your partner, and you need to tell them honestly about your financial past and find out where they stand.

Solution: Ask questions that hone in on each other’s purchasing habits. By asking WHY questions, you can uncover the reasons for any credit card debt that they have.

There may be more to the story than you realize. You should also find out how active they are in managing their credit score.

Take any feelings of insecurity or judgment out of it. Stay open-minded and supportive.

So you can ask these instead:

• How do you prefer to pay for purchases (credit / debit / cash), and why?

• Do you ever carry a balance on your credit card(s)? Why or why not?

• If you have credit card debt, how are you tackling it?

• Do you keep track of your credit score? Do you know what your score is?

3: Student Loans

What You Should Ask:

• How much debt did you rack up by getting your college / masters / PhD degree?

• Will you make any money once you graduate?

• Do you expect me to help you pay off $50,000 in student loans when we’re married, even though we didn’t know each other when you made the decision to go back to school?

Your true intentions: It’s normal to be apprehensive about paying off your own loans, and it’s normal to wonder about your partner’s student loan situation.

You want a plan to pay off your debt, and you want to know how your partner is planning to attack their debt.

You want to discuss if you will attack the debt together or separately. Most higher education carries a heavy price tag.

If you have a college degree or higher but no student loans, you’ve been very fortunate. Perhaps your family helped, perhaps you saved up enough money on your own to pay for school, perhaps you got scholarship money, perhaps your employer paid for your degree.

Unfortunately, most people have to take out some amount of student loans to pay for school. A lot of people have to take out tens of thousands of dollars, or even over a hundred thousand.

Solution: Talk tactically about how you, your partner, or you together, can pay off your debt. Ask questions that help you form a plan.

Many financial experts will say that you are responsible for the debt you bring into a relationship, but many couples choose to attack the debt together.

Remember that student loans are different from credit card debt.

You’re making an investment in your future when you get a degree, since you expect to earn a higher income and higher level job position as a result of your additional education.

While credit card debt can set off red flags – and you should understand what caused it – student debt can be viewed in a more positive light.

So you can ask these instead:

• Did you have to take out any student loans?

• How do you feel about your student debt?

• Do you know what interest rate your student loans are at?

• What’s your approach to paying off your student loans?

 4. Money Management

What You Should Ask:

• Are you on top of your money or a hot mess?

• I don’t enjoy managing money. Can you do everything, please?

Your true intentions: You and your partner may approach the management of your finances very differently or very similarly, but you won’t know if you don’t talk about it.

You want to understand each other’s habits and what you each enjoy about money management.

You may be someone who keeps very close track of your finances and know exactly how much you’re spending in each life category;

you have an Excel spreadsheet projecting out your monthly budget for the next 12 months; you monitor your net worth and get a rush when you see it inch up each month.

Your partner may be the complete opposite – they don’t track their spending categories or savings rate; they don’t keep a budget; they don’t think about their net worth.

However, this doesn’t mean they’re “bad” with money.

Solution: Have a conversation about your habits – HOW do you keep track, WHY don’t you keep track.

Find out what each of you like and dislike about day to day money management. Tell each other about what you’ve found works well for you. Don’t judge!

So you can ask these instead:

• How do you keep track of how much you spend and save and also how your accounts fluctuate over time?

• How often do you check your accounts?

• Do you keep a budget? Why or why not?

• Are there certain things that you like or dislike doing when it comes to money management?

• Why are your tried and true tips?

 

5. Upbringing

What You Should Ask:

• Did growing up poor / rich mess you up?

• Were you raised by wolves and that’s why you don’t know anything about managing money?
• Why do you sound like your mother / father every time we argue about money?

Your true intentions: You see that you and your partner were raised differently. You’re worried that you come from different worlds but need to find a common language.

Maybe one family was well-off and the other struggled financially but were “rich in love.”

Maybe your parents taught you how money works from an early age by paying you to mow the lawn, and your partner didn’t get any financial education from their parents.

Maybe your parents taught you that talking about money is impolite but you partner and their parents talk about it all the time and it makes you uncomfortable.

Solution: Find out where your partner is coming from so you can truly understand what they act the way they do when it comes to managing money.

Our financial upbringing has a big impact on how we function with money as adults. Think about the financial acumen of the people who raised you (parents or other), the way that money was discussed – or never mentioned – in your house when you were growing up.

How much money your family had compared to your peers and how that made you feel, what your parents taught you about money directly or indirectly.

These all affect you today, and your partner may be affected in a completely different way by the circumstances of their financial upbringing.

So you can ask these instead:

• How did your parents manage money when you were growing up? For example, did they split responsibilities, did they keep track of expenses, did they have a monthly meeting to discuss their money, did they use a financial advisor?

• Do you remember if your parents ever argued about money?

• How did you feel about your family’s money situation when you were growing up?

• What did you learn from your parents about money?

• How did the way you grew up impact the way you manage money as an adult?

 

6: Merging Accounts

What You Should Ask:

• If we combine our money into a joint account, am I going to regret it one day?

• Why should we combine our money when I’ve saved five times as much as you?

• How can you possibly think that having separate accounts is healthy in a marriage?

Your true intentions: You’re not sure if combing your money, keeping it separate, or a combination of both is the right approach for you and your partner.

Maybe you’re trying to be realistic that divorce rates are high and you never know what could happen.

You’ve heard stories of crazy people who bail town with their spouse’s cash.

Maybe you don’t feel right about merging your hard-earned savings with the relatively low savings of your partner.

Solution: It’s not advisable to merge checking, savings, and investment accounts until you’ve built a SIGNIFICANT level of trust in the relationship.

Hopefully, by the time you’re engaged or about to get married, you’re at that level.

Many successfully married couples can’t imagine having separate accounts – they join all their assets and never think about yours, mine or ours.

On the other hand, there are successfully married couples who keep their money separate and each contribute a certain share to the household.

They think this system works well for them, particularly if they can’t agree on a way to manage their money together or if one of them comes from significantly more wealth than the other.

Many happy couples have a hybrid system where they have one or more joint accounts from which to pay their household expenses, but they also keep their own “fun money” accounts for gifts for each other and treats for themselves.

So you can ask these instead:

• Did your parents combine their money or keep it separate and did it work for them?

• Which arrangement – joint, separate or hybrid – makes you most comfortable and why?

• Can we try the separate or hybrid approach on a trial basis and then make a decision about joining everything?

 

 7.  Respectful Spending

What You Should Ask:

• Why did you buy that expensive drone without talking to me first?

• Why do you always get annoyed when I spend money that I work hard to earn on things that make me happy?

Your true intentions: You notice that one or both of you makes significant purchases without consulting the other, which can lead to hurt feelings and arguments.

You want to figure out a way to make both of you happy.

There could be complications – for example, your partner makes a lot more than you and you feel uncomfortable asking them to curb their spending when you’re contributing much less to the household.

Solution: Sit down together and define “significant purchase.”

You should literally agree on a dollar amount that will be your spend threshold at which you want your partner to check in with you before they spend that much.

Is it $200? $100? $50? Perhaps surprisingly, the answer does not depend on your income or savings.

We’ve seen well-off couples answer “$50” and couples in debt who answer “$150.”

The trouble starts when you have different views on what a significant purchase is – different spend threshold numbers – but you don’t realize this or don’t communicate about this.

One of you doesn’t think twice about spending $100 without consulting your partner, while the other thinks that anything over $50 should be discussed.

You argue because you haven’t figured out the simple fact that you have a fundamental misalignment in your views.

So you can ask these instead:

• What’s your spend threshold number – the dollar amount at which you want me to check in with you before buying something? You should both say your number at the same time.
• Our numbers are different, so do you want to meet in the middle or agree to respect each other’s number?

 8. Goals

What You Should Ask:

• The business your started after quitting your job isn’t earning any money – what are you doing to me?

• I don’t want to live in a small apartment our entire life so why aren’t you helping me save more for a house?

Your true intentions: You have a vision for your life, dreams and goals. Perhaps you want to retire at 45, or buy a farm and leave the city, or have your own business.

You thought your partner wanted the same things but the way they’re spending their time today is not helping to reach those goals.

You may be really worried about the state of affairs, which can lead you to lash out and pick fights with your partner.

Solution: Being emotional or worrying isn’t going to solve anything. Talk about your life vision – what are your big goals?

Now, work backwards and talk about the concrete steps you need to take today and over the coming weeks, months and years in order to achieve your dreams.

The focus here is specifically on money. For example, if you want to retire at 50, how much money will you need and what does that say about how much you need to start saving and investing today in order to get there?

If you want to have your own business, are you going to quit your job and start working on your idea or will you work on your idea nights and weekends, until you’ve reached enough success to quit your day job?

If you want to travel to 30 countries by the time you’re 30, how many trips per year will you do and how much money do you need to have for each trip?

Life goals are intrinsically tied with the way you manage your money. You want to have a plan, and to have a plan, you need to be on the same page about your life vision.

So you can ask these instead:

• What are your short term and long term goals in life? Make these specific by naming specific dollar amounts, the age you want to be when you reach that goal, or any other concrete metric.

• What do we need to do today, tomorrow, next week, next month, next year to achieve these goals? Again, be specific with concrete steps, dollar amounts, timelines and metrics.

9. How Much Is Enough

What You Should Ask:

• I know you’re making bank, but don’t you care that we never see each other because you’re working 14 hour days?

• How can you possibly be satisfied with your current income and title?

• Why do you always fight me on buying the nice things that others have?

Your true intentions: Maybe you’ve noticed that you and your partner seem to be on different pages about work and life balance.

Or how much money is enough to live on, or how much you want to be making in five years.

Perhaps you always compare yourself to others and are feeling insecure about your household money when you see your friends’ house and cars.

Solution: It’s easy to find things to argue or worry about, or to get a case of “keeping up with the Joneses.”

The work-driven culture certainly tells us that we must work, work, work, so that we can make more money and rise up though the ranks, or start your own business so you can become a millionaire.

It’s easy to get caught up in the cycle of work, eat, sleep and forget to ask the question of whether working toward more money is what the two of you want.

On the other hand, let’s say that you are struggling financially and dream of getting to a point where you don’t have to worry about money anymore.

Do you know what your magic number is in terms of annual income?

A good use of your time is to have a conversation about this question, “How much is enough?”

How much annual income is enough for the kind of lifestyle you want for yourselves today and in the future?

So you can ask these instead:

• What kind of lifestyle do you want to have in 5, 10 and 20 years?

• How much do we need to earn annually in order to have that lifestyle?
• Will you or I prioritize work in the short term, over quality time with the family, so that we can reach our lifestyle goals in the long term?

 

10. Kids and Bread Winner Status

What You Should Ask:

• You honestly expect me to stay home with our future kids even though I have a masters degree?

• Do you think you have more say in our financial decisions just because you make more than me?

• Why can’t you see that it’s better for one of us to stay home with the kids since we lose less money that way than paying for child care?

Your true intentions: Perhaps you’ve always imagined that you would have a dual income household, or maybe you always expected one of you to stay home to raise the kids or to work part-time when the kids are young.

You come into a relationship with certain preconceived notions, and so does your partner. When you don’t see eye to eye, or don’t discuss it, you can fall into arguments driven by your underlying concerns.

Solution: Ok, so “bread winner” is kind of an old-fashioned term, but it’s still very relevant in the 21st century.

For many women, having a career is very important, especially once they’ve invested time and money in higher education, and they resent a man’s expectation that they will be a stay-at-home mom.

Other women – and men, for that matter – are happy to take on the responsibilities of a stay-at-home parent on a part-time or full-time basis while their partner takes on the responsibilities of earning the majority of the household income.

Many couples decide that one of them will stay home to raise the kids for a few years or longer, even when the parent that stays at home has a masters degree or even a PhD.

Other couples prioritize both partners’ careers and carve out money for day care or a nanny.

Some people are surprised when they discover their priorities change after having kids, and they need to adjust their plans, perhaps stopping work or working more than they expected they would want to do.

It’s important to remember that just because you contribute differently to the household if one of you stays home, you are still equals.

So you can ask these instead:

• When you imagine the future with kids, do you expect one of us to stay home?

• How do you feel about one of us making all the money or a lot more money than the other?

• If we both want to work full time, how much will child care cost and how much do we need to start saving for it now?

Source http://sagecouple.com/10-money-topics-to-talk-about-before-getting-married/

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Actress and film producer, preacher, motivational speaker; Meagan Good and Devon Franklin have released a new free download called “The Unwritten Rules of Dating and Waiting” which is now available for free.

Devon and Meagan who have been married for six years have always been open to sharing their experiences while dating and even now in marriage. They attribute their success to doing things God’s way and credit their waiting season as pivotal in their courtship. The couple shared the news of their latest book on their social media handles.

According to Devon, having successful relationships boils down to how well we date and they both have chosen to share tips on building a solid foundation while dating;

“I believe that the health and well-being of our society are directly linked to how we date. If we date better, we marry better. If we marry better, we parent better. If we parent better, then we “family” better. And a healthy family is the foundation of a healthy society”

My amazing wife, @MeaganGood, and I wanted to give you something that will help you build a solid foundation in your dating life. We created a free download called “The Unwritten Rules of Dating and Waiting” that you can get for FREE.  Get your copy TODAY! I know it will bless you!”

The couple is well known for their 13-month abstinence journey before they got married in 2012. Few years down the line they wrote a book ‘The Wait’ in 2016, a novel that presents an unbiased approach to celibacy, as it equally addresses women and men. DeVon and Meagan speak candidly about their courtship, their past before finding each other, and how waiting to consummate their marriage until after the vows gained them power & clarity.

Devon and Meagan are always ready and willing to encourage, advice and provide words of wisdom to couples who may be struggling in their relationships. “The Unwritten Rules of Dating and Waiting” is another approach to reach out to individuals in this category.

The book is now available here

 

It’s Valentine’s day, right?
It is supposedly a day of Love and Affection.
A day to appreciate one’s spouse and express how much love they have for each other.
A day to dine around a table for two, and for some a day of Laughter, Sex and Excitement.
Millions of humans all over the world plan their year around valentine’s day as it is supposedly a day set for Lovers.

Some even choose this special day to consummate their relationships while some actually get married on this day.
Valentine’s day has unofficially become a day of Luck for many.
Interestingly, a whole lot of people have found LOVE on this day as well which means many couples have their anniversaries on Valentine’s day.

While It is a special day for many, quite a number of people DREAD valentine’s day.
Some may have lost a loved one which is bound to bring sad memories.                          May their souls Rest in Peace.
Also, some relationships may have ended on this day. I’m sure you’re wondering what kind of a person ends a relationship on such a sacred day as valentine’s day?
Who knows? Maybe some normal folks just see every day as a normal day.

Of course, the next set of people who are likely to DREAD Valentine’s day are those who may have never been in Love or in a relationship.
This set of people are forced to be a part of this day, forced to walk past the big red love hearts scattered across every store and the big huge teddy bears inscribed with “I Love You“.
They are forced to watch various individuals surprise their significant other at their offices with Red-colored cakes and love shaped chocolates and forced to experience the day with every other love-struck human.

But in the midst of the celebration, confessing of love and exchanging of gifts, the core purpose of Valentine’s Day has been slowly washed away.                                              According to History, February 14 is celebrated as St. Valentine’s Day in various Christian denominations; Anglican, Lutheran, Roman Catholic and the Eastern Orthodox Church.

The name ‘Valentine’ was given to Christian Martyrs who had made great sacrifices and laid their lives down for the advancement of Christianity.

One of such legends was Saint Valentine, a priest of Rome who was imprisoned for assisting and encouraging Christians.

According to Bede’s Martyrology, while in Prison Saint Valentine was interrogated by Roman Emperor Claudius who took a liking to him and tried to save his life by attempting to convert him to Roman paganism but Valentine refused and was eventually executed.

The name ‘Saint Valentine’ was associated with men who had shown love in the worst situations, men who were ready to sacrifice and willing to die for Christ.
Although the Celebration of Saint Valentine has no link with Romantic Love the message behind it is as clear as day. Love equals Sacrifice

Unfortunately, in this era, the concept of LOVE in itself has now been reduced to a feeling and so we are left with a number of humans with this school of thought;

“I choose to love you because that’s how I feel about you” but the moment I see you in a different light, the moment I see your flaws; your impatience, your imperfections, that feeling suddenly disappears.

This same Love that was so exciting and made you feel so good and made the world look so much brighter suddenly dies the moment trouble comes knocking.As a result, a long trail of broken hearts and broken relationships are littered all over the earth.

The reality is, many are simply looking for what I call; Mannequin Love; perfection without a scratch or a dent, a smooth ride without bumps. The world seems to be filled with humans who are not ready to work towards Love.

According to Father O’ Gara

“ Love—human love and sexuality is wonderful and blessed by God—but also the shadow of the cross.

If Valentine were here today, he would say to married couples that there comes a time where you’re going to have to suffer. It’s not going to be easy to maintain your commitment and your vows in marriage“.

Valentine’s day may not be scriptural but it sends a clear message as to what it truly means to Love. These Saints gave their lives, our father, Jesus Christ also gave his life for all of mankind.

So while you’re exchanging gifts and showering doses of love on your spouse, take a moment to ask yourself, Can I lay my life down for this woman/man?

Do I love him/her enough to sacrifice my life for him/her?

If your answer is sharp ‘Yes’ then I can gladly welcome you to join the Saints of Love. But If you paused before giving a ‘Yes’ then there is a fair chance that your Marriage or Relationship is likely to be dissolved.

Lastly, if you answered with sharp ‘NO!’ then your case my dear brother/sister is critical and I advise strongly that you stay clear and far away from Relationships and Marriage because there is no token of Love inside of you.

John 15:13
The greatest way to show LOVE for friends is to DIE for them

Happy Valentine’s Day!

 

 

 

Written by

Tobiloba Joshua

Pastor Sam Adeyemi, the senior pastor of Daystar Christian Center, took to twitter to share some very insightful thoughts about marriage and what to expect.

“I have this expectation that marriage should be better between Christians than it is with people who are not Christians. I expect that a Christian marriage should be more peaceful, more joyful, what do you think?

However, I think that there are Christians that may contest with me that it is not exactly the case. And I was just wondering exactly what is supposed to make the difference in a Christian marriage.

The Holy Spirit says to me that He is pouring out grace on our lives to enable the fulfillment of our marital destinies. The Holy Spirit is referred to as the Spirit of grace in Hebrews 12:29.

I believe if we are going to enjoy God’s grace, we need God’s supernatural enablement. I believe that the Holy Spirit must be given his place in our lives and in our marriages. Romans 8:14. When we give the Holy Spirit is rightful place because He is the Spirit of Grace, then we will enjoy divine enablement.

Some people don’t understand issues that break up homes; sometimes they are not enough/should not be enough to break up a home. I believe every Christian marriage should be able to leverage this two dimensions of the work of the Holy Spirit.

The fruit of the Spirit & the gift of the Spirit, they make the difference. Every marriage needs the fruit of the Spirit because there is no one who has a perfect husband or wife.

If you don’t have the capacity to put up with someone else’s weaknesses; it is proof that you are not aware of your own weaknesses yet. We need the fruit of the Spirit to find someone to marry and to find someone to agree to marry us.

The things listed as the product of the flesh are the things that drive a suitor or a potential husband or wife away.

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14. LARA GEORGE - LOVE NWANTINTIN
15. HENRISOUL - YOUR LOVE
16. GAMiE - HELLO MA
17. ABEL CHUNGU MUSUKA - CHANI PEZA
18. NOSA - ALWAYS ON MY MIND
19. AMI - LOVING YOU MORE (FT ESE PETERS)
20. SAINT RHYMES - PROPOSA CLASSICA (SPOKEN WORD)

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The final part to the 3-part series on 17 reasons not to have sex on valentine’s day is here. I am sure you have learned from me. i pray that you make the right decisions going forward.

#13. NO PLAN IS A PLAN

I was speaking with someone and she related that a friend in her university was a virgin but had no reason for being and staying a virgin. She started dating a fellow student and decided to have sex with him should he ask her to, why? Because he was very good to her.

Since she didn’t have a reason and a plan or being and keeping her virginity, then if anything happens, she is willing to flow. If you don’t have a plan not to sleep around this valentine season, then you may just sleep around because you don’t have a plan!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#14. PREGNANCY

Please don’t be tricked with some silly family planning method you choose. Those things are 50/50. The possibility of getting pregnant is as high as your assurance of protection. Do not delay your plans for a good future or totally derail yourself from God’s plan for your life with your actions.

#15. BECAUSE GOD SAID NO

God who created you has said that you should not engage in pre-marital sex or extra-marital affairs. He knows what he’s saying. He knows the pain and embarrassment you would go through when your folly is discovered.

And yes, your folly would be discovered not that it might be. If you intentionally go against God’s plan and his word, then you are setting yourself up for whatever comes. And he cannot help you there. He loves you, but every sin definitely has a consequence.

#16. HARSH REALITIES OF LIFE

This is a hard truth. If you have continuous sex, it will show on your body. Your body is not designed for abuse! If you misuse it, it will break down on you. Uncontrolled sex is an abuse on the body.

Sex outside marriage is an abuse on the mind. Do not misuse your systems because you believe you can always control the outcome. If you could, then the suffering, death and resurrections of Jesus would not have been necessary.

#17. THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX

What does it mean to think outside the box? It means you look from the outside in or you take yourself as a person out of a situation you are directly involved in and then look at it objectively.

If you were not you and you looked at you and what you planned to do on Valentine’s Day, what would you say to yourself? Would you urge yourself on or would you warn yourself sternly to back off?

Thank you for reading. hope to read your comments or just send me an email and ill definitely reply.

Shalom

Yele

 

 

#7. BOOTY CALL 

I was actually on a list of someone’s booty call some time ago and boy was I livid!!

A booty call is a call for sex from someone who don’t want nothing to do with you but fulfill their specific sexual need at the moment.

So it’s your ex or that person you don’t have a relationship with but have sex with and you call whenever you’re lonely and vice versa.

When you are feeling the pressure of the valentine this season, exercise some self-control. Don’t dial those numbers and don’t pick that call because you know what’s going to go down at the end of the day.

#8. VALUE.

One of the things I have discovered with people who have pre-marital sex is amazing. They don’t value themselves and the people they sleep with.

To them, they are all just creatures of habits and so nothing special to hold on to or look up to. You deserve someone who would show you that your reason for living is their excitement for being alive also.

#9. REGRET

There are 2 types of regret people I have counseled have explained to me. There is the immediate regret where you know you made a huge mistake allowing this person access to your body.

There is also a future regret where you know that if given 10 years ahead from today, that person would most definitely now the type of person you want to spend the rest of your life with.

So, if you think of your immediate experience and your future reality and this particular person does not fit into the bill, don’t have sex with that person.

#10. WILL IT MATTER

Ask yourself if you will matter to who it is you want to have sex with after today. Will you matter at all? Would this person cherish you, and want to be with you not just because of sex but because they see their lives written out with you in it. Don’t be carried away by the craziness of the day which is absolute nonsense by the way.

#11. MISCONCEPTION

There is a world misconception that as we have Christmas and we celebrate Easter and we have Independence Day celebrations, then we need to equate LOVE in the same line. WRONG! Love is not a feeling. It is a call to action.

You love in the good and the bad and so with this misconception comes a mirage of relationships based on their feelings and the goosebumps they have with the other person and once the bumps have come down, then it’s time to move on. This is just sad. Really sad

#12. WRONG ADVICE

Who do you listen to? I was speaking with someone and she told me of a scene in a movie about a couple who went individually to their friends (a couple as well) to seek advice on how to go about having sex for the first time which of course was to be on valentine’s day.

They got the different opinions and went their way BUT these advisory couples who have never had sex coincidentally then talked within themselves and decided to wait till marriage. Who you listen to matters a lot!

Watch out for the last part of this series! Thank you for reading!

Shalom
Yele