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Leave and Cleave – Cut the Cord I recently saw a movie where the groom was waiting at the altar for the bride to walk in for the marriage ceremony. Well the bride did not walk in but ran away with the wedding cake baker. The run-away bride said she could not compete with the groom’s mother. The groom does everything the mother and his dad tells him. The wedding was called off. Many engagements should have been called off just like this one. Many would be saved from life time of heartache and frustration. Are you still a mama’s boy or are you still a daddy’s girl? Are you still bowing to their every command, instruction and counsel? Let’s cut the cord and run to the arms of each other in marriage. That is what God told us in Genesis (“leave and cleave”) and now repeated by the Holy Spirit thru Apostle Paul. Let’s read Ephesians 5: 21-33: . 21 submitting to one another in the fear of God.[c] 22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23 For the husband is head of the...

Love your Wife – Die Marriage is the best opportunity to prove and validate what we believe in Christ. It is where the rubber meets the road. You can talk all you want about forgiveness until you really get into marriage relationship. In marriage, we are wounded the most, offended the most and offend the most. Marriage is God’s best make. He said everything he had made was good. But then he said something was missing, so God made woman, Eve to complete all He had made. Marriage to me is the completion processes. God has saved us thru Christ’s death on the cross – that is where our security and significance comes from. It is complete by itself and nothing can add to the Cross in terms of works. However, in marriage, we are reminded and allowed to live out the reality of our salvation. By grace we were saved, sanctified and forgiven. Now the same work of grace continues in our lives and marriage is a tool in the refining fire process. So, brother/sister single, if you don’t want ...

Submit to own Husbands in Everything – You must be kidding! Over the Christmas holidays, we celebrated my wife’s uncle and aunt’s 50th wedding anniversary. We salute you Sir Adimoha and Lady Chinyere Ikemba for God’s faithfulness in your lives. We also join to congratulate former President George Bush and wife Barbara on their 70th wedding anniversary. To God be the glory. These are examples of marriages that have endured the test of time with lives frustrations and joys. We continue our study of Ephesians 5 to deal with the dreaded “S” word for wives. Last time we learned that we are all required to submit (yield) to one another as a by-product of lives filled with the Holy Spirit. So if the Holy Spirit is not in control in any life, there is no submission. Paul continues to address relationships in the family, starting with role of the wife, then the husband and finally the children. Our Christianity must work at the most basic level and that is the family. Charity begins at ho...

God’s ROI in 2015 Let’s change the conversation. If God has allowed us into 2015, what is his expected Return on Investment (ROI) in our lives? Anyone employing resources and talents expects some handsome return. Is God any different? In China 35 people went to celebrate and usher in the New Year 2015 but did not make it. There was a massive stampede and 35 people died and about 40 others with serious injuries. If God has allowed us the grace into 2015, He must have a plan and purpose for Himself. In this New Year most of what we hear and we repeat is me, me, me. What will I accomplish for me in this year? There are proclamations such as “this is my year of abundance and I will claim it”. It is all fine, as long as whatever we accomplish is for the One who invested in us. At the end of 2015 and at the end of life there is only one thing we want to hear. “Well done, good and faithful servant”. Let’s begin now to ask God what will make Him say that of me at the end of 2015 and en...