Praying Couple

18/10/2024

TYPES OF DATES YOU SHOULD TRY!👇

1. PICNIC DATE
There is something special and free about the outdoors. Pack up some food and drinks and a leso, find a spot and have fun.

2. WALK DATE
Make time to just take a walk as you bond. Walk for long as you hold hands, laugh, bump shoulder to shoulder. You need no money for this.

3. ELEGANT DATE
Go all out. Gentleman, ask her out to an expensive, classy venue. Give her a chance to dress up. She will feel special, smiling as you romance her; she wearing her fashionable dress.

4. DANCE DATE
Find a place where good music is played or dance is taught and go there as a couple. Salsa, lingala, afro, twist, benga; go to a place where you will sweat, groove and get down.

5. IMPROMPTU DATE
Dates don't have to be pre-planned. Be spontenous sometimes, drop everything and go somewhere as a couple for some quality time.

6. MOVIE DATE
Go to the cinema. Movies bring out emotions.

7. DOUBLE DATE
Go out on a date with another couple close to you. This will give you a chance to celebrate love and talk couple to couple. Your love will grow stronger.

8. COMPASSION DATE
There are many people in society to bless. You and your partner, find a children's home, an elderly home, a hospital or someone in need and together go spend time with them. God will bless your love.

9. CANDLE-LIGHT DINNER DATE
There is something romantic about looking into each other's eyes in dim candle light. Make it special. Romance is sweet.

10. SPECIAL MOMENT DATE
This is when you celebrate big as a couple a special moment like Birthday, Anniversary, Graduation or Promotion. Never forget these moments.

11. MAKE-UP DATE
If things between you two haven't been going well. Make effort to save your love by planning a good date. A date provides a good setting to allow you two to talk and get back to deep love.

12. LUNCH DATE
Since you work at different jobs, sometimes meet up and have a couple's lunch for an hour or so.

13. OLD LOVE DATE
Dates are not for young love only. Sadly, as lovers stay in a relationship/marriage, the dates become fewer as they go through the motions. No matter how long you've been together, step outside your everyday responsibilities and go for a date to rekindle and sustain the excitement.

14. SPORTS DATE
Is your favorite football club, rugby team, basketball team, golfer playing? Is it the safari rally, athletics? Go out for dates as a couple where you can scream, cheer and go wild. You two will connect more.

15. FRIENDS DATE
Have a barbeque, hook up with friends, throw a party. Organize something as a couple where your love will be celebrated in the presence of close friends.

16. TRAVEL DATE
Pack your bags and travel. Break the monotony and as a couple drive, fly, sail to a place you've never been. Experience new attractions together. Your love will never be boring this way.

16. STAY AT HOME DATE
Lock yourself in the house. Not to work or do chores. But to switch off everything including phones and concentrate on each other. Cook together, eat together, bath together, make memories for two.

14/02/2024

13/02/2024

WHAT SHOULD I GIVE UP FOR THIS SEASON?
MEAT? SWEETS? CHOCOLATE? ICE CREAM? BEVERAGES ? MEAT?

This year however, let us also consider other things that we can give up.

*Give up complaining* - _Focus on gratitude_
Philippians 2:14-15 – Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure...
1 Thessalonians 5:18 – Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Jesus Christ.

*Give up bitterness* - _Turn to forgiveness_
Ephesians 4:31 – Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice
Ephesians 4:32 – Be kind and compassionate to one another forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

*Give up worry* - _Trust in God_
Matthew 6:25 – “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life… who by worrying can add a single hour to his life?”
Matthew 6:33 – But seek first His Kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

*Give up discouragement* - _Be full of hope_
Deuteronomy 31:8 – The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you: he will never leave you or forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.
Isaiah 40:31 – But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

*Give up hatred* - _Return good for evil_
1 John 2:9 – Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates his brother is still in the darkness.
Luke 6:27 – “But I tell you who hear me; Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you.”

*Give up anger* - _Be more patient_
Matthew 5:22 – But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment.
Proverbs 15:18 – A hot tempered man stirs up dissension, but a patient man calms a quarrel.

*Give up gossiping* - _Control your tongue_
Psalm 34:13 – Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking lies.
Proverbs 21:23 – He who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps himself from calamity.

🙏🙏🙏

08/02/2024

Happily married couples often say they married their best friend. What are the qualities of friendship that you value? Loyalty? Sense of humor? Similar interests? A pleasing personality? Thank your spouse for being a good friend.

15/08/2023

The three Ts!

‘Do good to each other.’
1 Thessalonians 5:15 NLT

Somebody said, ‘When the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.’ Let’s face it, because of our strong personalities some of us are inclined to use a hammer when a gentler approach would do the job better. If that’s your problem, remember the three Ts:
1) Temper.
When upset, you’re more likely to make a big deal out of a little one. So, when it comes to your response and decibel level, use this rule of thumb: when the reaction is worse than the action, the problem generally increases. But when the reaction is less than the action, the problem usually decreases.
2) Timing.
If you don’t get an injured person to the hospital quickly enough, their life can be lost. And so if you don’t apologise when you’ve wronged someone, the relationship can be lost. Knowing when to act and when not to, is every bit as important as taking the right action. Lady Dorothy Nevill said, ‘The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place, but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.’
3) Total picture.
A man walked into a restaurant and asked the waiter, ‘Do you have anything to cure hiccups?’ The waiter slapped him across the face. ‘Hey! What’s going on?’ the man exclaimed. The waiter smiled: ‘Well, you don’t have hiccups anymore, do you?’ The man said, ‘I never did. I wanted something to cure my wife. She’s out in the car!’ Are you inclined to jump to conclusions? Slow yourself down and you’ll be more likely to respond appropriately.

Bible in a Year: Prov 6-7; 1 Cor 12;

11/05/2023

Playfulness brings joy to a marriage, but some of us are very serious people. If you’re not the naturally playful type, you may have to fake it. Even if you stumble, you can laugh together at your attempts.

09/04/2023

May the joy of the Resurrection fill our hearts now and always.