JUICY JULY 2024
THEME: MADE BATTLE-FIT
DATE: 28/07/2024
TOPIC: GOD NEEDS MARRIAGES
TEXT: 2 CHRONICLES 16:9; ECCLESIASTES 4:9-12
BIBLE STUDY: 2 TIMOTHY 3
TESTIMONY HIGHLIGHT
Let us read through these testimonies before we start. May your own testimony also arrive speedily and gloriously to the Glory of the Lord alone in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
TESTIMONY 1: God has done me well. Everyday, since we started Juicy July , I would hold on the testimony link and pray telling God that I want to use this link to send my own testimony before the end of Juicy July. I have been trusting God for internship placement In the hospital since late last year. It hasn’t been an easy ride; the disappointments , the tears and wasted transport fares travelling to write exams. To the Glory of God, on the Day 18; I got the message to come for my documentation that my name has been shortlisted…
TESTIMONY 2: I want to say Thank You Father in heaven for Day21 bulletin.
TESTIMONY 3: I am grateful for the power in Jesus’ name. God is great! This afternoon after I came home from service, I felt this pain in my left hand at first i was trying not to take it too serious but I thank God who ministered to me to start praying. As I prayed upon the hand the pain vanished. Moment later, I started having some peppery feeling in my right hand too. I started praying my God touched me and it vanished too. My God has delivered me from every attack. He is indeed teaching my hand to battle! All glory be to Jehovah
TESTIMONY 4: 1. I want to thank God for his protection over my family and loved ones, for safe journeys God gave my brother and sister from School and a beautiful end of session academic results. All glory to God. I also want to thank God for financial favour, my Mum called me recently telling me of how she enjoyed favour last week, I also enjoyed favour too. I have come to return all glory to God because only him can do these good works. Thank you Father. Also, for my future testimonies, Thank you Daddy 🙇♀🙇♀🙇♀
TESTIMONY 5: Hàáà God! Is the only exclamation that proceed of my mouth in amazement. God is good! I am writing this with so much tears of joy in my eyes. My cries have not passed without God hearing. Another request ticked! Oh how weak I was this morning the Holy Spirit woke me up to pray. At some point I felt like I was going to faint if I don’t sleep. But I remember telling God that He has to help me that I feel like sleeping but even if I won’t be able to pray with all vigour I desire, I will be here until He breathes on me. Little did I know that God was just about to answer a request of mine. I thank God His spirit took over and helped me to pray. Just after that in the morning as I checked my WhatsApp, I got a notification requesting that I send my account number, I didn’t hesitate though I was wondering what it could be but to my amazement, God just provided for my needs in the least expected way. Eiiiiii God is amazing! Glory to His Holy name. I am certain all other requests will be miraculously met and I will share my testimony!
PRAYER
Praise the Lord for the testimonies. Ask the Lord to take all the glory for them. Ask that the Lord will glorify Himself the more in the lives of the testifiers. And that the Lord will give everyone heartily participating in the Juicy July Prayer programme great testimonies to the glory of His Name. Ask for your own testimonies also.
BOW YOUR HEAD AND TALK TO GOD
Tell Him to make your heart loamy enough to receive His Word. Ask that He helps you to understand all that He has to reveal to you today. When you are satisfied, you can move on.
GOD’S NEEDS
So, I told us a few days ago that God has needs. Oh yes He does!
2 Chronicles 16:9 for instance says: “For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him….
His eyes are running to and fro. What are they doing? They are looking earnestly for! They are searching for! They are fishing for those who have a perfect heart towards Him.
Why?
So He can show Himself strong on their behalf!
NASB puts it this way: For the eyes of the Lord move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His…..
Wow!
How amazing!
He is seeking for the people to help, strengthen and support.
And those people are people who have yielded their hearts completely to Him!
Those who have a perfect heart towards Him!
Complete yielding; complete support!!!!
You do not seem to have His strength, His support, His help as you earnestly pray for your marriage as a single or in the marriage as a married woman?
Yeah, the reason is obvious….no yielding!
If you yield, you will receive strength!
If you yield, you will be helped!
If you yield, you will be supported!
I trust the Word of God, it cannot lie!
I believe the Word of God, it cannot fail!
If things are not going on well in your life, it is NEVER God’s fault! It is your fault!
If things are not going on well in my life, it is NEVER God’s fault, sis! It is my fault!
Something must be wrong with my heart-titude!
Therefore, as His eyes are running to and fro, seeking, looking for good hearts Godly hearts, perfect hearts to help, strengthen and support, those eyes couldn’t pick me!
Exactly!
I think I have broken that verse down into kid’s chewable size, sis.
GOD NEEDS MARRIAGES
One of the main prayer requests of so many Christian ladies is marriage. They want to be married. They cry for marriage. They long to be married. That’s great! I have been there. I have longed for it. I have prayed for it also.
During this programme, we have received so many requests about marriage. I think someone even said something like ‘Help me beg God to…’
Yes! It is a very valid desire. I love it that you desire to be married. However, just like He told me that day, I will tell you:
“More than you desire to be married, the Lord desires you to be married!”
MORE THAN!
You see, that day, in 2018, I sat down and faced Him as if I could see Him. I said ‘Lord, erm, I have prayed and prayed. You have spoken, I have heard. But why is the brother not coming? Why? I desire to be married, Lord. Weren’t You the One who put the desire there?’ I asked
Then, He told me so loud and clear:
‘…more than you desire to be married, I NEED you to be married!’
Whaaaaatttt!!!!
You NEED me to be married?
That was the end of my Father’s talk that day but it was enough for me.
The Lord NEEDS me to be married?
My Heavenly Father needs my marriage?
He needs something from me, finally, who has given all to me?
Amazing!
So, if you need my marriage, give it to me, then, I will give it back to You. I promise, Lord.
Or, what is the matter?
Why the delay?
Let me give you some reasons that the Holy Spirit has revealed to me over the years why people pray and they keep experiencing delay in marriage:
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You are not aligned!
To me, this is the biggest reason. God is looking for women who are in alignment with Him. These women are not just praying and fasting because they need something from God. They are waiting on the Lord because they love Him! These women are the ones who will get into marriage and GROW in it in all ramifications!
Before I got married, I heard so many women say that getting married put off the spiritual fire they had before marriage. They grew in finances, career, beauty regimens, social media show-offs, academics and ‘purpose’ but spiritually, they died!
Haba, why? It just didn’t sit well with me. I thought the Word of the Lord says one shall chase a thousand and two shall put ten thousand to flight? Why are two people coming together and they are unable to together put a hundred to flight then?
As a ‘researcher’ in these deep stuff of the spirit and marriage, I would go back to the Lord and ask why. The response He’d always give me would not agree with the claims of these women. So, all I did was pray ahead of time and declare that that wouldn’t be my own case. No matter what season I go through in marriage, it will be fiery. The fire will not go down in Jesus Name. And He has done more than I can ask or think.
The times when I was newly married and I wanted to veer off the alignment I had shared with my Lover for years, He just never wouldn’t allow me go. He’d keep pulling back. He’d keep withdrawing my peace and joy so that I could retrace my steps and understand that ‘I NEED YOUR MARRIAGE, LIZ! I DO! DON’T DO IT IN THE WAY OF THE MAJORITY! BE UNIQUE!’. I bless God for His mercies every day!
Sisters, if you are not in alignment with the Lord before marriage, is it in marriage you want to be in alignment? It’s not possible- well except you experience an encounter! Except you see your need for Him and pursue after Him like a deer pants after the water!
If before marriage, you live for yourself, you have no fear of God, you are contented with a prayerless life and so on; God is aware that you will do even much more than all of this when you get into marriage! So, as you knock with tears on your face and say ‘Give me marriage. Give me marriage’, He looks straight at your heart, not your TEARS and says ‘Ahhh, no no no! Let’s fix this heart first.’
Then, He brings all opportunities to fix your heart before you- discipleship, serious Godly friends, revival programme at church, In-Depth Bible Study, Character Development seminars etc.
But you cry: ‘No Lord! Not all these programmes. Just give me marriage!’
‘What do you want to go and do in marriage without a good heart, daughter?’ He asks and you are like:
‘I also want to be married. Just give me marriage’
Well, then, He just nods sadly away. He obviously has no son that fits your heart. All His sons that He can give you to will go through Hell if they fall into your hands. So, you just must go find your way yourself!
And some ‘counsellors’ have graciously arisen, who are more ‘compassionate’ than the Lord. They tell you not to worry, they will help you.
Help you???
If the Lord does not help me, man, who are you to help me?
Help me do what?
Chart the course of my life?
‘No, God is not as hard as that. Marriage is not as difficult as that. Just find someone whose purpose aligns with yours and…’
Counsellor, leave me alone!!!
The Wonderful Counsellor is on my case! He wants to fix me before He gifts me- don’t ruin my process!!!!!
That is what your response should be!
If it must be God chooses for you, sis, you must be ready to allow Him work on your heart! If not, you just will join the train of many sisters who did their will and covered it with a testimony that they cooked up from somewhere to paint it as God’s Will.
THIS BEFORE THAT
If you have not first loved the Lord, you cannot love any man!
If you have not first submitted to the Lord, you cannot submit to any man!
If you have not first given your all to Him, you cannot give your all to those wonderful children of yours! Anything you do for those children and your husband would just be ‘Ah, when I am not a slave….’ every single time!
God uses the time we spend before His Presence in sincere prayers to trim us, work on us, reveal our weaknesses and proffer solutions to our weaknesses- all these to make us fit to be someone who can build a marriage fit for the Lord! Someone who can build a marriage that HE DESPERATELY NEEDS!
Don’t jump classes, dear sisters. If you feel there is a delay, ask the Lord ‘What are the things you are trying to fix in me? What are the things you are trying to uproot? What are the things you need me to learn first? Reveal them, Lord. I surrender!’
To the sincere, the Lord will show Himself sincere! To the froward, He will show Himself froward! You know what this means? It is the same attitude you come with that you will meet with the Lord. You want to scam the Lord, speaking words to Him from your mouth that you do not mean from your heart. Haaa, may we not be scammed o! Make sure you mean all you say to the Lord from your heart!
When you come out of training, you will be shining as gold! The drosses of rudeness, selfishness, impatience, intolerance, love of sleep, love for self, laziness, pride, self-ambition, greed, lust and laxity, prayerlessness, spiritual indiscipline, covetousness etc. which the Lord had seen have the potential of destroying your home would have been dealt with to a very great degree.
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You are in a battle!
In my own case, I was in a battle without knowing. Oh how merciful my Father was. He did two things to inform me of my need for prayer:
-He increased my desire for a Godly marriage;
-He told me clearly that He needs my marriage.
Bringing these two things together made me realise that there could be warfare going on against my marital life. As I have always told you, this life is more spiritual than physical. If you listen to the ‘Ajebutter’ counsellors (who have not yet encountered the Lord), asking you not to take these things too spiritual, when their fair share of life’s battles visit them, they might not announce it.
Sis, study your life and your background, your family and your parents, parents’ parents etc, aunties, uncles etc. Do you see a pattern of marital issues? Then, you might be caught in a web already without knowing. You’d need specific warfare directed by the Lord of war (who you have now come to know experientially) to combat them.
He taught my hands to fight and my hands to war that period. He gave me specific prayer points to pray and you needed to see what the prayer was doing ‘on the other side’.
My husband came back to say that ‘You were ruthless o. You just scattered everywhere from afar!’😅😂. That was the Lord of war! I simply followed His lead.
It doesn’t matter where you are coming from or how many demons have said they need your marriage and therefore you must follow the choices that they have made for you, if you begin to learn war from the Lord of Hosts, you will eventually fight through to victory!
I had been fighting the generic warfares against my marital life for years but that period, the Lord made it specific. He revealed the wars themselves and gave me the prayers to pray! It was as if I had gotten the specific drug for the right ailment instead of the awogba-aarun (cure-them-all medication) that I had been using for years. I tell you, when that prayer started, it only had to take a few days for the wonderful man of my life to surface!😂😂. See, I am young, right? But I have come tooooooooo far to ever look down on prayers, sis! I have tasted and seen that He is good! Prayers work!
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He is not aligned!
Ah, this is why as you are praying for yourself, be praying for your man. That the Lord will make him cooperate with Him on this ‘breaking-moulding-building’ project. If your head is not ‘correct’ or is not ready to do God’s will. Or is caught up in the middle of His own desires, it can delay you. Ask that the Lord aligns him body, spirit and soul to His Will. Ask that He’d begin to desire you where he is. Ask that all the assignments he’s so busy at, doing so fervently that isn’t allowing him to ‘see road’ will be shifted off for a while. Fight, sis! That is why we are asking God to make us battle-fit, so that we have a specific battle plan for each issue of our lives!
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He is in a battle!
The battle might not be from your side but from the side of the man of your life. Maybe in his lineage, they just must not get married until they have passed the span of fertility. Or maybe they just must marry the woman that will ruin them. And the brother isn’t seeing it. He keeps jumping from one sister to the other, hoping that his own choice will be different from his parents’- instead of him being involved in warfare! And he is delaying you here. And unfortunately, you are just sitting there gloomily. Instead of you fighting! See, as you are praying for yourself, be praying for your husband-to-be as if you have met him. Be praying for your unborn children. Be praying for your marriage! Oh how much the Lord needs women of prayers!!!!
There’s little or nothing the Lord can do with a woman who has a very low or a ‘no’ prayer capacity! Everything committed into such a woman’s hands would be irreparably destroyed!
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It is not yet God’s time!
Oh yes! The Lord might have started talking to you now but it doesn’t mean that the marriage is meant for now! If you push it and you rush into it, even if the man is the right person, it won’t feel right when you get into it. It would feel like you are in the ‘wrong size’. Let me paint a scenario for this:
A mum goes to the market and buys a Size 30 shoe for her daughter that wears Size 28. It is her shoe indeed but it wouldn’t fit at the moment! If the child insists, she would have to use ‘shoe-fillers’ or if not, she might have to drag the shoes everywhere and have the shoes destroyed before time!
Wait for His time, sis. Let your legs grow to fit in the shoes perfectly. One of my favourites hymns says:
In His time, in His time
He makes all things beautiful
In His time
Lord, please show me everyday
As You’re teaching me Your way
That You do just what You say
In Your time
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You keep using your own methods
As you are jumping from one ‘singles’ hangout’- a guise of a matchmaking party; you are skipping to different church units to ensure the brothers there see you. As you are flaunting yourself on social media, you are calling brothers at night to just ‘pray with them’. Well, the Lord might be waiting for you to come to the end of yourself and your different acts. When you are done, maybe you can then give Him the chance to begin! Our ways and methods are simply so far apart from God’s- just as the east is far from the west! Such a distance! He’d never need you to help Him influence His works. Let Him do His thing, sis. Rest in Jesus Name!
DON’T BE DECEIVED!
Dear sisters, do not let us be fooled by the number of people getting married every weekend and think that many kingdom marriages are being built.
That is not true!
The ratio of marriages that are being built for the Lord, by the Lord in comparison with the marriages that are being built for other reasons is just sooooooo low!
Oh, I pray that the Lord opens your eyes to see the reality of this whole thing in Jesus Name.
WRONG REASONS WHY PEOPLE MARRY:
- To prove that I can get his type.
- To prove a point to my ex.
- Because we have a child together.
- Because he has suffered in life.
- Because he has helped and cared for me.
- Because how can my younger one get married before me?
- Because it was he that deflowered me.
- Because my mum and others say to.
- Because the prophet says it’s him.
- Because how can my ex get married before me.
- Because I want to be happy
- Because I want a wedding party and wedding gifts
- Because I want to change his life
- I see the red flags, but you see, I have shared testimony about him already.
- Because where will I find someone like him again?
- Because I am so lonely.
- Because he would be very useful for my ministry.
- Because I gave God an ultimatum.
- Because he is very rich.
- Because he said it is me or he will die.
When you want to invest in a thing, I mean, you want to invest like 20 million naira in a project, you’d check it over and over again to be certain it is not a fraud. You’d run tests to ensure you aren’t investing in a scam- that you aren’t throwing away your money!
Exactly! See, your life is worth more than the most precious gold! If you want to invest your life in marriage, you need to be certain you aren’t falling into a fraud!
Dear Christian, make sure BEFORE YOU WALK DOWN THE AISLE that you:
-Pray
-Pray again
-Double pray
-Be sure
-Be surer
-Be surest
-Receive a word from God
-Ask for more
-And more
Not just depending on others to get words for you. Know God for yourself!
If you don’t know the Lord for yourself, you aren’t ripe yet for marriage!
Yes, you’re immature.
You have no breasts!
No capacity!
No protection!
No resistance for the heat that may blow while you are in there!
You can be an Oliver Twist with God. He is okay with it. He is content with you trying to be sure and doubly sure. He says you should ask TILL YOUR JOY IS FULL. Till you have enough convictions as hard as a rock that this is where God wants me!
It is ‘marriage’ we are talking about, so it is very important to take it personally. Don’t rush into it! Let time test the ‘conviction’ you said you have received from God.
What is the rush for??? How can you rush into something you’d be in forever?
Be a wise investor. Don’t just throw your precious life away!
WHY ARE MARRIAGES FAILING MORE THESE DAYS?
- There are many more church people but less disciples. Many young people of this generation have the form of godliness but not the power of Godliness. They do not know God, so they do not have a relationship with Him. And since they have no relationship with God, they do not have His fear in their hearts. I heard of a young Christian family whose family is a war zone. If the husband does anyhow, he’s ‘receive some’. And if it is the wife, she will smell pepper. But these are believers! Excos at the fellowship! They’d go to church the next day after exchanging blows the previous night! No fear of God!
- The world’s influence: It is so sad that the people who are supposed to be teaching the people of the world about marriage are the ones taking lessons from them! Who created marriage? Their god or your God? If it is the Lord Almighty who created marriage, shouldn’t He be the One to tell you how to do it? Why are you taking lessons from the world that is dominated by Satan? Have only one kid! Keep three bank accounts! Don’t trust your man! ‘Be independent!’ ‘If it doesn’t work, walk out!’ ‘If he needs to eat, let him move to the kitchen!’ ‘Men kill dreams!’ ‘Don’t take trash!’ ‘He talks one, give him a hundred!’ How can the marriage last????
- Selfishness: It cannot last if the players in the union are in the marriage for themselves. They even created a slogan for it – ‘Happy Wife, Happy Life!’ What a devilish statement! Oh, so selfish and satanic! No one should go into marriage with the mindset of being served rather than going into it to serve! The one should get into it to serve the other, but that’s up to them. You do what the Lord asks you to do and leave the rest. You shouldn’t just seek your own happiness but the happiness of your spouse! When ladies say they have great marriages and they are happy and all that, check with their husbands first to be certain. Married women, does your husband have a great marriage? Actually, that is one of the goals of marriage- to rid us of the greatest enemy of GODliness- SELFishness! So, if you still find some measures of this in you, don’t lose faith, just fix it!!!
- Getting married for the wrong reasons: As I listed above already, those reasons will kill the marriage before they even start! Dear sis, don’t get married for the wrong reasons! Marry for one main reason- GOD NEEDS MY MARRIAGE AND I WANT TO GIVE HIM THE BEST! Oh my! What a wonderful offering to give our Lord and King! And if you are already in it and you did it for the wrong reason, start to ask the Lord for mercy and now begin to work on the correct reason. Tell the Lord you give even this one you are in now to the Lord. God will definitely have mercy if you ask genuinely in repentance.
GOD NEEDS MARRIAGES WHERE:
- The husband, not the wife, is the head.
– Scripture: “For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.” – Ephesians 5:23
In God’s design for marriage, the husband is called to be the head of the household, just as Christ is the head of the church. In your own home or in the home you plan to build, who is the head? Who calls the card? Who makes the final decision? The world already has millions of homes where the wives are the lords. How about you decide to go against the norm and give God what He is looking for? A home where the wife allows her husband to be the head?
- The wife joyfully submits to her husband as she would to the Lord!
– Scripture: “Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.” – Ephesians 5:22
Submission in a godly marriage is a voluntary and joyful act of love and respect. It reflects the Church’s submission to Christ. This submission is not about inferiority but about acknowledging the husband’s role and working together harmoniously, so each person thrives in their God-given roles!
It is difficult to find homes where the women are submissive in a joyful way. Maybe because they do not know how to; maybe because they are doing it out of ‘fulfilling all righteousness’ but I tell you, when you shed off the weight of the flesh and you begin to be yoked with the Holy Spirit, you will submit to your husband in such a joyful manner especially because now you are so in love with the Lord and you know that what you are doing pleases Him!
- The wife loves her home and doesn’t see building it as ‘wasting away’!
-Scripture: She looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. – Proverbs 31:27
– Scripture: “The wise woman builds her house, but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down.” –
A godly wife values her role in nurturing and building her home. She takes pride in managing her household diligently and sees it as a significant and honourable calling. By investing in her home, she creates a place of love, order, and peace for her husband, children and herself. She does her chores so joyfully with a full understanding that her work glorifies God! The world already has so many women who hate the sound of ‘chores’, how about you seeing the call of the Lord as noble and embrace it wholeheartedly?
- Godly children are being raised for the Lord in peace, love, and harmony.
Scripture: “Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.” – Proverbs 22:6
God is desperately looking for marriages where daddy and mummy raise the children! They do not give birth to children to be raised by teachers, Sunday school leaders, nannies, grannies etc. The world already has enough of that and that’s why it is where it is today. But how about Godly marriages? God wouldn’t even be able to find a good number of them obedient to His call?
Godly marriages prioritise raising children who know and love the Lord. God needs marriages that provide a peaceful and loving environment for these kids! This involves teaching them God’s Word, modelling Christ-like behaviour, and fostering a home where spiritual growth is encouraged! How will children not be strong in this environment? Oh, c’mon!
- The world’s culture has no influence.
– Scripture: “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.” – Romans 12:2
Godly marriages resist the influence of worldly culture! Terrible music has no place in that home! Bad movies and cartoons cannot come inside! Terrible games and indulgences have missed their ways if they chose these homes! Yes, God is looking for these homes- these marriages! Do you reject secular influences in your home? Or are they the ones who teach you sex styles? Sexual approaches? How to love? How to ‘collect’ respect from your husband if his mother didn’t teach him how?? Ugh! God have mercy.
- The Lord is graciously worshipped every single day!
– Scripture: “Blessed are those who dwell in your house, ever singing your praise! Selah.” – Psalm 84:4
- Christ is at the center of EVERYTHING!
– Scripture: “And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.” – Colossians 1:17
– Scripture: “Whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.” – Colossians 3:17
- Self is daily put to death!
– Scripture: “I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” – Galatians 2:20
– Scripture: “And he said to all, ‘If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.'” – Luke 9:23
– Scripture: “Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.” – Colossians 3:5
- They serve the Lord and others together.
Scripture: “But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” – Joshua 24:15
Scripture: “For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.” – Galatians 5:13
- Generosity and hospitality are practised regularly.
Scripture: “Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.” – Hebrews 13:2
Scripture: “Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.” – 2 Corinthians 9:7
- Other Godly marriages are being produced for His Glory.
– Scripture: “Older women likewise… are to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled.” – Titus 2:3-5
– Scripture: “And what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.” – 2 Timothy 2:2
– Scripture: “Go therefore and make disciples… teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you – Matthew 28:19
God needs marriages that are standards that other marriages can imitate. Or marriages have the responsibility of mentoring and producing other godly marriages. Oh yes, sis! This is God’s desire!
ROUNDING OFF: GOD NEEDS YOUR MARRIAGE!
In conclusion, sisters, God needs marriages. He needs godly, aligned, and prayerful women to build homes that reflect His glory. Yield completely to Him, align yourself with His will, and trust in His timing. He is faithful, and His plans for you are beautiful. Remember that your alignment with God is key to experiencing the strength, support, and help you seek as a single lady or a married lady. Yield your heart fully to Him and watch Him show Himself strong on your behalf.
NOTICE:
The New Generation of The BUD Family, keep your eye on your mailbox so you do not miss your confirmation mail for admittance into the family. August through to September by His grace will be dedicated to seeking God’s face for your marriage as a single sister. I just can’t afford to lose any of my dearest ones into the hands of wolves. Get ready to fight through. Details coming soon!
JUST AS I AM
1 Just as I am, without one plea,
but that thy blood was shed for me,
and that thou bidd’st me come to thee,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.
2 Just as I am, and waiting not
to rid my soul of one dark blot,
to thee, whose blood can cleanse each spot,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.
3 Just as I am, though tossed about
with many a conflict, many a doubt,
fightings and fears within, without,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.
4 Just as I am, thou wilt receive,
wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve;
because thy promise I believe,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.
PRAYER TIME
WORSHIP
Let us take some quality time to worship the Lord for His Word that we have just gone through. Thank Him for the specific revelations that He has given you today. Adore the Lord for who He is. Tell Him how wonderful His works are! Tell the Creator how excellent all He has made are.
SPIRITUAL SANITATION
Begin to sanitize your life right now. Rid your life of every sins and iniquities with the Blood of Jesus. The Lord does not hear the prayers coming from the mouth of a sinner, but if such confesses and forsakes the sins, the Lord will have mercy, hear and forgive.
ATMOSPHERIC SANITATION
Now, take charge of your environment. Begin to cover where you are now with the Blood of Jesus. Cover yourself with the fire of the Holy Ghost.
LET US PRAY
Oh Lord, now understand that You need something beautiful from me, could You Lord come and teach me how to prepare this gift for you, holy and acceptable?
Dear Daddy, I will not be a foolish woman in the Name of Jesus. Please chase foolishness off my life, my great Redeemer.
Lord, I surrender my marriage/ future marriage to You. Come and make it Yours, guiding me in every step I take.
Father, help me to submit to Your will in my marriage/ future marriage, oh Lord. May I never lean on my own understanding in this very crucial part of my life in Jesus Name.
Oh, dear Lord, help me never to miss it in marriage in the Mighty Name of Jesus.
Lord, give me a heart that is perfect towards You, a heart that is completely yielded to Your will and desires. Search my heart and remove anything that is not of You. Help me to align my heart with Yours.
Heavenly Father, as Your eyes run to and fro throughout the earth, may You find my heart yielded to You. Show Yourself strong on my behalf. Strengthen me, support me, and help me in every area of my life, especially in my marriage.
Lord, I surrender all to You. Teach me to yield completely to Your guidance and commands. May my life be a proof of what obedience and surrender to Your will looks like inn Jesus’ Name.
Father, protect my marriage or future marriage from the schemes of the enemy. Surround us with Your angels and shield us from harm.
Father, align my heart and desires with Your perfect will. Help me to live a life that is in tune with Your plans and purposes. Remove any selfish ambitions and align my life with Your divine purposes.
Lord, rekindle the fire of Your Spirit in my life. May my spiritual life not diminish but grow stronger in all seasons, especially in marriage. Keep me burning for You, and let my marriage be a testimony of Your power and presence.
Lord, teach me to wait for Your perfect timing. Grant me the patience to trust in Your plans and not rush ahead. Help me to trust that in Your time, You make all things beautiful.
Father, reveal any spiritual battles that may be hindering my marital life. Equip me with the right prayers and strategies to combat these battles. Protect my future marriage from any spiritual attacks and guide my partner and me towards victory.
Lord, align my future spouse’s heart with Yours. Prepare them to be a godly partner, and may we both be ready to fulfill Your purposes together. Unite us in Your love and perfect timing.
Father, grant me a transformative encounter with You that will change my heart and life forever. Let me experience Your love and power in a new and profound way, making me fit for the marriage You have ordained.
Lord, deliver me from any hindrances or delays in my life and marriage. Break any chains or strongholds that may be preventing me from moving forward in Your will. Set me free to walk in the path You have prepared for me.
Father, grant me joy and peace as I wait on You. Fill my heart with contentment and trust, knowing that Your plans for me are good. Help me to enjoy the journey and grow closer to You each day.
Lord, I surrender my marriage to You. Come and take control of every aspect of it. Be the foundation upon which our relationship is built, and may Your presence be evident in our home.
Father, help me to love my partner as Christ loves the Church. Teach me to sacrifice, serve, and support each other, putting their needs before my own. May my love be a reflection of Your love.
Lord, I invite You into my marriage. Be the center of our relationship, guiding our decisions, conversations, and actions. May our marriage bring glory to Your name.
Father, bless my marriage with Your peace and joy. Fill our home with Your presence, and help us create an atmosphere of love, respect, and unity.
Lord, protect my marriage from any attacks of the enemy. Surround us with Your angels and shield us from any harm. Give us the wisdom to recognize and resist any threats to our relationship.
Father, teach me to communicate with love and respect. Help me to listen to my partner and to speak with kindness and understanding. Strengthen our bond through effective and loving communication.
Lord, help us to grow together in faith. Guide us as we pray, study Your Word, and worship together. May our spiritual growth strengthen our marriage and draw us closer to You.
Father, use my marriage as a testimony of Your grace and love. May others see Your work in our relationship and be inspired to seek You. Help us to be a beacon of hope and encouragement to other couples.
Continue to pray as the Lord leads you.
PRAYER REQUEST SPOTLIGHTS
Could we please join hands together to raise our voices to the Lord on behalf of these sisters:
I have many prayer request. Firstly, the first Sunday of this month which was Lords Supper service, we were led to pray at the end of the sermon and while I was praying , words drop in my mind “Spirit Husband”, immediately I started praying intensely knowing what my past life was (I was molested at a tender age by my uncle and he died) now I’m an adult who will be 30+ in two months time yet there have never been any man who have had serious interest in me to talk marriage. Please sisters I need y’all to join me in prayer 🙏🏻🤲🏻
Secondly, Family Breakthrough from Poverty and Death. It breaks my heart whenever I visit my parents and see that they are still living from hand to mouth, it’s just as if the poverty is getting worse instead of reducing and it makes me buried my head in shame and pain, Also death has been taking my uncle’s(my Daddy brothers) one after the other and only my Daddy is left, please join me in prayers sisters I don’t want to bury any of my parents. I want them to eat the fruits of their labour in my life.🙏🏻🤲🏻
Thirdly, I want a miracle to happen through any means that I can relocate from the current one room that I’m staying and trying all my possible best to grow my business. I want a place I can comfortably call a house and use for my business 🙏🏻🤲🏻
I am to submit my wedding gown for screening to the M.C,but no money to buy the clothes,I need God Devine provision and Devine favour my marriage files need to be transferred from ONDO state to where my family is in Lagos,but I need Devine speed and favour,thst God will sponsor the wedding and marriage,am an orphan i want God to come through for me in all areas,my husband to be will not loose is headship
My close friend is in her late 30’s she has not seen will of God,and she has been Soo helpful in all my endeavors,I want the Lord to come through for her in her marriage
I want sisters to join me in prayer for my aunt who is sick, she has ulcer, hypertension, and a whole lot that the Lord will heal her completely and also save her soul. I also want God to grant my mum rest, it’s as if she is a workaholic. And that the Lord deliver me from demonic activities and raise me as a battle axe to deliver others too
I’m presently in state and I have gone for two scans revealing the baby is in breech position, I want my wonderful sisters to join me in prayers that before the next scan, the baby should turn around and be in cephalic position for easy navigation in labour. I want God to declare open doors of financial blessings for me and my family.
I applied for Oyo State Telescom, I want success in my examination and God should favour me.
I want the BUD family to join me in praying for my mum who has fibroids, her bleeding was very serious at a point but it’s reducing now, I’m trusting God for a complete healing for her and that she reaches her menopause very soon since she’s over 50 years. Secondly, few months ago, someone threatened to forcefully collected an acre of land my parents bought (not just my parents’ land but other lands around that area), when my mum told me, I just told her he can’t collect it since they have the papers. But as we speak he has taken charge of the land and asked them to pay money to get it back if they really need it, if not he said he’ll sell it and nothing will happen. I want the BUD family to join me in prayers to cause a release of that land back to my parents before this year runs out. Also I’m praying for marital settlement for a friend of mine who has been in and out of relationships, that God will settle her this year and give her marital joy.
I want sisters to pray for my friend, Korede and others who are waiting on God for the fruit of the womb, that they receive their babies. I also want you to pray for my fiance that the Lord should favour him by giving him a sustainable and better employment and that God should should take away every frustration in his present work place.
NOW TO OUR PRAYER JOURNALS
Let us raise our prayer list to the Lord and tell Him all about our requests. Let us ask the Father in the Name of Jesus to turn those requests into testimonies for us according to His Will in Jesus’ Name. Let us pray fervently on them before we move on.
HOUSEHOLD OF FAITH
(Singles, sing with a very strong faith, married, sng with such a deep declaration)
Here we are at the start committing to each other
By His word and from our heart
We will build a family in a house that will be a home
And with faith we’ll build it strong
We’ll build a household of faith
That together we can make
And when the strong winds blow
It won’t fall down
As one in Him will grow
And the whole world will know
We are a household of faith
Now to be a family, we’ve got to love each other
At any cost, unselfishly
And our home must be a place that fully abounds with grace
A reflection of His face
We’ll build a household of faith
That together we can make
And when the strong winds blow
It won’t fall down
As one in Him will grow
And the whole world will know
We are a household of faith
We’ll build a household of faith
That together we can make
And when the strong winds blow
It won’t fall down
As one in Him will grow
And the whole world will know
WORSHIP ‘
Take time to worship the Lord for a great time in His Presence.
