Preamble. The best marriages are built by couples who try to remember the qualities that initially attracted them to one another. If you want to build a happy marriage or improve a less-than-happy one, do these: List your spouse’s best qualities and focus on them. Think how your spouse’s great qualities enrich your life, and how much you would miss them if he or she was not around. Your children learn how to build a great marriage or a miserable one by watching you. That thought alone should put the brakes on criticism and bring out the compliments! ‘Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows’ (Galatians 6:7 NIV). People wither under complaints, whereas they thrive and grow through praise and encouragement. Seize any moment worth celebrating and magnify it! Paul bottom-lines it: ‘Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.’ 1Cor. 13:6-7 NIV).
You are born to shine as stars in this crocked generation. Phil. 2:15, Ps. 34:5, Jn. 5:35, Dan. 12:3, Eccl. 8:1, 2Cor. 3:18.
- Oh! You are His dear son; he takes pleasure in you. Jer. 31:20 T.M.
- Chosen and elected from the foundation of the world. Eph. 1:4-6, 1Pet. 1:2.
- You are a new creation and born to the family of God. Heb. 12:22, Jn. 5:24.
- Sons are free debit. Matt. 17:24-26, Is. 44:22, Jer. 50:20, Heb. 10:14-17.
- The Lord has ransomed you from the hand of he that is stronger than you. Jer. 31:10-11m Dan. 6:16-24.
- The mighty warrior descended. Ps. 68:1, 12, 17-19, 21, Eph. 4:8-10; Ps. 24:7-10.
- Your captivity and warfare are over. Is. 14:2c, 4-5, 10.
- He will terrorize your adversary. Zec. 1:20-21, Dan. 8:3-7
- You have a God of a new covenant. Jer. 31:33-37, Is. 43:6, Jer. 33:20-26, Is. 54:9-14.
- He presented a sweet smelling sacrifice to God. Eph. 5:2, Gen. 8:20-22; 9:11-17, Jn. 20:11-18, Heb. 9: 12, 24-26.
- Possess your possession and fulfil your mandate. Obad. 17, Heb. 9:16-17, Gal. 4:1-7.
Maintain God’s salvation plan. 1Pet. 1:9-12.
