tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84118889426150354902024-03-16T02:10:05.804+01:00Covenant RelationshipsRelationships that have a special covenant - Between God and Wo(Man), Husband and Wife, Parent and ChildFrancishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08307719888387274579noreply@blogger.comBlogger1440125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411888942615035490.post-30758674367100059472020-09-29T18:22:00.009+01:002020-10-03T13:27:31.564+01:00The Platform Nigeria presents a Zoom webinar titled "The Family as a bedrock for a strong and stable society" | October 1On October 1, 2020 (3.00p.m) - The Platform Nigeria will feature digital workshops on salient topics in Nigeria today.One of the digital workshops will be looking at "The Family as a bedrock for a strong and stable society."In the last couple of years, the Nigerian family has evolved from the traditional Nigerian extended family structure to the western style nuclear system. This evolution Francishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08307719888387274579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411888942615035490.post-29590563191880703032020-09-26T15:01:00.007+01:002020-10-03T13:29:11.580+01:00Video: A talk about sexual intimacy in marriages by Francis and Oluremi EbuehiMy wife, Oluremi and I had a session on Covenant Marriages, an initiative of Covenant Nation, a church pastored by Senior Pastor, Poju Oyemade.The episode is titled "Between the sheets" and it is about Sexual Intimacy in marriage.For those who don't know me, Oluremi and I have been married for over 22 years. We are marriage counsellors at Covenant Nation and we have three children. How good Francishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08307719888387274579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411888942615035490.post-37025953414286686072018-02-17T09:16:00.002+01:002018-02-17T09:16:36.800+01:00When your closest colleague is also your husband - Bill and Melinda Gates
It is very important to allow each other to thrive in a relationship without feeling insecure and wanting to outdo the other.
Here is a video about Melinda Gates talking about working with Bill Gates and how it feels when your closest colleague is also your husband.
Note:
Bill & Melinda Gates are the founders of a private foundation known as Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. ItFrancishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08307719888387274579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411888942615035490.post-16232408056551416562018-01-18T17:00:00.003+01:002018-01-18T17:00:55.174+01:00To Those Grieving - You Are Not Alone
Dear BrokenHearted One,
Would you believe if I told you that thinking about your situation breaks my heart into small pieces?
Not because I understand how deeply you have been hurt or because I can relate to your level of grief but because I do not know what to say or do to bring you out of your misery.
I see the distant look in your eyes and I am scared you may never be present with us fisayomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03286503967299443009noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411888942615035490.post-69281036065997055342018-01-02T09:00:00.000+01:002018-01-02T11:18:03.582+01:00New Year, Same Old You - That Rubbish Has to End
I love this time of the year especially that period from Christmas to the New Year. The wind blows differently and half the time, I cannot tell the days apart. It is always so joyful and warm.
The fireworks and loud banging sounds ushered in the new year. I was in a solemn mood, I had been praying and reflecting a lot in the last days because a lot happened in the year that passed that made fisayomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03286503967299443009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411888942615035490.post-90920371367042305002017-10-19T07:00:00.000+01:002017-10-19T07:00:14.572+01:00Have you had that talk with your child? Yes, about the birds and the bees?
Some Christian parents do not think it is necessary to talk about the birds and the bees when their children come of age. They think the children should only know Bible stories. Trust me, if you are one of such parents, you are living in a dream world.
By the way, "The Birds and the Bees" is an English-language idiomatic expression and euphemism that refers to courtship and sexual intercourseFrancishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08307719888387274579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411888942615035490.post-45750847198551782512017-10-18T12:33:00.000+01:002017-10-18T12:33:08.118+01:00Why should a Christian Couple get a divorce based on irreconciliable differences?
It just struck me as odd that some Christian couples would get a divorce based on "irreconciliable differences".
I then tried to get to get some information about this term.
Wikipedia says "Any sort of difference between two parties that either cannot or will not be changed can be considered irreconcilable differences. A difference could be that of a difference in Francishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08307719888387274579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411888942615035490.post-39901858658286741902017-09-11T09:00:00.000+01:002017-09-12T09:40:21.151+01:003 Things You Shouldn't Do After A Break-Up
Some of us are lucky at love while others are not so lucky.
There are so many online relationship recipes on how to get Mr. right and some on how to keep the perfect Mr.
As clever as some of these suggestions are, you need no soothsayer to tell you these kinds of advice are tainted. This is because Mr Right is a fluid concept. The one that is perfect for me may be wrong for someone else.fisayomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03286503967299443009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411888942615035490.post-76171027641228853182017-09-05T11:25:00.002+01:002017-09-05T11:25:58.704+01:00I'll Kill For My Wife: 4 important Marriage Tips From Pastor Adeboye
Experience, they say is the best teacher. When people with experience speak, the wise thing to do is to bring out our notepads and jot away.Pastor E.A Adeboye is known for his influential ministerial and pastoral works but even deeper than that is his marriage to his wife- which is fifty years old.In a time of short temperaments and frequent divorces, there is so much to learn from couples fisayomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03286503967299443009noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411888942615035490.post-62952325897014165752017-09-04T13:17:00.001+01:002017-09-04T13:17:20.017+01:00Who would you rather be hanging out with? Your Spouse or Your Friends?
I was at a wedding ceremony over the weekend and as the the bride was about to conclude her speech about her new profile as a married woman, she looked at the groomsmen and said "Sorry guys, my husband will not be available for your late nights, he will always be with me".
Though a lot of people in the congregation laughed, I could see a bit of concern on some of faces of the groomsmen Francishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08307719888387274579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411888942615035490.post-1276522157689579952017-09-02T07:57:00.001+01:002017-09-02T07:57:35.082+01:00Tips To Help You Enjoy SinglehoodUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411888942615035490.post-58782577831406811992017-09-01T09:58:00.002+01:002017-09-01T09:59:42.555+01:00Have Faith Like A Child's : A Mother's Testimony
The beauty of being a child isn’t in having no cares in the world. It isn’t about how youthful one looks.
The beauty of being a child lies in the uncorrupted sense of wonder. The ability to genuinely rely on God and trust that He would do what He says he would do.
Circumstances, sometimes make us over rationalise things. We find ourselves putting God in the box of our own limitations. Wefisayomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03286503967299443009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411888942615035490.post-65377095281986118412017-08-24T13:00:00.001+01:002017-09-04T18:28:37.161+01:003 Rules That Should Guide Your Relationship in This Social Media Age
This social media age is an interesting era in human history. Everything is different. One can consult with a doctor on a forum and be easily diagnosed. A dress isn’t gorgeous enough till there are a thousand likes and comments saying it is.
Great and silly times I tell you.
I still can’t understand how conversations go from what colour a gown is to racial discrimination- wefisayomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03286503967299443009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411888942615035490.post-7509600167061421802017-08-21T13:32:00.001+01:002017-08-21T13:32:12.631+01:00Celebrating 35 years of marriage - Bishop David and Faith Oyedepo. Congratulations!!
Bishop David Oyedepo and his wife Faith Oyedepo are celebrating 35 years of being married. The founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide and his wife got married in 1982.
Today he shared a beautiful anniversary message on his Instagram and Twitter @davidoyedepomin pages celebrating the union with these words:
Happy 35th Wedding Anniversary to my Heaven-sent Wife, Faith Abiola Oyedepo, @Francishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08307719888387274579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411888942615035490.post-74481903877549952372017-08-10T08:37:00.000+01:002017-08-10T08:37:48.680+01:00To Receive Or Not To Receive Whatsapp Calls
Many times, I have read and probably written posts on things to do to attract a life partner or how to avoid heartbreak. The catch in most of those posts is for you to comport yourself a certain kind of way. The writer writes based on personal experiences or experiences of other people. It may even have been written imagining the reaction of the average person.
While it is good to fisayomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03286503967299443009noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411888942615035490.post-58280661285654811822017-08-03T09:20:00.000+01:002017-08-03T09:20:29.229+01:00RAPE: I See You Sis
These past days have been emotional for me. I was going to write about something totally different but couldn’t.
Many people have come forward to share their stories of rape and molestation. This has left me drained-too drained to think.
These women have had to bear years of self-loathing and stigmatization that has shaped their lives and relationships.
I was close to getting rapedfisayomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03286503967299443009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411888942615035490.post-34521217615549572212017-07-24T07:30:00.000+01:002017-07-31T13:31:34.463+01:00Take A Chance On Love
I love the look of love. I love how the eyes can communicate such deep messages between two people.
I love the simple things done when in love like taking a delivery of a well thought out lunch sent from someone special. Or the smell of flowers delivered straight to one’s doorstep on a regular Tuesday.
I love beautifully written poetry inspired by feelings so deeply rooted in a fisayomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03286503967299443009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411888942615035490.post-51969197095155357742017-07-19T14:04:00.002+01:002017-07-31T13:37:00.436+01:00Three Lessons The Death Of A Loved One Teaches You
Is there a right time for death to come? Should one be thankful for the diagnosis of a terminal illness that allows for proper goodbyes and preparations to be made? Are we asking for too much if we ask to be notified just before death strikes?Sadly, we all are going to die and unluckily for many of us, death never tells us.We may be here one minute and gone in the next. All the things that we fisayomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03286503967299443009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411888942615035490.post-5385533074447382222017-07-14T17:05:00.001+01:002017-07-14T22:15:52.161+01:00Raising Mentally Balanced Children
The internet bursts with all kinds of news everyday making it really hard to keep up. The swiftness with which the news fizzles out makes it impossible to discuss or even learn the lessons presented in some situations.
Some weeks back, I read the news about a boy that wanted to kill the new girl in his class because she displaced him from the 1st position in their class assessment.
fisayomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03286503967299443009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411888942615035490.post-35454718457922884962017-07-04T14:02:00.001+01:002017-07-09T05:58:48.865+01:00Should You Tell the Officiating Minister at Your Wedding That You Are Pregnant?
For a wedding to take place, you need to have an officiating minister who might also double as your pre-marital and sometimes marital counsellor in the course of your marriage.
After all, it is like they say, “no one is the sole custodian of wisdom". For you to be properly guided by the counsellor, you should be upfront with the truth about your lovelife just like you would be if such person fisayomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03286503967299443009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411888942615035490.post-22783076230035935332017-06-23T14:53:00.002+01:002017-06-23T15:00:27.308+01:00Being a virgin is not old fashioned, it is God fashioned
Recently I was on a plane from Johannesburg to Cape Town and I decided to while away the time by watching one of the films I downloaded offline from Netflix - "The Wedding Party".
For those who do not know much about this film, it is essentially about the planning of a wedding between a 24 year old girl, Dunni, played by Adesua Etomi and Dozie, acted by Bankole Wellington a.k.a Banky W. TheFrancishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08307719888387274579noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411888942615035490.post-31307336074441440302017-06-22T15:51:00.001+01:002017-07-10T14:06:47.485+01:00Actually, Everyday Should be Mother's Day
Discovering myself didn’t happen in a day. Matter of fact there is no way I can talk about discovering myself without mentioning the role my mother played in shaping my life.
For a long time, her voice was the loudest in the crowd, cheering me on even when I couldn’t find any strength or reason within myself to continue.
My mum like most mums took it upon herself to make sure that I fisayomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03286503967299443009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411888942615035490.post-31483666649459754162017-06-17T06:28:00.000+01:002017-06-17T06:28:15.502+01:00Come for the "Marriage Town Hall Meeting" at Covenant Christian Centre - June 26
The Marriage Enrichment Unit of Covenant Christian Centre is holding a marriage town hall meeting for married couples.
The theme of the meeting is "Naked but not ashamed"
Date: Monday, 26th June 2017.
Time: 10am
Venue: Covenant Christian Centre, Iganmu, Lagos
Pre-registration is required to attend. To register, please go to http://www.insightsforliving.org/Francishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08307719888387274579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411888942615035490.post-30276544258402054962017-06-17T06:15:00.004+01:002017-06-17T06:15:49.087+01:00God created marriages to last a lifetime
When you read about the failure of many marriages in the news, you might wonder whether there are even any successful marriages out there.
Don't be deceived! There are a lot of successful marriages out there. Not marriages that the partners are just barely accommodating but marriages that the partners are enjoying one another's company.
You must believe that the Devil wants Francishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08307719888387274579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411888942615035490.post-4683386017804013172017-06-15T15:50:00.000+01:002017-06-15T15:50:03.862+01:005 Things Men Should Know About Menopause In Women
I guess this is one topic that some men do not know about and do not want to know about. However I think that all men should know about this and how it affects their wives. As your wives reach the age of 40, you better start preparing for some changes you would see in your wives.
It is advisable that men get acquainted with the effects of menopause in women so that they understand what Francishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08307719888387274579noreply@blogger.com0