*DAILY DEW 31ST/MARCH/2022* *THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT MARRIAGE* (IV) _Key Bible Text:_ *"Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband."* (Ephesians 5:33 (KJV)) _Bible Insight:_ The things to know about marriage cannot be exhausted nor can they be overemphasized. Today we consider some additional important things, in no particular order and without. 1. Discharge your responsibilities. As a wife, be ready to discharge your responsibilities. Don't take them for granted and don't excuse yourself from them. Usually, this includes but not limited to the business of home & children management. As a husband, your role is usually but not limited to providing for the family and ensuring the spiritual health and stability of the home. Note that none of these is static and any of these roles can be swapped and both husbands and wives can and should help each other in carrying out any of these roles. But remember that every wife needs financial security while every husband needs domestic security, which includes the ability of the husband to have access to good food, and bring friends/family home, but with mutual agreement or understanding, and vice versa. _MEDITATION:_ *"Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;"* -- Ephesians 5:22, 25 (KJV) *#David_Joshua_Egbochuo* *#Thursday_wisdomforliving* *#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus* *#Year_of_Big_Favours* *#Daily_Dew_Devotional* *#Resounding_Testimonies* *#Hello_April* ❤ (Culled from Young Ministers Fire Camp Meeting, March, 2022) Links To Visit: *FB Pages* https://www.facebook.com/DavidJoshuaEgbochuo/ https://www.facebook.com/thedavidgen/ https://www.facebook.com/THEREVIVALCORPS/ *Telegram Group:* https://t.me/joinchat/NzXQlVc9Hx7LfaRSnh9fHg *WhatsApp Group:* http://bit.ly/The_David_Generation Feel Free to Share with Friends. God bless you...

*DAILY DEW 30TH/MARCH/2022* *THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT MARRIAGE* (III) _Key Bible Text:_ *"The marriage bed must be a place of mutuality--the husband seeking to satisfy his wife, the wife seeking to satisfy her husband. Marriage is not a place to "stand up for your rights." Marriage is a decision to serve the other, whether in bed or out."* (1 Corinthians 7:3-4 (The Message)) _Bible Insight:_ After the Reality Stage, it either you break into the Retaliation Stage or the Renovation Stage. It is almost impossible to taste both Retaliation Stage & Renovation Stage, because the two stages further lead to different outcomes/stages. 3. Retaliation stage-- this is the stage where the couples reacts based on the harsh discoveries revealed from the Reality Stage. This is where you find couples saying things like, *"I can't cope with my husband's/wive's poor etiquette, poor cooking skills, poor communication abilities, poor..."* When couples put on the *"I can't this and that..."* They begin to retaliate & fight back in a way that badly affect the marriage, leading to the stage of Rejection. Or 4. Renovation Stage -- unlike retaliation stage, couples who make the most of reality stage, give a positive and healthy attitude towards the realities they wake up to. Rather than fight & quarrel, they wear garments of grace, forgiveness, willingness to improve, and willingness to adjust & do all it takes to make each other better, and thereby make the marriage work. This then leads to the Renewal stage 5. Renewal stage: this is the outcome of living by the fruit of the spirit. It makes marriage takes its true shape of making two become one. The couple become a renewed pair. At this stage they have learned to compliment each other, rather than fight or detest the differences of each other. Or 6. Rejection stage. When Reality Stage is mismanaged, it leads to retaliation, which leads to either divorce or separation or an enduring marriage. People divorce each other, because they have rejected their partner. It is the outcome of failure to live by the fruits of the Spirit. _MEDITATION:_ *"With my little experience so far, my number one advice for couples, intending or not, is be flexible and be ready to adjust. If you don't want to bend, you will break or the marriage will break."* *#David_Joshua_Egbochuo* *#Wednesday_wisdomforliving* *#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus* *#Year_of_Big_Favours* *#Daily_Dew_Devotional* *#Resounding_Testimonies* *#Hello_April* ❤ (Culled from Young Ministers Fire Camp Meeting, March, 2022) Links To Visit: *FB Pages* https://www.facebook.com/DavidJoshuaEgbochuo/ https://www.facebook.com/thedavidgen/ https://www.facebook.com/THEREVIVALCORPS/ *Telegram Group:* https://t.me/joinchat/NzXQlVc9Hx7LfaRSnh9fHg *WhatsApp Group:* http://bit.ly/The_David_Generation Feel Free to Share with Friends. God bless you...

*DAILY DEW 3RD/APRIL/2021* *NUMBERS 32 LESSONS: BE HUMBLE & EXPLAIN YOURSELF* _Key Bible Text:_ *"They approached Moses and said, "First, allow us to build stone enclosures here for our sheep and fortified towns for our dependents. Then we will be ready to go with the other Israelites into battle and lead the attack until we have settled them in the land that will be theirs. In the meantime, our dependents can live here in the fortified towns, safe from the people of this land."* (Numbers 32:16-17 (GNB)) *_Bible Insight:_* If you have been following this series on lessons from the Book of Numbers 32, you must have seen the length Moses went in warning and speaking almost harshly against the Children of Gad and Reuben. He did so for their best interest because a 40-year mistake is not a small one. It is one that never should be repeated. So he was in order. More importantly however, is the response of the Children of Gad and Reuben. The first thing to be observed is that they did not feel like Moses was being too stern or too loud or unnecessarily quick to correct them. Rather, they humbled themselves and approached Moses with a win-win approach to the situation, a situation that could become very disturbing if not well handled. The fact that they thought of a way to have the land and still go ahead with their fellows to fight, shows how serious and visionary they were. Sometimes, when people oppose our views and are quick to try to correct us, without first hearing us out, rather than quickly pick offense, listen to them and after hearing out what they have to say, go ahead and explain yourself. Your explanation will reveal how you have even thought through the situation and have decided to take a more win-win or other successful approaches. Be humble. Take instructions. Take corrections. And more importantly be willing to explain yourself especially to people that deserve to know. Never feel too big to explain yourself to people that matter- your spouse, your superiors, your colleagues, your parents, your in-laws, etc. MEDITATION: *"Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning."* (Proverbs 9:8-9 (KJV)) *#David_Joshua_Egbochuo* *#Saturday_wisdomforliving* *#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus* *#Divine_Possibilities* *#Hello_April* ❤ *NEWS FLASH:* 🥳🥳 Links To Visit: *Podcast:* https://anchor.fm/daily-dew-devotional/episodes/TROUBLED-elli7h *FB Pages* https://www.facebook.com/DavidJoshuaEgbochuo/ https://www.facebook.com/thedavidgen/ https://www.facebook.com/THEREVIVALCORPS/ *DDDblog* http://dailydewdevotion.blogspot.com/2021/04/numbers-32-lessons-be-humble-explain.html *Telegram Group:* https://t.me/joinchat/NzXQlVc9Hx7LfaRSnh9fHg Feel Free to Share with Friends. God bless you. ..