Mimi on the move by Ms.Crowned with Glory

by: CBN It's a familiar scenario: Your best friend from college has just announced her engagement, your co-worker just got a promotion, and your next-door neighbor just bought a new, fully loaded SUV. Is your first reaction a pang of jealousy? Is it that self-pitying, why-not-me response? How about this one: It's not fair that someone I know just got what I wanted. Now, obviously, these are not the appropriate Christian responses to the success of someone you know. The correct response is to sincerely congratulate that blessed individual. But there are times that we just don't want to be happy for others. In fact, we may even feel justified in withholding our blessing because we think we haven't been blessed enough. To be happy for another is not just a choice, it's a good choice. And more than that, it's a God choice, for the Bible commands us to love our neighbor as ourselves. The Bible mentions this principle often (see  Leviticus 19:18 ,  Romans 13:...

In premarital class yesterday, The Pastor and his wife spoke on NON-Negotiables! When considering non-negotiables, a good starting  point can be what things would end a relationship for you or what you would never  tolerate. Try to distill this list as much as possible, finding the most critical pieces.  Non-negotiables are the things that we will not accept or change. And they do exist. While this list probably shouldn’t be 20 items, everyone has at least one or two. It is important we decide these deliberately as opposed to realizing them after a relationship begins. Sharing your non-negotiables If you agree there are some things you wouldn’t give up and have determined these things, what next? Once you have decided your non-negotiables you have to share them in your relationship. It is important that once established, these are a part of your conversations. f you are in a relationship and haven’t already had this type of conversation, I would enc...

“Empathy is truly the heart of the relationship,” said Carin Goldstein, a licensed marriage and family therapist. “Without it, the relationship will struggle to survive.” That’s because empathy requires compassion. And, without compassion, couples can’t develop a bond. “[A] bond is like glue: If there is no glue then everything falls apart.” Psychotherapist Cindy Sigal, AMFT, also stressed the importance of empathy for relationships: “Empathy bridges the divide between being separate individuals with different backgrounds, feelings and perspectives.” She cited John Welwood’s definition of love in his book  Perfect Love, Imperfect Relationships :   “a potent blend of openness and warmth, which allows us to make real contact, to take delight in and appreciate, to be at one with ourselves, others, and life itself.” According to Sigal, without empathy, we can’t make this real contact. What is Empathy? There are various definitions of empathy, said ...

Now that you’ve met someone special, how do you teach him how you want to be loved without scaring him away? Answers here! 1 of 11 Getty Images Take The 5 Love Language Quiz Many people talk about this quiz , and it’s become pretty popular, but even if you’ve taken the quiz before on your own take it again together and discuss your results. We’ll let you in on a little secret: Just because your love language is quality time and physical touch, don’t just offer that to someone else thinking that’s what he requires. Learn each other's love languages and work daily toward showing your love to each other in their own language. 2 of 11 Getty Images Feedback, Feedback and More Feedback! We all know that common phrase, “Well he should just know!” But often times, he doesn’t. So when he does something that you absolutely love whether it’s taking something off of your list of things to do or called and said, “I love you” after a long day, take a moment and tell him, “Babe it really mean...

He's her rock, she's his inspiration, He's her balance, She's his support, he's her wild,  She's his calm, He's her anchor, She's his wing- Unknown HER - Peace of Mind is what a woman needs to give her King! It sounds simple, and it is, however a more strategic approach needs to be taken in order to make this attempt at keeping him happy  successful ! A man always knows what he wants from a woman, but he sometimes needs a little help with seeing the value in what he truly needs! When you connect with a man, your advantage over other women will come based on the value you add to his life (outside of the bedroom).  Everything is black and white when it comes to men, and this is where the value of a woman( you) comes into play; a woman adds vibrance, color, and an abundance of love into the picture. Getting to know a man on the inside and out will be your playbook for figuring out how to play offense, win him over, and in the end get him to celebrate y...

Genesis 2:18 And the LORD God said,  It is  not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. MARITAL CURSES .  Curse  is another major cause of  marital  delay. It can cause backwardness, delay, failure, evil pattern, hatred, sickness, bad  marriage , barrenness, miscarriage, death, etc. It is a word or sentence used to invoke magical power to make something evil happen to someone. There are many causes of curses such as sin, wickedness, cheating, bloods heeding, disobedience, broken covenants, unfaithfulness, idolatry, infidelity, using of cursed materials, etc. TYPES OF CURSES *​Generational Curses: – These are curses inherited from parents and family lineage. They are blood -related curses. *​ Associational curses: – Curses inherited from wrong association with people like man friends, sugar mummy, girl/boyfriend, cohabitation, homosexual-ism, lesbianism etc. *​Self Inflicted Curses – These are curses inf...

Marriage  is a covenant, a sacred bond between a man and a woman instituted by and publicly entered into before God and normally consummated by sexual intercourse. ... (3) The intimacy of  marriage :  Marriage  is the most intimate of all human relationships, uniting a man and a woman in a "one-flesh" union (Genesis 2:23 -25). Ephesians 5:25: “For  husbands , this means  love  your  wives , just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for  her ." Genesis 2:24: “Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his  wife , and they shall become one flesh." ... He who loves his  wife  loves himself. A Bible Wife:  To define a godly wife, we must first consider what the word godly means. In  1 Timothy 2:2 , Paul uses the word in conjunction with being “peaceful,” “quiet,” and “dignified.” The Bible says the Spirit, who is in every believer, produces visible and invisible acts of g...