Marital Values

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https://youtu.be/ToOHMyaP57Y So guys, I had the privilege of sitting with the Senior Pastor of the Convenant Life Baptist Church Benin, Leadership consultant and founder of the Living Oracle; Dr. Chika Ossai-Ugbah and I couldn't be more grateful for the opportunity to be able to talk marriage with him. We addressed the topic; How to communicate in the Midst of Strong opinion. Now, You all know how Communication can go when you are talking to your spouse about something they strongly disagree with or something you have a strong opinion about and this could be very frustrating and most times turn into unnecessary stressful argument. Rev. Chika did not only talk about this, he outlined how we can in fact present  our "case" as it relates to this and he was transparent enough to give examples of his own experience. Trust me when I say this is something you need to see, even for the unmarried.  Take time to watch it,theres so much wisdom shared in this one inte

The term; you sound mean but your heart is kind simply describes the contradiction between your intentions and your words. Many of us go through situations and experiences that change us or make us put up walls just so we can hide our weaknesses, pain or frustration, they also make us scared, ashamed and sometimes even live in pretense so we are not judged or penalised by the society; in the long run, we gradually morph into a different person but our innate personality never changes from what God made us to be. Sometimes, only those close to us can still say "he/she is not that way or she/he is actually a nice person" when others tend to think our actions or statements portray negativity, meanness or wickedness. People tend to also read meanings to what we say or do based on their level of understanding and comprehension; so even though we intend to mean well, because they don't understand or are not used to that kind of act, they interpret it as something enti

Hello there, its been a while, over a year maybe? well it feels good to be connecting with you again and I want to quickly share a piece of my life with you in this post, so sit back, grab a drink, tea, coffee and I pray you get one or two things from it.                         DEPRESSION So here's how depression used to kick in for me: it starts most times with sadness that generates from nothing, absolutely nothing. Sometimes it could just be an unexplained mood swing, not getting what I expect or even stress. Then the devil begins to work on my heart and I start to think, generate and give myself lots of reasons why I should be sad and boom! I find myself in a state of severe sadness; sometimes I cry and throw myself a pity party. Sometimes I expect family and friends to notice my sadness and try to make me happy and if that didn't  happen I'm oh so cranky, annoyed, blame everyone for my own emotions and completely shutdown. This made me