I am happy to welcome you to the November edition of our Singles’ World for 2022. In this edition, I will discuss with you another type of person that you must not marry. The Lord will guide you in the name of Jesus Christ.  

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Don’t Marry a Demon-Possessed Person 4  

17. Life is deeper than what we can see with our physical eyes. That is why the unbelievers are curiously searching for the unknown rather than seeking God who knows the unknown. It is not everybody that you see on the street that is a human being, and it is not everybody that you see in church that is a human being. It is not everybody that you see in the market places, shopping malls and other public places that is a human being. Some demons come in human forms and mingle with human beings on earth in order to deceive them. There are many students in our higher institutions who are not complete human beings. We teach them as students, but they belong to the world of man and to the world of the spirits. This world is deep. 

Don’t forget that the devil has come to steal, to kill and to destroy, and one of his greatest tools is deception. If a demon asks for your hand in marriage, you will run away fearfully. A number of mysterious things are going on in the realm of the spirit; and we need to be discerning so that we will not be deceived. There are many people out there that you call sisters but who are mermaids. They are very pretty, dazzling and seductive. It will be very difficult to turn away your eyes from beholding them if you are not very spiritual. They are half human beings and half fish. They are half human beings and half snakes. Some of these beings have the ability to turn to snakes, fish, cats and other scary animals. 

Some of them come to the market on market days and when they are through with their transactions, they return to their abodes; inside the river, sea, trees or the mountains. A woman told her husband after their wedding that the husband did not know her. The husband was surprised to hear that. He insisted that he knew his wife very well. The woman yelled and told her husband that she would show him her real self. Right inside their bedroom, the wife turned to a big snake on the bed. The husband was about to shout out of fear, but the wife quickly turned to a human being back, and told him never to tell anybody what he had seen if he wanted to live. She told her husband that he had now known her. The husband knew he was married to a snake rather than to a Christian sister that he had earlier thought of. The woman was a Christian sister in church, but a snake in the realm of the spirit. 

So, the marriage that was conducted was between a man and a spirit. How do you expect that man to enjoy the marriage? The man has continued to live in fear. He could not run away neither could he tell anybody for fear of being killed by his snake wife. Demons are disembodied beings; so they are looking for human bodies to inhabit and continue their malevolent activities. One of the reasons why we have so much pollution in the world today is because many marriages are built on wrong foundations. Hence, the offspring of such marriages will be polluted. What do you expect from a marriage between a human being and a demon? This may sound like a fairy tale to you, but it is real. Such people are not to be married. 

How do you recognise them? They don’t really want to be recognised. That is their behavioural pattern. If you don’t know them, you may fall into their hands. 

• First, be born again and be filled with the Holy Spirit. 
• Live a holy and righteous life or else they will gain access into your life easily because you are a compromising believer. 
• Be watchful and prayerful. Pray more in tongues on daily basis to develop your spirit man. In your prayers, ask the Holy Spirit to reveal them to you. The Lord is faithful; He will reveal them to you. 
• Ask God to give you the gift of discerning of spirits; this will help you to discern them whenever they are around you. 
• Read and meditate on the Word of God regularly.

It is my prayer that you will not enter into their traps in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen. 

By the grace of God, we will continue from here next month. Please, don’t forget to send me your comments and testimonies. In case, you are not born again, please, surrender your life to Jesus Christ today. Tomorrow may be too late.  Till then, stay safe and God bless you. Amen. 

Pastor Jide Ajidahun

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Don’t Marry a Woman who is not ready to Complement Your Efforts and Share Her Money with You
The trend now among the modern Christian women in the church is that the family responsibility is entirely the headache of the husband. Since he is the head and he enjoys the leadership given to Him by God, let him demonstrate his competence and headship by shouldering the family responsibilities. The spirits of competition and jealousy are at work here, no doubt. To these women, the husband cannot be bragging and commanding everybody at home just like that. He has to pay for his commando posture at home.
Another reason why our Christian sisters today push the family responsibility on the husband is their belief that 1 Timothy 5:8 that says “But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel” is referring to the husband. They believe that the Bible is talking to the Christian husbands and urging them to provide for their families.
The third reason is the belief that men cannot be trusted. They aver that if you help and labour with a man today with all your resources, he will disappoint you tomorrow either by marrying another woman or by his acts of infidelity. They wonder, therefore, why they should support their husbands with their money when they can be thrown out of the house they jointly built because of a stupid small and seductive girl.
The fear of widowhood and its attendant consequences particularly in Africa contribute to the stance of women on this also. In some African cultures, it is believed that when the husband dies, the wife must be the cause. Her punishment includes assault, abuse, seizing from her all the property in the house, and virtually stripping her naked. This is one of the barbarities in African culture. Again, why should they send me out of the house that I built with my husband? Why should they seize the car that I bought with my own money? Or why did they impound the car that my husband bought for me? Consequently, Christian sisters, therefore, think that the way out is for them to face their lives and allow the husbands to face the home.
However, the life of a believer is patterned after the word of God and not after the culture or the norms of the world. We are to follow the footsteps of Jesus Christ and not the footsteps of the world. 1 Peter 2:21 says “Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps.” In Romans 12:2, we are warned not to be conformed to this world because we are not of this world. The word of God is both impeccable and unimpeachable. It must be used to run our lives as Christians. Therefore, we cannot do anything other than what the word of God has commanded us to do. We can therefore rest and commit our future into the hands of God.
It is not right and scriptural to leave the family responsibility completely in the hands of the husband. If any sister holds on to this old people’s fable and insists that she cannot support her husband financially at home, such a sister should not get married. In Genesis 2:18, the Bible says “And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.” “I will make a helper suitable for him”- NIV. “I will make one like himself as a help to him”- Bible in Basic English.
In the beginning, God created Eve as a helper for Adam. The work of a helpmeet is to help and not to compete with him or be a burden to the man she is expected to help. A helper is a supporter. Granted that the man has the responsibility to take care of his home, the wife must assist and support him. When you interact and you find these sisters maintaining their stand that they cannot support their husbands financially, run away from such sisters. They are stressors. They are not meant for marriage.
According to Matthew 19:5, both the husband and the wife have become one flesh. They are no more two. According to 1 Corinthians 12:21, they need each other just as the eye cannot say unto the hand, I do not need thee. The role played by husbands and wives is complementary. They are not to live independently. These purported Christian sisters can share their bodies with their husbands but they cannot share their money with them. Don’t marry them. Nature even teaches us that we need one another. For instance, without the husband, there is no conception. Both the husband and the wife must cooperate and give before they can have children.
If you marry a woman who is not ready to support you financially, it means you alone will finance the following in the family:
Payment of the school fees of the children.
Feeding of the entire family.
Payment of the medical bills and purchase of drugs.
Payment of electricity bills.
Provision of water/payment of water bills.
Fuelling and maintenance of the family car/husband’s car always.
Purchase of clothes for the family and especially for the children.
Family building project.
Maintenance of the building and household gadgets.
Security bills.
Provision and maintenance of plumbing facilities
Provision of TV facilities.
Travelling expenses etc.
Accommodation rent.
Support for your in-laws and your relations too. Etc.
The implication of this is that you may not be able to provide the best for the family except you are a very wealthy man. Why others send their children to good private schools, you will send your children to local public schools. You may not be able to give them good and quality food and provide the family with modern gadgets such a plasma TV, computer systems, Wi-Fi, Refrigerator, Washing machine etc. Besides, the stress of meeting all the family needs without the support of the wife is killing. You may develop high blood pressure and go grey while you are still young. Sincerely, you may not live long. Ecclesiastes 4:9 says, “Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.” It is better for both of you to labour together so that you can go far. When you leave the whole family responsibility to the man alone, the Bible says you have no reward. The reward is reserved for both of you.
Don’t marry any sister who believes that it is your entire responsibility to provide everything for the family while she must spend her own money the way she likes. Remember that widows are more than widowers in town. Don’t die before your time. Live and enjoy the fruits of your labour. You are warned!
In case, you are already married and your wife is not supporting you financially, don’t overstress yourself. Do the little that you can do within your available resources that can be acknowledged by both man and God that you have tried. Eat well and create time to rest. If you die because of stress, your wife will collect your gratuity while mourning in her black attire and spend it the way she likes. She may even fund your burial expenses from your gratuity. She can even remarry and move on in life. One day, she will say that you didn’t give yourself rest of mind. Be wise, bro!
By the grace of God, we will continue from here next month. Please, don’t forget to send me your comments and testimonies. Till then, stay safe and God bless you. Amen.

Pastor Jide Ajidahun

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Premenstrual syndrome ( PMS)

Oh yeah! Premenstrual syndromeUgh! Almost every single lady out there gets PMS. It is really annoying I must admit, filled with all the cramping, bloating down to the annoying mood swings. I know a lot of girls that have complained about having at least one symptom of these each month. Most women only experience a few of these problems.

Symptoms

The list is a really long one ranging from emotional to physical ones and you don’t need to experience all of them but even a few can still cause discomfort. I am just going to list some that are really simple to understand and relate to.

· Depressed mood

· Mood swings 

· Irritability

· Appetite change and food cravings

· Anxiety

· Social withdrawal

· Crying

· Insomnia

· Social withdrawal

· Joint pains

· Headache

· Fatigue

· Weight gain due to fluid retention

· Acnes

· Diarrhea or constipation

· Breast tenderness

· Abdominal bloating

· Cramps

All these symptoms could get severe for some people and it tends to affect their day to day activities. Sitting in your own zone (a very comfortable place) doing nothing, emotions going from a hundred to zero or zero to a hundred, Cramps not allowing you to be great. You’re just totally depressed or angry at every little thing and again you are craving every food you see. LOL. You just keep eating things you see and you are never full. , it can be really annoying and at the same time interesting. I forgot acne ( Arrrgh) the painful and irritating one that pisses you off so bad. Well it is not your body’s fault; your hormones are acting up and it leads to clogging of your pores thus stimulating a breakout. Just clean your face and if severe, use products that contains salicylic acid. 

Yeah! For the breast tenderness, headaches, joint pains and the likes, you can just relax and take it easy or take some pain killers. For the bloating, improve your diet; no sugar, no caffeine and less salt. Also try exercising as this increases blood circulation.

With all that is said, all these signs and symptoms generally will disappear within four days of the start of the menstrual period for most women. It’s 

perfectly normal to experience PMS symptoms and even though there is no real ‘cure’, many treatments and lifestyle changes can help you reduce the discomfort. You are strong and can battle all these. Only you own the key to your happiness. This uniqueness is the beauty that makes you a woman. 

YOU GO GIRL!!!!!!!!!

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