There is a habit that is so unhealthy for any marriage. Do all you can to avoid it like a plague! It’s called Nagging!
One of the persons you should respect when he is offering marital advice is King Solomon. You will never be able to break his record. With a thousand women in his harem, no living human being has been able to break that record.
He was simply in a class of his own when it comes to women. He had them all and he would know a lot about them.
So he gave a piece of advice in the book of Proverbs.
It is better to dwell in a corner of the HOUSETOP, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
Pro 21:9 (KJV)
The Message Translation puts it this way:
Better to live alone in a tumbledown shack than share a mansion with a nagging spouse.
Pro 21:9 (MSG)
So, nagging can make a man relocate from his bedroom to the penthouse!
But that was in verse 9.
Suddenly in verse 19, like someone just hit with a revelation or who just woke up from slumber, he said
It is better to dwell in the WILDERNESS, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
Pro 21:19 (KJV)
He must have remembered another one of his wives!
Here, he says nagging from an angry woman will not only drive a man to a penthouse but to a desert, a wilderness!
Nagging can be irritating and frustrating. The Message Translation says here
A nagging spouse is like the drip, drip, drip of a leaky faucet;
Pro 27:15 (MSG)
If most men were sincere, they would tell you they often keep late at night and stay longer at work to avoid the nagging that might be waiting at home!
A wise wife will refrain from nagging!
Let me conclude by giving you a Dictionary definition of nagging
Adjective; continually faultfinding, complaining, or petulant: persistently recurring; unrelenting:
May God grant you more understanding!
CONFESSION FOR THE DAY I will cooperate with my spouse at all times.
PRAYER FOR THE DAY Pray to God for a patient spirit.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY Prov 21:9 (AMP) It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop [on the flat oriental roof, exposed to all kinds of weather] than in a house shared with a nagging, quarrelsome, and faultfinding woman.
We are in September To Remember – Day 13. September To Remember Fasting is a fasting program to birth the greatness of God in us. Be blessed as you wait on God and pray.
Scriptures for Today
Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:
Psa 144:11 (KJV)
That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:
Psa 144:12 (KJV)
That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:
Psa 144:13 (KJV)
That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.
Psa 144:14 (KJV)
Prayer Points
1. Go ahead and thank God for the thirteenth day of the fast.
2. Begin to pray that you will not raise strange children in your life.
3. Pray specifically for your sons now; that they will grow as sturdy plants, whose roots go down and fruits abound up.
4. Begin to pray that your daughters are set as corner stones, radiating a beauty inside and outside..
5. Begin to pray that your stores will be full with different currencies.
6. Pray for continuous productivity over the work of your hands.
7. Begin to pray for strength to do all that God instructs you to do.
8. Begin to activate the covenant of protection over your life and family.
9. Bring your personal requests to God right now.
10. Go ahead and begin to thank the Lord.
Confession For Today
September To Remember – Day 13
n the name of Jesus, I am delivered from strange children. I will not be surrounded by strange children. I am surrounded with the right set of people.
I will not be a strange child. I will not be a source of sorrow to my spiritual and biological parents. I am growing in wisdom and stature. I will not have a stunted spiritual or financial growth. In blessing, God is blessing me. God is placing in my hands, what is in my heart to do. I am bringing forth thousands upon thousands. Increase is my portion.
I receive strength for this period of waiting. I receive grace not to murmur or complain. I declare, there shall be no loss whatsoever in Jesus mighty name, amen.
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Today is September To Remember – Day 12. September To Remember Fasting is a fasting program to birth the greatness of God in us. Be blessed as you wait on God and pray.
Scriptures for Today
Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;
Isa 49:8 (KJV)
For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.
Isaiah 54:3 (KJV)
But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.
Isa 49:25 (KJV)
Prayer Points
1. Go ahead and thank God for the twelveth day of the fast.
2. Begin to pray that God sends His help to you in this season of your salvation.
3. Cry to God to preserve your marriage, children, relationship, business, etc.
4. Begin to pray for expansion on all sides.
5. Pray that there will be a rebuilding of everything that has become desolate in your life.
6. Pray that you begin to receive unprecedented favour from men.
7. Begin to break free from every captivity of the enemy; declare that you’re delivered from any strongman holding you captive.
8. Pray that God Himself will contend with everyone that contends with you.
9. Cry to God concerning your personal requests.
10. Go ahead and begin to thank the Lord.
Confession For Today
September To Remember – Day 12
God is hearing me. God is listening to my heartcries. Because of Jesus, my sacrifices are acceptable unto him. I see the salvation of the Lord. I am helped of God. I am preserved throughout this year and beyond.
I break forth everywhere I go. I am productive. Every plan of the enemy is crushed today. The blood of Jesus speaks better things for me today.
God is fighting my battles for me in Jesus name
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Today is September To Remember – Day 11! September To Remember Fasting is a fasting program to bring to reality all that God has promised us.
Scriptures for Today
I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass.
Isa 48:3 (KJV)
Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
Isaiah 42:9 (KJV)
Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, [10] Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
Isa 46:9-10 (KJV)
Prayer Points
September To Remember – Day 11
1. Go ahead and thank God for the eleventh day of the fast.
2. Pray that God will give you the hearing ear and the seeing eye, to know His declarations over your life.
3. Pray that there will be a ‘suddenly’ miracle in your life; where God shows/manifests His words over your life.
4. Begin to declare your sudden deliverance from every captivity of the devil, no matter how long it has been there or how severe you think it is.
5. Declare that only the counsel of the LORD stands in your life; cancel every negative word that has been spoken over you by authority figures.
6. Pray that the LORD births a new beginning in those areas you may have lost vitality in.
7. Pray that God’s counsel of healing and good health is made manifest in your body.
8. Begin to activate the covenant of protection over your parents, siblings, loved ones, etc.
9. Lift up your voice and pray concerning the desires of your heart for this month of fasting and prayer
10. Go ahead and begin to thank the Lord.
Confession For Today
September To Remember – Day 11
In the name of Jesus, every promise of God concerning my life is coming to pass. I see the manifestation of every word of prophecy. I war a good warfare with every positive declaration over my life. I refuse to settle for less. Today, I receive sudden miracles. Today, I receive sudden alerts. Today, I receive sudden testimonies. The blessings of God are coming unto me suddenly. I receive sudden deliverance from addictions and all plans of the devil. The counsel of the Lord over my relationship/marriage will stand. The word of the Lord concerning my finances will be fulfilled in Jesus name
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Women are interestingly influential. Ok, the man is the head of the house, agreed, but the woman wields a lot of influence in the home.
Satan wanted to get to man, he went through the woman. He knew if he could get the woman to eat the fruit, the rest is history with the man, and that was exactly what happened. We see this in Genesis 3:6
When the Woman saw that the tree looked like good eating and realized what she would get out of it—she’d know everything!—she took and ate the fruit and then gave some to her husband, and he ate.
Gen 3:6 (MSG)
Look at that scripture!
She gave some to Adam and he simply ate it! No question, no resistance, no objection. He ate it in love!
The woman is influential!
So much is the influence a wife wields over her husband that the scripture even says a wife can influence her husband without even saying a word!
Let’s take a look at it.
1Pe 3:1 (TPT) And now let me speak to the wives. Be devoted to your own husbands, so that even if some of them do not obey the Word of God, your kind conduct may win them over without you saying a thing.
That is instructive! Without a word. How true can this be? Without saying a word. Can you begin to see that you don’t need to talk too much till your husband feels completely nagged.
You can be a woman of few words and yet of tremendous influence.
As a wife, decide to be a good wife by influencing your husband in a good way. Job’s wife was a bad wife, she asked her husband to curse God and die. Thank God he never listened.
Decide today and watch how that will impact your marriage massively.
CONFESSION FOR THE DAY I make a positive impact on my spouse.
PRAYER FOR THE DAY Lord, help me to influence my spouse positively.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY 1 Peter 3:1 (AMP) IN LIKE manner, you married women, be submissive to your own husbands [subordinate yourselves as being secondary to and dependent on them, and adapt yourselves to them], so that even if any do not obey the Word [of God], they may be won over not by discussion but by the [godly] lives of their wives,
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