Family Booster Magazine Series 1

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ABOUT FAMILY BOOSTER MAGAZINE OUR FOCUS: Family Booster Magazine is totally focused on everything family. We will be bringing you SLOGAN: Building Families, Mending unusual content on Relationship, Marriage, Destinies Parenting, Family Health, Food, Family Finance, VISION: Family Spiritual Warfare, To inform, teach and train Food & Spices, Kitchen, people how to build a very Wedding, Women issues, strong, joyful and romantic Marriage Bedroom, family. Leadership, Success, Manhood, Youth, MISSION: Singleness, Pregnancy & Delivery and lots more, To be the number one family building and destiny remember, it is everything moulding magazine on the family. internet.

CONCEPT: Total Family

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FAMILY BOOSTER CREW Editor-in-Chief Bisi Adewale

Contributing Editors Yomi Adewale Ann Dosu

Graphics Isaac Owoichoyo

Admin Gideon Dosu Segun Ojo

Founders Bisi Adewale Yomi Adewale

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FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

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sincerely welcome you to the first online edition of your beloved FAMILY BOOSTER MAGAZINE. We stopped the paper edition years ago because of some circumstances beyond our control but thank God we are back and better via this e-copy edition, as we trust God to start the paper edition soon. In every edition of Family Booster Magazine, we will be bringing to you uncommon wisdom of God as it touches Marriage, Relationship, Parenting, Marriage bedroom, Family Health, Family Finance, Career Success, Purpose, Singleness, Teens Life, Academic Success, Self Development, Fatherhood, Men Matters, Women issues, Success In Life and lots more. We have carefully selected world-class writers and professionals who will be writing for FAMILY BOOSTER MAGAZINE every month to turn your life and family life around, you will be meeting them from September 2021 edition that will be coming

out on 31st of August 2021. Note that new editions will be coming out by the last day of every month. So the October edition will be coming out on the 30th of September.

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Though this present edition is free, you will need to subscribe to enjoy the next edition and that is just #1,000 per month, or 5$ if you are out of Nigeria. You can stop your subscription anytime and there are no hidden charges. If you really love your marriage and family life click here……….. to subscribe now and tell others about it. There will be a quiz section on every edition where cash gifts will be given to winners starting from this edition. To participate, you must be a subscriber and also be following us on our social media platforms Twitter, Instagram, Tiktok, LinkedIn, Facebook, Pinterest all on @Familyboostermag In this edition you are going to enjoy so many things starting from my personal experience in 19 years of marriage, I call it, 19 things I learnt in 19 years of marriage. You will also enjoy, how to teach your children how to pray, family altar, family warfare, 12 deadly relationships that must not take place, 3 people that can destroy your family finance, rules of an extraordinary life, how to enjoy

tantalizing sex in marriage and 14 Women you must not sleep with as a Woman and lots more. This edition is just a taste of what is yet to come from the next edition when our columnists start to write for your beloved magazine. You will really enjoy your life and build your family life, our slogan is ‘’Building Families, Moulding destinies’’. I will be seeing you again in the September edition as your family life is turned around and you enjoy your marriage. It’s Bisi Adewale Your Family Coach Follow me on social media Twitter@bisiadewale Facebook.com/bisiadewale Instagram@bisiadewale Linkedin@bisiadewale


CONTENTS RELATIONSHIP

ABOUT FAMILY BOOSTER MAGAZINE. I FAMILY BOOSTER CREW. II FROM THE EDITOR IN CHIEF. III 5 THINGS YOU MUST GENEROUSLY TO MAKE YOUR MARRIAGE TANTALIZING AND EXTREMELY ROMANTIC. 5 INTERESTING WAYS TO TALK ABOUT SEX WITH YOUR SPOUSE. 6 FAMILY BOOSTER QUIZ. 7

HELPLINE FOR SINGLES. 8 HOME LIFELINE (For married couples). 11 AMAZING THINGS YOU WILL ENJOY IN THE NEXT EDITION OF FAMILY BOOSTER MAGAZINE. 13

12 DEADLY RELATIONSHIPS YOU MUST AVOID AT ALL COST. 15 HEALTH ISSUES

10 HEALTHY DRINKS THAT WILL LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE. 19 INTRODUCING COLLEGE OF MARITAL SUCCESS. 26 CAR CARE

WHEN TO SERVICE YOUR VEHICLE. 28 FAMILY FINANCE

3 PEOPLE THAT CAN DESTROY YOUR FINANCIAL AND FAMILY LIFE. 31 SUCCESS

12 RULES OF EXTRAORDINARY LIVING. 35 MARRIAGE BEDROOM

14 WOMEN YOU MUST NEVER HAVE SEX WITH. 37 HEALTH

MATHEMATICS OF HEALTH. 40

BOOKS ALERT

YOUR MARRIAGE CAN NOW BE ROMANTIC, TANTALIZING, CRAZILY INTIMATE WITH BED SHAKING SEX. 43 GIRLS CORNER

How to know whether that guy really loves you. 45 GUYS CORNER

HOW TO KNOW WHETHER THAT LADY TRULY LOVES YOU. 47 19 THINGS I LEARNT IN 19 YEARS OF MARRIAGE -BISI ADEWALE 49 PARENTING

HOW TO MONITOR YOUR CHILDREN’S FRIENDSHIP AND SAVE THEM FROM WRONG ASSOCIATIONS 53 49. PARENTING

9 WAYS TO TEACH YOUR CHILDREN HOW TO PRAY 54 MARRIAGE CLINIC. 56 COUPLES GARDEN. 58 YOUR PROSTATE WHEN YOU ARE40 AND ABOVE 60 IV


5 THINGS YOU MUST DO GENEROUSLY TO MAKE YOUR MARRIAGE TANTALISING AND EXTREMELY ROMANTIC Here, I want to open your eyes to five critical things you need to do to make your marriage great, joyful and peaceful. If your marriage must be exceptional, it needs the following: 1. LOTS OF PRAYERS: Yes, you must connect your marriage to God constantly and his mercy in prayers. “Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. ” Hebrews 4:16 (KJV) Your marriage needs prayers. Pray like a winner; pray like a warrior for the enemy of your soul does not want your marriage to work. 2. LOTS OF LOVE (Kindness and Patience): “Let brotherly love continue.” Hebrews 13:1 (KJV

your marriage, it can only be too little or non-effective.

3. LOTS OF TOUCHING: Your marriage needs lots of romantic touches, holding hands, pecking, hands on the shoulder, hands on the waist, back rubbing, back-scratching, cuddling, hand on the laps, head on the laps, body massage, etc. Genesis 26:8 (KJV)

When you get committed to talking to each other deeply, you sign up your marriage to another level and total turn around. No marriage can work except the couple involved are committed to talking to each other effectively. Ephesians 4:15, Hebrews 13:16 (KJV)

Touching your spouse brings up feelings of safety, comfort, love, playfulness, titillation, and more. Couples who are physically intimate report a higher rate of relationship satisfaction. When partners engage one another with physical touching, sexual or otherwise, it makes them feel cared about, loved and connected. Touching each other strengthens the bond between two people and fosters closeness, affection and love between couples. It is a major binder that helps couples iron out the differences between them. Touching or physical intimacy builds a stronger connection between two people by mitigating any existing negativity. Oxytocin, a hormone and a neurotransmitter that is released during the intimate moments between the couples enhances trust and a stronger sense of companionship between couples. 4. LOTS OF TALKING: Deep and effective communication is one thing your marriage needs. You can never over talk in

5. LOTS OF SEX: Regular sex, romantic, intoxicating and bed shaking sex is needed in your marriage. Don’t take sex as secondary in your marriage. It is a big deal, the real deal. Proverbs 5:15-19 (KJV) Get committed to good sex. If you don’t get committed to it, you will sign up your marriage to all forms of tension and open your spouse to undue temptation. 1 Corinthians 7:1-5

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INTERESTING WAYS TO TALK ABOUT SEX WITH YOUR

SPOUSE Bisi Adewale

Bad sexual communication is an offshoot of bad communication in marriage. The problem is, couples don’t talk, and most live as total strangers. They hardly talk. To improve your marriage, improve your sex life, to improve your sex life you need to improve how you talk about sex in your marriage. If you avoid talking about sex in your marriage, you may end up with a bedroom frustration that will hurt your marriage dearly.

Couples should endeavour to first improve communication in their marriages as this will help to improve sexual communication. In this edition and the next one, I will open your eyes to how to talk rightly about sex in your marriage. Couples are known to have their communication at five

different levels which includes: - Zero level:- Couples at this level don’t talk at all. They act like sworn enemies. They don’t see eye to eye, no love, no romance, no affection. Of course, you should know that their sexual communication will be at zero level. - Outer level:- At this level, couples do only talk about other people and issues that do not really concern them. They talk about friends, children, neighbours, colleagues, boss, teacher, landlord, food, electricity bill, house rent, business etc. The discussion will not involve the couple themselves, but rather on other things. Couples that relate at this level are many as it only makes them neighbours or distant friends. They do have bad sexual communication as they are far from talking about their sex life. - Inner level: - Couples are not just talking about others or issues. In addition to that, they are talking about themselves, their jobs, plans, likes, dislikes, needs, problems, joy, happenings at work and at home, etc. This is a healthy development as it will allow them to understand themselves better and will eliminate quarrels to a great extent and will even bring them closer and make their marriages enjoyable. But we need to realise that couples at this level are not talking about their sex life yet. If at all they do it, it will only happen when they have conflict and misunderstanding about it, but on a

normal day, it is unlike couples at the inner level of communication to talk about sex. - Sanctuary level:- This is a level where couples are not just talking about others or about themselves, they are more intimate now, talking about their feelings, joy, goals, vision, reservations, fear, sadness, pain, apprehension, fantasies, romantic aspiration and sexual dreams. Couples at this level, are not just husbands and wives, they are lovers. They are intimate friends. They are talking about what other parties can never know except they tell each other, this level determines how we act and react to each other and issues, hence, determines about 90 percent of the success of any marriage. If your marriage has not got to this level, you need to improve by talking freely, easily and intimately. Do not shy away from talking about your sex life. It is good for you and your marriage. In the next edition, I will be telling you about HOW TO DISCUSS SEX WITH YOUR SPOUSE TO MAKE YOUR MARRIAGE HOT, SEXY AND TANTALIZING. Click here to subscribe to the next edition, you can’t afford to miss this.

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Kindly answer the following questions correctly and win our prizes. NOTE: The first person with the correct answers wins N20,000 5 other people to get it right also win N5,000. 20 People gets recharge cards 1: What are the 3 hidden killers of marriage? 2: What is the number one need of women in marriage? 3: Mention the names of the first 3 children of Judah in the Bible 4: What is the name of the mother of Moses? 5: What is the name of the mother of Obed in the Bible? 6: What is the name of the father of Jesse? Send your answer to Familyboostermageditor@ gmail.com Results will be published in the next edition of Family Booster Magazine, subscribe to know if you win.

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HELPLINE FOR SINGLES Case 1: Q: Sir, I am engaged to a brother, who I love dearly but he has a wave of uncontrollable anger. When he is angry nobody can stop him. He has beaten me four times in our 14-month courtship. Although after each occasion, he will profusely beg me after realizing his mistake. Sir, I am tired of being beaten but I can’t just think of leaving him (Mind you, he is born again) because I love him so much and know that he loves me too. But this beating is getting too much. What should I do? A: My sister, the choice is yours. Whether to continue with this “Mike Tyson”, who will make you his punching bag for life or retrace your steps to find someone that will appreciate you enough and pamper you. A guy that has beaten you four times in a 14-month courtship will grow to become a bully, a wife-beater, a dictator and the headache of the family. If I were you, I will leave him alone and wait for someone with the spirit of meekness. Please, bear in mind that a man that beats you can kill you.

even threatened to dump me if I keep resisting him. I really love this guy and I do not want to lose him. At the same time, I don’t want to lose my virginity. What should I do? A: This young man does not love you, he only loves to have sex with you. The moment you give in to his advances, you will surely lose him. Let me warn you, “an orange squeezed too much is a carbage”. If you allow him to sleep with you, he will surely dump you. There are better men outside there. By the way who is he to threaten you? Is that love? Love doesn’t threaten. Do not bother yourself. Wait on God and he will satisfy you. Let the sex hunter go away. Case 3: Q: Sir I am engaged to a young man and due for marriage later this year. But his parents are insisting I become pregnant before marriage. Sir, what should I do? A: Before pregnancy, there would have been a sexual relationship which is fornication for singles. Do not listen to them, obey God. Resist any demonic suggestion from any angle. Don’t allow anybody to draw you at loggerheads with God. If the brother obeys his parent and dumps you because of that do not worry The Lord will surprise you. Just be prayerful, you will rejoice at the end.

Case 2: Q: Sir I love a guy very much and he loves me too but he has been pestering me for sex. He

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HOME LIFELINE (For married couples) Case 1: Q: I love my husband with all my heart and we’ve been living happily since we got married about five years ago. Our union is blessed with a 4-year-old child. Exactly three years ago my husband became impotent. I have been keeping this to myself until suddenly when my mother’s pressure to give birth to another child became too unbearable for me. I had to open up to her. Ever since then things have never remained the same again, as my mother told all members of my family and rends about the issue. And they are all pressing me to leave my husband who they often refer to as a Toothless Bulldog. My husband is not helping matters at all, as he has taken to drinking. Sometimes, he may not even come home for three days. It is like he is tired of me. Sir, I am tired of this marriage. The pressure on me is unbearable.Can I divorce this man and end this trauma? Please advise me. Mrs Dike A: Mrs Dike, I quite understand your situation and the kind of pressure you must be undergoing but let me ask: Assuming you are barren (thank God you are not), will you have love it if your husband divorces you because of that? What will you tell him to do? To keep praying for you of course. This is the time to stand by your husband and demonstrate your love to him.

You must not allow the enemy to take the glory. Case 2: Q: Since my wife gave birth six months ago, sex for us has become a thing of the past, as she claims that sperm can affect the baby during breastfeeding. Pastor, I am tired and sick of everything I now hate the baby and even the mother. I don’t enjoy staying at home again. Please tell me what to do. Frustrated man

do to help you Moreover, you need to give her a helping hand in raising the baby, because it could really be demanding. So, if you really love your wife’s attention, then cuddle her back and Help with the diapers. Be a Dad, not just a father.

A: It is natural for women (especially first-timers) to abandon their husbands immediately after the arrival of a baby and this is due to ignorance. You may be surprised too that she does not even know that she is neglecting you. So call her and discuss with her. Tell her your feelings and what should

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AMAZING THINGS YOU WILL ENJOY IN THE NEXT EDITION OF FAMILY BOOSTER MAGAZINE 42 LIES THEY TOLD TOU ABOUT SEX IN MARRIAGE AND TRUTHS ABOUT THEM. 105 WAYS TO REKINDLE THE FIRE OF LOVE IN YOUR HUSBAND. 105 WAYS TO REKINDLE THE FIRE OF LOVE IN YOUR WIFE. PRACTICAL WAYS TO DISCUSS SEX WITH YOUR SPOUSE TO MAKE YOUR MARRIAGE HOT, SEXY AND TANTALIZING. HOME REMEDIES FOR QUICK AND EASY PREGNANCY. FOOD AND VEGETABLES THAT CAN DESTROY FIBROID. HOW TO HANDLE SEX AND FASTING IN YOUR MARRIAGE 5 PEOPLE YOU NEED URGENTLY IN YOUR MARRIAGE 27 HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL COUPLES And lots more

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RELATIONSHIP

12 DEADLY RELATIONSHIPS YOU MUST AVOID AT ALL COST Bisi Adewale “And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.”

(Galatians 6:16 KJV). If you want a great marriage you must build a great relationship by walking according to divine rules. If you follow divine rules you will need to avoid these relationships like plague.

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1) GODLESS

American Psychological

RELATIONSHIP

Association’s Journal of

Relationship that does not

Family Psychology states that

put God into consideration at

couples “who wait until

all, you start the way you like,

marriage to have sex report

with anybody that caught

-- higher marriage

your fancy and run it the way

satisfaction (20% higher)

you like. “Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain” (Psalms 127:1 KJV) 2) MISSIONARY

RELATIONSHIP A relationship with an unbeliever with the aim of converting him or her when you eventually marry him or her is a missionary relationship that will lead to a very terrible marriage. That is why the Bible warned us: “Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the

temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.” (2 Corinthians 6:14-16) 3) SEX-BASED “Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.” (1 Corinthians 6:18-20 KJV). American Psychological Association’s Journal of Family Psychology states that couples “who wait until marriage to have sex report -- higher marriage

-- better communication patterns (12% better) -- less consideration of divorce (22% lower), -- better sexual quality (15% better) than those who started having sex early in their dating. If you go into marriage just because you feel the person is good in bed or look sexy and romantic you are going to regret it later, because, though sex is very important in marriage, it is an unreliable foundation to base a marriage 4) NICODEMUS

RELATIONSHIP “There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these

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character, manner and

A relationship that is base

miracles that thou doest,

attitude and you pretend all

on what people are saying,

except God be with him.” (John

is well or that the person will

that is election relationship,

3:1-2 KJV).

change after your marriage,

it’s a case of majority carry

you are in a Nabal

the vote, it’s like everybody is

Relationship.

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saying the same thing, they

Abigail joined herself to

believe you and that person

A rebound relationship

Nabal who was very rich in

are meant for each other and

involves the following:

money but bankrupt in

God is saying something

-- Going into a new

character and she ended with

different. Please be careful.

relationship quickly because

a terrible and difficult

of disappointment or death

marriage.

of a partner.

“And there was a man in

RELATIONSHIP

-- Going into a relationship to

Maon, whose possessions were

When you join yourself with a

fight failure or

in Carmel; and the man was

man or a woman because you

disappointment in academic,

very great, and he had three

want to travel abroad he

business or any other area of

thousand sheep, and a

promised to help you. If you

life

thousand goats: and he was

must marry somebody you

-- Going into a relationship

shearing his sheep in Carmel.

never love just because you

to fight sorrow because of

Now the name of the man was

want America or UK visa

the death of a friend, parent,

Nabal; and the name of his wife you will end up regretting Abigail: and she was a woman all your life. Your help is not

5) REBOUND

siblings etc

8) VISA AND PASSPORT

of good understanding, and of

from abroad, your help is from

If such a relationship leads to

a beautiful countenance: but

above.

marriage, it will end in

the man was churlish and evil

disaster as it did not start in

in his doings; and he was of the

“I will lift up mine eyes unto

love but in emotional

house of Caleb” (1 Samuel 25:

the hills, from whence cometh

challenges that were not

2-3 KJV)

my help. My help cometh from

addressed. 6) NABAL

RELATIONSHIP

7) ELECTION

RELATIONSHIP

the Lord, which made heaven and earth” (Psalms 121:1-2 KJV)

“There is a way which seemeth 9) ONE WAY TRAFFIC

When you join yourself to a

right unto a man, but the end

rich, beautiful,

thereof are the ways of death”

RELATIONSHIP

academically sound fellow or

(Proverbs 14:12 KJV).

You are going out with

lady who is bankrupt in

somebody that never love

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you know it, you can see it,

are going steady. The guy is

you can feel it, but you don’t

all over you, giving you gifts,

really care about that because visiting you but he is not you want marriage at all cost,

talking about the future, he is

then you are preparing your-

not taking you to his mentor,

self for a very turbulent and

pastor or parents, he

regrettable marriage.

introduces you only as his friends and you foolishly play

“He brought me to the

along and you growing older

banqueting house, and his

every day, that is unwise.

banner over me was love” (Song of Solomon 2:4 KJV)

Let all your relationship be defined. Know your stand

10) CANOPY

with him, if you just play

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along you will be shocked

This is an undefined

one day when you see this

relationship, you are very

guy wedding card, the shock

closed to this guy, but there is

will be too much to bear.

never a commitment of any intention to marry but you

11) IMMIGRATION

RELATIONSHIP

You join yourself to somebody ready to marry the person to get your American or British passport or solve immigration problems, this kind of arranged marriage is always a pointer to trouble tomorrow. 12) SELECTION

RELATIONSHIP You just look at options available to you. Your questions are: Who has degrees, who is tall, who can sing, who came from your village or church, who can cat walking? Who has a sexy body, pointed nose, fair in complexion, with a good salary? You begging to hunt for the fellow or girl that fit into the CV you’ve drawn, that is Selection Relationship. Selection relationship is always base on deceit and selfishness. People who do find themselves in it do end up with stories of woes.

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HEALTH ISSUES

10 HEALTHY DRINKS THAT WILL LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE

-ANNA DOSU

s a holistic nutritionist, I A often recommend my clients a number of drinks

that lower blood pressure, as well as a list of drinks to avoid. That’s because making the right dietary and lifestyle choices is a great way to manage hypertension—also called high blood pressure. The condition affects an estimated 75 million Americans. Knowing what to drink to lower blood pressure may help delay, or possibly prevent, the need for medications, which often come with a host of side effects. As a rule, I tell people to cut down on alcohol and caffeinated beverages such as cola, coffee, and tea, which in high amounts, can cause high blood pressure.

What Drinks Are Good to Lower Blood Pressure?

So, what’s good for high blood pressure when it comes to drinks? In this article, I will feature 10 drinks to lower blood pressure that are a simple addition to a healthy lifestyle.

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T

he key to lower high blood pressure is an overall healthy lifestyle that includes a diet high in potassium and magnesium, low in sodium, rich in antioxidants that feature some fruit, and an abundance and variety of vegetables, with some being raw.

There are several drinks that lower blood pressure that includes fruits and vegetables such as beet juice, celery juice, pomegranate juice, and cranberry juice. There is also herbal tea to lower blood pressure, like Chamomile tea or Hibiscus tea. Every once in a while, it may be all right to drink red wine to lower blood pressure. However, you can also keep things simple and drink water for hypertension. Other good drinks that lower blood pressure includes coconut water and drinks that contain apple cider vinegar. Let’s take a look at the best drinks that lower blood pressure in greater detail.

Water

which helps decrease blood pressure. The most common water drinking suggestion is eight 8-ounce glasses daily. That being said, a more personal approach would be to drink half your body weight in ounces each day. For instance, if you weigh 160 pounds, you will then consume around 80 ounces of water each day.

Coconut Water

Plain water is a good place to start when to comes to drinks that lower blood pressure. After all, what drink lowers blood pressure better than water? Your blood consists of 85% water, and when you fail to drink enough water, the blood thickens and reduces blood flow, which can increase blood pressure. Drinking water is one of the better ways to thin thickened blood and lower blood pressure. Drinking water is also able to detoxify the blood of toxins and wastes. This includes being able to remove excess sodium,

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Plain water may have

Another study published in

competition, as coconu

the Nutrition Journal in 2012

t water is also among the

found that the combination

better drinks that lower

of apple and beet juice would

blood pressure. Coconut

reduce systolic blood

water is the clear liquid

pressure when blood

found inside a young, green

pressure was measured six

coconut (Cocos nucifera)

hours after juice

harvested at five to seven

consumption.

months of age.

The blood pressure-lowering

A study published in The West Indian Medical Journal in 2005 found that when coconut water was given to hypertensive patients for two weeks, systolic blood pressure was 71% lower and diastolic blood pressure was 29% lower than those drinking plain water. The blood pressure-lowering ability of coconut water is likely due to its high potassium content, which helps counteract the effect of sodium in the body.

Beet Juice Beetroot (Beta vulgaris)

reduces blood pressure due to its rich antioxidant content like vitamin C, vitamin E, carotenes, phenolic acids, and betalains called

betacyanins, as well as other antihypertensive nutrients like magnesium and potassium. Beet juice may also decrease blood pressure and increase blood flow due to its inorganic nitrate being converted to nitric oxide in the body, which relaxes and dilates blood vessels.

ability of coconut water is likely due to its high potassium content, which helps counteract the effect of sodium in the body.

Cranberry Juice

What does the research say about beet juice to lower blood pressure? A study published in the journal Hypertension in 2015 found that patients drinking a cup (250 ml) of nitrate-rich beet juice for four weeks had experienced a drop in systolic blood pressure of 8 mmHg (millimetre of mercury) and of 4 mmHg in diastolic pressure.

It is also possible to drink antioxidant-rich cranberry juice for high blood pressure. Cranberry juice may reduce blood pressure by increasing blood flow, reducing inflammation, and dilating blood vessels due to its high vitamin C content.

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Research shows that

kidney disease patients were

Celery seed could

low-calorie cranberry juice

randomly given about three

potentially regulate blood

is associated with a reduced

ounces of either

pressure, improve

risk of high blood pressure in

pomegranate juice or a

circulation and lower

rats and mice.

placebo drink daily.

inflammation due to its

A study published in the

After a year, systolic blood

methanolic, aqueous-

Journal of the American

pressure was significantly

ethanolic and hexanic

College of Nutrition in 2009

reduced in the group

extracts.

found that cranberry juice

drinking pomegranate juice,

A study published in the

consumption could reduce

but not in the placebo group.

Journal of Medicinal Food in

both systolic and diastolic

Another study published in

2013 showed that when rats

blood pressure, which can

the journal Clinical Nutrition

were given celery seed

also lower the risk of heart

in 2004 found that drinking

extract over seven weeks,

disease and stroke.

pomegranate juice for one

they would experience

Pomegranate Juice

year would lower systolic

significant improvement in

blood pressure by 21%.

blood pressure compared

Celery Juice Celery juice for high blood pressure may be another great natural solution for the condition. Celery is loaded with blood-pressure-lowering nutrients such as calcium,

Drinking antioxidant-rich pomegranate juice daily might also increase blood flow and reduce blood vessel damage, which in turn prevents high blood pressure. In a study published in the Nutrition Journal in 2014, 101

potassium, and antioxidants like vitamin A and vitamin C.

to the rats not given celery extract. To make celery juice, simply juice five to 10 celery stalks into your low-speed juicer and pour the contents into a glass for a refreshing drink.

Apple Cider Vinegar Drink You may also want to try consuming a drink with apple cider vinegar to lower

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blood pressure.g nutrients

cholesterol—a common risk

When it comes to medicinal

such as calcium, potassium,

factor in hypertension.

herbs, chamomile tea for

and antioxidants like vitamin

You can take up to three

high blood pressure is a good

A and vitamin C.

tablespoons twice daily of

idea. German chamomile

apple cider vinegar in a glass

(Matricaria recutita) and

of filtered water for blood

Roman chamomile

pressure reduction. The key

(Chamaemelum Nobile) are

with apple cider vinegar is

two of the better-known

to start with a low dose and

chamomile plants.

work your way up.

An animal study published in

That being said, I

the journal Clinical and

recommend two tablespoons

Experimental Hypertension

of apple cider vinegar in a

in 2009 found that

drink, along with 12 ounces

chamomile would relieve

of warm water, two

hypertensive symptoms

tablespoons of lemon juice,

while significantly reducing

a teaspoon of honey, and a

systolic blood pressure.

quarter-

Still, keep in mind that taking

teaspoon of cinnamon.

chamomile tea with

Chamomile Tea

antihypertensive drugs may

blood pressure.g nutrients such as calcium, potassium, and antioxidants like vitamin A and vitamin C. A study published in the Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry in 2001 found that the acetic acid from apple cider vinegar would significantly lower renin activity and blood pressure, compared to controls not given acetic acid or vinegar. The enzyme renin is known to increase blood pressure from stretch receptors in the vascular walls. Another study from 2006 showed that the acetic acid from apple cider vinegar would regulate high blood pressure by reducing high

lead blood pressure to drop too low. To make chamomile tea, simply add two tablespoons of dried chamomile flowers to 10 ounces of boiled filtered water, and let steep for about five to 10 minutes.

Hibiscus Tea Does hibiscus tea reduce blood pressure as well? According to studies, it sure

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Ddoes! Hibiscus (Hibiscus

What’s interesting is that the

multiple organ damage and

rosa-sinensis) and a species

black tea drinkers actually

increase blood pressure, up

of hibiscus called roselle

saw their blood pressure

to 300 ml of red wine daily

(Hibiscus sabdariffa) may

increase.

could actually have the

both lower blood pressure.

A meta-analysis of studies

opposite effect on blood

Research published in the

published in the Journal of

pressure and heart health.

Journal of Nutrition in 2010

Hypertension in 2015 found

This effect is possibly due to

found that hibiscus tea

that hibiscus tea

red wine being a very high

consumption reduced

consumption significantly

source of bioactive

systolic blood pressure in

lowered both systolic and

antioxidant polyphenols such

people at risk for

diastolic blood pressure.

as flavonoids, phenolic

Red Wine

acids, and trihydroxystilbene

hypertension and those with mild high blood pressure. The study participants

known as resveratrol. However, a 2012 study

consumed three 8-ounce

published in the journal

hibiscus tea servings or a

Circulation Research

placebo drink daily for a

suggested that non-alcoholic

six-week period.

red wine may reduce systolic

Another study published in

and diastolic blood pressure

the Journal of Human

better than regular red wine

Hypertension in 2009 found

in 67 men at risk of heart

that hibiscus tea would lower

disease.

systolic blood pressure by

The researchers

an average of 22 mmHg and

hypothesized that the alcohol

pulse pressure by 18 mmHg

in red wine may weaken

in 60 type 2 diabetic patients

antioxidant activity;

assigned to drink either two

therefore, the

cups of black tea or hibiscus tea daily for 30 days.

If you like the occasional alcoholic drink, you may be happy to learn that red wine is among the drinks that lower blood pressure on this list. Although alcohol consumption can cause

non-alcoholic red wine is thought to be able to more effectively lower blood pressure. The nitric oxide in non-alcoholic red wine would also relax the blood vessel walls, which allows for greater blood flow.

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Final Thoughts on Drinks that Lower Blood Pressure As part of an antihypertensive diet, there are a number of drinks that lower blood pressure. Each powerful drink has its own special mechanisms that help reduce your blood pressure. Many of the blood pressure-lowering drinks mentioned in this article include some amounts of antioxidants and key nutrients like potassium or magnesium. The next time your blood pressure ends up on the high side, consider adding drinks that lower blood pressure, including water, coconut water, beet juice, cranberry juice, pomegranate juice, celery juice, drinks with apple cider vinegar, chamomile tea, hibiscus tea, or non-alcoholic red wine, to your diet. Now, let’s cheers to lower blood pressure!

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Marriage which is a lifetime profession before now has no training school, that is the reason why the rate of divorce is increasing per day. Some that did not divorce are only enduring their marriage. Ignorance is found to be the number one enemy of a good marriage and family life, hence something must be done about it. C. M.S is a training school that is set to fill the vacuum of the absence of formal training school for marriage, you will be made the husband/wife God wants you to be as you are given adequate training for a blissful home and a brighter future in this second to none college.

INTRODUCING COLLEGE OF MARITAL SUCCESS

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very profession has a training school. To be a lawyer you have to go to a law school. A doctor must be a graduate of medical school. But the truth is, most of

these professions have their retirement age, that is why we see retired teachers, judges, accountants etc.

“WHO NEED THIS TRAINING: Pastors, singles, intending couples, married couples, single parents, grandfathers and mothers, widows and widower, divorcee, Bible college students, marriage counsellors, members of church marriage committee your best friend. and everybody that desires to have a successful marriage.

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What you tend to gain 1. The college gives sound teaching on marital life to singles to prepare them for a glorious marriage 2. It helps the married to develop a blissful and romantic marriage 3. It enables you to obtain a certificate, diploma and postgraduate diploma in this specialised field. 4. It helps to restore rocky marriages and “divorce-proof your families. 5. It can even help you to start a career as a full-time marriage counsellor (Minister). 6. It helps pastors to have a better marriage

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and become seasoned marriage counsellors in their church. 7. It prepares members of the church marriage committee for a better job. 8. It will equip you to be a good parent as you will be given adequate training on parenting. 9. It will turn you into a marriage counsellor in your office, church, neighbourhood, what you tend to gain school etc. 10. It will equip you for noble deeds.

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(a) Weekend Course Weeks (Saturday Only) 8-3pm (b) Weekdays 4 Weeks (Wednesday Thursdays) 8am - 12 noon. (c) Mobile Campus: Any Church that can raise at least 60 students can organise a mobile campus. There must be at least a

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CAR CARE

WHEN TO SERVICE YOUR VEHICLE

To say that your vehicle

1) When your engine oil

engine requires the very best

becomes dark in colour the

in terms of treatment and

oil has lost its lubricating

maintenance is an

quality weight due to

understatement. A

over-use. This makes the oil

well-maintained engine lasts

to be light. The oil has lost its

literally from generation to

viscosity.

generation, as there are 1990s 2) Most people change their vehicles that are still doing

engine oil every four weeks.

very well and there are

The engine oil should be

vehicles bought in the 20s

changed when the oil has

that have long packed up.

become dark or when it has

It all depends on the care

covered the recommended

you show to the car. Then the

distance.

question is when should I take my vehicles for service? The followings are acceptable yardsticks:

WARNING! You don’t have to wait for four weeks before you change the engine oil of your vehicle especially when you notice that the oil has become dark. It all depends on how long the vehicle has being driven and the brand of oil used. There are various brands and grades of engine oils. Some cover 2000km 2,500km 5,000km and 10000km etc. before you need to change

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You can ask at service stations for the type of oil to buy. There are many oil marketing companies with various grades of engine oil. A private car owner can cover the recommended distance for a brand of oil in two months or more while a city commercial vehicle - (Taxi/Bus) may cover the same recommended distance in three weeks. An interstate vehicle may cover the same distance in less than two weeks. You can know the distance your vehicle has covered when you record the daily distance done as recorded by the speed counter on your speedometer. It is the habit of some drivers to disconnect their speedometers so that passengers don’t know the speed at which they are diving. This is dangerous and should be stopped. Make sure your speedometer’s counter is working.

SPARK PLUG You can learn a lot about a vehicle by inspecting its spark plug. For example, the type of deposit on the firing end of the plug can reveal the state of the vehicle engine or the carburettor. If the plug is wet, black and oily it is an indication that the burning in the chamber is not complete. The vehicle probably bums oil due to worn pistons rings, cylinder walls, worn or sticky values or bad carburettor, which may be burning excessive fuel. The ignition system may not be supplying enough power to the plugs. if the ignition system, through the distributor’s head, is not supplying enough current to the plugs. If however, the electrodes and inner insulator are covered with black carbon deposits, which are hard and

cakes on, you can suspect that a long plug is being used in an oil-burning engine and you need a short plug. If fouling continues (wet plug) with the short plugs, an engine overhaul wrecommended. The plug itself may be bad with a worn electrode or even a cracked insulator. These are due to the condition of the car and the type of service attention it has been receiving. Plugs are not to be changed every four weeks as some people will advise. Your vehicle plug can for upward of three (3) months or more depending on the state of the engine, the carburettor and usage of the vehicle. Inspect and clean your spark plugs after about

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5.000km of driving. The plugs of a vehicle with a good engine and properly distributed current within the electrical system will cover about 16,000km drive before its spark plugs are replaced with new ones.

THINGS TO BUY WHEN SERVICING YOUR VEHICLE I

t is important that you prepare ahead for your next servicing, which can save you a lot of time and money by

buying some essential items due for a change in your vehicle. 1. Engine oil (Buy from a service station to avoid buying fake and adulterated oil). 2. Oil filter (Change it anytime you are changing your oil. Washing it could be dangerous). 3. Constant set (if your vehicle uses one) 4. Spark plugs (If due for a change) 5. Air filter (If due) 6. Fuel filter(s)

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s a kid, I had two dads. Yes, two dads. I grow up under. You would ask, did my mother marry two husbands? No, but the Lord gave me the privilege to

learn what I am preaching today under these two men. They were my biological dad and my non-biological dad. One was down to earth, cared for his wife, children and home. He was always there when needed. The other cared less for his wife, kids and home. As of late ‘70s and early ‘80s my caring dad was one of the richest businessmen in Lagos. He had accumulated enough wealth to the extent that he

FAMILY FINANCE

could afford to send more than ten students overseas and conveniently pay their school fees and BTA upfront. But in less than two decades, his wealth had so much deteriorated that it became very difficult to even meet up with the most

3 PEOPLE THAT CAN DESTROY YOUR FINANCIAL AND FAMILY LIFE

basic need of his children food. As I write on family finance. I have discovered three basic people that will ruin any family’s finances if not properly checked or avoided. They hugely contributed to the downfall of my caring dad. They will trigger off the downfall of anybody even the smartest Christians. Avoid them and you will thank God you did.

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HOW TO IDENTIFY THEM RUN FROM THESE THREE

Strange women:

1. They steal your time

1. Unfriendly friends

her is a business. Her

making it difficult or

2. Clubs

business is to get as much as

impossible to care for your

3. Strange womention

she can get before the show

family.

This is the mother of all. To

is over. They don’t mind

2. They make you spend

Unfriendly friends:

heavily on items you can’t

I discovered they were

get what they want and when

afford.

instrumental to the

their principal plan fails, they

3. They make you abhor and

downfall of my other dad. At

go for the home.

hate your covenant partner

one point, they challenged

We are still dealing with one,

(your wife) for no reason.

him to be a man and stop

she has turned the man into

4. They largely help you to

allowing his wife to “control”

a beggar. This is the same

alter your decent and modest

him. What they meant by

woman he picked up as a

lifestyle.

control was giving the man

cleaner in Kaduna in one of

5. They make you labour

godly counsel. Your family is

his escapades. She hooked

without anything to show for

the only people that have you

him and crookedly converted

it.

at heart. Other people may

most of his estates into her

6. They make you lose focus.

love you But when it matters

name. Today she has kicked

most only your wife and kids

him out and left him as a

will stand by you.

beggar somewhere in the

Clubs: My other dad was

killing just to make sure they

outskirts of Lagos. Strange women are

a member of at least three

dangerous! They kill faster

standing social clubs. There

than poison. They compete

he became acquainted with

with your family welfare.

the best high life musicians.

They divide your focus and

Among their creeds was to

take the greater portions

be her brothers’ keepers. At

for themselves. If you fall

a go, you may be tempted to

into their traps, you may not

lavish all your life investment

come out alive. Avoid them.

on entertaining your happy, go-lucky comrades.

American Psycho-

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WHY YOU MUST AVOID THEM (1) All they need is your lifeline, they don’t have your interest at heart. Whenever my dad experienced a financial breakthrough you will see them around him. But when he is broke, they move on. (2) They will desert you. When my other dad was passing through some challenges, which made him move to the suburbs of Lagos none of them visited him throughout the years he lived there. (3) They can’t help you if you put your confidence in them, they will disappoint you when it matters most. Let God be your help. Never have confidence in man. If you need someone to lean on, your wife has a ready shoulder. Your family is your better club and Jesus Christ is the friend that sacks closer than a friend.

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reputation, you want to earn

productive in life.

some respect the same way

8. At the end of each year,

people respect Mercedes

evaluate your friends and

Benz. The rule is to strictly

delete the ones that wasted

mind your own business and

your time or spend less time

don’t get involved in what

with them. Spend more time

doesn’t concern you!

with those that value you.

3. Even though you are from a wealthy home, that is still

9. Draw your own personal

not enough to carry on in life. mission statement and pursue it diligently. It’s the Strive for your own personal

If you want to live an extraordinary life, a life of peace, joy and prosperity. A life of rest and wealth. You need to know the secrets. Here, I will be howling you just that, let’s go: 1. Invest heavily in yourself because that is the only way you can increase your personal growth. Some people call it selfishness but I call it a personal investment. Remember you are your own best asset. 2. See yourself as a brand that deserves a very good

independence. It’s very

main definition of your

important.

personal existence.

4. Take care of your own

10. Before making any

health, It is very important

decision, engage your mental

because health is wealth.

effort, evaluate and analyse

5. Education is a very good

carefully.

investment but don’t let your

11. Avoid short term goals,

life depend on it, try to

always pursue long term

acquire more skills like social goals. The main reason why skills, communication skills, people lose tracks on their interpersonal skills etc.

goals is that they could only

6. Never reveal your next

formulate but lack further

move to anybody. Yeah, so

tools to implement and

many people see themselves

control. Get serious.

to be in a race with their fellow men. Act more, talk

12. Accept the fact that you

less.

know nothing and you want

7. The 80/20 principle is real.

to know a lot. It helps a lot!

If 80% of crimes are only committed by 20% of the population, then don’t pretend as if you are busy when you are probably just working according to Parkinson law. Be very

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ANY WOMAN YOU ARE NOT MARRIED TO Sleeping with any woman you are not \married to is wrong, ungodly and totally unacceptable. If you want the blessing of God run away from premarital and extramarital sex, it brings so many sorrows at the end.

MARRIED WOMEN Don’t ever sleep with the wife of another man, they are joined together by an open covenant, this covenant will fight against you

MARRIAGE BEDROOM

14 WOMEN YOU MUST NEVER HAVE SEX WITH

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- BISI ADEWALE

ex is sacred, it is more than a biological relationship, it is deeper than that. Don’t be

careless about sex, it may ruin and destroy you. There are some women you must never sleep with even if they are the one that invites you to do it. I will open your eyes to them here so that you can avoid them like a plaque. The first on the list is someone’s wife. He said that it’s a curse to bed another man’s wife. reputation, you want to earn some respect the same

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and may ruin you. Imagine a man who sleeps with someone else wife when the husband travels for work in another town, when he comes back, the wife pretends everything is okay and her husband sleep with her while she pretends to be the best, loyal and faithful spouse, there is no way God will not judge the man that did that and the woman involved. If you want to live long and avoid the curse of God, don’t go close to a married woman.”

PREGNANT WOMEN There is nothing wrong if you sleep with your

wife when she is pregnant, no sin committed and there is no harm to your baby, but if the unborn baby doesn’t belong to you, don’t get close to a pregnant woman, it is very wrong and totally unacceptable.

WOMEN YOU ARE TO HELP Never sleep with a woman in exchange for your help, support of finance, this is totally wrong, if you are able to help please go ahead and help, do not turn her to your sex slave because you want to help her, if you do this, you will bring the curse of God upon you and the generation of your children.

WOMEN WHO PAY FOR SEX Don’t ever sleep with women who pays you for sex and make you a sex boy satisfying the

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animals in them. Don’t destroy your youthful age for a lifetime of sickness and sorrow as you satisfy women who are insane and wayward for a reward.

WOMEN YOU PAY FOR SEX Runaway from women who collect money for sex, they are whores and prostitutes. Some are commercial prostitutes, some are student prostitutes but they are the same and will expose you to a life of death and sorrow.

WIDOWS IN MOURNING Widows are not a group of women you should have sex with. Avoid any woman still mourning her husband’s death. It is totally wrong and wicked for you to sleep with a woman like that.

YOUR MOTHER Don’t ever sleep with your mother, this is wrong incest is a grievous taboo that can kill a man or destroy him forever.

YOUR SISTER

YOUR WIFE’S SISTER Like your mother in law, never sleep with your wife’s sister and make your wife sad. You see either your wife knows or not, God will punish you for it.

YOUR HOUSEMAID Your housemaid is in your house for your protection never use her vulnerability against her and turn her into your sex slave. If you do, your generation and generation of your children will suffer for it.

YOUR DAD’S WIFE Your dad’s wife is your stepmother, please never sleep with her even if she begs you to do it, it is totally wrong

UNDERAGED GIRLS Minors and under-aged girls must never be your target for sex, maybe you do not know that is a criminal act, this will make you a child molester and sex offender, you may go to jail for this stupid act.

Your Sister like your mother is another woman you must never sleep with

YOUR MOTHER IN LAW Your mother-in-law is your mother by covenant don’t ever sleep with her. If you do, the covenant of your marriage and the covenant of her marriage to your father-inlaw will fight you.

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FOOD TO ELIMINATE

HEALTH

MATHEMATICS OF HEALTH Our health is like mathematics, if you put the right figure into it you will get the right answer, if you put the wrong figure into it you get the wrong result. Here, we are going to deal with the issue of our health with mathematics symbols of subtractions, additions, divisions and multiplications: 1) SUBTRACTIONS: What to subtract from your life for good health is the first point of call in the school of mathematics of sound Health. This means what to eliminate from your lifestyles, food and what you drink for a healthy life. This is very important because what we are eating can actually be what is eating us up.

LIFESTYLE TO ELIMINATE Sedentary life Night Crawling Partying Not having adequate sleep Workaholism Sinful habits. Sexual immoralities. Malice Hatred Worry Bitterness Anger. Jobs that take weekend from you, no public holiday, no rest. Jobs that are hurting your health

There are many foods to eliminate if we must live healthy life some of which are: Ø Red meat like pork and beef. Takes fish, chicken instead. Ø Sugar. Instead, use natural honey or dates. Ø Soy Ø French fries Ø White chocolate Ø Chilled water Ø Fried food Ø All food seasoning that has Monosodium glutamate (MSG) Ø Salt (sodium Chloride) take Himalaya or sea salt instead. Ø Egg Ø White Bread instead takes Organic Wheat bread not the one you see around made of inorganic wheat Ø Cow milk, take almond milk, rice milk or tiger nut milk instead Ø Margarine or butter take unsalted butter asks of it in a supermarket close by. Ø Junk food from eateries instead takes home cook food well prepared with the right ingredients. Ø White flour products like hot dogs, meat pie, Biscuits,

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cake, sausage etc Ø Avoid bleaching your palm oil before cooking. Ø Avoid groundnut oil use coconut or olive oil instead. Ø Avoid peeling your yam, Cocoyam, and potatoes before cooking. Wash it thoroughly before cooking without peeling, peel after cooking to preserve all the nutrients from been lost as you peel and in the water as you cook. Ø Avoid using iron or aluminium pots to cook

DRINKS TO ELIMINATE

Alcohol Power drinks Soft drinks loaded with sugar. Beverages like cola, Impure water Chlorinated water Soda

PEOPLE TO ELIMINATE

The truth is there are people in your life that you must eliminate because friendship is a choice not by force, so separate yourself from the following people: People that constantly pull you down causing you sorrow People that bring up your blood pressure People that pull down your self-esteem People that abuse or misuse use People that are really stressing you.

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2) DIVISIONS: These are things to minimize in your diet, some of them are: Intake of salt Intake of oil Eating of starchy food Eating of cooked food Reduce some social activities that take your weekend and public holiday without room for rest and relaxation.

3) ADDITIONS: These

are things you will add to your life to make you healthy and well. Add carrot juice to your

be ignorant as far as health is concern it can be too disastrous. * Multiply discipline: Discipline yourself, it is not everything that is tasty that is healthy; learn to drink things that will help you to grow health and vitality. diet. * Multiply Movement: Take bitter leaf at least once a increase your activities day Take fruits and level, let your joints be active vegetables regularly Take throughout the day, it is good beans Be close to green grass for your health. for better and cleaner oxygen * Multiply immune health: Enjoy taken tomatoes, men Your immune health is your especially need this Spend number one key to health time inside the sun before 10 and wellness, do everything am daily. Add garlic, ginger to boost your immune health, and turmeric to your daily with strong immunity your meals. Add it as you cook, health will blossom and you you can juice it or take the will keep sickness at bay. powdery form as tea. They (Check the chapter on pillars may save your life. of health; they are things to do to boost immunity) 4) MULTIPLICATION: * Multiply grace: Do These are things to begin to everything to multiply the do aggressively. grace of God in your life. * Multiply knowledge: boost When the grace and mercy of your knowledge about health God are in your life, sickness and wellness, get all wisdom will be far away from you. you can get, don’t ever be ignorant, you can’t afford to

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GIRLS CORNER

How to know whether that guy really loves you. T

here are many guys in our society today that has deceived a lot of ladies in the name of love but just for sex. Whereas some of them are only after your parents’ money. You don’t have to be deceived, they are pretenders claiming to be in love with you. The following tests will be of good help for you to know whether that very guy claiming to love you is truly in love or is one of these pretenders. 1. Purpose Test:- A guy that is always asking you for sex before marriage has no other motive than to sleep with you and dump you. If he is truly in love with you, he must be ready to wait till your wedding night. Some other guys may just have the intention of flaunting you before their friends just to increase their ego among their colleagues, this is not love. So be careful.

2. Activity Test:- The activity he encourages you to engage in any time both of you are together will show it be truly and really love you. You have to know if he is the type that studies the bible, pray, attend seminars with you, discuss and plan towards your future or he is the one that will always want to kiss, fondle and have sex with you, which imply that he is not truly in love with you. 3. Personality Test:- The spiritual status of the guy will reveal if he is truly in love with you. Take time to find out if he is truly attending fellowship for the sake of getting you, it is until he has truly surrendered his life to Christ that he can really love you. If not, you have to leave him, he is not for you. 4. Thought Test:- What is your inner mind suggesting you about this guy? Have you taken the time to know the type of person he is in your mind? Please as a true child of God if your heart is not through with going into a relationship with him, exercise patience. God may want you to know something about him. .

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5. People Test:- What do people say concerning your relationship? What do they think about the guy claiming to love you? If he has deceived you to the point that you see no reason why you should not love him, I want you to know that there are people around you that have not been deceived. These people include your parents, pastor, godly friends and counsellors. They can still reveal more to you about him. 6. Friend Test:- The type of friends your partner keep will reveal to you if he is truly in love with you. If you discover any of his intimate friends is known to be practising used and dump then you have not found a partner but a deceiver. 7. Protocol Test:- Is your partner ready to obey Gods laid down rules, for marriage and abide by the protocol of the church or is he ways encouraging you to act against them in the name of doesn’t matter?

8. Selfless Test:- If the guy is always thinking or creating situations to satisfy himself, it shows that he doesn’t really love you. True love is always after us and us not me and me alone. 9. Goal Test:- You have to know whether his goal is to do and have things that will assist the both of you in the fear of God or he is only looking for somebody that will just give him children, cook for him and live in his house so that people will know that he has a wife in his house. 10. Truth Test:- Is your partner ready to tell you the truth in the fear of God by revealing his past life to you, make his present intention in everything he wants to do known to you without telling you a lie? A house built on lies and deception will surely collapse. So be careful.

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GUYS CORNER

HOW TO KNOW WHETHER THAT LADY TRULY LOVES YOU

1. TRUST:- That’s one of the signs of the important blocks for building love. A rock-solid relationship is one cemented by trust. Any lady that truly loves you will always trust your words, thoughts and actions. A lady who claims to love you but keeps doubting your sincerity is not really in love with you. A courtship void of trust cannot lead to an enjoyable marriage. Lack of trust will make her hide many of her secrets from you. The absence of trust is a pointer to a rusty marriage ahead. 2. UNCONDITIONAL LOVE:- Genuine love is one that emanates from the heart. Sincere love is not conditioned on anything. If the love of your so-called lover is conditioned on your academic attainment, official position, look, height and wealth. Such a lady is not in love with you. If she is only happy when she gets money or whatever she needs from you and quarrels and refrains from you when you are financially handicapped then

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be sure she is a deceiver. Very visit her? Does she sing your praises or she is just soon she will call off the tolerating you? Any lady that relationship. truly trusts you must 3. SINCERITY:- A lady that celebrate you. truly loves you will operate an open door policy. She will 6. SELF-CONTROL:- A lady that cannot zip up till be open and truthful in her your wedding night, who words, actions and dealings has turned herself into a sex with you. Sincerity is very object does not really love vital in a real love you. If all she is interested in relationship because it’s like is whenever you are together a door that leads to trust. A lady who tell lies often, hides is kissing, pecking, fondling, or sex. her diary from you and will It is a dangerous game that never allow you to know the password to her email box is will pitch you against God. It can even lead to unwanted not trustworthy. If you pregnancy, abortion or investigate thoroughly, you barrenness. A lady that lacks may discover that she is in the fear of God will not another relationship. If your so-called heart rob is keeping respect you in marriage. Zip up! Beware, lest you get two affairs at a time she is married to a sanity prostitute. endangering your life. Openness and truthfulness are the hallmarks of a loving 7. PROGRESS:- Marriage is not for help eat, it is about relationship. helpmeet. It involves two people planing and working 4. GIVING:- Jesus Christ, together towards progress, the originator of love in academic or professional demonstrated genuine love progress, in academic or job. to us. In John 3 vs 16 the If she is not ready to Bible says ‘For God so contribute something to love the world that He gave……………. Love is about your future and all that she is living for is today, that means giving and you cannot love without giving. Any lady that she is a help eat. Any lady that is not ready to only receives or ask without plan your progress with you giving is not a lover, she is a is not worth marrying. She “rubber”. won’t be there for you in the Her motive is to empty your future after she might have pocket. Love becomes a drained your pockets. Truly robbery when it only takes love adds value to life. without giving. So a lover who often places heavy 8. CAN SHE MARRY YOU? demands on you, who don’t Every courtship should be really care if you run into towards marriage. Is she debt to satisfy her is not really a lover but a murderer interested in discussing marriage with you? of destiny and finances. If no, please watch it. She might be using you as an 5. EXCITEMENT:- Is she extra tyre. Very soon she will always excited to see you? jilt you and run away now. Are you given warm reception whenever you

9. YOUR STATE OF MIND: Since you have been in a relationship with her, what is your state of mind? Peaceful or fearful? 10. WHO IS SHE? Who is the lady that claims she loves you, an unbeliever or a born again Christian? 11. MOTIVE: The motive behind the relationship will determine the outcome. Take time to study it very well. 12. SACRIFICE: One of the building blocks of a lasting relationship is sacrifice. Any lady who cannot part with her money is not in love because there is no love without giving. 13. MATURITY: Love is not for teenagers, but for matured minds. Any relationship with teenagers and secondary school ladies is not love, but infatuation. It will soon die off. Genuine love can only come from matured minds. 14. ONE AND ONLY: True love is not polygamous in nature it is not one plus two rather it is one plus one which equals one holy matrimony. Are you the only one in her life right now? If you are not her one and only it means she is not in love with you.

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19 Things I learnt in 19 years of Marriage Bisi Adewale Our Journey of matrimony started 19 Years ago at exactly 11:45am on May 4th, 2002 at Christ Gospel Apostolic Church, Alekuwodo Osogbo, Osun State. In those 19 eventful years, it has been a period of learning, earning, growing, knowing and moving forward. It has been years of schooling indeed, a practical school of life with the privilege of mentoring others as we move on together. 1: YOUR SPEED IS

DETERMINED BY BOTH OF YOU

One great lesson I learnt early in marriage is the fact that the speed of people in marriage is determined by both of them, not just by one, so if they work together they get the result if they fight instead of moving on, both will suffer for it.The Picture of ‘’one-legged race’’ in my primary school always come to my mind, one leg each of two people will be tie together and they have to run 100 Meters dash together, they have to merge their strengths, weaknesses, techniques etc to be able to get a good result. This is exactly the picture of marriage, not just our legs are joined together, life,

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vision, future and destinies are joined together, IF WE WORK AS A TEAM AND NOT WAR IN THE TEAM WE CAN WIN OUR WAR.

of your children, family living you will need him.

2: IF YOU EMPOWER

Lots of youths went into marriage with big expectations of explosive sex in their marriage, some guys even think of 24/7, wao. Marriage is not like that. Sex in a marriage can be explosive and at times dry or non-existence. You remember that the woman will be préfaçant, mensuration, just delivered, sick, tired, have night ‘’Headaches’’, will travel, be busy with her career etc. All these will affect sex in marriage, but lots of young ones do make sex thé reason they are getting married. Their disappointment will start after “Yes, I do.”

YOUR WIFE YOU ARE ONLY EMPOWERING YOURSELF

If you support your wife or husband to succeed in his or her career you are only helping yourself. I saw this playing out in my marriage and the marriages of others around me. Lots of people attack their spouses’ sources of income when things go wrong in the marriage. When a man fails to empower his wife, if anything happens to him, relatives will turn his children to house boys and girls. 3: WOMEN ARE TRULY

FE-MALES

Until I got married I did not know the true meaning of female, sometime after my wedding, I read it somewhere that the true meaning of female is Male-with feelings, Feeling-Male. This is true of all women. If you want to be a great husband you must learn how to feed her emotions and take good care of her feelings. 4: GOD WILL BE VERY

IMPORTANT ALL THE WAYS

Lots of people involve God in their choice-making but do neglect him soon after their wedding. I realized that you will need God more in marriage than in choice making. In fact you will need him in the Journey all the way. In pregnancy, delivery, raining

5: SEX WILL NOT

ALWAYS BE WHAT YOU THINK

6: YOU NEED TO

DEVELOP SPOUSAL BIAS In marriage, I learnt that there will be lots of times you will need to choose between some people and your wife. This may be your family, neighbors, friends, career etc. Knowing that the wife or husband should come first after God is very important to the success of any marriage, been bias in favour of your spouse is the key to the health of any home. 7: HEALTH IS VERY

IMPORTANT

Two incidents happened to people around me in 2010 that woke me up from my slumber as far as health issues and healthy living is concern. These incidents made me realize that

investment in health is very important and that if you neglect your health you are only preparing yourself for a constant hospital visit and costly and painful treatments. 8: MONEY WILL ALWAYS

BE IMPORTANT

People marry for love, but they are going to live together spending Money. I discovered that Romance will be easy when there is Finance, my experience counselling lots of couples made me to always say jokingly that if you want your wife to call you Honey give her Money, if you don’t give her Money she will think you are Monkey. 9: THERE ARE

VULTURES IN MARRIAGE

I got to know very early in marriage that there are some people called vultures around marriages. These vultures most of the time are people very close to you, your friends and family members, yes they can be the worst enemies of your marriage. When a marriage has issues most family members take side with their own and fight the spouse dirty result a very difficult marriage, they make the home more difficult for their family members make reconciliation impossible or difficult. I got to know that people that love you can be the number one enemy of your marriage. In showing you love they can hurt your marriage dearly.

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10: WALLS AND

should not lead to a broken marriage

I discovered years ago that there are two Vultures that can destroy a home and we need to handle them differently. To the vultures that are far like friends and ex’s we need to build walls to protect our marriages. But for our families that we can not run away from, we need to build boundaries

12: LIFE IS IN PHASES

BOUNDARY IS TO BE BUILT

11: A BROKEN GLASS

CUP SHOULD NOT LEAD TO BROKEN MARRIAGE

During our wedding a good friend of mine gave us a set of glass cups as a wedding gift, I love these cups passionately as they are blue in color and very beautiful. One day my new bride was about to serve our food, she put one of the cups inside the tray and the cups roll down and broke, I was very sad, but I got up to help her. To my surprise, another cup got broken in her hands in almost the same situation a few days later but my concern was her safety and not the cups, but I was not happy that two of my precious twelve cups are gone. A few days later, I wanted to pick something from the fridge, on this fridge where the remaining cups and the fridge shooked and all the cups came down at the same time and broke, she broke two within a week, I broke ten within a minute. If I had abused her or fight her for breaking my precious cups what do you expect her to do when I broke all the remaining ten in a minute, lesson leant, broken cups

PEOPLE ARE IN SIZES

One thing I learnt so early in marriage is never to compete with anybody. People do buy what they don’t need or afford to impress people they don’t like and oppress people that do not like them and they do end up in debt and penury. Reading S.M.O Aka book titled My Father’s Car in secondary school really help me to prepare for a life that is not based on competing with others but on completing your own race, this really helped. 13: IF YOU ARE LOOKING

FOR A PERFECT SPOUSE YOU NEED TO LOOK AMONG ANGELS

Marriage will teach anybody in it that he or she is not perfect and his or her partner can never be perfect. This really helps as we step into the Journey of marriage and we have to disagree on whether the light should be switched Off or On, I wanted the light switched On when sleeping, but she wanted it switched Off, if the light is on she won’t be able to sleep, it cause lots of issues when we just got married, that proof we are both human and never perfect. 14: THE JOURNEY OF

MARRIAGE INVOLVES BEEN STRONG TOGETHER

I learnt that the Journey of marriage involves been strong together and fighting for your future together.

We had our own share of battles that we fought together through God, is the battles of losing the roof of our house the day our first child was three years old and became homeless for about a month, or the loss of my younger brother and my father within a month interval, loss of my father-inlaw when it was least expected. Sickness of our daughter that needed urgent surgery, or my leg that needed to be operated upon with our annual Couples Conference a few days away. We overcame all these because we stood together, cry together, rejoice together and won together. It is a great lesson, you can’t win your war when you fight alone or fight each other. 15: A HOME NEED A

HOUSE

Two years into our marriage my father-in-law, we fondly call him baba Akede suddenly showed up one day in my house, he drove all the way from Oshogbo to see me. Later that night he took me out personally to discuss with me, he asked me. When are you moving into your own house? The question was not expected at all as we just got married and trying to settle down, the talk of building or buying a house was not there at all. The old man made me know that a home is not existing without a house. He also said the longer I wait to build the more difficult it will be to build as children will start to come, responsibilities will be rising for about 25 years until the first child graduate from

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school and by then he said I may be in my 50s or knocking 60s. He also said I don’t need money to build a house, I only need Vision. Baba Akede words became my guiding principle as I ended up moving into my own house within two years of his visit. 16: PEOPLE WILL

ALWAYS BE HUMANS BUT YOU NEED TO STICK TOGETHER

My 19 Years in marriage is like going to the ‘’University of the People’’ I learnt that people will always behave as humans, but I have to stick with my wife. Many that we greatly trusted became great disappointment, many that we helped and supported turned it against us and slam it against us. In all these I learnt great lessons, couples must stick together in face of liars, backstabbers, haters and hypocrites. 17: IN-LAWS

MANAGEMENT WILL ALWAYS BE A TECHNICAL ONE

Two sets of In-laws are involved in every marriage, the husband’s family will be the wife in-laws and vice versa. All young couples will have to deal with this set of in-laws and issues may arise from any side. But in Africa, most issues do arise from the husband’s family, the wife’s In-law, most especially from the principal In-law, the Mother-In-law. Early in our marriage, we made clear to ourselves how to handle both families and how to stick together and not allow people to come between us

but to take care of our family members to the best of our ability most especially our parents and younger ones. This really works for us. 18: CONTINUOUS

LEARNING IS THE KEY TO THE SUCCESS OF ANY MARRIAGE

marriage just to fulfil their lusts, meet present needs, based on emotion, tipsy of love like a drunken man. The journey of marriage marathon will open their eyes.

I learnt in marriage that nobody will ever be a graduate, forget about the certificate they gave you on your wedding day, please note that what they gave you was a WEDDING CERTIFICATE, not MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE, they gave for a certificate of participation in the wedding, for attending the wedding, not certificate that you are too spend to make the marriage work, always remember that WEDDING CERTIFICATE IS A LEARNER’S PERMIT, NOT A DRIVERS LICENCE 19: MARRIAGE IS A

MARATHON NOT A SPRINT

The journey of marriage is not a 100 meters dash or 4 by 100 relay, it is a marathon, marathon involves running for a long time, climbing mountains, valleys, streams, hills, cities and villages. Marriage also involve many years of issues, decisions, talking, working, making money, spending it together, fighting wars, winning battles, giving birth to children, raising them, meeting people losing them, working, vacation, stress, sickness, healings, loving each other, hurts, forgiveness, conflict resolutions and lots more Lots of young ones do go into

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PARENTING

HOW TO MONITOR YOUR CHILDREN’S FRIENDSHIP AND SAVE THEM FROM WRONG ASSOCIATIONS ‘My child, if sinners entice you, turn your back on them!’

Proverbs 1:10 NLT

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f you have children, you’ll never have a more important job in life than being a parent. And as long as your children are under your roof, you are responsible to God for them. With that in mind, do these:

1) See who influences your child most. Your son or daughter will gravitate towards certain kids for a variety of reasons. These are the ones they ‘hang out with’. They text them, talk with them on the phone, invite them to the house, sit with them in church, and so on. You can’t monitor every relationship your child has, but you need to know the ones who influence them most.

.4) Look out for warning signs. When your child is running with the wrong crowd, chances are you’ll observe signs like indifference towards spiritual things, an openly 2) Get to know their close defiant spirit, and an friends. Notice the way they talk, dress, show respect or a attraction to music, dress, and entertainment you don’t lack of it, and how they play and interact with your family. necessarily approve of. ‘Isn’t that very demanding?’ you Don’t be afraid to ask them ask. Yes, and it’s also very questions about their loving and protective! parents, the church they attend and, if they’re old enough, their relationship with Christ. 3) Check your child’s overnight accommodations. If your son or daughter is invited to a friend’s house, talk with the parents and become aware of any activity that might be planned outside the home. Make sure they have adequate supervision. Tell your children you expect them to show courtesy and respect, and ask them to inform you if there’s a problem of any kind.

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taken away easily. You see some children raised by prayerful parents and are not praying at all. Some only rely on the prayers of their parents. This is a dangerous mode. You need to teach your children to pray, never say they are young to learn if they can identify cartoon characters, if they are learning in school, they can learn spiritual activities and sensitive too.

“Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.” Matthew 17:21 KJV

HOW TO TEACH YOUR CHILDREN TO PRAY

PARENTING

9 WAYS TO TEACH YOUR CHILDREN HOW TO PRAY Yomi Adewale

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rayer is a spiritual avenue to commune with God and a way to bring divinity into the affairs of humanity. Prayer is a weapon we can use to get victory in this dark world. The power and potency of prayer cannot be underestimated in the journey of life. It is shameful to see many children who are unable to

utter words of prayer to God Almighty, who has given us the privilege to call on Him with a promise to answer us. Jeremiah 33:3 It will be a great joy to watch your children pray earnestly as they grow. This becomes a part of them that cannot be

1. Demonstrate faith in God and show them how to trust Him: If you desire your children to put their trust in God, you must demonstrate it. - Tell your children about God. This implies that you must know God yourself, and you can share the goodness of God with them. - Teach them the importance of prayer: Let them know why they must pray as children of God and who to pray to. - Run to God for every concern and need. Do not murmur or complain. Let them see this approach in you. When they are on their own, they will know who to run to. Philippians 4:6

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2. Pray for Them: Keep praying for their salvation, sanctification and spiritual empowerment. Pray that the spirit of grace and supplication will rest on them. Pray that they love God and seek Him. Also, pray that they cherish communing with God through prayers. Zechariah 12:10 But Jesus said, “Let the children come to me. Don’t stop them! For the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to those who are like these children.” Matthew 19:14 (NLT)

with our children. 5. Watch and set time for them to pray: For your children to tarry in the place of prayer and stay longer in God’s presence, allot time for the prayer session and monitor them too. When they are just starting, they don’t know how long to stay. Your timing and watch over them will help in the journey of spiritual empowerment.

6. Encourage them in the days of little beginning. Don’t Teaching children to get despise their effort or God’s attention through condemn them when they try prayers should be part of to practice the act of praying parents grooming goals. to God. If you despise them, weariness or lukewarmness Many events in life have to set in. Don’t make them a likelihood of draining feel they are not doing well. strength and the more we Remember, they are just appear before God, we are starting and require some strengthened including our encouragement. If you are children. already a prayer champion, you started somewhere. 3. Pray with them: Children Allow them to start and learn from their parents a lot. improve as well. You need to have a dedicated time where you tell them to 7. Let them see you pray. Be a join you at prayer time. Have good example and role model a prayer session with your for them. You can’t give what children and a separate time you don’t have. You must be for each child. Also, involve prayerful; that will make them in this spiritual them emulate you. They can exercise. I do this a lot with contact the grace to stand our children. in the gap from you through your intercession and prayer 4. Give them prayer points: lifestyle. Children may feel they don’t have any prayer point. Write 8. Ask the Holy Spirit to help out the prayer points or get and empower them in the them prayer books. Also, place of prayer. Holy Spirit get them a notepad so they helps infirmities and can list their prayer points. teaches to pray. Hand them This will spur and stir them over into the hands of the to pray. They learn to pray Spirit of God. Teach them by praying; they must start how to inquire from the Holy somewhere and grow Spirit on what to pray for. thereby. I practice this a lot Romans 8:26

9. Attribute the glory of outcomes of prayers and testimonials in your life to God. Don’t share in God’s glory. Make them know that it is the sole prerogative of God to answer our prayers, not by power or by might. God must be acknowledged when things happen after you or your children pray to Him. Don’t take the place of God; you are teaching them the act of gratitude and thanksgiving in the process. Let them know that our tanks get full when we thank God. May our children win in the journey of life and become prayer champions in the name of Jesus. Prayer is a potent weapon for us as Christians and our children must learn to deploy and engage in this spiritual weapon. It is not good for you or your children not to know how to call upon God in worship and intercession. (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds;) 2 Corinthians 10:4

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MARRIAGE CLINIC

10 THINGS YOU MUST DISCUSS REGULARLY IN YOUR MARRIAGE

If you desire a great marriage then you must pay attention to these major areas of communication in your marriage. You must talk to your spouse intentionally, intimately and truthfully.

PAST LIFE COMMUNICATION Talk about your past, your history, your past friends, schools etc

PRESENT LIFE COMMUNICATION Talk daily about what is happening to you now, your career, your jobs, your journeys and many more.

FUTURE PLANS COMMUNICATION

Talk about your plans, vision, aspirations, ambition and expectations.

FEELINGS COMMUNICATION

How you feel is very important, most people don’t talk about it, they only show it in a negative way to their Spouses. Telling your Spouse how you feel will help your marriage greatly.

FINANCIAL COMMUNICATION

Money is one thing that can easily destroy any marriage if it is not well managed. So you need to be open about money in your marriage. Talk about how to make more money How to spend Who to give it to How to save it How to invest it Be intentional about talking about money in your marriage or you will allow money to destroy your marriage.

PARENTING COMMUNICATION

Talk about how to raise your children together, it is not okay to always disagree

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before the children, they will see you as unserious parents, they will also manipulate you and turn you against each other the more. So talk about how to raise your children.

sex problem when they visit their counsellor, not to talk of discussing it themselves, you hardly hear Couples talking about what they want in the bedroom and their desire to meet them. CAREER COMMUNICATION Not talking about sexual Talk about your jobs, desires, fantasies and business and careers. Talk expectation do give room for about how to balance all manners assumptions and family and career. How to unmet expectations. For your make money but not allowing marriage to be the best, you money to destroy your home. must talk about your sex life. What you want in the EXPECTATION COMMUNICATION bedroom, your turn on, turn One thing that can easily off, expectation, pleasure, destroy any marriage is vision, styles, fulfilment uncommunicated triggers etc. expectations. You need to talk about what you expect about money, in-laws, friendship, love, romance, sex etc.

PEOPLE MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATION

Talk about your friendship and relationship outside your marriage. Talk about what is expected with siblings, In-laws, Neighbors etc. SEXUAL COMMUNICATION Talk about your sex life, talk frankly about this and note that it is not a sin to talk about your sex life, it will help your marriage to talk deeply about your sex life. Lack of sexual communication is a major killer of marriage, as it encourages all manners of evil at home. Couples are too secretive and close-mouthed about their sex lives. They do see their lawyer and talk about their problem with the law, see their mechanic and talk about the car engine problem, see their doctor and talk about their health but will never talk about their

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COUPLES’ GARDEN

15 THINGS LOVE WILL DO TO YOUR MARRIAGE (1) Love will make the journey of your marriage easier. The journey of marriage involves a lot of challenges. (2) Love will bring back romance to your marriage. Romance will find its way to the mortuary when the obituary of love is announced. When there is genuine love then romance will be at the maximum. Let there be love in your marriage as it’s good for your home. (3) Love will improve your sex life. Sex is enjoyable when the two people (husband and wife) involved. Love is good for your health. Love do bring joy and peace, which are very good to our health and well being. When hatred reigns in a marriage, it affects the health of the parties involved. (4) Love is good for your career. When you are in love, you will be able to have a good home. When you have a good home, you will be able to focus on your career, job and profession. Bad marriage does affect one’s performance at work (5) Love is good for your children (6) Love is good for your spiritual life (7) Love is good for your career (8) Love is good for your progress

(9) Love is generally good for you. Love is generally good for your life, marriage, vision, progress, plan and everything you want to do.your intercession and prayer lifestyle.

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HEALTH

HOW TO DEAL WITH PROSTATE ENLARGEMENT OR CANCER NATURALLY

(IF YOU ARE 40 YEARS OLD OR YOU WILL BE 40 YEARS OLD ONE DAY, YOU NEED TO READ THIS) I was in the office one day when my office phone rang. It was my uncle, I fondly call him Uncle Welle. He was a no-nonsense man who never called for greetings. His calls always had a reason. So, when I saw his call, I was a little apprehensive and he did not disappoint me. He told me bluntly, ‘’Iyi, where are you? I need to see you urgently. Serious wahala dey oh!’’ Within two hours, he was in my office and he did the unthinkable. He removed his underwear to show me a shocking sight. A rubber was covering his genital and he told me he used the rubber to urinate. He said he needed about 500,000 Naira urgently for a surgical operation to treat his enlarged prostate. He said he had been battling the problem for months before it got to this level, coupled with frequent visits to the hospital, sleepless nights, tiredness and pains. He said he started when he discovered that: He shook his penis whenever he urinated. His underwear was wet

with urine from his penis even after urinating. He had to stand up several times in the night to urinate and he was finding it difficult to sleep. He could not urinate even when he felt the urge. He could not hold his urine before getting to the toilet. He usually urinated on himself before reaching the toilet. As Uncle Welle talked, he began to cry. I was moved to tears. We wept so loud we forgot we were in the office. Where are we going to get the 500,000 Naira? Will my beloved uncle survive the surgery? If he does, will he ever remain the same again? His case was truly terrifying for me because I had several people in my life who died or never remained the same again after the prostate surgery. I began to remember a lot of people who had died of similar issues. My aunt’s husband that died after prostate surgery. My former classmate’s father whose corpse is still in the mortuary died of prostate cancer. He died just three weeks ago.

My wailing got the attention of my colleague in the next room. She and her guest ran into my office. I did not know I was loud. I narrated the case to them as deep as possible. I thought she could help me to raise the 500,000 Naira I needed urgently. But something strange happened, her guest was not moved at all. She said her father had the same problem about fifteen years ago and someone introduced a natural supplement to them. He got cured. He is now 87 without any trace of prostate issues. She gave me the phone number of the natural supplement supplier, and I called him immediately. Within 24 hours, we got our supply, and my uncle used it religiously.

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stream. • A feeling of incomplete bladder emptying. • Difficulty starting urination. • A urinary stream that starts and stops. • Straining to urinate. • Returning to urinate again minutes after finishing.

MEANING OF PROSTATE All men are born with prostate. It is the manufacturing company of semen that carries spermatozoa during sexual intercourse. So, women do not have prostate The prostate is a gland that produces some of the fluid that carries sperm during ejaculation. The prostate gland surrounds the urethra, the tube through which urine passes out of the body. An enlarged prostate means the gland has grown bigger. The prostate is about the size of a walnut. It is located between the bladder and the penis and it stays that way until age 40. A healthy prostate is important in supporting sperm nourishment and transport. For an unknown reason, the prostate experiences a second growth spurt and can grow to the size of a lemon. All men will have their prostates a little bit enlarged as soon as they turn 40. This is a natural phenomenon. If it is not checked on time, it will enlarge and have serious problems.

STATISTICS

The enlarged prostate begins to interfere with the urethra, the tube inside the penis that carries urine and semen out of the body. The pressure can block the natural flow of urine (and semen), causing irritation. Enlargement of the prostate gland can cause symptoms, for example: • Dripping urine (penis dropping urine after you think you’ve empty your bladder) • Pain during urination. • Frequent urination. • Blood in the semen or urine. • Frequent pain or stiffness in the lower back, hips, pelvic or rectal area, or the upper thighs. Urinary incontinence (the inability to urinate). • Getting up frequently at night to urinate. • Urgency to urinate. • A weak or slow urinary

• In the UK, 11,287 men died of prostate cancer in 2014. • 1 in 4 black men will get prostate cancer at some point in their lives. • About 1 in 9 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime. • Prostate cancer is more likely to develop in older men and black men. • About 6 in 10 cases are diagnosed in men who are 65 years or older, • Prostate cancer is rare in men under 40. • Prostate cancer incidence increases with age. The older you are, the greater your chance of developing it. • Although only about 1 in 350 men under age 50 will be diagnosed, the rate shoots up to 1 in 52 men for ages 50 to 59; 1 in 19 men for ages 60 to 69, and 1 in 11 men for ages 70 and older. • Nearly 60% of all prostate cancer cases are diagnosed in men over the age of 65

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NATURAL WAY, BEST WAY

The best way to handle the prostate is by adopting natural ways through healthy living, eating the right food, vegetables, and taking supplements. I won’t recommend surgery for prostate enlargement except it is necessary. This is because of many complications that may come with it and because there are better, painless and safer alternatives that can be used for better health.

WHAT IS PROSTATE ENLARGEMENT? Prostate enlargement is known as Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH). It is a noncancerous increase in the size of the prostate gland.

SYMPTOMS OF PROSTATE ENLARGEMENT 1. JINGLE BELL: Try to watch elderly men urinating; something is common to all of them. They will shake their penis after urinating to remove the remaining droplets from the organ. This

could take several minutes. They were not doing this as teens or youths. That is a very good sign that the prostate is not as it used to be. Though there may be no pain or any trouble at this moment, it’s a pointer to greater trouble to come if nothing is done quickly. 2. DRIPPING: This happens after shaking the penis for some time. The man after taking a pee may think that his bladder has been emptied but may be shocked to that his underwear has been wet by his urine after keeping his penis back in there. It’s a case of stopping the engine but still running the tap. This also shows that the enlargement of the prostate has increased. Again, this will not give any pain or discomfort at the moment, but something must be done quickly. NOW! 3. NIGHT OWL: Waking up several times in the night is the next stage if nothing is done. This involves waking up to urinate 4 to 5 times before daybreak 4. TROUBLED TAP: difficulty in urinating 5. WEAK TAP: weak stream when urinating 6. BLOCKED TAP: the inability to urinate

7. BEEPING TAP: the feeling of urinating despite the number of times a person has urinated before within a short time. 8. FREE TAP FLOWING: the loss of bladder control

COMPLICATIONS OF PROSTATE ENLARGEMENT Having an enlarged prostate is not only painful; it can be embarrassing as well. To make matters worse, the condition can lead to lifethreatening complications. The swollen prostate can lead to further complication if you don’t treat it. It causes blockage by clogging your kidneys with urine. In such cases, acute urinary retention can happen. It may even develop into chronic kidney disease, kidney damage or infection, bladder damage, and bladder stones. Unfortunately, because most men will suffer from an enlarged prostate, particularly in their sixties and seventies, many men don’t worry when the symptoms appear and certainly wouldn’t take it seriously until it becomes life-threatening. This is a mistake.

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PROSTATE ENLARGEMENT AND DANGERS OF SURGERY In the past, the only option for people with Prostate Enlargement [BPH] was a surgery called Trans Urethral Prostate Resection (TURP). This procedure involves shaving or removing small pieces of the enlarged prostate that block the flow of urine. TURP usually relieves the uncomfortable symptoms of an enlarged prostate but with the following problems: 1. SHORTER LIFE SPAN: Surgery does not prolong life. The study suggests that it reduces a person’s lifespan by a year or more. 2. IMPOTENCY: In some cases, TURP can cause impotence 3. LOSS OF URINATION CONTROL: the inability to control urination can also occur. 4. INFERTILITY: The most common side effect is retrograded ejaculation, that is, the ejaculated semen enters the bladder instead of shooting out of the penis. This may impair a man’s fertility.

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NATURAL WAY, BEST WAY

European and Asian doctors have traditionally been using a natural holistic approach to cure prostate enlargement with resounding success and with no side effects. Prostate patients respond so well to these natural solutions that over 90% of American doctors prescribe them rather than prescription drugs. The American Botanical Council registers various natural herbal or plants extracts as a treatment for prostate enlargement and these ingredients and many others are now made available. Numerous clinical trials reinforce their effectiveness. BENEFITS OF TREATING PROSTATE ENLARGEMENT NATURALLY • Your enlarged prostate or your prostate gland will be corrected and restored to its original healthy state. • You will never have to wake up frequently at night to urinate again; which means you will enjoy a peaceful sleep always. • The difficulty you experience when urinating will finally stop. • You will be able to empty your bladder at a go and urine dripping will finally stop. • If you’re seeing blood in your urine or you’ve developed a urinary tract infection due to poor t reatment of the enlarged prostate, it will also help you

successfully. • Your sex life and vitality will be restored and come back to life. • Most importantly, you’ll become healthy once again and thus prolong your life. So, even if you’ve tried other treatments in the past with little or no result, natural ways will help you.

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BENEFITS OF FOREVER NATURE MIN • Forever Nature-Min is an excellent way to ensure that your body is getting the minerals and trace minerals it needs to meet the demands of a healthy, balanced lifestyle. • It supplies all the mineral elements the body needs to meet daily demands. • Minerals form and regulate body fluid, enzymes and hormones. • Minerals help in the building of bones and teeth, etc. • It supports muscle, brain and thyroid function 4. VITOLIZE FOR MEN Vitolize Men has been specially designed by Forever Living Products for men. Vitolize Men is a proper balance of nutrients that supports prostate health, urinary flow, sexual vitality and immune system support. This unique, comprehensive formulation supplies a highly effective blend of potent herbs like Saw

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BENEFITS OF FOREVER VITOLIZE FOR MEN • It promotes good prostate health. • It contains Zinc which plays a vital role in supporting reproductive health. • It helps to maintain the urinary system. • It contains Vitamins C for a healthy immune system and Vitamin D which helps support the cardiovascular system and maintain healthy blood sugar levels. These are both essential for prostate health and are required for the production of hormones. • It helps to maintain the reproductive system. • It is a proprietary blend of saw palmetto and pumpkin

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THE SURGERY WAS CANCELED.

wake up several times to urinate before daybreak. It began to affect me, my life, I was already scheduled for my business, and my health. I prostate surgery when the went to the hospital and I was author of this book came to administered some drugs. It our Church for a seminar and did not seem to be having any taught about the issue of the effect. I became depressed, my blood pressure shot up prostate. I went to his office and one of my legs became the following week and he swollen. gave me the content of this I got in contact with the book. He told me to put it author of this book who into practice. taught me what to do. I was I went back to the hospital so surprised that the solution and told them to delay the was so close to me but did not surgery by 2 weeks. They know. I did all he asked me thought it was because I did to do. Like magic, everything not have money for the turned around for me within surgery. I practised what I weeks. What a sweet relief. was taught in the book religiously. When I got to the hospital after two weeks, I demanded that a new test should be carried out. My doctor was surprised about the improvement in my health. He postponed the surgery by another 4 weeks and encouraged me to continue whatever I was doing that got this great result. I went back there after 4 weeks for another test and was told my prostate was looking like that of a 30-yearold.

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