Financial stress and Kingdom marriage
Nigeria's economic challenges can put significant stress on marriages. What practical advice can you give to Christian couples on managing financial pressures while maintaining a strong, faith-centered relationship?
Question
Is it wrong to visit your partner as a lady at least twice a month? Especially when you live in the same City. Does it make one lose her value when you finally get married?
What should I do
Married for the past 19years but separated for 18 years due to violence. We have a child together but spouse remarried and has other children. Can I remarry without formal divorce proceedings or remain a single parent for life...asking for
Genotype
Rev'd often mentions how he saw Pastor Sophia as his wife in a dream before he met her. If, after meeting her, the genotype check had not been a match, would you have gone ahead with the relationship?
Unagreeable parents
I have a friend I want to get married to but my family isn't agreeing because of her tribe. I'm igbo and she's not. I've exhausted all possible means to talk to them, make them understand and see my standpoint but they've vehemently refused. The girls family accepted...
Habit – Masturbation
Am married with two lovely kids & a young beautiful lovely wife but I still do masturbate.am a Christian & a leader in my church.
Narcissistic partner – He has never given me a gift!
I am 33 years by the grace of God, I am in a relationship where the guy has no priority for me, if I don't call he doesn't call and when I call he seems busy with one work or the other. If I complain about it, he finds a way of making me feel I was the one who is...
The Condescending Attitude Of Wife Due To Age Disparity
I had a friend back in secondary school. We were classmates and also neighbors at home. We got close and I later proposed to her while I was in university...about 400 level. She accepted and very close to our introduction date she now disclosed her real age to me as...
I don’t know which of the two ladies is the right one for me
Good morning pastor. I met a lady couple of months, ago and we have been very close. Close to the extent we are considering going into a relationship but recently I met another lady and just seems we connect more, Every time I speak to her, something within just makes...
Distance Marriage
My fiancée wants us to live apart when married. I'll be in Lagos while he will be in Ibadan. All this arrangement is due to work. Ibadan will be our base and I will be travelling down every time the opportunity surfaces. How can we make it work as I want to live with...
Unable To Get Wet For My Husband
Finding difficult to get wet for my husband, have tried several to be wet before making out, but it has not been fruitful, what can I do to improve it
Submitting your salary to your husband
Good morning sir,Pls, sir, my question is about finance in marriage.My husband believes as a wife, I am supposed to be submitting my salary to him for him to join to his own salary and run the home from it. That anything I need and the house need we write the list...
Can’t Get Over My Ex
I dated this guy while in my 200L and I was 17, he was 25. It wasn't as if the relationship was the best but ever since I broke up with him in my 400L, I find it Soo hard to date other guys. I keep thinking and comparing other guys to him. What can I do?
Please, I need help!
I don't know how to handle my wife anymore. I'm getting more tired every day. My wife is a good woman but she's so jealous that it makes me sick. She suspects every move I take that I'm so sick of the distrust. I have never cheated on her and never will. But I can't...
My House Is On Fire
My husband and I were married in the year 2020. The foundation upon which we got married was wrong. As a Christian I know fornication is a sin but when I found out that I was pregnant, based on that, and got married. In fact, I was regretful that things had happened...
Long Distance Marriage For Newly Wed
Dear Pastor I'm a newly married woman, just a month into marriage, my husband has been transferred from our state of residence to another state far from me, I have so much anger and bitterness. I tried to stop him from going but he insisted, he left just 2 weeks after...
My Fiancee Make Me Feel I Am A Bad Person
Ok so my question goes like this I have someone I'm dating, and we talk and communicate, but when he asked me a question, I give him my opinion but he sometimes makes my opinion feel like I am a bad person. For example, we were meant to go to the beach, but he didn't...
How Do You Forgive A Spouse Who Messed Up Your Life?
How do you forgive a spouse who infected you with several ailments due to his waywardness? How do you truly forgive such a person who has derailed your journey in life, from career to health and welfare??? First, it was high blood pressure, anxiety, fear, etc and when...
How Do I Sort Out This Financial Issue?
My husband wants me to take a loan from my workplace to put into the car business while the loan repayments will be collected from my salary monthly for the next two years because I am fully sure he will not pay back because I have tried giving him money in the past...
Money Issues With My Spouse
My husband is not a salary earner but I am, he is a pastor and supports the ministry with the car business which is not an every-time income thing, and we have a large family, 5 kids, and a helper cos I work in d bank all together 8 members in the family. my problem...
Marital delay
Good morning Pastor, I want to vent this morning.Why does it seem God is taking the time to answer my marital prayers? I have been praying for marriage since I was 22 and I'm 32 now, what is it I'm doing wrong?I pray, fast, give, put myself out there and I am a good...
Should I take her back?
I thought she had the same feelings as me, I thought she was the best woman on earth, I thought she was ready to be with me through thick and thin until things changed for me, I lost my job, nothing was working and before I could say Jack Robinson she came up with...
My wife is too harsh
My wife is too harsh. I have been coping with this for a long time but now I am getting frustrated by her attitude. How do I confront her?
Am I an Househelp or Helpmeet?
We got married 2 months ago and I am already fed up. He said he preferred his food fresh everyday while we were courting and I thought it was no big deal but now I feel depressed and purposeless. All I do is house chores, I have no time for myself. I practically live...
I am getting depressed.
Good evening pastorI have been doing business but this time around, everything went wrong, all my capital is gone, and still owed a lot of people as much as #300K, I have tried paying it little by little, but the interest that is accumulating is not helping me.This...
Age Issue between me and the chosen one
I am a Christian who walks with the Holy Spirit like any of our brethren. I do nothing without Him.He talked to me concerning my relationship for marriage in 2020 and then in 2021 and both communication completed each other. And exactly according to the last...
Help Me! He lies so much and I don’t know what to do
I have been dating this guy for 1year and one monthA few weeks into the relationship I noticed he lies, and lying is a turn-off for me. I confronted him after discovering his several lies which he promised not to lie again.In fact, his mum also confirmed that he lies...
He Is A Good Christian And Ticks All The Boxes But Has Been Married Before
Dear Sir,I am a single lady in her late twenties, believing God for a good spouse. I met a charming man who ticks all the boxes, also very caring. A quality I want in a man. He is proposing marriage, however he has been married before. Is it worth it at all? What does...
Ministry and balance in family
i FEEL MY WIFE IS PAYING TOO MUCH ATTENTION TO MINISTERIAL WORK THAN THE HOME. I SOMETIMES GET ANGRY WHENEVER SHE HAS TO ATTENTD TO PRAYER OR STUDY. WE ARE MINISTERS THOUGH. BUT I SEE THAT DEVOTION WITH THE CHILDREN IS NOT AS CONSISTENT AS HER ATTENTION TO EXTERNAL...
Gods will for marriage partner
I have prayed and God has shown me my future husband but he treats me like his sister because our families are acquainted. Should I just wait or I should talk to him about the will of God that I was shown.
My Wife Completely Hates Sex And This Is So Frustrating
We have been married for 2 years and we have not had penetrative sex, she complains of pain all the time and is tired all the time we tried. We later discovered that she has vaginismus which makes sex impossible and attempts to penetrate painful. All advice is to use...
I Am The Edge Of Compromise, She Complains About Sex
My wife is a career woman. She always complains of tiredness anytime we are supposed to get intimate. Averagely we have sex twice a month and I feel so unsatisfied. I have tried everything I know, and I am at the edge of compromise please help!
My Wife Doesn’t Want Me To Have Female Friends
I have a lot of female friends and I try to be open with my wife. But now, she said she will only be happy if I disconnect from them, which I find ridiculous. Please, what do you think? Should I make my wife happy by disconnecting from them while I lose my...
I’m Tired Of Her Silence And Withdrawal
We've known each other for almost 10 years now since we grew up in the same village but I decided to ask her out about 4 months ago. I noticed that she picks offence easily especially when I try correcting her, the most recent one was when I jokingly said something...
My Mother Said She Is Not The Right Person For Me And I Can’t Marry Her
I met this amazing and beautiful lady during a work visit to her company, we exchanged numbers, and six months down the line we started dating because really she met all my expectations. Recently after introducing her to my mother; which was a very pleasant event, my...
The thought of leaving him will make me shiver and cry!
He is not born again and I know. But I love him so much. I love him, and the thought of leaving him will make me shiver and cry. And yet I know this is not God's plan for me. No sex yet, but if he asks, I am not sure I can say No! What should I do? I am just 21 years...
My wife hates cooking
My wife hates cooking. It has caused a lot of fight. I go hungry most times or end up preparing my food by myself and she has refused to change. What should I do?
My Wife Is The Daddy of The House
My wife has no time for our little boy because of her work. She leaves early and closes late. In fact, I am the mummy of the house, cooking and cleaning the house, taking care of the boy, because I get home earlier, while she is the daddy of the house. She comes home,...
I am confused.
There is a lady that she would be 31 and on the big side while there is one of 26 but not given me attention. I am 32years. Everything seems okay about the 31 years old lady but she is the one doing the chasing. I am not really chasing her. What can I do
The Househelp Is Pregnant
My sister's friend's husband has impregnated their housemaid, a girl of about 16 who has been with them for like 2 years. This lady is 2 years older than her husband and is the breadwinner of the family. She is always busy. She goes out with the girl to her place of...
Difficulty In Having Sex
I've been married for over 2 years nowAlthough I married as a virginBut having sex has been an issue for me. Penetration seems difficult and painfulWe've tried the hospital and I've been diagnosed with having a narrow Virginal pathway (this is how I can explain it for...
I Discovered My Born Again Husband Slept With Our Neighbors
We got married in December 2017 and we have been having serious issues in our marriage since 2019, children are falling sick every now and then, late nights beatings, abuse etcWe no longer enjoy each other's company but we have sex together. This year I took a bold...
After 18 Years of Marriage, I Can’t Report or Get Advice
We're married, almost eighteen years ago with 3 children. I can't report my wife to anyone, I swallow every thing alone. Any attempt is counterproductive. What should I do sir/ ma
I Lost Myself As A 5-Year-Old and Too Many Bad Things Happened
Shalom, I will make my story direct to the point.At 5 years old I was raped at the back of the altar in the church by a man. I would say his age will be around 27-33 years old of age. Honestly, as a little girl, I was always happy, cheerful, and very smart in school....
We Have Doctrinal Differences
I'm in a four-month-old relationship. We both love God and the things if God. We are both committed to our local assembly. However, we have serious doctrinal issues, especially in the area of prayers. How do we settle it?
My husband would not allow me to do My Masters
I want to go for my Masters in UK for a year and a half, but my husband would not allow me for God knows why. Please what can I do as I am a career woman?
He wants me to redeploy
We met back on campus and dated for over two years. He graduated before I did and got a well-paying job after I graduated I was posted to a very place but he wasn't happy about it and he wanted me to redeploy. I wasn't sure I want to because I would have to lie to get...
My boss who is a lady is interested in me
My boss who is a lady seems to be interested in me, how can I handle this? She has not said anything but from her body language and the gifts she gives me, she will soon say something. My wife must hear this kind of thing or there will be hell. Please, advise me.
I Lied About My Ex
I met this young man two years ago in UK when I went for my Msc and I decided to date him after having a conviction in my heart about him but something happened a few months ago when one of his friends came around and we all hung out but to my surprise, the guy was my...
My Wife Has Been Denying Me Intimacy For Weeks
My wife has been denying me sex for weeks now.I understand she's gone through a lot as a growing-up young girl, but she keeps refusing help to speak to someone who can help, claiming those mentors have also got their own issues not resolved. I am tempted to go out and...
My Sister’s Husband Wants To Sleep With Me
I lost my parent to a ghastly accident many years ago and since then I've been living with my elder sister, she and her husband have been so kind to me but recently her husband sneaked into my room to rape me but he failed. Ever since he's been threatening me to lie...
I am beginning to get attracted to my wife’s best friend
I am beginning to get attracted to my wife's best friend who visits our house daily but I don't know how to handle this. What should I do?
Can We Get Intimate During Fasting and Prayer?
Please is it Proper to engage in sex during Fasting and prayer? I am a newlywed and my church just started its 21 days of fasting and prayer. I have been avoiding sex with my husband and he seems to be unhappy about it. Am I doing anything wrong? Thanks.
My wife has been in United Kingdom for more than a year
My wife has been in the United Kingdom for more than a year for her studies. I have been trying to cope here without compromising but it has been challenging. I don't have enough finances to join her. Now, she is saying she wants to work for a while to make money!Who...
Can we see?
How does one handle a lot of "can we see" by brothers? Most come from the point of "so I can get to know you," let's just talk, just to see......and you don't want to be seen around with people anyhow, you also don't have all the time Yes, you know you will marry a...
My Partners Is Obsessed With Another Lady
I seem not to understand my fiancé these days, we can’t have a talk for just a few minutes without mentioning a lady in his office. We've had a serious issue about it and he kept saying there is nothing between them but anytime we're discussing he always mentions her...
After 7 Years Of Marriage And Church Wedding No Government Legal Marriage Certificate
Is it right for a child of God and a Christian brother to deny his wife of 7 years of a legal marriage certificate after getting married in church knowing fully well that the certificate is very important for his wife?And he is trying to claim a legal right to the...
26 Years of Unfaithfulness, Secrecy, and Lies
We have been married for over 26 years. After living apart for 20 years due to work, episodes of unfaithfulness, secrecy/lies, and general habitual apathy towards the family, I am unsure why he asked for my hand in marriage in the first place.
I Want To Quit My Relationship; He spends more time with other girls
I have been dating a widower with 4 children. We started dating 7 months after the demise of his wife in 2021. My relationship with him has lasted for about 1 year and 6 months now. Initially, when we started this relationship, he never told me he wanted a kind of...
Premature Ejaculation: I am a 30-Second Man
What should I do, knowing that I am having an issue of 30 seconds (premature ejaculation) as a man, after praying and giving and trying all treatments both herbs and prescribed medicines, still same problem. Thinking of staying single due to this embarrassing illness,...
Broken, Pressurized, and Feeling Alone
I am a single lady of 38 years, a Christian and I cherish my relationship with God. I come from a closely-knit family and am the second to the last child. I am writing this having just dried my tears so I can see clearly. I have been praying to God for not just a...
Submission Of Your Money As A Wife
My husband always wants me to submit my money and we spend it together but he doesn't carry me along with his own money but though he spends it for the family. What do I do? I want to know how and when his money is coming in too.
Cheating Spouse
I caught my husband cheating and challenged him, but he denied it. When I later gave my evidences, he was shocked. Since then he has been keeping to himself. How do I win him back and how do I trust him again . Like I am afraid he might contract a sexually transmitted...
She Has Changed!
I met her in the UK when I went to for my masters and we got very well along, then after I finished my program I came back to Nigeria and we still kept in touch but when she arrived she began to behave as if we never met before and she wasn't willing to even introduce...
She’s Earning More Than Me and Yet Not Helping
My wife works with a financial institution and earns four times more than I do. I pay about 80% of the bills but things are getting expensive by the day. She has refused to take up some financial responsibilities, despite my explanations, saying that's the "job" of...
Everything He Says Is Always Right
I'm tired. Whatever I do or say in the house is not always right in his face. When my husband talks he must not hear me say a word because if I do he will hold on to my words. I'm tired of quarreling with him all-day
My parents wants me to marry the son of their business partner
My parents want me to marry the son of their business partner who is not handsome nor appealing, though rich. I don't like him, not to talk of love. I don't know how to handle my parents and I don't want to displease them. What can I do?
My Mother In-law is a witch
My husband’s mother is a witch. This I can confirm. My husband has no clue, but this woman will appear to me in my dreams and be stomping on my chest. I don’t know how to tell him. I planned to tell our Pastor this coming week. My husband is so close to him that he is...
My wife is too stubborn!
My wife never listens to anything and she is very disrespectful. I don’t know what else to do, even our Pastor has intervened, yet no solution. How can a woman be that stubborn and strong-willed? Sometimes I think she doesn’t want this marriage because, in our five...
My husband has not been sleeping in the bedroom
My husband has been sleeping in the sitting room for the past three weeks. He has not touched me, neither has he come back to the bedroom. He was the one that offended me and shouted at me and yet he is still the one getting angry. I don’t understand exactly what he...
Just Venting
I feel like being nice or having a good heart toward people has no reward. I just turned 30 and yet no serious relationship. I have been so dedicated and waiting on God and yet still don't understand. One of my ex who gave a flimsy excuse for a break up got married...
My husband does not do anything or give unless I Ask
How do I relate with my husband who always want me to ask for something before doing anything. He does not have a mind of doing anything without being pushed or asked to do it and even when I ask it ends in complains and how he needs to do this and that but he will...
I Find It Difficult To Ask My Husband For Money
Good day sir, thank you for the good work you and your beautiful wife are doing helping singles to choose wisely and helping the married have a good marriage. I listened to the answer given to the woman who said she finds it difficult asking her husband for money. I...
My Husband Is Not Being Paid
How does a full time minister survive in a ministry where he is not paid stipend, how will he provide for his family. Is it advisable to marry such a man? What else can he do in order not to depend on his church members for help. What can the wife to be do to support...
I Feel Like I Made A Mistake Getting Married
I feel like I made a serious mistake getting married and even marrying my husband in particular. And the major issues is our finance and my health. I have fibroids. It's becoming a serious issue by the day with my health, my husband running a seminary program and MBA...
I Caught My Husband Cheating
I caught my husband cheating, and he apologized and showed remorse. But I haven't been able to trust him again. I told him to sever every contact with the side chick, he said he has, but I don't know why I am not believing him. Have been looking for a way to get...
My Friend Doesn’t Want Us Together Anymore
I'd been friends with this guy for close to 9 years before he opened up about his feelings for me. We were getting along well until late last year when I suddenly noticed he distanced himself from me. I finally confronted him about it, he said he felt I was...
My Husband Said God Instructed Him Not To Work
My husband is someone looking to go into ministry and I am aware, he doesn't work, initially, he said God instructed him not to work but looking to work for a ministry that was permitted but the ministry has refused to recruit. He is so broke, in fact, the funding of...
Genotype Issues
Can I marry someone of AS genotype in the sake of love
My Husband Is Gaslighting Me, And Yet Everybody Thinks He Is Sweet
My husband is the sweetest person. Everyone thinks he is the best husband in the world. But I am suffocating, he manipulates me I can't even explain it. I am tired. He behaves like he supports me openly but makes me feel like I am not enough subtly. I used to live in...
Betrayed By My Husband, I Want To Retailaite With My Ex
I and my husband stay in different states because of work, he doesn't visit often. We have 3 kids. When I complain to him that he should be visiting more often, he'll say I am nagging and complaining too much, and that he's busy with work. He queried if I want him to...
I Suspect She Is Cheating; I Want To End it
Hello pastor, Thank you for this platform and opportunity.I have been seeing this lady for some months now, I am committed to the relationship and plan to get married soon. For some months, I have been suspecting that she's been cheating, but she ends up convincing me...
I Find It Hard To Ask For Money From My Husband
Good morning. I'm married but find it hard to ask for money from my husband. I know we talked about money before marriage but I can't remember what we said. We are both workerS and I think perchance we have indirectly agreed on me using my money for household expenses...
I Got Pregnant Outside Of Wedlock, He Doesn’t Want Me
I got pregnant in 2021 out of wedlock, he was aware then (though we didn’t date for so long before it happened) At first when the pregnancy happened he said he was happy but it was not the right time because he was not financially okay. To conclude, we aborted but I...
Emotional Involvement: Can I Marry A Muslim?
I really don't know how to start but as a divorcee, God helped me to stay for 3 years without even thinking of getting close to any man, I was deeply in service and God raised helpers for me. I got a job and recovered from the effect of the past. The job is so...
I Love Him But He Is Not Committed In His Church As A Worker
Good morning sir. I would like to seek your advice about this matter. Before long (early 2022), my current fiance proposed marriage and went to meet my pastor. My pastor got to find out that he's yet to be a committed worker in his own local church, however during...
Single Mum: I Fight A Lot With My Baby’s Father
How do I overcome this? I am a single mother and deeply love my baby's father but we fight a lot and don’t know how to deal with it. I feel I am deeply hurt about what he did to me. But I can't express it
He Doesn’t Have Money: Is This Waiting Or Time Wasting?
Hello Pastor, I've been in a relationship with a guy for 2 years, He has done the knocking about 8 months ago.My fiancé is financially down, though he is working but things are not going well for him at all.He doesn't even have a penny in the bank to do some small...
Venting, Question, and Answers: I Saw My Husband With A Strange Woman
I don't when know how to categorize my husband. When he was wooing me, he made me feel on top of the world and so special than every other person that had an interest in me then. He even went behind my back to threaten some of them to leave me alone then. He's a very...
I fell a victim of what I feared most
I am married with two kids at present. I got pregnant a little about two months before our wedding. But prior to that time, I have been having some kind of sexual relations (kissing, touching, and later on, sex) with my husband-to-be, which I wasn't quite comfortable...
I feel hurt and betrayed: What should i do?
I discovered recently that my husband has been dating a girl since 2018. He rented an apartment for her and has been giving her a monthly allowance since then. They are even planning to marry without my knowledge but the girl insisted that I must be aware before her...
My Husband Does Not Give Me Money
It's been 5 years now since I got married to my husband. But any time I am in need of his help financially he must have one excuse or another other but he used to go out of his comfort zone for his family no matter what.
My Minister Friend Got Involved With A Female Member
My friend is a married man, a minister in the church, and got involved with a female member of the church, somehow, I found out and advised him not to do such again. Several months later his wife got to know. He apologized to his wife for his actions. Instead of him...
He’s quiet and doesn’t talk
My fiance is the type that's quiet and doesn't talk much..but he hides under this to do some annoying thingsHe speaks to me casually as one would speak to his friend..there's nothing like pet names, no romantic words and this is a distant relationshipI've complained...
Tired Of Being Single
I joined a Christian dating App, prayed, and fasted to be connected to a God-fearing man. It seems God has forgotten me, he answers my other requests but not this. I will be 36 years by November. I am tired of people asking me if the wedding is holding, and I am tired...
Proper Or Improper – My Husband Betrayed My Trust
My husband betrayed my trust with a colleague and they still work closely together without any mention of the closeness to me and she makes requests which I feel are not right which I happen to know by coincidence. Am I wrong to expect him to be open of any...
Scared of my feelings
I'm a lady who is not used to communicating consistently with guys. There's one of my male colleagues I often talk to nowadays. But I feel worried. It's been enjoyable discussing with him. My instinct is to pull back though he's done nothing wrong. I'm just worried...
Counsel: My Husband Doesn’t Appreciate Me
My husband is a man of God, we have a song and drama ministry. I handle the song, I am a song minister. My issue is that my husband doesn't appreciate me at all, no matter what I do, the members of the ministry disrespect me in his presence, and he won't say anything...
Question: Should I Marry?
We've been kingdom friends for a year, and recently he asked for my hand in marriage. I am 2 years older than him... Should I go ahead to marry him?... We seem to get along and have a lot in common.
I Aborted Eleven Times Before Wedding
Thank you Pastor for this opportunity. I wasn't a bad girl. But I was entangled with a big sister who misled me and organized her boyfriend to disvirgin me just to punish me for being rude. I thought it would end there, but it didn't. I was now the one looking for sex...