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Dear Lord, please help me to listen before I speak. Help me to be polite, considerate and kind in all of my conversations.

May I humbly seek first to understand, before demanding to be understood.

May my words bring health, blessings, peace and encouragement to those who hear them. Teach me to be quick to listen and slow to be angry.

Teach me to speak the right words no matter what the situation.

Teach me to always remember that sometimes, the right response is to say nothing at all. In Jesus' Name I ask. Amen

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Mother. Just the name evokes a flood of thoughts and memories. Childhood memories of a loving hand that prepared the best breakfast, that tirelessly worked to keep us well fed and well cared for, the big smile, the unconditional love. How often we take this wonderful blessing for granted. Mothers love their children during the worst and best of times. Do we show them the love they deserve. The bible says, “Dear children, let's not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions.” (1 John 3:18

We need to honour them too. Long life is promised to all who honour them.

“Children, obey your parents because you belong to the Lord, for this is the right thing to do. "Honor your father and mother." This is the first commandment with a promise: "things will go well for you, and you will have a long life on the earth." (Ephesians 6:1-3)

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♡ | if you want a nurturing, feminine and loving wife you have to be a providing, masculine and loving husband.

it goes both ways.

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Toddlers are so pure. She doesn’t understand that we help her with certain things because she’s little. She thinks that everyone just helps each other like that. So she tries to blow on my food and cut it up for me and tries to help me put on my shoes.

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i was giving little wagon rides to a baby around the backyard one day and all of a sudden she hops off and slaps the seat of the wagon telling me to get on because it was my turn and i was like no it’s ok im too heavy and she was like NO ITS UR TURN and kept tugging on my hand so i would sit down. eventually i got on and it was just a little 2 year old trying so hard to push me around on a wagon not understanding why it wouldn’t budge but still so determined to let me have my turn lol

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I don’t think I’d realised how many casual compliments we pay to our toddler until she started casually complimenting us back, because experience has taught her that’s How Social Interaction Is Done, and there’s nothing quite like a very earnest three-year-old solemnly and sincerely informing you that you look wonderful and smell nice to make you feel really good about yourself

I tell her she’s my best girl. She tells me I’m her best auntie. Then we both feel good about the world!

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Teach them kindness.

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my little cousin is 3 and she stands there and goes “you’re doing it!” whenever i’m like, making food for us, or doing the laundry, or pushing her in a stroller up a hill. she is the most encouraging sweetheart.

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Nothing boosts your ego quite like a customer’s 3-year old looking you straight in the eye and saying, in his best imitation of whatever adult must have said this to him, “Well, you’re a little bit handsome, aren’t you?”

His mother attempted to explain to him that you’re supposed to say girls are pretty, not handsome, but I assured her it was fine and I was absolutely thrilled to be considered handsome.

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But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. -Matthew 5:28

yeha God definitely knew half this population would be addicted to porn (including christians) and would try to justify this sin so He nip that in the bud 2000 years ago

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a misconception of marriage that is so rampant nowadays is that marriage is about you. that it's about what you can get out of it. it's not.

when you don't enter marriage with a humble and self-sacrificial heart, things will inevitable fall apart.

all marriage has issues and downfalls but those that go into marriage with a self-serving attitude will leave the second it gets tough. the second things don't go their way or the second their spouse mess up. that's why everyone's getting divorce. that's why marriages fail often.

marriage is reflective of Christ and His Bride (the Church). there needs to be constant acts of service and putting your spouses needs above your own. there needs to be support even when there are disagreements.

doing things 50/50 and saying "you do your part then I'll do mine" is a terrible mindset. it benefits no one.

it should be 100/100 and "i will fulfill my part even if you sometimes don't fulfill yours because we are now one and i am committed to this union".