Jason O'Bernard

Our God is an awesome God! He reigns in heaven above with wisdom power and love our God is an awesome God.

[Jason O'Bernard @JacksonP3rcy]

Never tell someone to go to hell, you might end up seeing them there again. Nor wish God will take them, you might be the head of welcoming your friends up there.

[Operation Heal America @OperHealAmerica]

THE GOSPEL👇 https://t.co/v5TFaU4cBn

[Trey & Lea's Stronger Marriages @StrongMarriage5]

Emotional AFFAIRS and cyber-affairs destroy marriages just like physical affairs do. They all are cheating. So be careful when getting close to someone of the opposite sex who's not your mate, because affairs most always start with "We're just friends."

Don't hide friendships with the opposite sex from your spouse. Openness and honestly are a MUST in your marriage.

[Barefoot Pregnant @usuallypregnant]

A Nobel Prize won't ever beat a woman being pregnant. Do you agree this is peak womanhood?

[Tevin Macharia Mukabana @TevinMacharia]

THE SPIRIT OF MASTURBATION: HOW TO BREAK IT

Joseph was alone in Potiphar's house. Genesis 39:11.

No wife. No family. No one watching. A door was open, a desire was knocking, and the temptation came "day by day." Genesis 39:10.

Now listen carefully.

Joseph did not win that battle in the moment. He won it long before. He lived like a man who knew God was in the room even when no person was. His answer was clear: "How then can I do this great wickedness and sin against God?" Genesis 39:9.

And when the temptation got close, he did not stand there and negotiate. He ran. Genesis 39:12.

That is the first lesson. The enemy does not start with a fall. He starts with an urge. He looks for the moment you are alone, tired and weak in prayer, and he whispers, "No one will know."

But you are never alone. God sees. And Scripture tells us what to do: "Flee also youthful lusts, but pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart." 2 Timothy 2:22.

Here is what many young men are never told. What you keep feeding grows. Every time you give in, the habit gets stronger, and then it begins to hold you down. Then comes the shame, and shame makes you pull away from the very God who can set you free.

But there is a way out, and it is not shame. "There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus." Romans 8:1. Come back to prayer. Open the Word. Cut off what feeds it. Tell a trusted brother. Fill the empty hours with purpose. "Walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh." Galatians 5:16.

If you are fighting this today, God is not done with you. The same Holy Spirit who helped Joseph run will help you stand.

WHAT HAS HELD YOU WILL NOT HOLD YOU ANYMORE. YOU ARE FREE IN JESUS' NAME.

✒ © Tevin Macharia

[Trey & Lea's Stronger Marriages @StrongMarriage5]

WIVES: Sex often improves intimacy and connection for your husband. Sex tells your husband that you’re still in love. Sex is more than just a physical connection. It’s the way your husband connects with you emotionally.

~ Lea

[Dana Rachel 🇻🇦 @thyflameoflove]

When this 17-year-old girl found out she was dying, she spent 25 minutes alone in her room. And what happened next would leave even her doctors speechless... ⤵️

Her name was Chiara Badano, and in 1988, she started having terrible pain in her shoulder. Doctors thought she'd pulled a muscle. But when the pain wouldn't stop, they ran more tests and discovered something devastating.

Chiara had bone cancer, and it had already spread. She was only 17.

When she got home, she fell onto her bed and didn't speak for 25 minutes. Her mother could see how much she was struggling. Chiara knew what this meant. She might never get to grow up, get married, or have a family.

But after 25 minutes, she made a decision that would change everything. Instead of turning away from God, she chose to give Him her suffering.

And she began repeating one prayer:

"For you, Jesus, if you want it, I want it too."

Over the next two years, things only got worse. The cancer spread. Chemotherapy left her unable to walk, and the pain became unbearable.

But something strange was happening. The more Chiara suffered, the more people noticed her joy.

She would smile through the pain. Her family even caught her singing when she thought nobody was listening. And when doctors offered her morphine, she refused because she wanted to stay alert and offer her suffering to Jesus on the cross.

Her friends would visit, hoping to cheer her up. But they soon realized they were the ones who needed her.

People began calling her "Luce," meaning "light," because of the joy she brought to everyone around her. Even one of her doctors said her smile showed them that death wasn't the end.

But as Chiara's life came to an end, she made one final request that broke her mother's heart.

She asked to be buried in a wedding dress.

Not because she was getting married on earth, but because she believed she was about to meet Jesus, the one she had given her whole life to.

She even told her mother not to cry at her funeral, but to have everyone sing.

On October 7, 1990, Chiara died just weeks before turning 19. And her final words were:

"Goodbye. Be happy because I'm happy."

In 2010, the Catholic Church declared her Blessed Chiara Luce Badano.

She couldn't choose whether the cancer would take her life. But she could choose whether it would take her faith.

And she never stopped saying yes to Jesus.

💬 Have you ever gone through something so painful that you struggled to understand why God allowed it?

[SuccessLab AI @SuccessLabAI]

FOREPLAY
ideas in marriage

[Barefoot Pregnant @usuallypregnant]

MEN ONLY: is this the IDEAL wife??

[Tevin Macharia Mukabana @TevinMacharia]

Seeing this visually crushed me. It’s absolutely wild how easily we condemn someone else’s sexual sin while making excuses for our own. We’ll point at homosexuality or adultery, then brush off lust or sex outside of marriage like it barely matters.

Different sins can cause different harm, but none of us becomes righteous because we think someone else’s sin is worse. God’s holiness should lead us to examine ourselves, too.

We ALL need repentance. We ALL need grace. We ALL need Jesus. 💔

[the_ceo @the_ceo99]

Don’t marry a woman hoping marriage will change her.

If she isn’t respectful or supportive now, don’t assume a ring will fix it.

Marriage usually magnifies existing habits; it rarely creates new ones.

[The Christian Nationalist Party @the_christnats]

The biblical order of the family.

[Trey & Lea's Stronger Marriages @StrongMarriage5]

Just in case you didn't know, the correct order in your life should be:

1) God
2) Spouse
3) Your kids
4) Other family members
5) Friends

[Trey & Lea's Stronger Marriages @StrongMarriage5]

A sign of a healthy marriage is when both spouses are willing to initiate sex.

If only one does all the initiating, that spouse will often find it hard to believe that their spouse is proud of them and is happy to be married to them ... when they never want them sexually.

[Trey & Lea's Stronger Marriages @StrongMarriage5]

There comes a point where constantly rejecting your spouse stops being 'I'm not in the mood' and starts becoming neglect.

And before somebody intentionally misunderstands me, 𝗻𝗼, 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂.

You’re allowed to be tired.
You’re allowed to not feel well.
You’re allowed to simply not want to tonight.

A “no” is not neglect.

But when one spouse reaches for the other over and over and keeps getting pushed away, eventually “not tonight” starts sounding like something else.

𝘋𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘦.
𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶.
𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨.

And eventually?

They might.

That’s the part we don’t talk about enough.

Sometimes there are very real reasons intimacy changes. Hormones. Postpartum. Medication. Pain. Exhaustion. Grief. Problems inside the marriage.

𝗧𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻.

But your spouse deserves conversation, too.

Because the answer can’t always be expecting the person you married to quietly stop needing a part of marriage that matters deeply to them.

You are allowed to say no tonight.

𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗱𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲.

Both things can be true.

~ Alyssarhoda

[FlourishWithLaurin @itsmelaurin]

GIRL, HE’S NOT JUST HORNY. YOU ARE HOW HE COMES BACK TO HIMSELF. 🔥 You had a brutal day and want to talk, while he had a brutal day and reaches for you. Reject him enough times and eventually he stops reaching—take care of your man, and let him take care of you.

[Shannon 🇺🇸I stand with America @thewriterme]

Here’s the difference. Real Americans with good values and intentions will vote Red! Let’s stick together.

[Trey & Lea's Stronger Marriages @StrongMarriage5]

This is good!