For every English Premier League season since the 19/20 season, I have been writing about the lessons we can derive from the season at the end of the season. Now, these are the lessons from 2021/22 season:
1. Make sure you are winning somewhere.
To start with, EPL is the best football league in the world. No league comes close.
Congratulations to Manchester City for being the champions again after crashing out of UCL meaning if you are not a world champion at least be a local champion. Champ na champ. Make sure you are winning somewhere.
2. Count your blessing, name them one by one.
A carabao and FA trophies ain’t a bad season for Liverpool and there is still the possibility of another one on Saturday.
Dear, despite the recent loss, think about the recent wins and thank God.
3. Strike the iron while it’s still hot.
The season would have completely gone bad for Chelsea had they not won the UEFA Super Cup and FIFA World Club Cup trophies before key injuries, sanctions, divorce and uncertainty about the club sale. In between congrats to Mason mount for winning the Chelsea player of the year 🏅 and good luck to Antonio Rudiger in his next endeavor.
5. Big names are not equivalent to good outcomes.
Manchester United, Ole, Ralf (teacher of Kloop and Tuchel 😄😄😄), C. Ronald, etc.
Where did it end?
6th Avenue.
Zero goal difference.
6. It’s not over until the final whistle blows.
Leeds United is the favourite to relegate but a last-minute goal saves the day. Same thing with Manchester City who comes back from a 2-goals deficit to win 3 – 2 at the final whistle.
It is still not over for you as long as the breath of God is in you.
7. God can direct you in every area of your life.
This lesson is from Italy.
When AC Milan signed Olivier Giroud, at his interview, he was asked why did he come to Milan after leaving Chelsea, he replied, ‘God told me to come to Milan.’ Today, he is a Seria A winner.
Holy Spirit doesn’t only direct in the spiritual affair, He is also interested in our physical affairs.
Do we Christians realised that our Father knows what we need before we even open our mouths to ask Him?
Yes, He knows, He answers and ever grant me what I didn’t get to even ask Him. My brain is limited, His wisdom is limitless.
For His glory and honour, He granted many prayer points.
For some that I asked, He said that I should wait, He will do it but not now.
For some prayers, My Almight father says No and told me to forget about it because like He told Paul, He also told me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you.’
And for many more things that I don’t know and I don’t ask Him to do, He did. Why? Because He knows that doing it for me will bring glory and honour to His majestic Name.
Therefore, I am praising my heavenly Father for this.
I am praising Him for not forgetting that I am His masterpiece and He supplies all what His power and Awesomeness knows that will enrich my life physically and spiritually.
Thank you, Jesus. Thank You, Almight. I love you Lord with this song of praise:
O se Oluwa, O se Oluwa, Anu Re simi o po, O se Oluwa.
Today’s task for you: Do you know that God loves you?
This is a chapter from my incoming new Ebook titled Sexual Purity in A Sexually Crazed World. Enjoy and download for reading when it comes out hopefully by June.
We live in a sex crazy world. Almost everything now has been sexualized as if human beings cannot survive without sex.
Sex is between a biologically male human being and a biological female human being who are married.
Whereas, it could have been better, if the world encourages marital heterosexual sex but lo and behold, our campaigns, billboards, soaps, protests, etc., focus on same-sex, premarital sex, unbridled and casual sex, abortions, bestiality and all sorts of immoralities.
But in all these, God in the Scripture commanded us to abstain from all forms of sexual immoralities as the only form of sex He approved of is sex between a biologically male human being and a biological female human being who are married.
So God created man in his own image; he created him in the image of God; he created them male and female… The man was intimate with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain. She said, “I have had a male child with the Lord’s help.”
Genesis 1:27, 4:1
But before we discussed how to abstain, let us understand these four facts.
Four facts about No Sex till Marriage Relationship.
1. We abstain from Premarital sex not because one’s partner says so, we don’t want pregnancy or are afraid of venerable diseases but because we want to GLORIFY AND WORSHIP GOD.
2. It is 100% possible to do No Sex till Marriage relationship in this sex-crazed world. I repeat, it’s highly possible. My significant other and I did it and didn’t regret doing it.
‘For nothing will be impossible with God.’
Luke 1:37
3. Forget social media noise, many people are abstaining – you won’t be the first to do it and neither will you be the last. Many more will do it.
4. You lose nothing by abstaining from Premarital sex and gain many things by abstaining.
Now, to our discussion.
How to have No Sex till Marriage Relationship.
1. Praying:
we live in a world that is in so much loved with sex. You see sex and it’s related stuff everywhere, even the church is not spared but prayers can help safeguard you from all temptations.
“Therefore, you should pray like this: Our Father in heaven, your name be honored as holy.
And do not bring us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
Matthew 6:9,13
2.Have fear of God:
That He meant well when He told you to abstain and that He has your best interest at heart for giving the command.
No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
Hebrews 12:11
3. Guard what you see, hear and read:
Unless, you want to deceive yourself, you can’t be listening to shedibalabala,touch my bum bum, lemme touch your bress music, videos and articles up and down and expect to keep yourself. How then do you guard yourself? Start away from any sex inducing acts, blogs, environment, situations, etc., Any appreance of evils should be done with.
Guard your heart above all else, for it is the source of life.
Proverbs 4:23
4. Replace negativity with positivity:
As you are shunning negativity, make you replace it positive habits like Bible reading, reading edifying books, watching motivational videos and blogs, being busy, attending church services, volunteering, etc.
All these activities will naturally make you think less of sex.
Let the thief no longer steal. Instead, he is to do honest work with his own hands, so that he has something to share with anyone in need.
Ephesians 4:28
5.Be busy:
As a normal human being, you will fell horny but productive busyiness can de-stress horniness. Once you notice that you body is beginning to act as a human being, take a walk around the neighborhood, mop the floor, write your thoughts, take a book and read, visit your friends and family, go to church, go on evagelism, pray, sing, etc.
6.Don’t tempt Satan:
Lead us not into temptations is better than deliver us from evils. Most of us are deceiving ourselves.
You said you want to do abstainance but you pack to your boyfriend’s house, Is he wood?
Uncle, shebi na you tell us say you wan keep yourself, why the kissing and plate licking?
Tempting Satan is sleeping overnight in your fiance’s abode and saying that nothing will happen, many things will happen.
Tempting Satan is always staying indoors with opposite sex .
Tempting Satan is doing foreplays like passionate kissing, smooching, licking, carousing, blowjob and thinking sex won’t happen, you will be highly playing with fire. You can mock God, what a man sow, he will reap.
Don’t be deceived: God is not mocked. For whatever a person sows he will also reap.
Galatians 6:7
7. Be determined like Lion:
That come what may this No Sex before Marriage will be done by me through the help of Holy Spirit.
The wicked flee when no one is pursuing them, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
Proverbs 28:1
8. Double date:
Don’t be surprised that I say you should double date. Before you castigate me, check the meaning of double Dating first.
Having two partners simultaneously is not double Dating, it’s called unfaithfulness. Double dating means going on a date with other courting couples.
This double Dating (or even triple dating) of a thing will serve as a charepon for you and your intending spouse. The caveat here, double date with couples who are also No sex before marriage practitioners.
With all these steps, I believe a child of God can escape the sexual filthiness of the world.
Thanks for reading and staying sexually pure.
Unless otherwise stated, all Scripture quotes from Christian Standard Bible (CSB).
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