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Where have all the gentlemen gone?

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Contentment is learned. It's a taught trait. In the early days of our childhood, when our parents and guardians learn to begin to draw limits and boundaries on how far we can go, how much we can eat, what we can and can't have, the concept of contentment begins to form in our little minds. But contentment is certainly learnt from just being told no. It is not just taught by highlighting the limits of our behavior, there is another major component of learning contentment. It's learning to enjoy what we have. Yes, enjoying what you have. It's funny we are taught to nag for what we don't have, but we rarely if ever, get taught how to enjoy and be thankful for the things we already have. The definition of being rich is not having plenty of money. It's having 2 of anything. Parents are under constant and incessant pressure to buy the best toys, take their kids to the best schools, get the newest, latest and best there is and very few of them are a match to th

Marriage REdefined

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T he institution of marriage has been here since creation. But, lately it has taken a knock. Some statistics say 50% of all marriages will end in divorce. Marital infidelity is on an all time high. We hear horror stories from married couples that shock and perhaps even repulse some of us singles. There is also the push for same sex marriages, open marriages, and come we stay unions. Everywhere, it seems like marriage is NOT what we’ve always thought it to be. But why is this? What is marriage? What is the purpose of marriage? Is marriage for everyone? One of our generation’s greatest needs is to simply redefine marriage from God’s perspective, and help us with making informed choices whether we are married, single and searching, or wanting to live a single life for good. Read Genesis 2:15-24 We need to  get the pressure off marriage. It feels to me like every singles hangout or sermon is a coded message asking, Utaoa lini?  “When will you get married?” What we have