YOUR DREAM HOME

I always say your courtship time is a time to engage your MOUTH and not your GENITALS. During our courtship, I was enjoying moment with my husband and he said "Esther what is your DREAM HOME?" I paused for a short while to gather my thoughts. "I love to have a very spacious sitting room with high ventilation, decently furnished with a touch of class. A cozy bedroom, a very big compound, a swimming pool, and a prayer room" Laughing He smiled faintly. "I want a home that is filled with love and peace, a home like an altar where God ministers to lives, a home where the door will be open to the needy, where the poor can come for a meal even if it is my last, I want to have a guest room where any minister of the gospel/ missionaries can lodge in when they come to Shagamu for their ministerial assignment and the brethren can come to have their retreat" Chai! Wow! My husband dream home is something breath taking for me. I felt so shallow in my thinking. I wasn't seeing it that way. The Scriptures that came to my mind now is "Let's build a small room for him on the roof and furnish it with a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp. Then he will have a place to stay whenever he comes by." 2 Kings 4:10 " They worshiped together at the Temple each day, MET IN HOMES for the Lord's Supper, and shared their meals with great joy and generosity-" Acts 2:46 So my husband smiled and asked "Can we have this dream home?" "Yes" I gave him my word. This is the reason we named our house *Hebron Mission House* Laughing. A place where Christ MAKE Kings and queens. Why am I sharing this? Your marriage is not just about you. It is about how your marriage would be a blessing to God's Kingdom business regardless of whether you are a minister of the Word or not. In fact, every child of God is a minister in a capacity. My thought is enlarged when I considered many couples that have opened their doors to us in fulfilling our ministry. Countless couples who received us joyfully into their homes, who are sitting us down to groom us, who vacated their matrimonial bed for us to sleep while on our ministry trips, who hosted us and our team members like Jesus and His disciples in Luke 22:7-13 As you are looking forward to marriage, begin to see your home as an altar to minister to lives. We have a special way of entertaining our visitors; Physical food and spiritual meat. You must leave nourished in your spirit. The contact must impact a virtue on your spirit. Talking about a dream home where there's tranquility and love, it goes beyond just fascinating about it, it takes your joint responsibility and commitment to have such a home. Forgiveness is a daily routine to have such a home. There's no home that is stereotype. The best of the best couples in the world would have disagreements at one point or the other which can threaten the peace and love in the home but the ability to handle those issues with love and in good spirit is the way out. You are unrealistic if you think I and my husband never had misunderstandings. We always have it at the back of our minds that whatever happens, it must be resolved. For the married folks, I don't know how it has been since you got married, but I want to encourage you not to give up. I perceive in my spirit concerning someone reading this message, your marriage has not been what you dreamed of. There have been more days of rancour than laughter. The Holy Spirit asked me to tell you that "Rain will fall" You will understand. I am encouraging you to put in more effort. Don't discard it! Keep working at it! Pray it out! Talk! I pray for a re-order in that home in the name of Jesus. I send out every spirit of rancour and chaos out of your home in Jesus name. I pray you the wisdom to handle your issues in Jesus name. You can have your desired home. Have I been a blessing to you today? Stay connected to Christ. You are loved to the moon and back. Singles and Engaged, what is your dream home? Esther Ebunoluwa Omoniyi omoniyiesther1@gmail.com