What makes a Christian marriage different from any other union? Marriage is a covenant relationship designed and instituted by God — and as with every good maker, He gave us His manual for running it. The instructions are in the Word of God; many fail because they do not take heed. God is the matchmaker, and understanding His principles for choosing, building, and sustaining a marriage is the foundation for a union that truly honours Him and stands the test of time.
50 Audio Teachings
24 Books
19 Sermons
9 Tracts
7 Blog Posts
Audio Teachings 50
4. Divisions are gone; curses are broken (Col 1:26; Eph 2:1 - 3:6)
25:30
You know, I don't believe in too much marriage counseling. I say too much. Small one is good. Just tell the man, behave yourself, love your wife. Tell the woman, behave yourself, honor your husband. T...
7. Relationships; marriage and divine order
21:00
He picked on the relationship between husbands and wives, and he began to instruct wives first, and then husbands. As soon as he was done with that, he talked on children and parents, how children sho...
3. Is It A Man's World?
37:30
I said, for you, all you need to do is think about it, pray about it, and then simply say, my husband, this is the issue, what do you think? And I said, okay, let me think about it. And then I just sa...
1. Can we agree?
1:18:00
We'll continue from that point. Like I said, it's a short series of teaching, all right? We just want to learn the principle of our agreement. Let's bow down and give thanks for it. Let's say, Lord, w...
9. The two as one
1:07:30
Of course, you know, marriage is interesting. And I say jokingly like this, I say it's such a bad idea, only God could have invented it. What I mean by bad in quote is that it's not workable outside G...
9. Godliness and Christian relationships (Col 3:1-25, Eph 5:22-33)
1:00:00
That was what he said to children. Have you ever noticed it? Why is the question you will ask? Obedience and submission are two different things. Obedience is easy. Submission is hard. Obedience is, d...
8. True love for the wife
33:00
tomato, whatever. It's good. But there's something that is better. It's scriptural. My beloved. My beloved's in the Bible. It's there. You can even call my beloved, and somebody hears the tone with wh...
2. Naming Your Wife; Helping Your Husband
13:30
These men, these women, don't mind them. They are so spendthrift, they will spend you till you are ruined. They will spend your money. This girl you want to marry, you have never met her, but you have...
Genesis 21
58:30
on high-grade engine oil. So you open the tank and pour engine oil into the tank. The law for your car doesn't matter. Toyota made it. It didn't say put engine oil here. It said put premium motor spir...
How To Find True Love
19:30
I put my hands in his, and let him lead me. Ah, look at what he said. He said, draw me after you, and let us run together. Are you getting what I'm saying? That is, I was saying earlier, that love is ...
Genesis 3, part 3
15:00
your desire is no longer for it. It doesn't mean you don't like it. But you are no longer reaching out for it because how can somebody be hoping for that which he already sees? That's the way Paul sai...
10. Other relationships and prayer matters (Eph 6:1-20, Col 4:1-6)
7:30
You know, we preachers, we are guilty of teaching idolatry. We are guilty of it. What do I mean? Everybody, every married woman comes to church and calls a bishop and the pastor, papa, daddy, then cal...
5. Be faithful till the end
1:30:00
as Christ loves the church. Now say it like this again, say in the name of Jesus. Soul, hear me. I speak to my soul. Love your wife as Christ loves the church. That's how to rebuke the devil. Out of y...
1. The Wife of Your Youth
15:00
You know, let no good thing pass me by. Don't use that principle if you want to go find a life. There are certain good things I should pass you by and go to the correct owner. And paradventure, there ...
Genesis 25
39:00
Do you understand my point? As a pastor, your wife will be a minister. I don't believe it. So, you see, my wife is not a preacher. What I'm saying is that my wife is a business person and that is a ca...
6. Only one Spirit and one Lord (Eph 4:1-16)
13:30
to keep yourselves united in the Spirit, binding yourselves together with peace. As much as possible, the body of Christ must make sure that you are bound together in the bond of unity. Last time I ta...
5. A very personal God
1:30
Through Him I say, what are things on earth are things in heaven. Hallelujah. I said Hallelujah. This is the core of Christianity, the uniqueness of Christ Jesus. This is the core of Christianity, the...
Genesis 23, 24
45:00
I mean, that's how kind God is. Are you getting my point? When he said that he will direct your steps or direct your path, what he was saying, like if you get to a junction, I've said this as an illus...
2. The divine presence
9:00
And you hear things like, I hope they are paid. Let me quickly go and collect all the money I can from my husband. I don't know what I said. Women are conspiring against their husbands. I said, the wa...
6. Agreeing with your partner
55:30
Our first level is agreeing with God. Second one, agreeing with ourselves. That is, be in agreement with yourself inside you. And number three, you be in agreement either with your fellow or your fell...
7. Reconciliation needed for true living
46:30
I'm going to emphasize to us what it means to be separated from God. It is a process. It starts the person, and just by the way, that's why when we take Christians, single men, single women say, liste...
1st Corinthians 7
27:00
to peace. That is, the primary purpose of God is that you should not depart. He said, but, notice this, if the unbeliever departs, sometimes I think Christians don't read their Bibles. Because the adv...
Intercession For Loved Ones - 1 (Let our children be blessed)
4:30
Which is not true. Many times we emphasize what God doesn't emphasize. There are doctrines we build the whole church on. You find just one verse here, we have to extract that drug from another verse i...
11. Culture change for release of blessings
15:00
Even before, you know, even in Judaism, they didn't even understand it like that. It's Christianity's Christ that came out and showed us clearly, through the words of Paul and Peter, that the man and ...
5. Understanding the power of God (plus a word for couples)
55:30
you pray for the person. My husband say, I'm going out, I pray that the Lord will go with you. You pray, but when it's the other way around, you also pray, then you prophesy. You take authority. I say...
7. Individually members of the body
1:13:30
Lord, I thank you because you have placed me in a network of friends, a network of believers, in the body of Christ. There are people I'm connected to. Lord, I thank you. Lord, today I want to pray fo...
4. He searches the heart
22:30
Okay, okay, now that you have found out I'm the firstborn, what are you going to do about it? You will kill my younger ones, or you won't marry me? Which one are you planning to do? Okay, now you have...
8. A safeguard in the word
7:30
He has the ability to do it and he doesn't have to ask the devil to do it for him. We make it look like, you know what I mean? He's just so good that he never does. Look, listen. Yes, God is good. Yet...
What Men Wish Their Wives Knew About Them
13:30
God doesn't, I mean like you can like white. It's not scriptural to like white over green. Do you understand? And those are specific things. It's good your wife appreciates you like white or you like ...
3. Bonding with the Lord
10:30
What I emphasize on is the fact that he called her a name. And so whatever name he called any of the living creatures, that was its name. So when it came to the woman, whatever name he called her, tha...
5. The will of God and purity of heart
42:00
The lie that God commanded that they must hear and they must utter. And they have to hear and believe and perish. The will of God is not who's talking to you is not talking to you. The will of God is ...
1st Corinthians 7 - 8
9:00
from Africa, he just turns around, finds himself somewhere in the middle belt, just running around, and he says, oh, you have a wife? I said, what? What is so good? So sometimes he's having meetings, ...
Building the family God's way
37:30
The Bible says, and Isaac entreated the Lord for his wife, Rebekah's sake, and she conceived. I said, wait, wait, wait, wait, read that again. And Isaac entreated the Lord for his wife, Rebekah's sake...
3. The way of circumcision
1:10:30
Children are the heritage of the Lord, and the fruit of the womb is a reward. But it's not the primary purpose for marriage. Listen, I'm not trying to weaken your faith. I'm trying to let's get things...
3. Wisdom for the pure heart
24:00
We'll be opening a door in heaven for those that you were supposed to be teaching when they were young converts. You think everybody's on the same level? There are thrones in heaven for people to sit ...
1st Corinthians 11
31:30
I was kind of like, ah, this is a senior man, married man with children, I guess. Then it now hit me that, oh, that's how we always were when we were in school. That is our fellowship. That's how the ...
6. Washings with the word — 1
1:30
Number six, he said, Then I heard something like the voice of a great multitude, and like the sound of many waters, and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, saying, Hallelujah, for the Lord our ...
7. Firmly built on the rock
33:00
Between 10 years ago and today, many things will have transpired. I hope you're getting my point. I mean, look at the example I gave you that day. I mentioned the name of this man preaching here. I wa...
5. A life built on God's promises
21:00
That's why Christians don't understand. Listen, oh please, I'll get back to my message. The fact that you are falling short of the standard does not mean you should touch that standard. When you touch...
Intercession For Loved Ones - 2 (Let our children be blessed)
58:30
I don't even know what to pray. Ah, Father, that's why you not start praying in tongues, praying with groanings. I don't even know what am I praying for this guy. You pray and pray and pray. I told th...
5. The ministry of truth (Eph 3:1 - Eph 4:7)
1:12:00
He said, that's my gift. He now said, in summary, everybody has a gift. Just like I'm suffering for you, there's an area you should be suffering for somebody and for something. I don't know whether yo...
1. Christ is all
46:30
Brasolo married several hundred wives and how many concubines? At the end of the day, he said, I have discovered that there's nothing better than for a man to rejoice with the wife of his youth. One w...
Prayer for understanding
25:30
We say there's a time for this, there's a time for that, there's a time for this. It's true. But Solomon was using it to explain the principle that in the same way, there is a time that God will break...
5. Grace for faithfulness
55:30
Let me say what I said before, let me say it again. Temptations are called temptations because they are tempting. So, remember that story about, come and take a contract, and they give you a week to y...
1. Former times and last days
1:07:30
You will understand babies. There are things that God put inside them. It's called thy law within my heart. Go and test this. When you see a little baby, I mean a fresh baby, maybe a few days old, one...
5. A whole heart to find Him
25:30
All they just do is they are doing what? What are they doing? They are planning. I didn't know this until I began to worry. I didn't know it. It was when I began to worry. I was planning to get marrie...
Galatians ch 3 - ch 4
52:30
Now, I don't know where you get the point. That is, why shall you not convict adultery? Ah, it is a commandment. One of the ten written on the tablet of stone, kept inside the Ark of Covenant. Why is ...
1. The hope of the calling
7:30
for the work of service or the work of ministry. I like to use that King James expression because the word ministry is very common in our society, so it will help us to connect. He said, for the keepi...
4. The temptation to sin and the hope of the believer
1:52:30
He told the story of David Livingstone. I didn't even know David Livingstone was a doctor, medical doctor. That he trained as a doctor, and he said he was going to Africa. His brother trained as a doc...
6. A life of fellowship
12:00
Of course, it was a major prayer point for her. So it was all this prayer, this and that. Then one day, she just told herself that it is enough. So because of these children, I won't enjoy my life. I ...
Books 24
FUNDAMENTALS OF CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE (New)
y many
Christians today still marry wives who are only
better than concubines in that they had a ceremony
to start the relationship. It is not to be like that.
42 FUNDAMENTALS OF CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE...
GOD IS THE MATCH MAKER
e marriage
covenant. It is a feeling and it can be cultivated.
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GOD IS THE MATCH-MAKER Pastor Bankie...
SHOULD I SAY YES, 2nd Edition
st know these things!
We must know what marriage is from His
viewpoint.
We must be asking for the right things when asking
the Lord for a wife or a husband. We must have the
16 SHOULD I SAY YES?...
BY FAITH, ACQUIRE LIFE (Turning the hopeless situations of life around)
a
blessing to have a quiver full. If you accept it, you will experience the power of
life to make your life sweet with your children. If you agree with science, then
you are, like we say, on your own!...
WORSHIP & SEX CONTROL
o that it
would be broken in that initial act, causing blood to
flow, so as to signify that they have entered into a
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WORSHIP AND SEX CONTROL
blood covenant. That is the plan of God....
Great Faith Can Be Yours
the proper flow of power in the home. Her role is
that of a second-in-command; before God her position is just
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Great Faith Can be Yours...
GUIDED BY THE SPIRIT
chapter, he got an express word from the Lord
about divorce among Christian couples.* But, as we
will later see, Paul knew that such a clear word from
God would not be offered if the Lord had already
...
The Blessing
hearts and say to you “It shall be well with you.”
Let us make a note of the issue with women.
If you are a woman, the greatest blessing you
can receive after you have gotten married is from
...
Choices; Key to Destiny
ed to make my boast loudly in
the Lord concerning marriage, that I can never marry the wrong woman. I
proclaimed again and again that I shall marry the best wife possible for me to
marry under heaven!...
What is God's Will Here?
this kind of background, they will definitely
miss her.
The truth is that the word of God says “henceforth
know no one after the flesh; if anyone is in Christ, she is a new
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Pastor Bankie...
WE WALK BY FAITH
person seeking to walk by
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WE WALK BY FAITH
faith must deliberately hold this opinion.
Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain,
But a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised.
Prov 31:30
...
RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT
the Spirit enters into you. That was what
Paul meant when he declared that “I am what I am by
the grace of God”. He was operating by that same
power of God, which is also called the Spirit of
grace.*
...
GRACE TO PROSPER (2nd Edition)
to marry and a comment that
* Prov 19:6
262 Grace to Prosper
slipped from the fiancée's mouth showed that he
had not changed. I wondered why she was
marrying him.
...
PROPHESY! Proclaim your own victory
end is when they need to hear it more.
The time they fail an exam is when they desperately need to
be told how great their future is, and it will come to pass
just as you have said.
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Pastor Bankie...
HOW TO WORK FOR GOD
to know God personally. It is that knowledge and
relationship that provokes the work that you do. You do
Christian work out of love for the brethren and out of
the knowledge of your gifts and calling....
LET US AGREE (The church and her role in national democracy)
h but no-so-good
a husband. God says she should have just
asked for her real desire, which is deliverance
from poverty, and not added that rich
husband thing to it.
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LET US AGREE...
DON'T QUIT THE ARMY
do not be anxious for
your life, as to what you shall eat, or what you shall drink; nor for your
body, as to what you shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the
body than clothing? Matt 6:24-26...
SOMEONE IS CONTROLLING YOU
nd spiritual
songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts
to God. And whatever you do in word or deed, do
all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks
through Him to God the Father. Col 3:16-17...
The Righteousness of God
ne that
procedure.”
The scripture says, “when a man’s ways are pleasing to the
Lord, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.”(Prov
16:7)
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Chapter 5. A Test Period...
THE MARK OF THE BEAST
even though it meant terrible suffering… and when all
you owned was taken from you, you accepted it with
joy. You knew there were better things waiting for you
that will last forever. Heb 10:32-34 NLT...
BEYOND GIFTS and TALENTS (Why Gifted People May Fail)
ver (Heb 12:1).
Flee from sexual immorality (2 Tim. 2:22).
Cultivate faithfulness. Seek it and practice it.
Learn diligence, integrity, good manners and every virtue just like every
Christians should....
So, Who Will Pay for This?
one
developed country to another, Seoul to Sydney, and check him
into a YMCA room? Something is wrong there. A friend of mine
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SO WHO WILL PAY FOF THIS?...
He That Believes
re, but in the light of the promise of God, he understood
that God would have to raise him up from the dead. This is faith as
the substance of things hoped for. No wonder God got so excited
about him....
The Law of Life
h someone, saying that I love many
children and I expect to have them so. The fellow ‘jokingly’ told
me not to forget that there is what is known as infertility. I
immediately broke out in anger that…...
Sermons 19
THE REAL GOAL OF CHRISTIANITY
the church … 28 So husbands ought also to love their own wives as their own bodies… 29 for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church.” Eph 5...
AM I IN THE WILL OF GOD?
y you should marry. Get the mind of God concerning what marriage is supposed to be and remove the idea dictated by human traditions from your mind. Remember, the will of God is sanctification, simple....
The Secrets of Increase and Breakthrough (5)
or you, or a fiancée but, excuse Me, not a husband. You do not know what you are asking for. If you want a husband get ready to loose your independence. You will have a man to be accountable to, 24/7....
THE LOVER OF GOD
My prayer for anyone reading this as I write is that you will understand what God is trying to do in your life.
If you pay attention to the Bible and the contents, you are likely to notice that a lov...
THE DOCTRINE OF MONOGAMY
ation, God made them male and female. "For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and THE TWO shall become one flesh; consequently they are no longer TWO, but one flesh. Mark 10:6-8 NASB...
The Secrets of Increase and Breakthrough (4)
what-God-has-joined-together goes beyond the matter of marriage, which is the context in which the Lord Jesus mentioned it; actually, in some respects, it is very similar to that of double mindedness....
LED BY THE SPIRIT – 2
ing to hear the voice of God but more on becoming like God, which is what possessing the Spirit of Christ means. A portion of the gospel according to Matthew will serve well to start this explanation....
AM I REALLY SUCCEEDING?
ng money to support the family. In the realm of reality, an employee may actually be more successful than the boss. Success is a spiritual walk and not a material attainment.
THE MOST IMPORTANT PLACE...
LED BY THE SPIRIT – 1
LED BY THE SPIRIT – 1
The question of the will of God is something that comes up again and again in the lives and the minds of Christians. We recognize that God has a will and we often remember to se...
TO RECEIVE FROM GOD
ght to make a covenant of blessing with God. Listen to this: there is no covenant of blessing that you can make beyond that which is already made by simply having faith in the finished work of Christ....
BEWARE OF THE WISDOM OF THE WORLD
vanish. The word of God says, ‘keep the standard up there and let people look at it until they conform to it,’ but a godless generation says, ‘no no, don’t touch our sex; it is a sign of liberation.’
...
TO HAVE AUTHORITY
that was designed to keep the power/authority flowing. It is part of being under the authority of God to recognize the visible authorities he has placed you under.
Let us take the home as an example....
THE SEEDS OF DESTINY
ves us an opportunity each time to practise diligence, righteousness and blessing someone else’s life with our abilities. Faithfulness is being dependable in what things God has given into your hands....
WHO IS GOING TO HELL?
arents were Christians when you were born. That is all!
The life of a true Christian is characterised by love for the word of God. A true believer wants his or her life to conform to the word of God....
BELIEVING UNTO FEAR OR INTO FREEDOM
itual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. Eph 6.10-13”...
The Secrets of Increase and Breakthrough (1)
wer, you can only pray about it. You will however make a goal of going to work earlier, being more useful at work, contributing more to your company’s progress and improving your skills and education....
JOY IN THE HOLY SPIRIT
hat she broke the sound-barrier. I challenge you too to break the sound-barrier of your giving. Not for personal gain of seed-sowing for an intended harvest, but just be able to rejoice in good works....
YOU HAVE THE POWER
lities but by the grace and power of God working with me (Zec 4:6).
See, wisdom and calm have since come into me, and things are moving faster now as if by themselves. I have been experiencing grace....
THE BASIC SUBSTANCE OF LIFE
THE BASIC SUBSTANCE OF LIFE (Transformation made easy)
Because of my professional training I know quite a bit of the science of biology. I have been a student of science all my life and so I know a b...
Tracts 9
GOD CANNOT FAIL
GOD CANNOT FAIL
‘Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.’
The issue of faith has been extensively examined in the church of Christ, but I’ll love us to at this...
IT IS GOD AND I
follows them around because they do not honour their parents; yet they feel justified. Listen, the Bible says “do not let evil defeat you; instead conquer evil with good.” Remember, “It is God and I.”...
THE VISITATION OF GOD
ligion but to deliver you from your destructions by the forgiveness of sin. All you need to do to partake of this is just to believe it and to say in prayer that ‘Jesus, I accept it as so. Thank you’....
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD
blessings of good children, peace in the home and enduring marital joy. Stop trying to mock God; He cannot bless a brazen disregard for His standards by those who claim to be His children.
Read this:...
CHEERFUL GIVER
snacks and ice cream after the service. I am of the opinion that you should prepare your offering together as a family so that the children will see the respect with which you give to God’s assembly.
...
THIS IS FAITH
ame things. I am not saying novels and films are sins, but if they take more time from you than the word of God, then know that as a kingdom citizen, disaster is around the corner. You need to repent....
WHO IS GOING TO HELL?
arents were Christians when you were born. That is all!
The life of a true Christian is characterised by love for the word of God. A true believer wants his or her life to conform to the word of God....
DANIEL
place where the mercy of God will reach me. Has it not been said that:
“The eyes of the Lord move to and fro throughout the earth that He might strongly support those whose heart is completely His.”
...
GRACE TO LIVE BY
s of faith; in the first verse of the 12th chapter they are called our cloud of witnesses who have left examples of faith for us. Now in verse 2 we are told not to focus on them but to focus on Jesus....
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OWN THAT DECISION (…and stop ‘blaming’ it on God)
ent into the garden and prayed until the decision to go to the cross was no longer just that of the Father, but it became His own too. Our sacrifices are not fully accepted until we get to that point....
Justification by faith; Why James had to write
ll wickedness and to make us a pure people who belong to him alone and are eager to do good. Titus 2:11-14 GNT
Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no one will see the Lord....
Effective Christian Prayer
t can make decisions. It will bring you the kind of wife you could not have imagined, It will give you a car actually better than the one you would have asked for; one that you can maintain and enjoy....
WORSHIP & SEX CONTROL (Book, PDF, free download. 2MB)
Sex is not just a physical act; it goes beyond even the emotions. Sex is actually a means of worship and a sign of worship. Control of sexuality is a major exercise of true worship and those who do no...
TRUST, MY LATEST LESSON
Toyota became a top car manufacturer in this world after just a few decades of existence. They ascribe it, at least to a large part, to the culture of kaizen which they have. What is t...
Can I give my tithe to someone?
ickly, prepare three measures of fine flour, knead it, and make bread cakes." Abraham also ran to the herd, and took a tender and choice calf, and gave it to the servant; and he hurried to prepare it....
CHRIST IS THE KEY
gave to the daughter to solve… unless, of course, we can identify the man on the back of it, and put him together. Jesus is that man. Christ is the man. Christ is also the ‘thing’. ...
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