Ngina Otiende Quotes

#1. God is more interested in restoring our hearts to Him, than giving us a happy marriage.

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#2. God wants me to love my husband the way he is today, not the way he will be tomorrow. I have to stop with my expectations and just let God be God. His job is to change my husband, my job is to love my husband, right where he is.

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#3. The worst place anyone can start on is "wrong expectations

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#4. In navigating change, some of us take temporary actions and expect to obtain
permanent results.

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#5. Happiness in marriage is a choice you have to make: fight for, protect, pursue. It doesn't happen to you, you make it happen.

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#6. Don't treat your husband the way he deserves, but as Christ expects.

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#7. Marriage cannot thrive on left-over attention, it has to get your best effort!

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#8. Marriage is meant to keep people together not just when things are good, but particularly when they are not. That's why we take marriage vows - not wishes

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#9. Positivity is good, but positivity that is rooted in God is power.

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#10. It's all right to have expectations in marriage. Just remember to keep them at the feet of Jesus, not at the feet of your spouse

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#11. In marriage, God rarely starts with the issues on the table. He starts with the ones in our hearts

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#12. Nothing happens without waiting. The seed in the ground does not become a tree overnight. It goes through seasons, nurturing, watering, pruning before it bears fruit.

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#13. If you want a happy Christ-centered marriage, you must be centered in Christ!

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#14. Your husband is not responsible for your happiness

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#15. Most of us walk the helpless road simply because we forget to take care of ourselves.

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#16. A happy marriage is a personal choice. The same way you decide to GET married? It's the same way you decide to STAY happily married!

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#17. If we hope for any kind of lasting peace or balance
during transition, we must go for the root.

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#18. In dealing with emotional upheavals triggered by transitions and change, I have learned that the best place to start is to take my emotions to God.

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#19. The reason anyone can withstand trying and difficult times is because they
have the fingerprint of an eternal God.

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#20. Outer conditions do not resolve themselves without some kind of inner
personal adjustment.

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#21. God is the only
One that can truly change individuals.
I am convinced that He alone is capable of transforming
someone in such a way that they grow and thrive, even in
challenging times.

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