WHY DO YOU THINK MEN HAD SO MANY WIVES AND CONCUBINES BACK IN THE OLD TESTAMENT DAYS? I HAVE BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO ME ALL THE TIME. HOW DO I KNOW IF I HAVE A BIBLICAL CURSE, AND HOW DO I REMOVE IT?
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- Time for some email questions.
This first one comesfrom Jessica who says,
"lately, I've been seeingmy husband liking photos
"of other women on social media
"and complimenting them on their looks.
"He's telling them thingshe wouldn't dare say
"to a woman in front of me.
"This has been tearing me apart
"and makes me feel like I'mnot good enough for him.
"It also makes me feelas if he's cheating on me
"by doing this.
"Am I wrong for feeling this way?
"Am I overreacting?
"I've been looking for atime to confront him about it
"but I just can't seem tofind a way to tell him.
"What do you suggest I do?"
- I suggest the best thing to do
is to be so loving he cannotovercome the amount of love
you're going to give him.
Just be a wonderful wifeand the fact that he's a man
and he appreciates beauty isnot necessarily a bad thing.
That's the male way they are.
They just appreciatebeauty but you be the one,
you've got the insidetrack so you be so loving
he ain't about to leave youand go look at somebody else.
- But do you think it'sokay if he's telling them
things online that hewouldn't say to a woman
in front of her?- Well I don't know
what he's saying to 'em online
but maybe he and his wife don'tshare the intamacy they need
and they need to, she needs to,
look, you make him a man,
you build him up,
make him feel so good to bewith you that he wouldn't think
of anybody else, that'sthe way you do this,
you've got the inside track.
I remember playingfootball a long time ago,
I missed the block and thecoach jumped all over me.
I said, "well he got past me."
He said, "you had the angle on him."
You've got the angle of him, honey,
you use it, you're there every night,
he's your deal, make it work, all right.
- This is Nancy who says, "whydo you think men had so many
"wives and concubines backin the Old Testament days?
"The number Solomon hadis just crazy to me.
"Some men would say one is plenty."
- Some of those men would be including me.
One is more than enough.
Apostle Paul said eitherthe husband had one wife,
but what was it?
Part of it was they hadalliances and they married
a number of daughters ofother kings and nobles
and it enhanced the family.
In the early days especially,there weren't enough men
to go around and they neededto repopulate the earth,
but other than that it'san ego thing I think
that guys would, some ofthem, chiefs in Africa
I've heard about that had 50 or 60 wives,
and it's strictly an ego thing,
but you're right, in myopinion, one is more than enough
if you have a wonderfulrelation, the husband one wife,
that's plenty, okay.
- This is Kay who says, "hi,my husband would like to take
"our kids to visit hisfamily for a graduation party
"this summer in another state.
"I'm not comfortable withthis as he would be taking
"them across four state lines.
"In my mind, so manythings are wrong with this
"during a pandemic and couldultimately put other people
"in a dangerous situation.
"I am so upset, hurt, andreally scared by this.
"What should I do?"
- I recommend you getsome medical opinion,
but I think you're exactly right.
It's like playing RussianRoulette the way it is now
with this Corona thing andif somebody catches it,
it can have deadly impact sothe idea of taking this child
and seeing state after state after state,
not knowing what he'sgonna be involved in,
and also this quarantine, ifyou happen to live in New York,
they're not gonna let youcome down to some other state.
- Well it's not alwaysabout your children.
Your children could be carriers...
- Oh exactly.- of this, and you're going
to a family gathering.- It's what's done
to other is what's done to you,
but certainly wear a maskbut I wouldn't go on any kind
of protracted trip right now.
It's just not smart.
- This is Crystal, Pat, whosays, "I have bad things happen
"to me all the time.
"How do I know if I have a biblical curse,
"and how do I remove it?"
- The bible says a man shall eat good
through the fruit of his lips.
I recommend that you speak positively.
You have the power of your life
to create an environment around you.
You can either say this isthe day the Lord hath made
and I rejoice and gladin it and good things
are gonna happen today oryou can say I'm under a curse
and terrible things are happening.
You bring it on yourself.
You'll eat good throughthe fruit of your lips.
Speak positively, start theday and never let that stop.
Start speaking the worda man shall eat good
through the fruit of his lips.
You'll also eat bad if you bring a curse
on yourself so don't do it.
Speak positively.
This isn't some mind will matter,
that's just the way Godmade the world, okay.
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