Ngina Otiende Quotes & Sayings

Your husband is not responsible for your happiness — Ngina Otiende

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. — Ngina Otiende

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. — Ngina Otiende

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. — Ngina Otiende

If we hope for any kind of lasting peace or balance
during transition, we must go for the root. — Ngina Otiende

In marriage, God rarely starts with the issues on the table. He starts with the ones in our hearts — Ngina Otiende

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 — Ngina Otiende

In navigating change, some of us take temporary actions and expect to obtain
permanent results. — Ngina Otiende

Positivity is good, but positivity that is rooted in God is power. — Ngina Otiende

The worst place anyone can start on is "wrong expectations — Ngina Otiende

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! — Ngina Otiende

Marriage cannot thrive on left-over attention, it has to get your best effort! — Ngina Otiende

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

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. — Ngina Otiende

God is more interested in restoring our hearts to Him, than giving us a happy marriage. — Ngina Otiende

Most of us walk the helpless road simply because we forget to take care of ourselves. — Ngina Otiende

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

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 — Ngina Otiende

Don't treat your husband the way he deserves, but as Christ expects. — Ngina Otiende

Outer conditions do not resolve themselves without some kind of inner
personal adjustment. — Ngina Otiende

If you want a happy Christ-centered marriage, you must be centered in Christ! — Ngina Otiende