'Fire' is the new Fine

Check the beard, so beautifully carved, hair cut so neat, the broad chest like a macho...
The clothes well ironed and starched, the shoes sparkling in obedience to the polish, the poise was so complete. What else does a lady want she sighed!
O the goose pimples that follows as she smiled and slightly opened her mouth to catch her breathe, stealing more view as he passed, desiring he would just say 'Hello!'

From the other end following the squeaky sound of the door, he rolled his eyes at the fair, curvy and busty lady in red, skimpy dress who just caught the attention of all as she stepped into the banking hall.
What elegance and charm she commanded stepping through being announced by the fragrance she wore. Who wouldn't say Hi to her?
After all she looks attractive. The floor danced in resonance to the cocking sound of her high hills as she marched to the front desk!

Beautiful right?
Attractive right?
So much butterfly in the stomach she must have harshed in the onlookers. Right?
Would these be enough to make her bae or make him boo? My dear, you are on a long thing if these are the parameters for your choice!

Who doesn't want to be with an attractive person? You may ask, alright
what do we really want?
A showbiz advert sex doll or a complete person beautiful within and without?

Life is too long/short to be dull or lost.
Dolls are dull and lust makes one lost!



Intelligence is attractive,
Intelligent and spiritual is more attractive.
Beautiful within and without is the real deal.

When you package so well, make sure the content is worth it!
In a world of so much compromise, lies and pretense - its not too much to remind you

Prov 31:30"Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised."

Again and again let's echo it together:

  fire is the new fine

Our world had gone weird to see those who are spiritual as weird all in a bit to appease the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh and the pride of life.

There's got to be more!

There would always be someone looking beautiful, handsome or richer but would they have the right combination of the spiritual?

Being spiritual is the new normal, when it comes to attractiveness. Ever wondered why the runs girl come to church to catch a good guy or why after flirting guys almost always want to marry a good girl?
...So much can be faked when it comes to outward endowment, but the adornment of the inner man of the heart is the real 'beautiful'! It would always ooze out as we relate, the commanded presence and uniqueness would always rub off, and if you too are born of the spirit you would bear witness, unless you refuse to heed.

Iretioluwa Segun Daniels wrote earlier in the language of millennials and I concurred it inspired this, so I'll edit, adapt and re-share with my touch:

If Bae doesn't know Jesus, abeg bros weytin you gain oo.
If your boo isn't a man of stature in spiritual things, sister your journey to the lost land has just started. Na that one them they call, 'you are on a long thing!'
...Scammed but not spammed!

Spirituality is attractive.
Na fire be fine bobo.

Bae is fresh and beautiful... Good!
Boo is handsome and very rich... Very Good!
But can bae legislate in the parliament of heaven?
Does boo know how to invoke and engage the courts of Yahweh?

Sister, you probably wont understand why until its time for the priestly duties to be performed when 'hospital too far' or no time to call for help. No time to get a boat ride but the red sea must be crossed, no time to call security until you activate the unseen forces.
We keep pressing this into our hearing that 'fine' is 'fire'. Yes 'fire' is the new fine - I mean sound doctrine, spiritually disciplined, full of faith and of the Holy Ghost...
You wont see the need now until you wake up in the middle of the night and you can't find your spouse beside you but you hear the voice legislating in the courts of heaven, standing in the office of a priest with strange angelic presence in the house as the prayer echoes
''(in other tongues) declaring, my home becomes a place of abode for the atmosphere and presence of heaven, my children are for signs and wonders and the wife of my youth shall dwell continually in the presence of Yahweh''.

Brothers, imagine you are about to put all your money into a deal and your wife comes
''Sweetheart don't put your money into this deal, I saw it crash twenty-hours after you did. But you can invest into this other one, i saw it bringing in profits''
Brother man, it will be as if though you used charm.
Haven't we learnt from stock market precision, even MMM, twinkas, etc you had a nudge to stop but you ignored remember? Two good faith filled Holy Ghost heads are better than one!

Until as a couple in a family you face situations where humanly speaking there is no way out. But your husband tells you ''Sweetheart, I am going into my study room, lock me inside and don't open the door until the third day, I need to engage divinty into this hopeless situation of humanity''
And just like that after the first day of entering into the room things begin to turn. Before he came out, things were already settled.

I mean Men who understand how to win hopeless battles

As a husband, imagine you come back home and you see you children loving up on Jesus not chasing the garlics and cucumbers of 'Egypt', nor the music of fallen Babylon. Imagine returning from a business trip to see your kids with a sound understanding of the word and manifestations of the Spirit, welcoming you with tales of kingdom exploits because your wife is a woman of the spirit who has trained the children the ways of the spirit.

How would you love to see your children during morning devotions bursting tongues with fervency, interpreting fluently, prophesying... because they have a mother who taught them to pray.
And smiling your wife whispers to you
''Honey, did i not tell you that your seeds shall be mighty upon the earth?
You gave me the seed, you implanted the children into me, it is my duty to teach them the precepts of the kingdom, our children cannot be ordinary, not under our watch''


Sisters, marry a man who is a capable spiritual covering, a priest in the courts of the Lord.

Brothers, marry a woman who is a powerful minister to you, a powerful spiritual partner for your life, business and ministry.

Pay attention at least to see him/her dedicate to the disciplines of the spirit. Start now, nurture and give room to such, its the real deal.

Like Ireti opined;

Spirituality is the criteria that will not be compromised in choosing a partner.

That he is tall, dark and handsome is not enough.
That she is fair, curvy and busty is not enough.
That he has a car and he is doing well is not enough.
Of course nobody wants to suffer and nobody wants to be rich and depressed living in hell and peril.
Goose pimple, butterfly in the tummy and other such types of feelings will not be enough.

They must understand the dealing of the kingdom!
They must enroll in the school of the spirit!
They must submit entirely to the Lordship of Jesus!
The things of the spirit shouldn't be boring to them!
The things of the spirit must also be their thing!

Oh daughter of Zion, I'll not stop bidding till I see you arise in the beauty of the spirit!
I'll not stop engaging and watering the garden to see the seed of the word bloom in fruition!
Just as some couples were highly spoken of the Junia and Andronicus, the Priscilla and Acquilla, the generational faith in Lois, Eunice and then Timotheus, we shall be examples to the body, raising godly seeds in the earth, discipling nations with other saints to the glory of the Lord!

There's hope for the burden of the Lord has come to us, we engage in spiritual disciplines not for street cred or any such but for our own edification!

It is possible to be beautiful within and without!
Its not a fantasy but a reality of saints and you are one if you are in Christ!

Don't refuse the trainings of the spirit, like they say, last, last it pays big time!


Original piece inspired by © Iretioluwa Segun Daniels with a personal touch to buttress the point