Pictured: Marcus Lamb & Joni Lamb / Douglas Weiss & Lisa Weiss
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DALLAS, TX (May 12, 2026) – In the wake of Daystar Television Network co-founder Joni Lamb’s sudden death at age 65, longtime Christian broadcaster and President of Gospel Light Society International, Daniel Whyte III, is publicly reiterating his warnings that Ms. Lamb’s 2023 marriage to Dr. Doug Weiss violated biblical law and would lead to disastrous consequences.
Ms. Lamb, who built Daystar into a global ministry with her late husband Marcus Lamb, died Thursday, May 7, following a decline in health compounded by a recent back injury. Her unexpected passing comes after a tumultuous period for the network, including multiple controversies and a very public, painful rift with her eldest son, Jonathan Lamb, and his wife, Suzy.
A Fulfilled Prophetic Warning
More than three years before Ms. Lamb’s death and 3 months before her marriage to Doug Weiss, Whyte published a series of three articles imploring her not to marry Doug Weiss, whom he called “a wolf in sheep’s clothing.” Citing the words of Jesus Christ in Matthew 5:32 “But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery” and Matthew 19:9 “And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery,” Whyte argued that because Weiss had reportedly divorced his wife of 30 years in 2022 without biblical grounds (such as infidelity), any subsequent marriage would constitute adultery.
In his articles, dated March 14, March 16, and March 22, 2023, Whyte prophetically warned that the marriage would be a “disaster” and that Weiss was seeking to replace Marcus Lamb as the head of Daystar, a move Whyte strongly advised against. In the wake of Ms. Lamb’s death, Whyte now believes her passing may have come “early” as a direct consequence of ignoring these biblical precepts.
“He is a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing”
The controversy over the marriage was not isolated to Whyte’s commentary. In the months before and after Ms. Lamb’s June 10, 2023, wedding to Weiss, numerous other voices raised concerns. A longtime friend of Ms. Lamb, Denise Boggs, wrote an impassioned letter to the family, warning that Lamb was “under a spirit of deception” due to Weiss’ influence and echoing Whyte’s language that Weiss “is a wolf in sheep’s clothing” incapable of holding such a high platform.
Most significantly, Ms. Lamb’s own children reportedly harbored deep spiritual checks about the union. According to reporting from The Roys Report, none of Ms. Lamb’s children or their spouses agreed with the marriage, believing that Weiss lacked biblical grounds for his divorce. The tension came to a head when Jonathan and his wife, Suzy, refused to read an on-air comment congratulating Ms. Lamb and Weiss on their wedding, a refusal they felt was necessary to avoid giving tacit approval to an adulterous union. As noted in a recent report on Ms. Lamb’s final days, Jonathan Lamb himself was not called to his dying mother’s bedside, highlighting the immense and tragic division within the family.
A Family Divided, A Nation Watching
The family feud escalated into public scandal when Jonathan and Suzy Lamb accused Ms. Lamb of covering up the sexual abuse of their young daughter by a family member—allegations Joni Lamb vehemently denied. After a lengthy investigation, Texas police closed the case in 2025 without filing any charges, citing insufficient evidence. Nonetheless, the allegations, combined with the marriage controversy, prompted several high-profile Christian broadcasters to pull their programming from Daystar.
In his statements following Ms. Lamb’s death, Whyte has used her tumultuous final years and sudden passing as a stark warning to the Christian community. He contends that one cannot violate God’s laws and ignore prophetic warnings without facing the consequences. “You cannot violate God’s Word and think you can get away with it,” Whyte is quoted as saying.
As Daystar now moves forward under an unspecified executive leadership team, the network released a statement, saying, “We grieve her loss, and we are grateful for the legacy of faith she leaves behind.” The network acknowledges that it has been a tumultuous three years and that its future direction is under a cloud of uncertainty.
If you want to read the actual articles Daniel Whyte wrote, Addressing This Issue, read the articles Below:
DANIEL WHYTE III SAYS THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE DAYSTAR TRAGEDY IS THE FACT THAT JONI LAMB IS LIVING IN ADULTERY WITH A “WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING” — DOUG WEISS, WHICH WHYTE WARNED JONI LAMB ABOUT IN 3 ARTICLES 3 MONTHS BEFORE SHE GOT MARRIED WITHOUT ANY KNOWLEDGE WHATSOEVER OF WHAT JULIE ROYS HAS UNCOVERED IN HER ARTICLE ABOVE. THE ARTICLES THAT DANIEL WHYTE III WROTE ARE DATED MARCH 14TH, 2023, MARCH 16TH, 2023, AND MARCH 22ND, 2023. ALL 3 ARTICLES ARE BELOW IN REVERSE ORDER. (WHYTE EVEN MENTIONED IN HIS 2ND UPDATED ARTICLE THAT JONATHAN LAMB WOULD HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS MAN LIVING IN HIS FATHER’S HOUSE. IT IS UNDERLINED IN WHYTE’S ARTICLE BELOW.) THIS IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE IN THE JULIE ROYS ARTICLE ABOVE, SOME TRUTH CAME OUT THAT DANIEL WHYTE III WAS NOT AWARE OF AND THAT IS, JONI LAMB’S SON, JONATHAN, AND HER DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, SUZY, ALONG WITH ALL OF JONATHAN’S SIBLINGS AND THEIR SPOUSES, HAD A CHECK IN THEIR SPIRIT ABOUT THIS MARRIAGE BETWEEN JONI LAMB AND DOUG WEISS SO DEEP THEY REFUSED TO READ A COMMENT FROM SOMEONE CONGRATULATING JONI LAMB AND DOUG WEISS ON THEIR WEDDING, WHICH GREATLY HURT JONI. HERE IS THE STATEMENT FROM THE JULIE ROYS ARTICLE THAT CORROBORATES AND BACKS UP THE PREDICTIONS AND WARNINGS OF DANIEL WHYTE III TO JONI LAMB:
On June 10, 2023, Joni married Doug Weiss, a sex therapist and repeat guest on Daystar TV, who’s no relation to JW Weiss. Doug Weiss had filed for divorce from his wife of 30 years on January 27, 2022, just two months after Marcus died.
And according to Jonathan and Suzy, the meeting with Evans in July 2023 was an attempt to bully the couple into publicly supporting Joni’s second marriage.
A family divided
According to Jonathan and Suzy, none of Joni’s kids or their spouses agreed with Joni’s marriage to Weiss. They all believed Weiss lacked biblical grounds for divorcing his wife, and that by marrying him, Joni was committing adultery.
Just two months before the wedding, a longtime friend of Daystar, Denise Boggs of Living Waters Ministry, wrote an impassioned letter to Joni’s family, urging them to intervene. Boggs not only knew Joni well but had also counseled Doug Weiss and Lisa Weiss just prior to their divorce.
Boggs wrote that she had voiced concerns about Weiss to Joni “but she refused to hear me.” Now, Boggs said Joni was “under a spirit of deception” due to Weiss’ influence.
“He is a wolf in sheep’s clothing,” Boggs wrote. “(H)e is of no caliber for such a high platform.”
She added, “Joni didn’t endorse divorce until she came under his deception. Using the Daystar platform, the enemy has successfully mocked the marriage covenant using one of the strongest Christian TV (n)etwork’s (sic) in the nation.”
Jonathan told TRR that he gathered his family to confront Joni two days after receiving the letter. But Joni allowed “each person no more than 60 seconds to share their heart . . . says all she sees from us is fear and rushes out the door to go fly off to New York with Doug,” Jonathan said.
After Joni and Doug Weiss were married, Jonathan and Suzy remained uneasy about the marriage. But on July 5, 2023, they were asked to read a viewer comment on air, praising Joni’s recent marriage to Weiss. The couple refused to do so because they felt it would give tacit approval to the marriage. Their refusal apparently deeply offended Joni.
This prompted the meeting with Evans, in which Evans and Joni equated Joni’s wishes with God’s, and Jonathan and Suzy’s opposition with Satan.
IN THE ABOVE ARTICLE, JONATHAN AND HIS WIFE SUZY REFUSED TO READ A CONGRATULATIONS COMMENT ABOUT JONI LAMB AND DOUG WEISS’ WEDDING BECAUSE THEY KNEW HE DID NOT HAVE BIBLICAL GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE FROM HIS WIFE. FOR SOME STRANGE REASON, GOD LED DANIEL WHYTE III TO WRITE 3 ARTICLES REGARDING THIS CONVOLUTED SITUATION, AT THE TIME, THE ENGAGEMENT AND POSSIBLE MARRIAGE OF JONI LAMB AND DOUG WEISS, WHO DIVORCED HIS WIFE OF 30 YEARS AND LATER MARRIED JONI LAMB. BELOW ARE THE ARTICLES IN REVERSE ORDER:
(UPDATE 2, WRITTEN MARCH 22, 2023 — 3RD ARTICLE)
UPDATE #2: IT IS WIDELY REPORTED THAT MARCUS LAMB’S WIDOW, JONI LAMB, IS DATING AND ENGAGED TO FAMILY COUNSELOR AND THERAPIST DOUGLAS WEISS, WHO IS MARRIED TO LISA WEISS. NOW, AFTER 30 YEARS OF MARRIAGE, IT IS REPORTED THAT THEY ARE DIVORCED. Joni Lamb has two biblical grounds to remarry: (1) before Marcus Lamb died, he was known as an adulterer, and (2) now that he is dead, she has biblical grounds to marry again. Doug Weiss, a popular family counselor and therapist, knows he has no biblical grounds to marry Joni Lamb or any other woman. He needs to try to work it out with his wife, Lisa, or remain unmarried. If Weiss marries Joni Lamb, it will be a disaster.
Whyte says, Doug, you are well aware of what Jesus Christ said, and here it is: “He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so. And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.” Doug, based upon this passage, as you well know, seeing that you are a well-known family counselor and therapist, you are going to cause Joni Lamb to live in adultery, and if you truly love her, you will not put her in that position. And please do not try to tell us that your wife, Lisa, committed adultery because no one will believe that unless she tells us herself verbally or in writing. We’re talking about physical, gross, repeated adultery. Anything less than that, you, too, can forgive and go on in the marriage as you have counseled some of your clients.
Daniel Whyte III, President of Gospel Light Society International, warns Joni Lamb that this man is not sincere, and since this is not going to last long, get a prenup in your favor, keep your money one hundred percent separate from his, let him know up-front that he is not replacing Marcus Lamb as head of DayStar, tell him “you got this” and make sure he understands that he is still just a guest, and ask him to keep and maintain his own house just in case. Joni, tell him that he must pay the mortgage and all the bills for the marriage house he will build for you with his money. You keep your house, but do not let him move into the house that you had with Marcus. You keep that as a memento, and for when you need to escape to a quiet place and to meet with your children and grandchildren, FOR YOUR SON MAY NOT WANT TO MEET YOU AT THE NEW HOUSE WHERE YOU ARE WITH ANOTHER MAN BESIDES HIS FATHER. By the way, he should pay all the bills for the newly built house you will share.
Whyte says to Weiss in closing, as he well knows, we are living in an age when so-called Christians, particularly Charismatic-evangelicals, see what they want, divorce their spouses of many years, and go get what they want, no matter what God says. Then, of course, they suffer the consequences, and then, their latter end is worse than their beginning. Doug Weiss, you, of all people, have seen this many times. Don’t mess up Joni Lamb’s life with sinful foolishness that you know will not work. Go back to your wife and be content for the glory of God. The Bible says in 2 Timothy 3:1-2, “This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. FOR MEN SHALL BE LOVERS OF THEIR OWN SELVES. . .”
With over 30 years of experience, Doug is a certified psychologist, author, TV host and keynote speaker. He established the Heart to Heart Counseling Center in Colorado Springs and serves as its executive director. Clients have come to him from all around the world with marital problems.
More than that, he has made guest appearances on shows like Oprah, Dr. Phil, and Good Morning America. In addition to his counseling practice, he has written over 20 books and produced several video series for couples.
Are Doug Weiss and Joni Lamb Engaged?
A recent Instagram post by Joni Lamb hinted that she was engaged to Dr. Douglas Weiss. The host is well-known for her role as executive producer at Daystar Television Network and as host of the Christian discussion shows c.
Outside of her professional job in the media, however, she has garnered considerable interest after teasing several significant life developments on social media. Doug Weiss, Joni’s partner and his professional and social media credentials are introduced.
Both Joni and Doug deserve our sincere congratulations. The host hinted in an Instagram post published on Friday (March 10, 2023) that she and her boyfriend were getting engaged. The official announcement will be made on her show later.
The Christian host and producer proudly showed Doug a photo of her sparkling engagement ring. Joni said in the post’s caption: “Be sure to watch Table Talk tonight at 8:30 pm ET as I share a special announcement under the leadership of @PsJimmyEvans”.
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Who are Marcus Lamb’s children?
Marcus Lamb passed away at age 64Credit: Instagram
CHRISTIAN broadcaster Marcus Lamb passed away on November 30, 2021, at the age of 64.
He was best known as the founder and CEO of Daystar Television Network.
Marcus Lamb and his wife Joni Trammell, have three kids: Rachel, Rebecca, and Jonathon.
According to Instagram, Rachel works for her dad’s network doing marketing, hosting, and film.
She is married to Joshua Brown and the couple has one son, Judah.
His daughter Rebecca is a YouTuber and a mother to a son named Asher Weiss from her marriage to Jonathan Weiss.
Marcus and Joni’s son Jonathan serves as the executive director of operations at Daystar and is married to Suzanna Sagar.
The pair are parents to a son, Israel and a daughter named Arielle.
Jonathan and Suzanna host The Green Room with Jonathan and Suzy on Daystar network.
When did Marcus Lamb marry Joni Trammell?
Marcus married Joni in 1982 and the two spent their early years of marriage as traveling evangelists, visiting churches in the Southeast to teach the gospel.
In November 2010, Marcus claimed that he had an extramarital affair that had ended several years before.
He and his wife were able to fully reconcile with the help of marriage counselors.
Due to their massive success with Daystar network, Marcus and his family are valued at $230million.
(UPDATE 1, MARCH 16, 2023 — 2ND ARTICLE)
UPDATE 1: IT IS WIDELY REPORTED THAT MARCUS LAMB’S WIDOW, JONI LAMB, IS DATING AND ENGAGED TO FAMILY COUNSELOR AND THERAPIST DOUGLAS WEISS, WHO IS MARRIED TO LISA WEISS. NOW, AFTER 30 YEARS OF MARRIAGE, IT IS REPORTED THAT THEY ARE DIVORCED. Joni Lamb has two biblical grounds to remarry: (1) before Marcus Lamb died, he was known as an adulterer, and (2) now that he is dead, she has biblical grounds to marry again. Doug Weiss, a popular family counselor and therapist, knows he has no biblical grounds to marry Joni Lamb or any other woman. He needs to try to work it out with his wife or remain unmarried. If Weiss marries Joni Lamb, it will be a disaster. Daniel Whyte III, President of Gospel Light Society International, warns Joni Lamb that this man is not sincere, and since this is not going to last long, get a prenup in your favor, keep your money one hundred percent separate from his, let him know up-front that he is not replacing Marcus Lamb as head of DayStar, tell him “you got this” and make sure he understands that he is still just a guest, and ask him to keep and maintain his own house just in case. Whyte further says to Joni Lamb, “be wise as a serpent, harmless as a dove.” For the record, even though it was suggested online that they had children who were married to each other, thankfully, that does not seem to be the case. At this writing, we at BCNN1.COM are not sure if the Weiss family related to the Lambs through marriage is related to Doug Weiss. We believe this has caused some confusion.
(THE ORIGINAL ARTICLE, MARCH 14, 2023)
IT IS WIDELY REPORTED THAT MARCUS LAMB’S WIDOW, JONI LAMB, IS DATING AND ENGAGED TO FAMILY COUNSELOR AND THERAPIST DOUGLAS WEISS, WHO IS MARRIED TO LISA WEISS. NOW AFTER 30 YEARS OF MARRIAGE, IT IS REPORTED THAT THEY ARE DIVORCED. Joni Lamb has two biblical grounds to remarry: (1) before Marcus Lamb died, he was known as an adulterer, and (2) now that he is dead, she has biblical grounds to marry again. Doug Weiss, a popular family counselor and therapist knows he has no biblical grounds to marry Joni Lamb or any other woman. He needs to try to work it out with his wife or remain unmarried. If Weiss does marry Joni Lamb, this will be a disaster. Daniel Whyte III, President of Gospel Light Society International, warns Joni Lamb that this man is not sincere, and since this is not going to last long, get a prenup in your favor, keep your money one hundred percent separate from his, let him know up-front that he is not replacing Marcus Lamb as head of DayStar, tell him “you got this” and make sure he understands that he is still just a guest, and ask him to keep and maintain his own house just in case. Whyte further says to Joni Lamb that if it is true that one of your children is married to one of Doug Weiss’ children, this is a recipe for added disaster, so “be wise as a serpent, harmless as a dove.”
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Daniel Whyte III has been preaching the Gospel for over 46 years and is the founder and President of the over 42-year-old Gospel Light Evangelistic Society International, Pastor of the over 38-year-old Gospel Light House of Prayer International, and Founder, President, and Editor-in-Chief of the over 22-year-old Black Christian News One (BCNN1.com)—reaching millions with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, discipleship preaching, and the whole counsel of God around the world by any means necessary, “Crying in the wilderness,” and “Exiled on the Isle of Patmos.”.
Daniel Whyte III was honored by being named one of the 17 most notable alumni in the history of the 134-year-old Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, Texas, and one of the 69 most notable alumni in the history of the 53-year-old Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia.
Daniel Whyte III holds the following degrees from these universities:
- Doctor of Ministry (D.Min., in progress) – Liberty University John W. Rawlings School of Divinity, Lynchburg, VA
- Master of Theology (Th.M.) – Liberty University John W. Rawlings School of Divinity, Lynchburg, VA
- Master of Divinity (M.Div.) – Liberty University John W. Rawlings School of Divinity, Lynchburg, VA
- Bachelor of Arts in Religion (B.A.) – Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth, Texas
- Bachelor of Theological Studies – Bethany Divinity College and Seminary, Dothan, Alabama (Honors: Summa Cum Laude)
Daniel Whyte III was also honored to sit with presidents and world leaders by being invited by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association to attend the homegoing of Dr. Billy Graham.
He is the Essence national best-selling author of Letters to Young Black Men and the Amazon best-selling author of Letters to Young Black Women (African-American category). He has authored over 100 books.
He is also the founder, president, and editor-in-chief of the 20-year-old BlackChristianNews.com (BCNN1.com), which has impacted every denomination in the evangelical and Christian world and has influenced presidents, the U.S. government, governments around the world, and the public square. BlackChristianNews.com has been named the #1 Black Christian website and blog in the world for four years running by the independent Feedspot and is on the list of the top 60 Christian news sites in the world—red, yellow, black, or white.
He has preached the Gospel and the Word of God in person across America and in over 24 countries to thousands of people. He has preached the Gospel and the Word of God to millions of people around the world with the help of the internet, preaching live and on-demand multiple times a day for over eight years, to this very day. His mottoes are “Crying in the Wilderness,” “Exiled on the Isle of Patmos,” and “Preaching the Gospel by any means necessary,” all for the glory of God and Jesus Christ.
Daniel Whyte III is the president of the over-40-year-old Gospel Light Evangelistic Society International and the over-37-year-old Gospel Light House of Prayer International. He is known worldwide as the prophet who predicted the Coronavirus Plague over 10 years before it hit in recorded preaching and writing. God also led him to guide thousands through the Coronavirus Plague that killed over 20 million people because of the sins in the Judas-Laodicean church.
Daniel Whyte III’s greatest blessing in this life is his “quiver full” of 10 children—Daniella (Danni), Daniel IV, Danita Evangeline, Danae Mary-Louise, Daniqua Grace, Danyel Ezekiel, Danyelle Elizabeth Breedlove, Danielle Tekeela, Duran-Daniel, and the first Daniel IV (deceased and in heaven with the Lord)—along with grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Daniel Whyte III has been unblissfully but sexually satisfyingly married to his first and only wife, Meriqua Whyte of Christiana, Jamaica, for over 37 years since December 19, 1987. Jesus Christ said: “And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.” Even though many evangelicals, charismatics, and Protestants try to act as if these words of Jesus Christ are not a reality in our modern Christianity—primarily because of the Satanic-driven prosperity gospel and an over-positive philosophy, which is a lie not based in reality or biblical truth—the words of Jesus Christ are true for every person who preaches the Gospel. The outcomes of the Gospel are a changed life and opposition from family, lukewarm Christians, Laodicean-Judas pastors and churches, the world, and the devil. This is a reality in our present evil world.
While Daniel Whyte III thoroughly enjoys his married life because he did not allow his wife to have her way at any point and was and is solidly and biblically the head of his household throughout the marriage—often quoting Joshua, “As for me and my house, we’re going to serve the Lord” “up in here!”—and because his wife never failed in the very important area of sex, which he got married for in the first place to avoid sinning against God, he has especially enjoyed the privilege and joy of raising his children in the Lord virtually by himself. He served the Lord with them every day of their lives, from the time they were born until they graduated from college, became adults, and moved on.
However, his wife, Meriqua Whyte—motivated by Satan, with a Pharaoh-style pride mixed with the well-known female Jamaican-style pride, stubbornness, rebelliousness, and witchcraft—has been his greatest Judas enemy in the world and has been what Paul spoke of: a “messenger of Satan” and a “thorn in the flesh.” Amazingly, and by the grace of God, that Satanic evil opposition has spurred Daniel Whyte III on to preach the Gospel probably more times than any man on record. God has honored him because he did not “hearken to the voice of his wife.” Whyte tells other Christian men to only hearken to the voice of God and Jesus Christ, not to their wives, as so many thousands of churchmen have been taught by pastors and other older men throughout the years. Remember, we are in this worldwide, multi-generational mess because Adam hearkened to the voice of his wife and not to the voice of God.
Before they were married, Daniel Whyte III told his wife Meriqua Whyte that they would not do family life as her parents did, because their married life was hellacious and ended in divorce, as did some of her other family members, including the aunt she was living with. He also told his wife they would not do family life as his parents did, because it was also hellacious and out of order since his mother was the head of the household, not his father. But thanks be to God, they never got a divorce. Whyte told his wife before they got married that they were going to do it God’s way according to Ephesians chapters 5 and 6, or no way at all. And then he asked his wife, “Are you willing to do marriage God’s way according to Ephesians chapters 5 and 6?” And she said yes. Whyte told her before they got married that if she did not live up to her end of the deal, all bets were off.
Because Daniel Whyte III’s wife, Meriqua Whyte, was so proud, unsubmissive, stubborn, and rebellious after they got married, God led him to read Ephesians chapters 5 and 6 every day in their family devotions throughout their marriage. In the first year of their marriage, Daniel Whyte III also gave his wife a list of verses for women from the Word of God for her to read, which she still reads to this day. He also bought her many books to read to help her be the wife God wanted her to be.
Whyte realized early in the marriage that his wife was not a born-again, saved person even though she lied and said she was before they got married. After over 37 years of marriage, she is still not saved, never bearing any fruit of a saved person, to the point of not even wanting to tell her children, “I love you” and not wanting to hug them when they were little children, even after her husband told her to do so. She also hated the daily family devotions that her husband led and tried to hinder them. She also demonically hated and tried to hinder every Gospel preaching service to this very day.
However, only by the grace of God, they are still married, and despite the devil constantly working through his wife to try to hinder him from preaching the Word of God, he is still preaching the Gospel and the Word of God live and on-demand. His ministry reaches over 148,800 people per month with over 21,000 unique views per month, reaching 149 countries, preaching the Gospel and the Word of God in 2 to 3 services a day, 7 days a week. Glory be to God!
Mrs. Meriqua Whyte’s Apology to her Husband and Their 7 Children for not Being a Biblical Wife or Mother
Mrs. Meriqua Whyte, the Wife of Daniel Whyte III, Gave him the Best Father’s Day Gift Ever About 10 Years Ago When She Unexpectedly and Voluntarily Apologized for the First Time to Him and Their 7 Children for Not Being the Wife, Mother, and Christian Example of the Woman She Should Have Been Over the Past 37 Years of Marriage
Here is what Mrs. Meriqua Whyte wrote ten years ago after verbally apologizing to the entire family on Father’s Day, right before church service:
Over thirty years of marriage. Over thirty years of ups and downs. Over thirty years of trying to make our problems a personal thing between my husband and me. Thankfully, he did not allow me to do that and kept telling me it was between God and me—over thirty years of acting on my feelings and not on what the Bible says. Over thirty years of refusing to obey God’s simple command to a wife—to be obedient to your husband in all things. Over thirty years of disobedience, rebelliousness, stubbornness, lying, and dishonesty, all rooted in pride. Over thirty years of simply not choosing to mature as a Christian.
God has been dealing with me for over thirty years now about changing my attitude and behavior as a wife, which has manifested itself in disobedience, rebelliousness, stubbornness, lying, dishonesty, having an ungodly attitude and spirit, and simply not being the wife, mother, or example of a Christian woman that I should have been throughout the years. (By the way, for those of you who may be thinking that my disobedience, rebelliousness, stubbornness, lying, and dishonesty have resulted in adultery, I will say here that I have never committed any adultery or had sex with another man besides my husband, Daniel Whyte III, since I was born.)
God kept telling me I needed to stop my rebellious and stubborn behavior, apologize to my husband and children, and get my heart right with him, my husband, and my children. He sent others my way to tell me how to behave:
- My husband, but I didn’t want to hear it from him
- Other Christian women speakers
- Other preachers
- Books and other materials, but I would not take heed
I knew what to do, but I chose not to do it. The devil had me thinking and believing—as he is having a lot of wives and mothers think and believe—that your relationship with your husband and how you respond to him, whether positive or negative, will not affect your relationship with your children or your relationship with God. I say without hesitation that this is one of the devil’s lies, and sad to say, many wives and mothers are falling for this lie.
Another lie of the devil that Christian wives are falling for is that you can still have a strong relationship with God without being submissive to your husband. Lie! Lie! Lie! There is no truth to this. I know because I have experienced this and am still experiencing this as I am going through this breaking process, which is not happening overnight.
Even throughout my years of rebelliousness, stubbornness, and pride, I still kept praying the prayer I used to pray daily before I got married: “Lord, make me be exactly what You want me to be. Lord, break, make, and mold me into what you want me to be.” Well, God took that prayer seriously, and once you accept Him, He will begin the breaking process. It’s up to us how long that breaking process will take. For me, sad to say, it has taken over 30 years, and the breaking is not complete. In what way is God breaking me down right now? Well, our children have grown up. The three oldest have gone through and are still going through college, have gotten their degrees, and some are working on their second, third, and fourth degrees, launching their careers and moving out. God slapped me into reality and truly intensified the breaking process. My husband told me before our first child was born and repeatedly while the children were young that my job was to love our children and make positive memories with them and that if I did that, I would have a wonderful relationship with them as adults in the time to come. Well, I disobeyed God and my husband, who did not let up on his duties. And he has a wonderful relationship with our children, even the girls, and I don’t. However, God led me to finally break the day before Father’s Day, and while I was helping my husband get dressed to preach, I asked him if I could apologize to him and the entire family. That’s the first time I ever did that on my own. Throughout the years, he has always told me that I needed to get my heart right with God, him, and my children; otherwise, I would never have the joy and peace of the Lord in my life. However, I kept on lying and denying that I was the problem.
Here is what I said to my husband and children on Saturday afternoon, June 17, 2017, the day before Father’s Day. My husband told the entire family that this was the best Father’s Day gift I have ever given to him:
“Daddy, children, I apologize for not being the wife, mother, and example of a Christian woman I should have been throughout the years. I have shown nothing but pride, disobedience, rebelliousness, stubbornness, and a bad attitude and spirit toward God and my husband in front of you. My disobedience and rebelliousness have caused much unnecessary unrest and upheaval in the family. As my husband told me, things could have gone much better if I had obeyed God’s word from the beginning. Please accept my apology, and I am asking you to forgive me.”
The diminishing of peace and joy in my life throughout the years I brought on myself. Not having a proper relationship with God, my husband, and my children, I brought on myself—all because I chose the disobedient route. My number one desire is to live a life of peace—peace with God, my husband, and my children. I have learned that peace will not come as long as I live in disobedience, rebelliousness, stubbornness, and pride.
I will end this with two notes: (1) Happy Father’s Day to my husband: you have been a great husband and father. (2) Happy Children’s Day to my children: You all have been great children. I have no complaints whatsoever against my husband and, of course, children; you have never been at fault. My bad behavior is all on me, and I’m sorry I put you through this. May God bless your lives, and I love you.
Ephesians 5:22 – 6:20 (KJV)
Below is the passage in the Bible that Daniel Whyte III read in their family devotions every day for decades. It covers the biblical duties of the husband, the wife, and the children, and includes how to fight against the devil who is seeking to destroy the family.
22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.
6 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
2 Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise;
3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
5 Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;
6 Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;
7 With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:
8 Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.
9 And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
19 And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,
20 For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
The Gospel in a Nutshell
If you were to die today, where would you go: Heaven or Hell? If you’re not sure, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.”
Jesus Christ said the most important words ever spoken in the history of the world when He said, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16)
Read further right here:
The Most Important Question in the World: Have You Been Twice Born?
This is the “Chief of sinners,” Daniel Whyte III, president of Gospel Light Society International, with the Gospel Light Minute X Podcast #447, titled, “The Big Question.” I’m here to remind you of what the Bible says: that “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” like you and me.
“Have You Been Born Again?”
The question is not, “Have you joined a church?” or “Are you trying to do your best?” or “Do you have religion?” but, “Are you twice-born?” Jesus Christ said in John 3:3, “Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
We enter the physical world by birth. Spiritual life, likewise, is entered with a birth. We become members of a human family by birth; we become members of the family of God by birth, by being “born again.” There is no other way to get into the human family except by birth, and there is no other way to get into God’s family except by the new birth. Neither education, nor cultivation, nor reformation, nor “turning over a new leaf,” will accomplish this. What is needed is not a new “leaf” but a new “life”! “Ye must be born again” (John 3:7).
A New Nature Needed
By physical birth, we become partakers of human nature; by being born again, we become “partakers of the divine nature.” A Christian is the product of a divine “begetting.” The second birth is not an improvement of the old nature; it is the imparting of an entirely new nature. The old nature is hopelessly corrupt and incapable of ever being made fit for His presence. The new birth requires a creative act of the Holy Spirit. “If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature.”
Not “Trying” But “Trusting”
“Trying to follow Christ” is not Christianity. Christianity is not imitation of Christ; it is the indwelling of Christ. Christianity is not trying to do anything. It is trusting Christ, who has done it all! He has “finished the work,” and there is nothing left to do but simply to receive and trust Him. He shed His precious blood on the cross, and the work is all done once and forever! Cease trying and begin trusting! Believers will progressively become more and more like Christ, but by His power, not their own.
What Must I Do To Be Saved?
Simply “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ.” The Bible says in 1 John 5:1, “Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God.” The Bible states in John 1:12-13, “As many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.”
You are born again, you become a Christian by trusting a Person—receiving a Person. The very moment you do this, the Lord Jesus Christ comes in and life begins!
What Is Meant By “Believe”?
To “believe on the Lord Jesus Christ” means more than simply believing the historic facts concerning Him. Intellectual belief about Christ is not sufficient. The belief that brings salvation must be “with the heart,” that is, with the whole being. This belief also includes repentance: “Repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.” The Bible states in Acts 17:30, “God… now commandeth all men everywhere to repent.”
The faith which saves, then, includes the necessity to repent and to receive Christ as Savior and Lord, to rest upon Him alone for salvation. It means to trust Him so utterly and completely that, if He should fail, there would be no hope at all!
May I Know That I Am Born Again?
This is an important question. We know that we are born again by the testimony of God’s Word. God says in John 5:24, “He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.” Have you believed on the Lord Jesus Christ as explained by God’s Word? If so, then you are saved, you are “born again,” you have “passed from death unto life.” God says so! Take God at His Word, and go on your way rejoicing!
One Final Word
You may “belong to a church,” you may be “trying to do the best you can,” you may be “striving to live right.” Your outward life may be the model of moral correctness, and you may be looked up to, honored, revered, and respected. Yet, if you have not been “born again,” you are just as lost as if you had never heard of Christ. Yes, you may teach in the Sunday school, read the Bible, sing, shout, “feel happy,” and all the rest—but if you have never been “born again,” you are still in your sins and a stranger to the Lord Jesus Christ.
If you want to be saved from the wrath to come and from an eternity in Hell, and if you believe that Jesus Christ suffered, bled, and died on the cross for your sins, was buried, and rose again from the dead, and you are willing to trust Jesus Christ with all of your heart so you can go to Heaven, please pray with me what is called the sinner’s prayer:
Holy Father God, I acknowledge that I am a sinner and I admit that I have sinned against You and that I have broken Your Ten Commandments. I have lied before. I have stolen things before. I have lusted after people and things before. I have dishonored and disobeyed my parents. I have taken Your holy Name in vain. For Jesus Christ’s sake, please have mercy and grace upon my soul and forgive me of all of my sins, my failures, and my faults. As I now believe in Your Holy Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. I believe that He suffered, bled, and died on the cross for my sins, was buried, and rose again. Lord Jesus, please come into my heart and save my soul and change my life. Fill me with Your Holy Spirit and help me to repent of my sins past. Help me to turn from my old, evil life and follow You in the new life. For it is in Your Name I pray. Amen.
