The Principles of a Joyful marriage
“The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no spoil; She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life’’(Proverb 31:11,12)
Marriage is a lifetime contract that nothing else should separate according to God’s creative plan” Until the death do them part”. It is very sad today; many live inside their marriage as a living corpse, because there is no joy from morning until night. I pray for as many experiencing sadness in their marriage, may you regain your joy fully in the name of Jesus. A marriage can only enjoy a lasting relationship when the following principles are observed:
. Pray together: A family that prays stays together. When you raise an altar unto God by having consistent family devotion both in the morning before you go out and in the night before you go to bed.
• Study the word of God together: As a Godly couple, you are expected to set aside a time everyday to study the word together.
• Serve one another: An healthy marriage must be a place where husband and wife serve one another. It is a clarion call to service and not to dominate one another. Total Submission of a wife to her husband only guarantees a sustainable and joyful marriage (Ephesians 5:21). This reminds me a case of a sister that nearly broke her home by using an abusing word on her husband until the time she later realised that her mouth needs to be bridled for joy to reign.
• Love one another unconditionally: The only language that a good marriage understands is ‘’LOVE’’. This is a kind of love that has no conditions attached to it. It is a kind of love that does not base on if and if. Even though what your spouse is doing does not warrant you loving him or her, you still need to love. Does your communication in that marriage shows that you have highest regard for your spouse. Godly children are being raised through a selfless communication.
• Engage continually in a selfless relationship: As a couple, you are committed to one another in rendering a lifetime heart devoted service.
• Trust one another: A marriage that lacks trust, such a marriage will not survive the test of times. The moment, a couple begins to suspect one another either for genuine or trivial issues, that marriage has become amusement park where people go and waste their time.
• Let no man put your marriage in asunder: It is not just a good King James Version wedding line. It is God’s desire for a marriage. Great couples strive to allow no one—even children—even in-laws—to get in the way of building a healthy marriage.
Wow! Isn’t this a hard one? Yet I can’t tell you how many marriages I have seen ruined because the children came first or the in-laws interfered. I have seen marriages ruined by friends—sometimes co-workers—who had little regard for the integrity of the marriage, and so they built a wedge between the couple. As hard as it is sometimes, great couples work to protect their marriage from every outside intervention.
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