Understanding God's Original Intent for Marriage

Marriage is a life long commitment that requires you to order your life to please your spouse in the Lord!

Please read Genesis 2:18-25;Genesis 19:4-6;1 Corinthians 7:1-1-5, 33-34

Dear Friend,

Last week we emphasized on the fact that being strong in the Lord is the only way we can succeed in our relationships. God is the originator of the family, marriage and relationships. As such, the level of our success is determined by our knowledge of the originator’s manual, and how we are willing to obey. Therefore you become a strong individual in your relationships when you carefully follow the course of the instituter. In Genesis 1, every thing God created was good, He see s family life and marriage as “good”. However that goodness was corrupted through sheer disobedience. His original intent was not to put anyone in a family for hurt, betrayal, disappointment and destruction. The confusion ,pain and broken heart came with the appearance of the devil to the scene. He corrupts everything he is allowed to touch. And we allow him into our lives when we disobey God by making decisions based on the dictates of our five senses, what we see, hear, feel touch or smell. Therefore we are hurting, confused, bitter and sad about our marriage and family life because we have allowed the devil in. He always thrives when we act according to the flesh because he is a master in that area since he has been engaged in it for thousands of years! Give him no place!

My friend, in order for me to enjoy my marriage or family life, I need to take a quality decision, that no matter how I feel I am going to live what the manual for marriage instructs me to do. I'm going to work on myself to ensure that what God says about my spouse ,son, daughter, mom, dad, is what I think about always. I make God greater than the way I feel. He certainly deserves my attention more than giving in to how I feel. If you want your car to operate at optimum capacity at all times you will not deliberately send your Mercedes to Toyota to fix it. Obvious! Then why would you listen to everyone but God to fix your marriage and relationship. Whether you are single or married, selfishness always ruins us and our loved ones. Our actions ,our thoughts must be guided by love, which is what the word of God will direct you to do.

Once you have allowed the Holy Spirit and what the word of says to govern your way of doing things then you will be willing and able to please your spouse in the Lord or enter any relationship with the interest of the other person in mind. Please take a look at your marriage and relationships again and let God help you!