TOGETHER FOREVER part 2

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  Genesis 1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

  I will define Marriage as the official coming together of a Man and a Woman in order to fulfill their God given Purpose, Marriage takes place first in the heart not in the church, the church thing is the physical confirmation of that which has already taken place in the Heart and this is what God sees and bless the family not the size of the reception party nor the special guests or the in-laws and out-laws at the ceremony, however this why the state of heart of the couples in a marriage is so important because God will not bless a marriage where the couples are physically married but emotionally separated, nevertheless my aim in this teaching is to talk about The purpose of marriage

  Marriage is not a journey of pleasure but a journey of purpose which if well understood and embraced it can bring pleasure and fulfillment, according to Genesis 1:28, one of the purpose of marriage is Fruitfulness which literally means to bring forth fruits like offspring but it also means to be productive in every other areas of life i.e. economically and spiritually, another word for fruitfulness is benefits which means marriage is an opportunity to make yourself a blessing to someone.

  Another Purpose of marriage is that marriage gives room to multiplication, the Hebrew word used here is "Rabah" which means a positive increase in kind and likeness, It one thing to have a child and another thing to raise the Child in the right way, so therefore we can say that marriage is a place where iron sharpens iron, it is a place where parent learn to nurture their offspring to become better persons or we can say they multiply themselves.

  Still talking on the purpose of marriage, because when we do not know the purpose of a thing we will abuse the thing, which means in order for us to make good use of something or get the best out of an assignment we must have a good understanding of its purpose at this point I will say there are four basic things I believe will make a marriage fail or chaotic.

  1) Poor preparation in terms of physical, psychological, emotional and financial preparation, preparation is not just to be ready to do what is necessary but also to bear the pain and burden that comes with marriage, your love for each other will be tested and your faith will be tested by the challenges of life, and if the couples invovle are not properly prepared for the challenges of marriage they will crash and burn, there are two major signs of poor preparation, one of them is to rushing in and rushing out of marriage which do result to divorce or living separately, another is hooking up with the wrong person, this happens when a person becomes too desperate and anxious to marry, so they quickly accept a marriage proposal or make a marriage decision without taking their time to check what they actually feel for that person. only to discover later that they do not actually love the person they are married to,so they feel trapped in marriage

  2) Poor understanding of the meaning and purpose of marriage, some see marriage as an opportunity to satisfy the lust of the flesh and to raise offspring well that is just that is just 40% of the total purpose of marriage and 40% is not a pass mark, Marriage is not about what you can get but what you can give, and it is not just about giving your body (sex) or giving your resources (money) because anybody can do that, but marriage is about that which you bring into the life of your partner that nobody else can, so before you conclude on a marriage proposal or a marriage decision why not first ask yourself what can you bring into the life of the person that you are about to marry that will make them happily spend the rest of their life with you? for example, some people bring unspeakable peace to their spouse, some bring comfort, some bring joy, some bring purpose, some bring emotional balance, some bring wisdom and so on, what will you bring to your marriage? find it because that is the purpose of marriage, do not think about what your spouse will bring but think about YOU!

  To be continued....... By PASTOR ANI DAVID

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  WISDOM NUGGET: "You must love yourself because it is the best gift you can give yourself and the only way you can truly love others, you may not be the most handsome or the most beautiful, you might not be the richest, or the most talented, you might be going through rough whether and your heart is broken and your spirit is heavy, but you are still the most Precious because you are DESTINED WIN! IN JESUS NAME"