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What You Should Know Before The Altar

So what are some of the things I think you should know before you march down that altar to say ‘I DO’?

1. Marriage is a Covenant

“Yet you ask, Why does He reject it? Because the Lord was witness [to the COVENANT MADE AT YOUR MARRIAGE] between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously and to whom you were faithless. Yet she is your companion and the WIFE OF YOUR COVENANT [made by your marriage vows].” Malachi 2:14 AMPC

Did you see that?

Marriage is not just something that is carnal or merely physical… marriage is deeply spiritual and a serious business, with serious implications.

So the first thing you must understand about marriage is that marriage is a covenant!

Having this understanding will give you some ‘sense’ so that you don’t just handle your marriage matter, ranging from the choice of a marriage partner to the marriage itself, with a light hand.

You understand that you’re entering into a covenant with anyone you marry, so you can’t afford to just marry any Tom, Jerry, or Jeff that comes your way! Or any Cinderella, Queenette, or Jessica that comes along your path! You choose wisely, by the Spirit.

Why?

Because you know you’re entering a covenant!

Having this understanding will even help prepare your heart way ahead of your marriage to remain faithful (in thought, word, and action) to your partner. So you start knowing that infidelity is not an option… like your heart gets locked on the matter way before you start your marriage.

Listen. You don’t prepare for battle in the midst of battle! What majorly keeps us in the face of battle are the preparations we made before that battle!

So pondering on these things right now, before you ‘I DO’, will help give you the right posture to have a successful marriage when YOU DO.

Can you talk to yourself now? Say:

“Ogbonnaya (of course you put your name there), marriage is a covenant! You have to be deliberate about it.”