Today’s devotional wishes to touch one very important area of marriage fire outage before going for the check list which is about features that are signals that marriage is likely heading for marriage fire outage. This is all about who is behind the marriage fire outage. One major unhealthy happenings in marriage is, shifting blames on the second party of any problem. When relationship goes awry, each persons involved tends to justifies his or her action. This started in the garden of Eden between Adam and Eve, then Eve and the serpent. But in marriage fire outage, the two parties must see self as being behind the scene. The negative behaviours husbands and wives individually put up in marriage relationship are significantly put out love in marriage. However, this devotional will explain those that are generally seen in both couple.
First, not being transparent in marriage in marriage runs down strong love quickly. Lots of things contribute to not being transparent in marriage, such as infidelity, love of money, too much affiliation to one’s biological family, old relationships one still wants to keep etc., can make people very secretive. In marriage, no matter how secretive one is, the truth will surely emerge one day. When a partner discovers what is trending secretly, love for marriage begins to diminish. Abusive characters form another factor that breeds marriage fire outage. Being too physically, emotional and mentally abusive is a corrosive acid that burns off love in marriage. Apostle Peter admonished Christians to “…be of one mind, sympathize with each other. Love each other as brothers and sisters. Be tender-hearted, and keep humble attitude” (1 Peter 3: 8 Africa Study Bible).
One strong reason real love in marriage disappears that many tend to play down is when one of the partners is sexually starved. This turns off the power supply of love in marriage gradually. Observations have shown that Christians wives are oblivious of the good roles sexual relationship plays in marriage. Christian husbands too lack in understanding that wives can suffer silently and dangerously when sexually starved. This factor brings into the marriage unfaithfulness, infidelity, cold instead of warn relationship and what have you. Any one in marriage starving the second of sexual joy disobeys the Biblical injunction in 1 Corinthians 7: 3 – 5. The beloved, take responsibility of marriage fire outage and go for how rekindle the love of the marriage.
PRAYER:
Help me Holy Spirit to be a genuine partner to my husband, my wife as long as I remain in this world in the name of Jesus Christ.
bishopubaudenyi@hopealivechurch