THE need for Christian to seek counsel before getting married
has again come to the fore. Pastor Bridget Ahigbe gave the advise at
the just concluded Couple’s Retreat of the Daughters of Sarah Ministry,
Ebgeda, Lagos. Ahigbe said, “Christians should not go into marriage
without proper counseling and duly preparing for it, adding that failure
to so, easily opens the union to the enemy.” She informed that
Christians are compromising about a lot of things, today, and the
earlier the church purges itself of compromise, the better for it. He
noted that the Christian race is a very personal thing. “Commitment is
the key to our relationship with God. The interpretation of scriptures
is given by the interpretation of the Holy Spirit,” she said.
On what the Bible says about the last days, she stated that in the last days, many Christians will depart from the faith, they will have itchy ears and employ teachers that will tell them what will sooth them. Therefore, the church must go back to the basics, by repenting from pleasing self to pleasing God.
Speaking on wife murder, the Pastor noted, “before a man gets to the point of killing his wife, something drastic must have happened. Who are his advisers, his counselors? Lack of adequate preparation for the union has destroyed many homes and lives. “And part of the reasons marriages are crumbling is that Church of God, now, lack discipline.”
She observed that the church would lose relevance if counseling is removed from the marriage process, saying that the standard of God’s word cannot be sacrificed on the altar of modernity. “We should always humble ourselves and reconcile with our partners when err. Even when couples are separated, they could still reconcile if they humble themselves. Now is the time to go back to God”. She advised couples in troubled marriages to seek help before it gets to the point of divorce, stressing that divorce is satanic because it is not God’s desire for couples. “Divorce has serious implications on the couples, the kids, families and society at large,” she noted.
On what the Bible says about the last days, she stated that in the last days, many Christians will depart from the faith, they will have itchy ears and employ teachers that will tell them what will sooth them. Therefore, the church must go back to the basics, by repenting from pleasing self to pleasing God.
Speaking on wife murder, the Pastor noted, “before a man gets to the point of killing his wife, something drastic must have happened. Who are his advisers, his counselors? Lack of adequate preparation for the union has destroyed many homes and lives. “And part of the reasons marriages are crumbling is that Church of God, now, lack discipline.”
She observed that the church would lose relevance if counseling is removed from the marriage process, saying that the standard of God’s word cannot be sacrificed on the altar of modernity. “We should always humble ourselves and reconcile with our partners when err. Even when couples are separated, they could still reconcile if they humble themselves. Now is the time to go back to God”. She advised couples in troubled marriages to seek help before it gets to the point of divorce, stressing that divorce is satanic because it is not God’s desire for couples. “Divorce has serious implications on the couples, the kids, families and society at large,” she noted.
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