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When more and more people started following LOVE UP, they were so excited, then pointedly asked me why I specifically wrote for those who know and claim CHRIST JESUS, first.
I explained that while LOVE UP was written to bless all marriages, I had written on this extremely important subject for ‘Christians,’ first and foremost, for these reasons:
- Christians subscribe to, or at least try to practice and honor certain unique and vital values and principles, without much argument, these being the importance of:
- Praising & Worshipping GOD:
Apart from being necessary sacrifices to Father GOD, Praise and Worship are understood to be vitally strategic weapons of spiritual warfare in life, and in marriage, in particular.
For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty to the pulling down of strongholds. [2 Corinthians 10:4].
- Faithfulness & Fidelity:
Like FATHERGOD, LORD JESUS, HOLY SPIRIT, we believe that husband and wife must be dedicated and faithful to each other, therefore, we also hate, resist, and decry as wrong, sex outside marriage (that is, adultery and fornication). Being faithful to one’s wife or husband is not based on mood or feeling. It is an unswerving covenant commitment. it is a matter of obedience to FatherGOD.
- Unspeakable Joy:
Beyond happiness (momentary gladness), joy is a deep and abiding rest of mind and sweetness which persist even in times (moments and periods) of great temptations, trials and tribulations. The extraordinary gift of joy unspeakable comes from knowing and trusting GOD, implicitly and explicitly, even and especially, in what appear to be life’s darkest moments.
- Submission & Respect:
Whether we fully practice it or not, Christian women know that we are required to be submissive to our husbands, while Christian men are required to nourish and cherish their wives. And the main way that men submit to their wives is by bringing their bodies into subjection to the LORDGOD, that is, by being faithful to their wives, sexually and emotionally (since men somehow seem to be able to separate these far more than women). LOL!!!
- Unwavering, Mountain – Moving Faith:
Faith has been defined as
‘The substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things unseen’. [Hebrew 11:1]Sometimes like walking on water, growing a beautiful, joyful and lasting marriage requires that ‘we walk by faith and not by sight’ [2 Corinthians 5:7], believing GOD for everything good and right in our marriage, and having the courage and obedience to do what is good and right in GOD’s sight.
2. Christian marriages are experiencing more divorce than non-Christian marriage from the United States of America (where statistics are more readily available), to Nigeria, and elsewhere. Organized Church communities have decried the alarming incidence of divorce, and particularly, the greater incidence of divorce among Christians than among non-Christians.
3. Marriage in CHRIST is under attack because the devil knows that a good and Godly marriage is the bedrock foundation of both good and Godly family, and good and Godly community.
4. It seems that many Christians have very wrong notions about GOD’s Will for their married love life.
GOD created romance (that is, deep affection, sensuality, sexual tenderness and passion) uniquely for the bonding of marriage and the nurturing of marital bliss.
Because too many of us grew up imbibing wrong ideas and witnessing wrong practices in marriage, so many have internalized the hideous notions that sex is bad, that sex is only for making babies (reproduction), or that sexual passion is really meant for sex outside marriage. Yet, nothing could be further from the truth.
You might laugh in disbelief as you read this, yet think about it well: how many married couples (Christians or otherwise) did you observe, while growing up, who openly expressed their affection to each other, touched or embraced each other, demonstrated their physical attraction to each other, and laughed and played with each other, in your presence?
Did your own parents easily do these things in front of you?
Conclusion
Making love is for husband and wife. It is divinely separated from making lust, sex between all others.
Readjust your understanding of and attitude towards making love.
Making love between husband and wife is a gift from GOD for bonding and marital bliss.
In it and through it, we glorify GOD.
I got married when I was 18, and I am now 26 and still happily married. People thought that it would not work because we were so young, but we put Jesus in the middle to ref our marriage, and it’s been great and will continue to be! Praise be to Jesus!
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