Operating The Honour System In Marriage

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Hi friend,

Thank you for stopping by to read. If you are new here, you are welcome to rounded beauty (you may want to read the previous posts to catch up......and that will help, really). If you have been here before, thank you too. We’re double sure you were blessed by our posts. Now let’s get into today’s business. The last time here, we spoke about God’s intention for marriage. If God has a really great purpose He intended marriage to fulfil, then we’d better learn how to partner with Him to fulfil it. Did you know that every instruction of God to man doesn’t improve Him? The obedience of man doesn’t make God better neither does man’s disobedience make Him worse. He is God. Nothing or no one changes Him. Isn’t it amazing to know that our response to God actually affects us? This knowledge is very important as it helps us align ourselves with God’s will for us.

A marriage that will work well and produce the fruit of destiny fulfilment MUST have both partners practise honour. That’s what I said; yes, honour. Well, I’m not just saying it; the Designer of marriage Himself said it. 
Really? Yes! Come on, take a look..........

Romans 12:10
 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;( KJV)
Be devoted to each other with mutual affection. Excel at showing respect for each other (ISV)

This practice of honour in marriage begins with our attitude to the Designer’s instruction. He instructed us to honour one another. To do so is to honour God, to despise it is to dishonour Him. Honour is of the heart, thus it’s not just an outward display of nobility. Honour is to be given and received in marriage irrespective of each partner’s weaknesses. Both the husband and wife are to honour each other. This is because honour upholds their marriage. They would be free to express themselves without restraints when they know the honour is intact. Honour has a posture; it is called respect. You can’t say you honour someone you do not respect. There’s a way you speak to someone you claim to honour. You don’t use damaging words on someone you honour; you rather build the person up each time you speak. Your body language also has something to say as to whether or not you honour your spouse. You should NEVER allow your emotions determine how you relate with your spouse; emotions could be unstable. When both partners in a marriage choose to honour each other, none of them will feel dishonoured. It is good to also be conscious of the truth that honour serves.  Serve your spouse if indeed you honour him/her. Service doesn’t humiliate or debase         you, rather it brings out the greatness in you.

 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory;  but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. Phillipians 2:3-4  

Let me leave you with this;

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled:  but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. Hebrews 13:4 (KJV)

Marriage is honourable so there is a new measure of honour you come into when you get married. Honour your spouse. It goes a long way to determine whether or not people will honour your marriage. If you will not honour your spouse, who will?
I will share with you much later on how and what to invest into your marriage to really enjoy it together. Till then.........have fun. 

Comments

  1. Dekky30 October 2017 at 03:29

    Thank you ma for this, it really blessed me.

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    1. Unknown4 November 2017 at 02:15

      Glory to God. I'm glad you were blessed.

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  2. Lydia30 October 2017 at 09:45

    Awesome, more grace, waiting for the other part.

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