Marital Bliss

Three days ago, three of my high school classmates posted their wedding photos. Seeing those, I was inspired to write a message on marriage life, which I call, "Marital Bliss". These are lessons I have been learning from the Lord through my own marriage life He has blessed me with.  My message reads:

The love and joy on our bridal day should continue "until death do us part." In fact, since the day of the marriage, the romance and the love with all its purity should persist. Once the bridal knot was tied before God and men, God reckons it holy. 

Hebrews 13:4Let marriage be held in honor among all, and the bed undefiled; for fornicators and adulterers, God will judge.

To preserve the sanctity of the marriage, much more, to enjoy marital bliss and union, as Christians, there are certain principles we have to strictly keep.

Prayer and the Word of God 

Ephesians 6:17, 18

And receive the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which Spirit is the word of God, by means of all prayer and petition, praying at every time in spirit and watching unto this in all perseverance and petition concerning all the saints,

Married couples praying together and always abiding in the word of God is one of the best practices. It is a healthy habit to be in prayer and in the word together. In fact,  they should be a spiritual companion to one another. These will preserve the couple from the subtle attack of the enemy. To fight against Satan's attack, the best way is to put on the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, the word of God, by prayer. One of Satan's tools is creating misunderstanding between husband and wife out many petty little things and big things too, concerning health, finance, in-laws, children, clothing, even food, and many others. Guard against the enemy's attacks! 

Love and Romance 

Matthew 22:37-39

And He said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.”

This is the great and first commandment.

And the second is like it: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

Only God is love. Human love fluctuates with time and situation. Real romance is triggered only by the pure and divine love who is God Himself. Therefore, both husband and wife must love the Lord as their first love to genuinely love one another. Only the divine love can preserve the romance between husband and wife and cause them to be subject to one another. This is the key to enjoy the marriage life. Without this, it will be two strangers under the same roof with two differing hearts as one divided family.

Ephesians 5:21, 22, 25

Being subject to one another in the fear of Christ:

Wives, be subject to your own husbands as to the Lord;

Husbands, love your wives even as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her

Oneness 

God's ordination in marriage is that the two, husband and wife, become one.

Mattew 19:5, 6; Mark 10:8; Ephesians 5:31

Ephesians 5:31For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh.

In the eyes of God, the married couple is one. Therefore, both have to exercise to practice oneness in every matter, as much as possible, especially in money matter, as money is so tangible. Many marital issues can be pinned down to money. All that the husband has, including himself, is his wife's, and all that the wife has, including herself, is her husband's. This is oneness. If this matter can be settled in mutual understanding, especially with those who both have income, many needless troubles can be avoided.

The end of the matter is, as a married couple, learn to pray together with your spouse every day; love God and the love of God will cause the couple to love one another with genuine love, no matter what. And finally, learn to exercise to be one with one another in every matter great or small. Thus, marital bliss and union shall be all yours to enjoy! 

I have been practicing these. And the Lord has been teaching me these life lessons and He has been blessing my marriage and family life too. 

May God bless all our marriages.

Just a sharing with the sole intent for the reader's benefit.