ONE OF THINGS THAT
destroy Marriages is Pride.

For instance, if as a husband God has blessed you financially and you live a very comfortable life, beware of Pride. Pride is destructive, whether at home towards family members or outside the home and towards others.

We can learn much about this from the life of the man called Nabal(2 Samuel 25).
Nabal was very rich but unfortunately proud, arrogant and mean.

When he exhibited that pride and arrogance towards David, his family was quickly marked for death.
It was the humility of his godly wife, Abigail, that saved his home from destruction. But even then, within ten days God killed him because of his pride and gave his beautiful and humble wife to David the man he humiliated because he was poor.

The Bible says:
“For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?”(1 Corinthians 4: 7)
The scripture above warns against feeling superior to others. There’s no superior person anywhere because God never created one. If you think you’re superior to others you’re only deluded and carried away by hallucination.
The scripture above also underscores the fact that you have no reason to feel proud over the things you possess because you don’t own them anyway. You received them and so have no reason to be proud and haughty and to despise others.

Some Spouses are arrogant and proud in their marriage because of the prestigious academic institutions they’ve been to. Others are proud because they come from a royal family. Yet there are still others whose pride stem from the fact that their Dad is highly influential politician in the country. Consequently, they almost always wear an air of superiority like a cloak. And as a result, their relationship with their marriage Partner is often strained.

Dearly Beloved, Marriage is like the Christian faith where Christians are ONE. Similarly, in marriage Spouses are ONE FLESH. When you get married, you must realize that between you and your spouse your academic qualifications have no voice nor place. No one is royalty and no is ordinary. You’re both on the same footing whether you have a PHD and your spouse only has an HND or even the lesser West African School Certificate. If you married them despite being better educated, then you must accept not to flaunt your collection of degrees in their face in arrogance. When you do so, let me tell you what you’re doing: You’re cutting the roots of your marriage. It’s only a matter of time and it will collapse to your chagrin.

In Ephesians 5, Marriage is repeatedly compared with Christ and the Church. Now, Christ and the Church are one: Christ is the Head while the Church is His Body.

Please, hear what God’s Word says about the Church which is the Body of Christ:

“Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.” (Colossians 3:11)
This scripture verse is saying that in the Body of Christ, there is neither caste no class; superior or inferior. And this is exactly what it should be in your marriage.

If most blessings in the home are coming through you humble yourself and recognize that it’s God that’s channelling His blessings through you. On no account should you at anytime raise your voice against your Mate to tell them that you’re the one that’s keeping the family going. Give the glory to God and save yourself from trouble. Let’s take a look at a person who went down because of Pride.

Nebuchadnezzar was entrusted the whole world to rule by God. He had great power but sadly failed to recognize that it God lifted him up. He claimed he built the Kingdom of Babylon. While his proud and pompous words were still on his lips, he was struck with an illness that’s worse than madness and he became a human-animal. (Daniel 4: 29-33)

Beware of Pride. Be humble and self-effacing in your relationship with your Spouse.

🔥🔥🔥FAITH DECREE:
🔥 LET EVERY SPOUSE READING THIS DEVOTIONAL THAT’S CHAINED BY THE SPIRIT OF PRIDE BE SET FREE NOW, IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS CHRIST!!!⚡

🍷🍗 TAKE-HOME LESSON: MARRIAGE IS A CLASSLESS AND CASTELESS RELATIONSHIP. FOR NO REASON SHOULD YOU FEEL BETTER OR SUPERIOR TO YOUR MATE.
WALK HAND IN HAND IN HUMILITY, EQUALITY AND LOVE.

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