Faith and Marriage
- By Southern Mom
- Published 03/2/2008
- Marriage
- Unrated
Faith is defined in the dictionary as the “belief in God or in the doctrines or teachings of religion.” When couples stand before God and commit their lives to each other, they are in essence, committing their lives to God. Faith and marriage go hand in hand, and it is faith that allows marriages to weather any storm or conquer any adversity. How your faith affects your marriage is the subject of this article.
Faith affects your marriage in many ways. Believing in a higher power and by adhering to the sacred oath, you are both confirming the tenets of marriage and its vows. It affects your lives and strengthens your family. Living the gospel and applying it to your marriage not only enhances, but increases its stability. Faith affects your marriage by allowing all of the inconsequential issues to melt away, and to concentrate instead on your family as a unit. It allows you to raise your children according to the laws of your religion, and gives them the proper training to become loving, caring, and faithful adults.
Faith affects marriages in positive ways. While love continues to blossom over time, the respect and caring of each other is exceeded only by one’s ability to forego one’s own pleasure and self-gratification. As a couple, faith allows you to overcome
any adversity and adds strength and purpose to your marriage. It allows you to put your faith in the one God; to pray through the rough times, and rejoice in the good times.
The old adage, “a family that prays together, stays together,” has meaning just as the marriage vows have meaning and purpose. In Ephesians 5:32-32 of the King James’ version of the Bible, a passage is cited which fully explains the role of man and wife.
“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; that he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word; that he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.”
Having faith in God enables you to relinquish all power, and concentrate solely on marriage and family. How your faith affects your marriage is predicated on how deeply committed you are to the sanctity of marriage.
Faith affects your marriage in many ways. Believing in a higher power and by adhering to the sacred oath, you are both confirming the tenets of marriage and its vows. It affects your lives and strengthens your family. Living the gospel and applying it to your marriage not only enhances, but increases its stability. Faith affects your marriage by allowing all of the inconsequential issues to melt away, and to concentrate instead on your family as a unit. It allows you to raise your children according to the laws of your religion, and gives them the proper training to become loving, caring, and faithful adults.
Faith affects marriages in positive ways. While love continues to blossom over time, the respect and caring of each other is exceeded only by one’s ability to forego one’s own pleasure and self-gratification. As a couple, faith allows you to overcome
The old adage, “a family that prays together, stays together,” has meaning just as the marriage vows have meaning and purpose. In Ephesians 5:32-32 of the King James’ version of the Bible, a passage is cited which fully explains the role of man and wife.
“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; that he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word; that he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.”
Having faith in God enables you to relinquish all power, and concentrate solely on marriage and family. How your faith affects your marriage is predicated on how deeply committed you are to the sanctity of marriage.
