Renewing Your Marital Relationship By Pastor Faith Oyedepo

Author: Pastor Faith Oyedepo

Topic: Renewing Your Marital Relationship

Dear Reader,

You are welcome to this glorious and exciting moment in God’s presence. As you pay rapt attention to God’s Word today, His hands shall rest upon your marriage.

This month, we shall be looking at this all-important subject, Renewing Your Marital Relationship. To renew your marital relationship, one of the things that must be in place is your Expectation.

One key factor for the miraculous is expectation. It is your expectation that gets fulfilled. Every man sets a stage for his miracle. Do you totally and truly believe God? Or do you doubt Him in your heart saying, “I tried everything, but nothing worked. I never saw anything. I am tired. I don’t think it will work.”

Don’t be offended in God; the fact that you still have the breath of life is something to be grateful for. Instead, express your mind to God.  Say, “Lord God, I know You are forever faithful. Thank You that I am still alive today to approach You on issues I couldn’t achieve last year. Thank you for the promise of a glorious and fulfilling year. I know You will do it.”

Forget about those old things that are bygones! God will do a new thing in your family, this year, which will make you thank Him every day.  God is set, but you have to be set too.  However, to be set, you must determine to do some things, especially, if you desire a successful home this month and beyond.

Husband, can you see a turnaround in the character of your wife? Can you see your children obedient and God-fearing? Can you see abundance of peace, joy and harmony in your home? Wife, what do you see? Do you see your husband turning from his sinful habits to pleasing God this month and beyond? Do you see his business succeeding, thereby enabling him provide more for the family? Can you see serenity in your home? As far as you can see, it shall be given to you as it is only what you see that you can possess.

Stop seeing the negative side of issues. Stop seeing your business going down, because of economic meltdown. Stop deducing reasons why you think things won’t work out well in your family. Stop celebrating failure. Believe God and let it be counted to you for righteousness. If God has said what He will do, let it be settled in your heart and in your actions, that He will do it. He is not a liar!

Many years ago, I made up my mind to believe God’s Word in Proverbs 4:18. I have never had cause to doubt it. No previous year has been better than the current one for me and my family. In fact, my present position today is the least I can ever be. God is ever faithful. Friend, see good and you shall have good. See no lack around you this year, and you shall walk in abundance. God will see to it that His Word does not fall to the ground in your own life. Choose to believe God and you will have no occasion to regret.

See with your eyes of faith. Walk by faith and not by sight. Don’t determine the happenings in your home this year by the environment. See into the plans of God for your life and family, and assure yourself of the best of times ahead.

Someone once came to me for counselling, and had been having a very tough time in her marriage.  As she spoke, I discovered that the root cause of her problems was her wrong ideas about marriage.  She had expected grief and calamity. So, when the storms rose against her marriage, she began to say, “They told me it will be like this.”

You must first desire a tower, before you can plan to build one.  Don’t enter into marriage without an expectation. The Word of God says:  For surely there is an end; and your expectation shall not be cut off (Proverbs 23:18). What you expect is what you will get.  God’s servant, Bishop Oyedepo would always say, “Expectation is the mother of manifestation.”

God has promised to grant your expectations, no matter the situations around you. So, let your expectations be based on God’s Word, for it is higher than any evil experience or information you may have had or heard about marriage.

If you are already married, there is still an opportunity for you to change all your negative expectations.  As a couple, discuss your positive expectations and I guarantee that things will work out more smoothly in your home.

As single persons, what do you expect in marriage? Your expectations shall not be cut off! Before my husband and I got married, we made discoveries from God’s Word that made us expect a hitch-free marriage. Till today, those expectations have not been cut off.  If you expect the best, it will be yours!

A right expectation begins with being connected to God.  You get connected by confessing your sins and accepting Jesus as your Saviour and Lord. That is what being born again is all about. If you are ready to be born again, please say this prayer: “Dear Lord Jesus Christ, I come to You today. I am a sinner. Forgive me my sins and cleanse me with Your Blood. Deliver me from sin and satan to serve the living God. I accept You as my Lord and Saviour. Make me a child of God today. Thank You for accepting me into Your Kingdom.”

If you prayed this simple prayer, congratulations, you are born again and you are now a child of God! He loves you and will never leave you. Read your Bible daily, obey God’s Word and seek Christian fellowship (John 14:21).

With this, you are guaranteed all-round rest and peace in Jesus’ Name! Call or write, and share your testimonies with me through contact@faithoyedepo.org; OR 07026385437 and 08141320204.

For more insight, these books authored by me are available at the Dominion Bookstores in all Living Faith Churches and other leading Christian bookstores: Marriage Covenant, Making Marriage Work, Building A Successful Home and Success in Marriage (Co-Authored).