Chapter 2_God's Perfect Prescription for Happy Home

 Good marriages don't just happen. You can't have a great married life by accident or just because you wished for it. You will have to consciously work at it according to the way God has prescribed in His Word. The first precept toward having a godly, happy marriage is to "leave" and "cleave". From the very beginning, after God had instituted marriage, He intentionally laid down this precept even though Adam and Eve had no parents at the time. God who knows the end from the beginning knew that the bond between parents and children might get in the way of His plan for the marriage relationship. Therefore, He deliberately stipulated: "Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother shall cleave unto his wife: shall be one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). Here, God is letting us know That the bond between husband and wife is greater than the bond between parents and their married children. God expects a husband and his wife to united that they will not just be two people agreeing together or two individuals tolerating one another, but they'd actually be one unit, one flesh. and they

Another precept God hold down is found in Ephesians 5:22- 25, "Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the I head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it." From these passages, we find there is no valid reason for any wife to usurp her I husband's position in the home. If you want a happy I home, you need to submit to and respect your I husband and in return, he is to love and care for you Christ does the church.

As a husband, if you are the type that never gives your wife attention; if you're secretive and insensitive; if you never show compassion, love or consideration toward your wife, you're only setting yourself up for marital failure. Such uncharitable I attitude will by no means lead to a blessed I marriage or a happy home. Make your wife happy. Dote on her; let her literally feel your love. Be there when she needs you; that's the only way you will enjoy your marriage and your life. There is no short-cut to a great marriage; follow the divine prescription that has been stated in God's Word. This is the only way you will enjoy the true essence of marriage.