No Divorce

Thursday 29 June
READ: Matt. 19:3 - 9
MORE LESSON: Gen 3:12-21

One of the major crises in the world today is breakdown of marriage. We must declare war on this problem in the Church of God by every means. The forces of prayer must be engaged against every marriage destroying force. The strongest remedy for the decay of the home that is ravaging the world today is for us to build our homes on the principles of God's Word. We must operate by the dictates of the Word of God in our homes. Singles that are not yet married must also be determined to run courtship according to God's Word. If your partner insists that you do anything that is contrary to God's Word before marriage, then you should break that courtship. A broken courtship is a thousand times better than a broken marriage.
There is no going back once you are married. The Scripture doesn't permit divorce. A lot of people are full of complaints about their spouse. It started with the first man Adam who complained about his wife (Gen. 3: 12) but even at that, the Lord didn't permit divorce for them. Adam and Eve continued together after the fall. In fact, God promised that the seed of the same woman that caused the problem for the man would bring salvation for mankind. They continued together and the Lord clothed their nakedness (Gen. 3: 21). People have said, 'if you know how my wife/husband behaves, you will know that I am justified to fight and divorce'. All those excuses do not work with God; if you must make it to Heaven, you have to stay by God's standard and continue loving and submitting in that marriage.
A man insists on divorce and claims that it is easier to live with the devil than with his wife. But that statement is not true; if a man lives with a real demon for one day, he will run back to his wife and start calling her a true angel of God. Your wife is not a witch and your husband is not a killer as you claim, both of you should rather prayerfully work through it so that you will not go to hell for keeping grudges and bitterness against each other. However, if you insist that your wife is a witch and she will kill you if you don't divorce her, don't you think it is better to die in the hand of 'the witch' and go to Heaven than to disobey God and go to hell?
God's desire is for our homes to be havens of love and peace. Marriage is to be enjoyed, not endured; therefore we must build our home on God's principle of love and submission. Don't make life unbearable for your spouse. Be informed that if your spouse goes to hell because of you, you can't escape it. Don't prevent your spouse from serving God, living a righteous life and fulfilling their purpose in life.

Prayer/Action
* I declare war on the spirit of divorce in my family, and church, in Jesus’ name.
* Whatever causes divorce, I destroy it, in Jesus’ name.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
Father in the name Jesus, as the sixth month walks away, I command all evil patterns to walk away from my destiny, in the mighty name of Jesus.