Makurdi – The Resident Pastor, Dunamis International Gospel Centre (DIGC), Makurdi, Rev. Joseph Idakwoji, has advised couples not to expect automatic success in their marriages.
Idakwoji said this at on Saturday at the wedding between Nancy Abutu of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Makurdi office and James Okpanachi.
He said that all couples should prepare to work for the success of their respective marriages, adding that “you cannot be doing another thing and be expecting result for another”.
He said that marriage was designed by God for the betterment and enjoyment of his children, stressing that all couples needed to do was to believe in God.
“The purpose of marriage includes protection of partners, companionship, procreation or fruitfulness among others.
“Marriage is a replica of God’s love for the church, and by so doing we are constantly renewing God’s love for man”.
The cleric who read from Genesis Chapter 2, verse 18 to 25 said that God loves the purpose of marriage. (NAN)