BECOMING A VALUABLE AND FULFILL MARRIAGE MATERIAL OR PARTNER

Text: Prov20:6; 31:10
Ten Essential Qualities of a valuable and fulfil Marriage Material or Partner
1. Sonship faith (Heb10:38; John1:12; Pro13:6-8)
* You must acknowled your sins, confess, forsake it and accept Jesus as your Lord and Saviour
* You must be born again (John 3:3)
* You must pray for the guidance of the spirit of God (Rom8:14)
2. Self Awareness (Prov20:6-7)
* You must understand yourself and be able to pray for your weakness
3. Security and Confidence (Luke14:22-30)
*You must secure confidence and security in the Lord (Isa30:15; Eph3:12)
*People of confidence are in love because of what they can give not because of what they can get
4. Sincerity and Integrity (Prov11:3; 19:1; 20:7)
*The way you handle money, relationship with people
5. Seriousness with Responsibility
*You must be serious and be responsible in the way you communicate with people, handling things and work
6. Strong Commitment (Prov25:19; Luke9:62; Matt19:6)
*They are easily giving to change
*When they see little difficulties they want to back off
7. Special Respect And Honour For Others
(Rom12:10)
*Respect is reciprocal
*You must learn from others
*You dont laugh at others weakness, instead you correct them
*You must work and nurse each other
*Give honour to each other (Eph5:22-23; Pet3:7)
8. Spiritual Maturity (Gen2:24)
*Recognize your own roll
*Marriage is not for novices, you need divine knowledge
~Signs of immaturity
i. Lack of goal setting and planning ahead
ii. Spending all your life without saving
iii. Running to daddy and mummy for little problem
iv. In ability to think through
*Areas of Maturity
Physical
Emotional
Spiritual
Financial
9. Self Discipline (1Cor9:24-27; Gal5:22-23)
Know that the things you are struggle with now if not conquered you will still be struggling with it when married
*The area of eating
*The area of spending
*The area of working
*Time management
*Emotional control
10. Sound Communication
*Marriage is a life long conversation
*Many people go into marriage without knowing how to converse and handling things
*Many people don't know how to shear their own feelings
~How to communicate in an heathy way
*Open to your partner
*Be gentle in your communication
* You must be frank
* Be sincere
* Be ideal in the way you see things and feels
Proper preparation preserve poor performance