*TOPIC: MARRIAGE, GOD'S REVEALED WILL.*(Series 14) *Scripture Reading:* 1 Peter 3:7 *"In the same way, you husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way [with great gentleness and tact, and with an intelligent regard for the marriage relationship], as with someone physically weaker, since she is a woman. Show her honor and respect as a fellow heir of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered or ineffective."*(AMP) Continuation from where I stopped yesterday. There's tendency of your marriage between two to five years as couple to begin to think of divorce because of some reactions and other things that suddenly show up in the home between the husband and the wife. Let begin to look at those things one after another: *1) Self Determination:* This is one of the most important aspect of the joy and happiness in marriage. *Before taking her to the altar, do you prepare for it, are you determined to journey with her no matter what happens? Also, before you agreed to follow him to the altar, are you seriously determined to journey with him, have you prepared for it?* The number one aspect of it is this, self determination before going into marriage can not be over emphasize. The above scripture says, husbands should live with wives with understanding, showing them love, respect, treat them with honor because they are weaker vessels. I will say that, likewise also, wives should also live with their husbands with understanding too because they're human and not angel. *The reasons for this is that: As newly wedded couples, you have not lived together before, you both came from different backgrounds and families, different languages, went to different schools, different churches and different relationship with friends.* Because of that, if adequate understanding is not involved, I tell you and I lie not, the marriage won't go far. *Your first night together will be a preamble of how your marriage will look like. If your husband or wife snore, or one hate to switch off light while sleeping and the other don't like it, if you both don't agree and understand each other, there will be a serious problem in that home.* Self Determination helps you to face and address every situations that occurs in the journey of your marriage. To be continue tomorrow morning by God's Grace. Good morning and do have a fruitful weekend, peace. *Prayer point:* Father, I receive Great Grace to represent you well in my marriage and to defeat the devil in Jesus Christ name. Amen! T.S. AFOLAYAN