Although my mom was a Jew and my dad was Christian, both families had one thing in common...a strong love of GOD! No one in my family has ever had a divorce.
We pledge "til death" in
Studies like the oft-cited work of the Barna Research Group show that this reduces divorce rates by 35 percent. So, practice your faith together.
Practitioners of natural family planning have a divorce rate of under 2 percent, according to studies such as those by PhysiciansforLife.org. So, avoid using contraception.
Finally, define marriage as between a man and a woman ONLY.
A study of same-sex couples in Sweden, where gay partnerships are legal, found that over a roughly 10-year period the divorce rate of gay male couples was 50 percent higher than among heterosexuals.
For lesbian couples, divorce was 167 percent higher.
"The virgin will be with child and will give birth to
a son, and they will call him Immanuel"-which means, "God with us." (Matthew 1:23)
God bless moms!
2007-12-14 02:47:42 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I just always love how you say things. YOu are a blessing. and since I am a mom, I will say thanksl. Moms love it when their kids will honor them as well as honor God. So in a way you are my family, in the family of God and I will say Thank you and God bless you up front.
And yes, God can save marriages, if ppl want that,both must want it. Many say it takes two to make a marriage work and its correct. But it only takes one for it to fail. We are in covenenat with God in our relationship with Him, and being married is another covenant of us together with God, three in one. BOth must really love each other and God and be committed to the marriage covenant as well as their covenant with God to live as God says. IF both will do these things, any marriage can work, when both will act as God says. You learn to forgive and forget the little meaningless things, knwoing none of us are perfect yet. When God is number one in your house, the head of anything and everything, and you are submitted to God and to each other, it will work just fine. Without God, it is very hard to make any marriage work, as self tends to come in and mess things up.
Just let God always be the head, and love will never fail.
He is love, and His ways are love. Keep Him head of your life and your marriage, and you cant lose. Yes, we have a pledge till death us do part, absolutely and nothing or noone can come between us and our God either. A covenant with God and with each other.... HAllelujah. No other way to go.
God bless you again, and thanks again.......
2007-12-14 05:16:04 · answer #1 · answered by full gospel shirley 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Your marriage isn't worth saving. You got married to a stranger (someone you had not lived with or probably not slept with). You promised God that you were going to be with this guy you hardly knew forever. And then guess what? It didn't work out, because once you got to know this guy you found out you were not really compatible with him and he turned out to be a criminal. You are now hiding from your real responsibilities by waiting for God to fix your life, or relying on the advice of religious people who are not professionally qualified to help save your marriage. Sooner or later you need to wake up and smell reality. Divorce this man, go out and find real love. Get to know this person with a long engagement, living together etc. And then if after a couple of years, consider marriage.
2016-03-15 23:40:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're missing some third variables there, hon. It is more likely that people who practice natural family planning are highly religious and don't see divorce as an option - whether the marriage is working or not. That would more likely be what keeps their divorce rate down.
We also can't ignore the GLARING frequency of divorce among religious couples. You might try to say God reduces divorce, but I just can't validate that when seeing the divorce rates so high. Wouldn't your hypothesis indicate that belief in God would ELIMINATE divorce?
And I would imagine there are other cultural factors in Sweden that affect those numbers. For example, I'd like to know the percentage of non-married gay couples who stay together for life.
2007-12-14 02:54:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Marriages that are built on a firm foundation of faith in Christ do last- AND no matter what struggles come, if they are putting God first, making Him the center of that marriage, nothing can separate them- even God says:
Matthew 19:5-6
5And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
6Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
2007-12-14 04:11:25 · answer #4 · answered by Mandolyn Monkey Munch 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes God can save marriages but only if He is asked by both partners.
Its really sad to see how some have answered.
2007-12-14 13:30:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
When you get married with God at the head of the union, then it is easier to stay together. Putting God first, having respect for one another, and staying connected to each other will strengthen any marriage. God is the most important part of it. He helps you work problems out.
2007-12-14 03:19:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Only if you are married to the person God wants you to be married to. Many get married to someone who appeals to their emotions and don't even think of making sure it's the person God wants them to marry. Those who GOD puts together, just because a preacher marries you, don't make it God's Will.
2007-12-14 02:51:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
No. My parents don't believe in your god, but they've been happily married for 27 years. And no one in my family has ever been divorced and none of us are christian. We're just smart enough to know who we will and will not work with. Thus, too smart to be christian.
2007-12-14 02:51:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
Yes! You treat others the way God treats you with unconditional love, forgiveness, compassion, caring, etc.
2007-12-14 02:51:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Apparently not because the divorce rates in this country are terribly high and they are mostly Christian...
2007-12-14 02:51:11 · answer #10 · answered by clint 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋