RESTORATION TODAY
THURSDAY 22ND DECEMBER 2016
BY PASTOR DR. G.O. OLUTOLA JP.

THEME: GOD IS THE AUTHOR OF MARRIAGE.

But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female. For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. Mark 10: 6 8.

As it relates to human sexuality and marriage, no human government can define its terms. Not even the church can do that. Human sexuality and marriage were determined and defined by God before the church came into existence, before the Jewish nation was formed, and before human government was established. The biblical definition of marriage goes back to the Garden of Eden in Genesis 2, and it was set by God.

This view of marriage is repeated and ratified throughout the Bible. Even in the last pages of Revelation, it serves as an illustration of the relationship between Jesus and His redeemed people in eternity. It is hallowed in Scripture, and the book of Hebrews says it is to be honoured by all.

Marriage is a product of God's perfect creation. We should rejoice in His plan, resist all attempts to undermine it, and work each day to make our marriages as strong as possible. Though the world comes along with different new ideas, we owe our allegiance to a higher power, Almighty God, who invented marriage and put it into operation back in Genesis.

ACTION POINT:
 Don't build your marriage on what the world is saying, build it on what God has said.

SCRIPTURES:
Genesis 2: 18 ? 25.

PRAYER POINTS:
1. Lord Jesus, take Your place in my marriage in the name of Jesus;

2. Heavenly Father, preserve my marriage in the name of Jesus.

3. Lord Jesus, bless my marriage with holy fruits in the name of Jesus.

4. Lord, restore abundance into my marriage in the name of Jesus.

DAILY BIBLE READING:
Nehemiah 9
Zechariah 5, 6
Revelation 14.