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09/07/2026

TO LOVE AND TO CHERISH

To love and to cherish your spouse is to keep your marriage alive.

I often wonder whether many couples truly understand what it means to love and to cherish. Keeping this marriage vow is what keeps a marriage alive.

Love is the lifeblood of every marriage. It is not merely a feeling. It is a daily decision. Every husband and wife must intentionally choose each day to love and cherish one another. Until this vow is consistently practiced, a marriage and family will never experience true stability.

To love your spouse means treating him or her the same way you would want to be treated. This is the very essence of God's Word:

«“In everything you do, be careful to treat others in the same way you'd want them to treat you, for that is the essence of all the teachings of the Law and the Prophets.”
Matthew 7:12 (TPT)»

If you want to be listened to, listen to your spouse.

If you desire attention, give attention.

If you long for kindness, be kind.

If you expect understanding, first seek to understand.

Cherishing your spouse goes even deeper. It means deeply valuing, honoring, and treasuring him or her. While there may be many people and things you love, your spouse should be the one you treasure.

I believe this is one of God's secrets for bringing out the very best in a husband or wife. When you genuinely love and cherish your spouse, you create an environment where they can flourish. Whatever your spouse becomes ultimately benefits you, your marriage, and your family.

Never treat your spouse as common. Make a daily decision to value, honor, and cherish the person with whom you exchanged vows.

Marriage vows are not merely words spoken on a wedding day. They are lifelong commitments to be lived out every day.

If you have questions or need guidance for your relationship or marriage, my inbox is always open.

PRAYER

Father, help me each day to intentionally love, value, and cherish my spouse. In Jesus' name. Amen.

TO LOVE AND TO CHERISHI often wonder whether many couples truly understand what it means to love and to cherish. Keeping...
09/07/2026

TO LOVE AND TO CHERISH

I often wonder whether many couples truly understand what it means to love and to cherish. Keeping this marriage vow is what keeps a marriage alive.

Love is the lifeblood of every marriage. It is not merely a feeling. It is a daily decision. Every husband and wife must intentionally choose each day to love and cherish one another. Until this vow is consistently practiced, a marriage and family will never experience true stability.

To love your spouse means treating him or her the same way you would want to be treated. This is the very essence of God's Word:

«“In everything you do, be careful to treat others in the same way you'd want them to treat you, for that is the essence of all the teachings of the Law and the Prophets.”
Matthew 7:12 (TPT)»

If you want to be listened to, listen to your spouse.

If you desire attention, give attention.

If you long for kindness, be kind.

If you expect understanding, first seek to understand.

Cherishing your spouse goes even deeper. It means deeply valuing, honoring, and treasuring him or her. While there may be many people and things you love, your spouse should be the one you treasure.

I believe this is one of God's secrets for bringing out the very best in a husband or wife. When you genuinely love and cherish your spouse, you create an environment where they can flourish. Whatever your spouse becomes ultimately benefits you, your marriage, and your family.

Never treat your spouse as common. Make a daily decision to value, honor, and cherish the person with whom you exchanged vows.

Marriage vows are not merely words spoken on a wedding day. They are lifelong commitments to be lived out every day.

If you have questions or need guidance for your relationship or marriage, my inbox is always open.

PRAYER

Father, help me each day to intentionally love, value, and cherish my spouse. In Jesus' name. Amen.

16/05/2026

ALWAYS COMMITTED TO THE SPOUSE

How will you feel if the same spouse that always claim to love you abandons you during health challenge?

Also how will you feel if your spouse only cares for you during health challenge? None of the these situations shows commitment to the spouse. Be committed all the time.

God in 3Jn. 2 says that He wishes that we be in health meaning that God never wants us to be sick. Yet in James 5:14 He says, "if anyone is sick..." meaning that though He wants us to be in health, we should make room in case of sickness.

Just like we explained yesterday when we discussed "For Richer For Poore", this vow "In Sickness In Health" is neither invoking sickness into our lives nor shall we be in health if we neglect the rudiments of sound health. It's only a covenant expression that one will be committed to the spouse in all situations and circumstances.

Love must be compassionate, not just romantic even in health challenges. On the other hand don’t only love your spouse when they are weak or sick— celebrate them in strength or health too.

🙏 PRAYER:
Dear Lord, let every married people love and be committed to their spouse in all situations and circumstances in Jesus name.

LET MERCY KEEP YOU

✍️ A. C. PETERS -FILLED MARRIAGE AND FAMILY [+2348032931074] E-mail: [email protected]

15/05/2026

NEITHER PROSPERITY NOR POVERTY MAKES A MARRIAGE,

The next phrase in our discussion on marriage vow is "FOR RICHER FOR POORER"

I strongly believe that no sane person will want to experience poverty in his or her marriage. But that should not remove this phrase from the marriage vow because even confessing prosperity without doing the right things will not make you rich. Neither will your saying it mean that you are invoking poverty and lack into your marriage. And there are many couples that even though they made such statement never experienced poverty. Saying it is only a covenant expression that you will be committed to your spouse in all situations and circumstances.

God loves us so much that He send Jesus to die for us and is ready any day through Him to give us all good things (Rom. 8:32). Yet Bible in both Old and New Testaments told us that we will face tribulations ( Ps. 34:19; Jn. 16:33). That is not invoking woes into our lives, it is preparing our hearts to handle any negative situation life may throw at us.

Listen, neither prosperity nor poverty makes a marriage, they only test the heart, reveal and blow its content. May I ask you, "Will success bring you and your spouse closer or create distance? Can your marriage survive when resources are low?

In this wedding that we are using as reference, I heard the M. C. kept emphasizing that every man should go and make money because there's no love without money.

🧠 THOUGHT TO PONDER: Is it true that there's no love in marriage without money? Please share your opinion with us here or privately.

🙏 PRAYER:
Heavenly Father, don't let abundance or lack determine the atmosphere in our marriage, let our reverence for you and our love for each other do in Jesus name.

LET MERCY KEEP YOU

✍️ A. C. PETERS -FILLED MARRIAGE AND FAMILY [+2348032931074] E-mail: [email protected]

11/05/2026

BUILD YOUR MARRIAGE ON LOVE AND COMMITMENT.

"For Worse" in the marriage vow shows that difficult seasons are part of marriage and should be anticipated. If you marry without this anticipation, little challenges will always throw you off balance.

I advise you to have this anticipation because I have heard some preachers in the name of "faith confession" instead of "For better for worse" as contained in the marriage vow, say "For better, for best". This faith confession will not remove difficult seasons from any marriage, or how will your love and commitment be proven?

Commitment is proven when things are not working, NOT when everything is alright. Prove your love and commitment to your spouse during this difficult season.

🙏 PRAYER:
Heavenly Father, help married people to prove their love and commitment to their spouse during hard times in Jesus name.

LET MERCY KEEP YOU

✍️ A. C. PETERS -FILLED MARRIAGE AND FAMILY [+2348032931074] E-mail: [email protected]

09/05/2026

ENJOY YOUR MARRIAGE... BUT

"For Better" in the marriage vow reveals that good days will come in your marriage.
So, enjoy them... BUT don’t build your marriage ONLY on them. Marriage is built on love and commitment.

🙏 PRAYER:
Dear Lord help married people to enjoy the good days of their marriage without building their marriage only on them.

LET MERCY KEEP YOU

✍️ A. C. PETERS -FILLED MARRIAGE AND FAMILY [+2348032931074] E-mail: [email protected]

08/05/2026

MARRIAGE IS NOT TEMPORARY.

"From This Day Forward" in the marriage vow implies that marriage is a forward commitment, not a temporary or trial version. Do you think that anyone that understands this will enter marriage with the mentality of, "If it doesn't work, I will walk away?"

🙏 PRAYER:
Dear Lord, please help every married people to know that marriage is not temporary and to make every effort to make it "till death do us part " in Jesus name.

LET MERCY KEEP YOU

✍️ A. C. PETERS -FILLED MARRIAGE AND FAMILY [+2348032931074] E-mail: [email protected]

07/05/2026

POSSESSION and RESPONSIBILITY

“To Have and To Hold” in the marriage vow speaks of possession and responsibility.
You don’t just have a spouse—you are entrusted with one. And you know what? You will be hold responsible and accountable for him/her.

THOUGHT TO PONDER:
How am I taking responsibility for my spouse that has been entrusted into my care?

🙏 PRAYER:
Dear Lord, please help every married couple to take responsibility for the spouse entrusted into their care in Jesus name.

LET MERCY KEEP YOU

✍️ A. C. PETERS -FILLED MARRIAGE AND FAMILY [+2348032931074] E-mail: [email protected]

06/05/2026

Marriage is identity.

In the marriage vows, “To Be My Husband/Wife” what you are saying is, "I am joining myself to be one with you. It then means that you are no longer just individuals—you become one unit. That's what the Bible means when it says, " ‘ For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and BE JOINED to HIS WIFE, and THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH?
Matthew 19:5 NKJV.
And to be one unit implies that one cannot fully effectively and efficiently function without the other. It also means that what affects one affects the other. In other words, you are defined by your spouse.

THOUGHT TO PONDER: What do I understand by "“To Be My Husband/Wife”, and how am I expressing it?

🙏 PRAYER:
Heavenly Father, help married couple to live as one unit in Jesus name.

LET MERCY KEEP YOU

✍️ A. C. PETERS -FILLED MARRIAGE AND FAMILY [+2348032931074] E-mail: [email protected]

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