CHOOSING YOUR LIFE PARTNER
Copyright © 2011 Dr. D. K. Olukoya
eISBN: 978-978-8424-30-7

A publication of
MOUNTAIN OF FIRE AND MIRACLES MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL
Headquarters, Logos, Nigeria.

I salute my wonderful wife, Paster Shade, for her invaluable support in the ministry.
I appreciate her unquantifiable support in the book ministry as the cover designer, art editor and art advisor

All Scripture quotation is from the King James Version of the Bible

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Contents

Cover Image

Title Page

Copyright & Permissions

Preface

Chapter One: INTRODUCTION

Chapter Two: WRONG REASONS FOR GETTING MARRIED

Chapter Three: IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT MARRIAGE

DIVINE GUIDELINES

PRAY...PLAN... PURSUE

Chapter Four: ANALYSIS OF SPOUSES

ANALYSIS OF HUSBANDS

ANALYSIS OF WIVES

Chapter Five: FOUNDATIONS OF MARITAL DISTRESS

Chapter Six: TYPE OF MARRIAGES

Chapter Seven: DANGER SIGNALS IN COURTSHIP

Chapter Eight: BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES FOR SELECTING YOUR LIFE PARTNER

Chapter Nine: PRAYER SECTION

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Backcover

Preface

We cannot talk about a successful marriage without talking about the selection process which leads to marriage-courtship

Given all the hue and cry about marriage and its importance plus its impact on the destiny of a man (and woman), we cannot talk about a successful marriage without talking about the selection process which leads to marriage-courtship. As our mothers' would say, cooking a good soup begins from the market. If the ingredients used in preparing soup arc spoilt and rotten, there is no way the soup will taste great.

The same thing applies to marriage. Once you have chosen the wrong partner, every attempt to make that marriage succeed will be an effort in futility. Therefore, the process of choosing who will walk along with you on the journey of marriage is vital and is a step that must not be missed.

Many people today, sadly enough, do not adequately understand the nitty gritty of choosing partners. A lot of people simply carry out all sorts of worldly empirical analysis which cannot suffice in making an accurate decision.

This book is out to help you. It analyses different types of husbands, wives and marriages. It examines wrong reasons why people want to get married, the acts that lay troublesome foundations for marriages and important facts about marriage that are often ignored. It also gives tips on danger signals that can alert you to the fact that you are about to take a leap into hot water.

As you read this book and take to heart the information given inside, it is my prayer for you that with the help of the Holy Spirit, you will be led to make the right choice of a partner that will make you continuously shout resounding hallelujahs as you live a life of marital bliss in Jesus name.

Stay blessed and I look forward to hearing your testimony.

CHAPTER ONE

Introduction

Aside from hell fire, the worst thing that can happen to a man is a bad marriage

Many people today, especially married couples, wish they had read this book before choosing their life partners.

I can tell you categorically that aside from hell fire, the worst thing that can happen to a man is a bad marriage. It dictates if a person is going to dance, laugh or remain sad for the rest of his or her life. That singular decision of whom you marry is what dictates your destiny. It determines if you will be successful or remain a failure for the rest of your life. Marriage is not what you should do without thinking about it very well. I can tell you with all authority that those words, termed vows, which are read to couples during wedding ceremonies, are equivalent to a death sentence. Many people just put on a sheepish smile on their wedding day and accept, "I will," without listening very well to the statement.

A man of God was preaching to one man who just finished fighting his wife and when the preacher told him that if he did not accept Christ, he would go to hell. "I don't mind going to hell, I'm already in one anyway," came the man's reply.

Definitely, an elephant cannot have sex with an ant. Neither can a cat and a mouse mate. When a cockroach decides to marry a spider, one is a night creature while the other is a web creator, this is a bad marriage. If you marry a deficit, or you are one and you marry zero, you are still one. A marriage that does not increase you is a catastrophe. Marrying the wrong person is a disaster. The devil knows that when two wrong people marry, it will result in problems, he thus decides to play with the destiny of people by giving them wrong marriages. When you become a son or daughter in-law of the devil, you are in soup.

If you go and marry someone who is not born again, you have just signed up for the devil to be your father in-law. I tell you that if you are in a relationship and you are not sure of certain things, it is better to pack it up. The devil is an unkind father in-law.

Genesis 2:18

And the LORD God said, it is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

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