Model Marriage by Bishop Dag Heward Mills

Faithfulness and Unfaithfulness in Marriage

How to Foster Faithfulness in Marriage

(a) Fear God and be obedient to his Word.

(b) Be prayerful (both of you).

(c) Be active in all church activities.

(d) Avoid developing close relationships with others of the opposite sex.

(e) Have mutual friends. Don’t have friends who are not friends of your partner.

(f) Concerning the issue of childlessness, remember that your partner will be what

God wants him/her to be.

And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead,

who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

Genesis 30:2

(g) Wear your wedding rings always.

(h) Talk positively about your spouse.

(i) Sit by your spouse in church.

(j) Be sexually active and infuse some variety and excitement into the marriage.^2

(k) In addition to the above, find solutions to the causes of unfaithfulness stated in the

paragraph preceding this one.^3

Notes

1. Deb Kopp and Heather Kalmbach, Because I Said Forever(Sisters, Oregon: Multnomah
   Publishers, 2001), 162 - 4; Joshua Adjabeng, Love and Sex in Marriage(Accra, Ghana: PAL
   International, 2001), 52 - 57; David Field, Marriage Personalities(Eugene, Oregon: Harvest
   House Publishers, 1986), 149 - 157.


2. Timothy L. Hall, The Labor of Love(Grand Rapids, Michigan: Kregel, 1996), 113 - 7.
   3.. Dave and Joyce Ames, Stress Free Marriage(Eastbourne, E. Sussex: Crossway Books,
   1991), 178 - 9; Al Janssen, The Marriage Masterpiece (Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House
   Publishers, 2001), 87 - 90; Delores Friesen, Let Love Be Your Greatest(Kehl, Germany: Editions
   Trobisch, 1981), 70 - 76.