Model Marriage
- Avoid Lack of Money
Lack of money must not be a permanent situation in the home. It is important to be mindful
of the potential problems associated with lack of money, such as tension, quarrels,
misunderstanding, mistrust, suspicion. etc These should not necessarily occur in your home.
- Know the Dangers of Covetousness
This condition normally arises when wives/husbands compare their property or children with
those of others. It leads to:
i. Dissatisfaction in the wife/husband.
ii. Unreasonable demands being made.
iii. Murmuring.
iv. Misspending.
v. Borrowing to maintain a certain lifestyle- Know the Dangers of Comparison
(a) Don’t compare yourself with any other family....but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves
among themselves, are not wise.2 Corinthians 10:12(b) Accept realities.^4Notes- Larry Burkett, What Husbands Wish Their Wives Knew about Money(Wheaton, Illinois:
Victor Books, 1977), 83 - 111. - Connie R. Sasse, Families Today(Peoria, Illinois: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, 1977), 573 - 4.
- Robert O. Blood, Marriage(New York: The Free Press, 1969), 241 - 4.
- Bobbie Reed, How To Enjoy a Healthy Family Even in Stressful Times(Saint Louis,
Minnesota: Concordia Publishing House, 1995), 91 - 97.