7 Factors of Divorce!

I was reading through my May issue Cleo of this year's, last night and came across something real interesting that Christian couples should take note! Eventhough if you're not married, this would be useful for you in future.

According to a recent study by Universiti Sains Malaysia's Faculty of Health Director, Prof Datuk Dr. Mafauzy Mohamed, 7 factors contribute to divorce:

1) Failure of husbands and wives in discharging their responsibilities
Which includes paying the bills, seeing the chores and even REPAIRING the kitchen sink (hubbies,TAKE NOTE).

2) LOW RELIGIOUS GROUNDING
Couples that don't pray together apparently don't stay together very long.(Ah-hah! So maybe you guys need to read the Bible more and pay attention to sermons more now)

3) Third party interferences
The dreaded mistress or boyfriend wrecks quite a few marriages.

4) Culture clashes
Different strokes for different folks, they say.Unfortunately, this is a problem in unions.

5) Sexual Problems
Ahhh...the old whipping boy of failed marriages.

6) Money
Another favourite scapegoat: Why blame the yourselves when you can blame the economy right?

7) Careers
An emerging cause(or rather, excuse?)for break-ups, more common in the past 15 years than in the past too.

The thing that I wanted to highlight here is factor #2. It's now proven to you guys,black and white, that it is important to pray to God together as a couple as it strengthens your relationship. Not only among yourselves but also with God. He's able to bless your marriage, union and lives together :) Thus, it is important that both man and woman share the same belief in the Lord Jesus Christ because it is written in His Word,"Do not be yoked together with unbelievers"(2 Corinthians 6:14). No two persons can live in harmony except they are in agreement on life's most important choice (See Amos 3:3).You'll only be pulled into seperate directions and it is already proven in the study that if you guys don't pray together, can't stay together very long. And you can't pray together if you either the man or woman do not believe in the Lord Jesus Christ himself. But you can have a happy marriage if you follow the rules in God's Book. Pick up your bible today! :)