For a marriage/courtship to be successful the criteria below should be observed:

1.Existence of natural love:

When i talk of natural love, i mean love that is "clauseless" . There are many people that loves "because of", love because of will never make a marriage/relationship last. For example, the common type of love of is the love because of wealth. We should remember that if something goes wrong and the wealth disappears end has automatically come to to such marriage/relationship.

Those that love because of beauty shouldn't forget that beauty fades, and a scar to beauty is capable of destroying the beauty, if such happens what is the fate of the beauty?

So, for marriage/relationship to long last, clause should not be attached to love but nature should take charge.

2. Readiness to forgive:

In a marriage/relationship its important to be ready to forgive. Forgiveness is an integral part of marriage which must not be taken with levity. The fact that we are humans makes us imperfect, so sin, misunderstanding is bound to occur.

Offence, misunderstanding is a bridge a marriage/relationship must pass through to move to next level, failure to scale through leads to destruction of any marriage/relationship, readiness to forgive prior to offence or misunderstanding will make any marriage/relationship stronger than expected.

3. Tolerance:

Staying with someone for a long time is not an easy task. We are humans we get tired of a particular thing.

When we talk about marriage/relationship, it goes beyond friendship or relation. You shouldn't get tired of your spouse no matter what.

There are several things that got you attracted to each other, so when it seems you are getting tired of the same person just try and go back to memory lane and think about how you started, the good experiences you have shared together and ruminate on what the problem might be then adjustments so as to figure out what can be done to return you to your old self that couldn't do without him/her.

Getting tired of your spouse can lead to so many things which battery happens to be one. Tolerance is very necessary and compulsory to move a marriage/relationship to a higher level.

4. Endurance:

When we talk about love, wealth is needed to strengthen/sustain it, but love supersedes all which the Bible also affirms.

Love endures and for that, happiness should be built on nothing else than love.

Change is very essential in humans existence so, the wealth may not be stable, hard times will definitely come but with endurance the key to successful marriage/relationship is guaranteed, remember no matter how cloudy it may be there will always be a silver linen.

Enjoy together and also suffer together with joy.

5. Fidelity:

Fidelity is the act of being faithful to one's spouse or sexual partner. It is important to note that striving to be faithful to one's spouse is the beginning of of happiness in any marriage/relationship. It might not be easy to be faithful to a single person for along time but it is very important to try all best possible to be faithful to him/her.

It is important for a man to know that if his wife/fiancee is not happy to due to his infidelity or something else then things cannot move well, and the biggest thing that makes a woman happy is to have faith in her man that he is the only man for her and no one else.

6. Be proud of him/her always:

No matter the condition that may arise be proud of your man/woman. Being proud of one's spouse breeds happiness among the two and it also raise up the level of confidence among them.

7. Never reveal sensitive information:

The sensitive affairs of your marriage must always be padlocked that no one else could hear (not even a close friend).

When i say sensitive information, it includes the negative(s) and sexual affairs with your spouse, never reveal it to anyone.

When you mistakenly open it to someone else then your marriage/relationship is exposed to danger, remember human being can do anything to get whatever they want, the sexual difficulties you have may be the solution to a friend's problem or someone close to the person you reveal the secret to which the person you told might also tell.

Source: http://www.bamisepeters..com/2015/02/7-criteria-for-successful-marriage-or.html

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