PrimadonnaO:
God doesn't will a marriage partner for anybody. That's a matter He's left to man to choose.

Well, I am not sure of that since we do have the example of Hosea to work with from the Old Covenant.
Now that's not to say that God "Wills" marriage partners for everyone ... No, there are likely special cases out there is what I mean, again because we have the example of Hosea to work with as well.

professore:
They take it for granted that it will work because God has spoken, hence they fail to put in the hardwork necessary for it to work. Simple.

I don't think it is as easy as that all. I have seen people who do not even work on their marriage a bit yet they remain married for a long long time. The whole idea of "working on a marriage" to me is overrated.

Tohsynetita1:
Hearing God doesn't guarantee future problem that might lead to divorce or anything,but it will m
ake one in line with the purpose on earth.

How sure are you that they heard from God, to begin with? God doesn't lie... so why do you believe that God probably gave them faulty information when it could instead be that they never really heard from God, to begin with?

Tobechuckwu:
Personally , there are so many factors.
That u hear from God doesn't mean there won't be challenges in the marriage.

Do they really hear from God?
So many people claim to have heard from God yet after it all, the relationship(marriage) ends up drawing them deeper instead into a life of religion and routines. How can God be said to have been responsible for such?

Tobechuckwu:
How many couples retain their relationship with God after marriage?.

Why would God inflict a marriage on His own knowing it will eventually deprive Him of His relationship with His own?

Tobechuckwu:
There are normal home training u need to have nd if u don't have it marriage can't work even if u hear from God.

Normal home training ke? You never enter home where both the man and woman are "confused" individuals but their love and devotion is another thing entirely?

sterlingD:
See eh even with claim the two people involved have to roll up their sleeves and get to work to make their marriage work and not rely solely on miracles to see them through.
Like the saying goes ;You shall reap what you sow.If you don't sow well,properly, adequately and timely don't expect to reap bountifully and richly
For the marriage to flourish and blossom,put in work

Work is required to make a marriage work? Isn't that the lie your marriage counselors tell you to get you to serve their egos instead?
I say this because I have seen couples who live as friends(minimal stress) and their marriage is beautiful for it too... I am talking unbelievers here.
So in the case of one who is a follower of Jesus Christ, if you have to do more work, in addition to the work God assigns you as His follower through His Spirit, isn't one worse off by it?

Tobechuckwu:
God still speaks to his children.
People still hear from God.
Even if God tells u he / she is ur partner, u will still face challenges in d marriage.
No matter what God tells u about ur partner, that doesn't mean u won't face challenges.
How many couples retain their relationship with God after marriage. Relationship with God is not by title.

Challenges are life's stables - they are everywhere... not just in marriages.
Somewhere in the Bible, someone said that all good and PERFECT gifts come from God, does it not? So, if God indeed connects these two people, but rather than coming closer to Him, they end up far from God as a result, is God really the one who did the connecting, to begin with?

broswilli:
I don't know if the quote below is true but the Bible says he who finds a wife finds a good thing. Finding means it is your responsibility. God has given us a choice and has given us guidelines to follow while we make choices. I don't think he chooses wife for people. He didn't choose for Abraham, he didn't choose for Isaac, he didn't even choose for Jacob why will he choose for you. He gave a wife to Adam and Adam blamed him that it is the wife that was given to him that made him to sin.

Many will blame God for their failed marriages if he chooses for them, so he asks men to go and find a wife but we are over spiritual in our churches today and so we have started listening to and accepting the counsel of demons. He who finds a wife finds a good thing, visit places where good women can be found and get a wife, unfortunately we won't we prefer making things more complex and overly spiritual.

God found a wife for Hosea, remember? So it is not out of the question that God finds a spouse for His own.

abidem4real:
Hearing from God before marriage is all imagination. People who claimed to have heard from God before they got married only heard from their mind what their hearts had already chosen.
Are we saying great men of God like Apostle Ayo Babalola, Pastor Chris Okotie and the likes never prayed before they got married and yet happened to have married wrongly?

NOTE: He who marries a good wife encounters God's favour.

How many of those Mogs even hear from God in the first place? Look at the list of prophecies they all produce each year for proof that they are all just fraudsters.

No and never! Hearing from God is a human doctrine. None of them in the Bible heard from God before they married.
Your marriage life depend on how you accept and handle it. Even Joseph did not hear from God before he espoused Mary

OlaAde57:
No and never! Hearing from God is a human doctrine. None of them in the Bible heard from God before they married.
Your marriage life depend on how you accept and handle it. Even Joseph did not hear from God before he espoused Mary

Hosea did.

Kobojunkiee:
Do they really hear from God?
So many people claim to have heard from God yet after it all, the relationship(marriage) ends up drawing them deeper instead into a life of religion and routines. How can God be said to have been responsible for such?
Why would God inflict a marriage on His own knowing it will eventually deprive Him of His relationship with His own?
Normal home training ke? You never enter home where both the man and woman are "confused" individuals but their love and devotion is another thing entirely?

Relationship with God is vital nd it is not God fault if ur relationship isn't as good as it started. In d book of John, Jesus said I stand by the door knocking, it is now left for you to open up d door of ur heart to Him. God never force anything on mankind anymore.
Everybody has d freewill to determine what he/ she wants. Even God said I lay before u live nd death, God said u should choose.
Things work out when people put God first especially Ur relationship with Him. Fellowship is d most important thing in life.
Fellowship with God has nothing to do with religion nd routine , but ur personal walk with God. God talks everyone, that u hear him today doesn't mean that is u will throughout ur marital life, u have to keep hearing which comes from fellowship with God.

Kobojunkiee:
Challenges are life's stables - they are everywhere... not just in marriages.
Somewhere in the Bible, someone said that all good and PERFECT gifts come from God, does it not? So, if God indeed connects these two people, but rather than coming closer to Him, they end up far from God as a result, is God really the one who did the connecting, to begin with?

That God connected two people in marriage if they now move away from fellowship with God nd divorce is it God's fault?
Remember the thief comes but to steal, to kill nd to destroy.
If God tells u to read a course in d university that will u very successful nd after year 1, you stop reading efficiently , stop going to lectures nd start keeping bad companies, won't the school authorities send u home even though God said that is d course u should study.
In life, there's a place for God nd there's also a place for us to keep doing d right things so as to allow what God said to come to pass.

Exodora:
That is how this annoying guy told me that God revealed to him that am his wife .
The funny part is whenever am praying and asking God to show me my soulmate that is when this annoying guy's call will come up to interrupt my prayers . These days I don't even pray for any soulmate again , I just say my prayer without involving any husband anything again .
Still wonder how God will choose to reveal to just one person if truly he wants the union .
My cousin is suffering because of this God said ....

God speaks to man in diverse ways yet man does not know. U are praying a definite prayer as regards husband and his calls always interrupt when u ask God to show you ur partner. Shouldn't u know this is a sign. You better don't look at the physical appearance but look unto Christ. Jesus loves you; He doesn't want you to miss him. Remove idols from ur heart, go to God with humble heart and he will confirm His will for you.

Afiastikal:
Good day all

I noticed that most churches especially the not so new ones insist intending couples seek the face or mind of God towards their union.

This is to ensure the supposed union has heavenly approval.

So the big question is this, Do they really hear from God, like words to the ears or is it the usual God given instinct that every one possess that they eventually rely on

I know for instance that that if someone meets a good wife or husband material, there is this peace of mind that comes with being with the person or the thought of getting married to the person.. It is worth to note that this feeling, instinct or intuition is also present in a normal human being

So,please do you guys really hear from God before getting married

Marriage is a journey of a lifetime and can many times make or mar you. It is therefore the most sensible thing to ask for God's counsel and help concerning it. A normal Christian ask for God's guidance and help in everything. It doesn't mean you don't have your part to play or that your life will automatically be a bed of roses. It keeps you from needless trouble though.

yinkbell:


God speaks to man in diverse ways yet man does not know. U are praying a definite prayer as regards husband and his calls always interrupt when u ask God to show you ur partner. Shouldn't u know this is a sign. You better don't look at the physical appearance but look unto Christ. Jesus loves you; He doesn't want you to miss him. Remove idols from ur heart, go to God with humble heart and he will confirm His will for you.

I never said his appearance is bad i only said he is so annoying. Besides what happened to the two should agree. There is no connection simply !
It seems he is monitoring me with something .In short am not praying again let me see how his calls will interrupt me again since he is now a wizard that sees almost everything .
The devil can be decieving too. I know many people that are suffering in their marriage as a result of God ...

Afiastikal:
Good day all

I noticed that most churches especially the not so new ones insist intending couples seek the face or mind of God towards their union.

This is to ensure the supposed union has heavenly approval.

So the big question is this, Do they really hear from God, like words to the ears or is it the usual God given instinct that every one possess that they eventually rely on

I know for instance that that if someone meets a good wife or husband material, there is this peace of mind that comes with being with the person or the thought of getting married to the person.. It is worth to note that this feeling, instinct or intuition is also present in a normal human being

So,please do you guys really hear from God before getting married

Nobody "hears" from an imaginary god.

Tobechuckwu:

Relationship with God is vital nd it is not God fault if ur relationship isn't as good as it started. In d book of John, Jesus said I stand by the door knocking, it is now left for you to open up d door of ur heart to Him. God never force anything on mankind anymore.
Everybody has d freewill to determine what he/ she wants. Even God said I lay before u live nd death, God said u should choose.
Things work out when people put God first especially Ur relationship with Him. Fellowship is d most important thing in life.
Fellowship with God has nothing to do with religion nd routine , but ur personal walk with God. God talks everyone, that u hear him today doesn't mean that is u will throughout ur marital life, u have to keep hearing which comes from fellowship with God.

I am sorry but I don't buy this at all and you know what it is that I don't buy? It is that they heard from God to begin with. Who is it in the Bible that say every good and perfect gift comes from God? Yes, that! God would never give His servants that which He knows will eventually harm them and drive them away from Him.. we are talking here about God, remember?

Yes, all relationships need those involved to stay committed to the relationship but recall that the one we, as followers of God are in relationship with is God Almighty Himself and in ensuring that the relationship He has with us remains unbroken, God wouldn't throw us into a marriage that would destroy that...

So, I believe it is more the case that those who claim to have heard from God heard wrong to begin with hence the reason why the excuses/reasons given as far as broken/unsuccessful marriages among those who call themselves Christians and those who belong to the world sound exactly the same.

I believe, with those who say they are Christians and heard from God, there was probably no real relationship between them and God to begin with - they may have, like over 2 billoon out there, had a religious kind of experience but not much else. This would more than explains why a worldly relationship such as marriage would drive them ever further away from where they used to be in terms of having a relationship with God.

Tobechuckwu:

That God connected two people in marriage if they now move away from fellowship with God nd divorce is it God's fault?
Remember the thief comes but to steal, to kill nd to destroy.
If God tells u to read a course in d university that will u very successful nd after year 1, you stop reading efficiently , stop going to lectures nd start keeping bad companies, won't the school authorities send u home even though God said that is d course u should study.
In life, there's a place for God nd there's also a place for us to keep doing d right things so as to allow what God said to come to pass.

God does not connect people to that which will drive them away from Him. Recall that God sees the end from the beginning and so God wouldn't connect His servant to that which will drive such away from Him.

Your marriages are of this world , and not of the Kingdom of God , declared Jesus Christ. So God would not simply randomly connect two people in a marriage without giving priority to His promise that He will never lose any of His own.
What this then means, again, is that those who loose God in the process of marriage never belonged to God to begin with. The probably heard something but most likely not God because God does not give evil to His servants.

Exodora:

I never said his appearance is bad i only said he is so annoying. Besides what happened to the two should agree. There is no connection simply !
It seems he is monitoring me with something .In short am not praying again let me see how his calls will interrupt me again since he is now a wizard that sees almost everything .
The devil can be decieving too. I know many people that are suffering in their marriage as a result of God ...

So sorry sister. I was just too impetous.
I might be wrong in my judgement. God knows all things. Pls., do not give up praying, God will surely bring the right partner. Anyone that comes ur way is a stranger that's why you need to tell God about every development. His guidance is perfect. Just be opened to all truth. Jesus will do you good this year. Keep on interceding; He answers prayers!

Kobojunkiee:
How many of those Mogs even hear from God in the first place? Look at the list of prophecies they all produce each year for proof that they are all just fraudsters.

There are no men of God again but commercial pastors

Grace001:
What’s most important is compatibility... Things have changed because change is constant
If your genotype is AS and you deceive yourself by saying you heard from God to marry sister Obiageli or brother Sesan who is a SS genotype, bro/sis it will end pain.
Even your pastor will tell you to back off.
What’s most important is how compatible are you, to walk the journey of marriage together.

Interesting that you consider your genotype test results greater than God in your idea of marriage there.

NiRfreak:
Most of ya pastor dint even hear shishi before they got married..but they come with all fantastical tale of how angel Gabriel and Angel Micheal both brought the name and 3Dpicture of their prospective wives.........na set up.
The question to ask is ..why are the pastors always married to the most beautiful, smart and sexy in the congregation..almost all the time, God must have the affinity for showing them fine wife in the congregation...
But in Deeper life members' case, they claim to marry through the will of God, in their own case it's always worwor, poorly dressed, and sexually unappealing women the holy spirit usually give them...lol... Make una dey deceive una sef o...their holy spirit no like fine babe

ROFLMAO!!

FlipModeSquade:
In Psychiatry a person who hears and respond to imaginary beings is known as a SCHIZOPHRENIC.

Psychiatry aside, God does talk to His own, only many who claim to hear Him are deceived.!

FlipModeSquade:
A friend of mine,a Medical Doctor had this girl he wanted to marry..
Have gone to the girls house and the parents knows and approved of him..
They were all supportive of the relationship..
Until one guy from Italo appeared in the picture..
Suddenly their PASTOR told them that my guy was not right for their daughter..
Says they forsaw death if she marries my guy..
Finally after the whole threat and pressure,my guy had to back off..
The girl got pregnant and the marriage date was fixed..
The supposed one chosen by God,according to her parents and Pastors couldn't make it to the wedding..
Because he was locked up in Italy for a crime he was involved in..
Una wey they hear from god,over to you..

ROFLMAO!

sparko1:
This is the most rational conclusion, I have attended churches, one thing I discover is, there are some fervent brothers and sisters in that church with some kind of special needs (like very short guys, ugly ladies, poor guys, funny teeth, one leg shorter than the other, and so on).
This sets of special persons are very fervent, comes to all church program, fast and pray, are workers, speak in touch.
Now anytime one of them says he/she sees the will of God for a regular person, the person always reject.
But when a handsome guy with car appears before he is six months in church he is married to the most fervent lady, or when a beautiful lady comes every fervent brother will see her.
It's simple, you see what you want!

ROFLMAO!!

chival:
My experience - First off, I am not overly religious. Just before I got married, I had two guys interested in me: my husband and a young Nigerian doctor in America. Naturally, most girls would want to go for the doctor. I was praying for/about him one night when I heard a distinct voice in my thought say to me "Pray for (my husband's full name) instead. I was surprised.. At this time, I didn't even know his full name. I later found out his full name was what I heard. My husband was working, but his financial standing was nowhere near the doctor's. I wanted to rebel but I couldn't shake off that voice. I considered that God's direction and we got married. We've been married 12 years.

So you already desired the person before you heard "the voice"?

ArcSEMPECJ:
A times people go to churches that the priest there doesn't or have no patience to hear from God or that they don't have patience to wait for a pure refined truth from God. Thus the issue of divorce....
Hearing from God may not actually be through a voice , it may be rather a test that the Priest can use to know the right partner for anybody, Wisdom is profitable to direct...
A priest can ask questions around, pray to God for direction, and before you know it, issues will spring up, and the priest will kindly use it to know what to say.....
Even as you come for marriage classes, the priest must have known if it will work or not by the understanding between two of you

A test by a priest? Why not call him a matchmaker instead... that has nothing to do with God but human science abeg!

Kobojunkiee:
A test by a priest? Why not call him a matchmaker instead... that has nothing to do with God but human science abeg!

God is not who you can predict, you might be waiting for him to answer u from an angle. But he chooses another, am of the view that there are many ways a priest can help and they all come from God

ArcSEMPECJ:
God is not who you can predict, you might be waiting for him to answer u from an angle. But he chooses another, am of the view that there are many ways a priest can help and they all come from God

God is not who you can predict but a predictable priest is an option to God?
Isn't it case that in your impatience, not knowing how long God expects you to wait to get the answer He has for you, you choose the counsel of the priest, same as those who choose that of their matchmakers in these things?

Kobojunkiee:
Interesting that you consider your genotype test results greater than God in your idea of marriage there.

People like you deceive themselves and let god of man deceive you as well.

Even the Bible say “ Wisdom is profitable to direct” Because wisdom considers the best and safest way in every decision

If you’re an AS still single go and marry SS someone who isn’t compatible with you... No one tells a blind man that it’s raining.


People like you create problem for themselves and move from one church to another looking for miracle when you give birth to a sickle cell anemia child, putting the poor child in pain he didn’t ask for.

Grace001:
People like you deceive themselves and let god of man deceive you as well.
Even the Bible say “ Wisdom is profitable to direct” Because wisdom considers the best and safest way in every decision
If you’re an AS still single go and marry SS someone who isn’t compatible with you... No one tells a blind man that it’s raining.
People like you create problem for themselves and move from one church to another looking for miracle when you give birth to a sickle cell anemia child, putting the poor child in pain he didn’t ask for.

I am afraid you have me mistaken for someone else. I don't believe in Mogs nor their Gods. I believe in Jesus Christ, the New Covenant Law of God to all of mankind. Since marriage is of this world, such things as your blood type/genotype, race, tribe, etc. mean nothing in the end.

Kobojunkiee:
I am afraid you have me mistaken for someone else. I don't believe in Mogs nor their Gods. I believe in Jesus Christ, the New Covenant Law of God to all of mankind. Since marriage is of this world, such things as your blood type/genotype, race, tribe, etc. mean nothing in the end.

Haha should I presume you’re educated/literate or otherwise.

I can only imagine the kind of advice people like you will give to people