“Many will say they are loyal friends, but who can find one who is truly reliable”. Proverb 20:6 – (NLT).

The best relationships in life are those rooted in friendship this is why your friendship with your partner should matter to you, it should be treasured together as couples if your marriage must make heaven glad.

Beloved, are you truly a friend? Are you loyal and reliable as couples to one another? Then friendship demands you give room for growth and expression and never demand the silence of your spouse. It’s a symbiotic relationship and mutual in approach.

Folks, you’re courageous than you believe if your spouse is your friend, you’re more successful than you aspire if your spouse is your confidant, you’re stronger than you seem if your spouse is your companion and you’re wiser than you think if your spouse is your hero. So never walk alone in your marital union for there is immense power in “two”. The power of two in friendship is so strong that’s why God created almost every thing in pairs.

Friends, you cannot live and enjoy your daily life with a stranger. The life of many couples in marital cycles today is as far as the heaven is from the earth. This points to the reason most couples do not know certain key things about their spouses. E.g most couples don’t know their spouses shoe size to mention but a few. This speaks volume whether you are in friendship with your spouse or not.

The way to enjoy your marriage is to daily constantly and consciously build friendship with your partner. A time came in the life of Jesus that He built friendship with His disciples, He said “I no longer call you servants for the servant does not know what His Lord is doing, but I have called you friends for all that I’ve heard from my Father I have made known unto you”. (John 15:15). Jesus knew that to obtain zenith understanding of kingdom principles, friendship is prime.

When you are in friendship with your spouse if married or partner if single, you should run an open secret policy. There is nothing hidden that will not be revealed it’s only a matter of time, so ensure nothing is hidden among you, do not keep secrets among yourselves. God said “since Abraham is now my friend, I cannot hide any secret from him”. (Genesis 18:17).

Are you in friendship with your spouse? Then share your dreams with one another. Are you about to be blackmailed about your ugly past or weaknesses by an impostor outside your home? The way out is to reveal every secret in detail of your past to your spouse and together no matter the challenge, it’ll be resolved. Are you truly a friend to your spouse or partner? Then friendship demands good and godly counsel, loyalty, love in difficult moments, faithfulness to your marital vows, purity, integrity, sacrifice and reliability. You cannot be intimate with God you cannot see and at logger head with your spouse you can see. This is a call for intimacy and let it begin now.

Prayer Lines: Father, let my marriage be rooted in friendship with my spouse that it may make heaven

glad.