Jumping The Broom

(From the Minister's Desk)

In teaching Bible Class on Wednesday night, July 6, 2011 I involved several aspects. The lesson was based
on the biblical marriage foundation coming from Ephesians 5:21-33; because there are too many divorces in Christian marriages.

This talks about how both spouses should submit to one another; but the wife should be subject to the husband as unto the Lord because he is her head.

Husbands should love their wives as Christ loves the church and gave himself for it; and the husband should love her as he loves himself.

In return the wife should respect her husband. A husband and wife is no more twine after marriage but becomes one flesh. They also learn about each other more as they grow older together.


The aspect of Jumping The Broom was based on: Love and Happiness, depression and  divorce.

Many think because they have been having a trying time in their marriage they should get a divorce to alleviate worry and depression. God says, He hate divorce, but there is a stipulation in which we can divorce and that is infidelity.

There are three main things that cause divorces: Lack of communication, infidelity and financial problems.
Many say they have been through all three situations in their marriage and they endured long enough to find out that, if it had  not been for God they would not have held on.  They learned as they  grew older together they loved each other more and more.


Jumping The Broom was also based on the Biblical foundations in I Corinthians 7:1-40

Letting every man have his own wife and letting every woman have her own husband.  If spouses separate they should pray and fast to come back to together.  Many times when spouses separate they go their separate ways and never come back together.

When a man finds a wife he findeth a good thing and have favor with the lord.  If man do not honour his good thing-his wife- and divorces her his favor is lost, because favor was with his spouse.

Paul says, If there is an unsaved spouse is in the home and they desire to stay with the save spouse let them stay. Asking how do the save one know that they cannot save the other by the life style they live. In this, the children will learn about God.  If the unsaved spouse desire to leave let him/her do so. God desires for us to have love and peace in our marriage.

Paul also says, It is better to remain single as he, but if we marry we have not sinned. The desire of the married is to please their spouse, but the desire of the single is to please God.

Marriage is Holy and the vowels are sacred, as the marriage bed above all is undefiled.


God said, Peace I give you, not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Peace that pass all understanding can be kept in our marriage in the Lord.


Lets continue to stay married to our spouses as God continues to stay married to His Church.


Until we meet again - soon.