Want Your Marriage to Last? Got Premarital Counseling

When a couple announces their engagement, we rush to celebrate.

Have we stopped to consider how much preparation and support the new couple will need for this decision of a lifetime?

How many couples truly know what they’re getting into when they’re smiling for pictures on their wedding day?

The love and excitement of the new relationship often blinds them from comprehending the reality that marriage is a sacred covenant with God.

Wouldn’t it make sense to prepare for this spiritual partnership?

How is it that we invest so much time, money, and energy preparing for the wedding celebration and not for the marriage?

We consider the smallest details for that special evening; yet we ignore the essential reason for our celebration—a commitment to spend a lifetime with another human being.

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