MOUNTAIN OF FIRE AND MIRACLES MINISTRIES Youth Church Region 4 Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria.

SUNDAY SERVICE

2nd March, 2025
Minister: PASTOR OLANIYI OLUWATUYI

Topic: 21 CENTURY LOVE: CHANGING RELATIONSHIP IN A CHANGING WORLD.

Text:  1 Corinthians 13:4

The Message: 
Love is patient, kind, does not envy. The originator of love is God not man. The idea that you can get the perfect definition of love from the world is delusion. There's difference between love and infatuation. In the 21st century, love have been redefined. Love have to satisfy some certain biblical principles base on 1 Corinthians 13:4 . Love is not cheap, it is expensive. From biblical standard, there's no free love, it entails commitment, sacrifice. In Godly definition of love, it is 100/0. The reason this generation is in a mess is because we've failed to realize that love will cost you. If you're in a marriage or relationship and your partner is having feeling for his/her, ex this means 50% is given to the ex and 50% to the partner. We are being influenced on what we see on social media these days and it determines what we do. I discovered that when people want to choose a partner, they throw away values (family value). If you're brought up in a good family value, social media will not influence you.

2.Culture of impatience and immediate satisfaction: True love is self denial, it requires discipline.
3.There is a shift in gender roles and increase in vices: In the 21st century relationship, the women are making much more money than men. In this era of intellectual technology, the women have the ability to earn more than the man. If your money is where your respect is tied as a man, you'll lose it. Instead, focus on team work. An average man respects his colleague more than his wife. You don't command respect, you earn it. You are not counterparts, you're colleagues. The bible made us to understand, no matter how good you're, you can't fight on two fronts. When you don't work with your partner as a team, at a slightest provocation, there will be crisis. Our difference is not what matters, the goal is the ultimate. When you're a team, nothing breaks you. 

 CHALLENGES OF 21ST CENTURY LOVE.
1.There's increase in the rate of divorce and marital stability: If you fail to prepare before marriage, you've failed already. Marriage is the only institution you'll get your certificate before going in. The way we prepare for our lives, if we prepare for marriage likewise, there won't be much problems. Divorce is easy but expensive. An average man that divorcee his wife will end up marrying a divorcee. A man that divorcee his wife and is coming to marry you a divorcee, the marriage is not the problem the individuals are the problem.

2.In premarital trainings, there are some circumstances that social media introduced into our marital life that is not biblical. The only thing that the bible certify is that the man must pay the dowry.  The idea of returning dowry during wedding is very wrong. 

3.Financial pressure and materialism: If you marry him because of material thing, the day you start earning more that him, you'll see him less of himself. Material thing is important but should not be the yard stick. Be contented. Every man is tempted by his own lust. Lack of contentment is what brought Nigeria to her knees. Your wife is all in all, there's nothing special in other women 

4.Do not have illusion of a perfect spouse: There's no perfect spouse, marriage is the coming together of two incomplete people, if there's nothing to add to the life of your spouse, then you're irrelevant. Your husband is not your father but your husband. He can't do like your father. Your husband is a free man with you, he's not perfect the same way you're not perfect. If you're perfect, you don't need marriage. We must be patient and selfless.

5.High level of irresponsibility: One of the problem of this century is high level of irresponsibility. Ask yourself what are you doing? You must assume responsibility, you'll be able to find solution quick. If Adam had assumed responsibility in the garden, probably the consequence might be minimal.
In this century, nobody want to take responsibility, you will keep arguing and blaming yourselves.

Biblical model of love in 21st century.

1.Covenant love vs Contract love.
The biblical model is that it must be Christ like. Husbands love your wives, wives submit to your husbands. 
2. Communication and conflict resolution. Your wife offended you and you refused to eat, may God forgive you o. A woman can offend you and apologize, men may not apologise directly with words, but with something else.
ALTER CALL

PRAYER POINTS

Before Ministration
After Ministration
1. Father with the full blessing of the Lord, bless my marriage.

AMEN

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