{"id":1151723,"date":"2022-07-18T09:31:04","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T09:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/18\/dont-marry-a-man-or-woman-because-they-are-christians-rev-eastwood-anaba\/"},"modified":"2022-07-18T09:31:04","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T09:31:04","slug":"dont-marry-a-man-or-woman-because-they-are-christians-rev-eastwood-anaba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/18\/dont-marry-a-man-or-woman-because-they-are-christians-rev-eastwood-anaba\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Don\u2019t marry a man or woman because they are Christians\u2019 \u2013 Rev. Eastwood Anaba \u00a0 \u00bb \u2122"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_33\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Reverend Eastwood Anaba, the founder and head pastor of the Eastwood Anaba Ministries, has urged Christian adolescents not to choose a life mate based on their faith.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>When it comes to marriage, choosing a partner only on the basis of their faith, says the revered pastor, is a grave error.<\/p>\n<p>He clarified that being a good Christian and a decent spouse are not the same thing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou cannot marry a man or a woman because they are Christians. So, you ask a Christian woman, why do you want to marry him, and she says, it is because he loves the Lord. You ask a man and he says, I want to marry the woman because she loves God and she is serious in church. The truth is that a husband is not the same as a Christian. He may love the Lord but does not love you,\u201d Rev. Eastwood Anaba explained in his sermon.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<p>According to one of the most prominent televangelists, marrying a person based just on their faith is not enough to assure a happy and lasting marriage.<\/p>\n<p>His response was, \u201cOh, why are you interested in marrying him?\u201d We attend the same congregation. A good marriage depends on a lot more than just that. Because she\u2019s the one for you. Ooh, she has a healthy respect for the name of the Lord. \u201cCan you believe it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<p>Before tying the knot, Reverend Anaba suggests that prospective couples search for four traits in their potential partners: trust, open communication, companionship, and resources.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; &#8211; Reverend Eastwood Anaba, the founder and head pastor of the Eastwood Anaba Ministries, has urged Christian adolescents not to choose a life mate based on their faith. When it comes to marriage, choosing a partner only on the basis of their faith, says the revered pastor, is a grave error. He clarified that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1151725,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[9231,9537,342,9233,697,760,6325,1029],"class_list":["post-1151723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-anaba","tag-christians","tag-dont","tag-eastwood","tag-man","tag-marry","tag-rev","tag-woman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1151723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1151723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1151723\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1151723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1151723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1151723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}