Your choice in marriage determines your marital destiny.

1. PRESENTED
BY
SCOTT ODIGIE
PRACTICAL STEPS TO CHOOSING A
LIFE PARTNER

3. A father can give
his sons homes
and riches, but
only the Lord
can give them
understanding
wives. (TLB)

4. House and land
are handed down
from parents, but
a congenital
spouse comes
straight from
God. (MSG)

5. House and riches
are the inheritance
from fathers, but a
wise,
understanding,
and prudent wife
is from the Lord.
(AMP)

7. Find a good
spouse, you
find a good life-
and even more:
the favour of
God! (MSG)

8. The man who
finds a wife
finds a good
thing; she is a
blessing to him
from the Lord.
(TLB)

9. He who finds a
[true] wife finds
a good thing
and obtains
favour from the
Lord. (AMP)

11. To teach us ‘what
a life partner is’
and practical
strategies on
‘how not to
choose’, & ‘how
to choose’.

13. 1. Choosing someone
who is just compatible.

14. 2. Choosing someone is a
Christian or attends the
same church with you.

15. 3. Choosing someone
endorsed by a prophet

16. 4. Choosing someone
certified by your parents or
god-parents.

17. 5. Choosing someone you
are sexually attracted to.

18. 6. Choosing someone you
are associated with
accidentally

19. 7. Choosing someone you
share same growth &
educational history with

21. It means choosing
someone you have a
common destiny with;
God’s ‘will’ for your life.

23. 1. Faulty or perverted
definition about
marriage: just a sign that
you are complete,
matured, give birth, be
happy,

24. 2. Low self-esteem:
thinking you need
someone to validate
yourself, identity
based on materialism.

25. 3. Marriage as an event
and not a destination: no
insight about singleness,
life after wedding, no
personal development to
match.

26. 4. Age-factor without
content
consideration.

27. 5. Negative
preconceptions from
failure experiences

28. 6. Acceptance of
chance &
assumption as
reality.

29. 7. Over-confidence
on intelligence
without a balance
with spirituality.

30. 8. Chemistry &
passion without
adequate knowledge.

31. 9. Faulty faith-
foundation: taught to
be slaves & not as sons,
taught to be under the
law & not under grace.

32. 10. Sentiments &
Reservations: tribal,
financial, personality,
timelines.

34. 1. Are you a
son? Rom.8:14,
Ps.47:4,
Ps.25:12

35. 2. Are you in
purpose?
Gen.2:15 & 20

36. 3. Are you a
personal
leader?
Matt.25:14-30

37. 4. Do you know
what love is?
1Cor.13:1-10.

38. 5. What is your
Ecosystem?
Lk.2:46-47,
Acts 4:13

40. You will
succeed!!!