THE Annual Christian Couples’ Fellowship (CCF) Retreat ended on Saturday, August 10, 2024, in Miango with a charge on Christian couples to live lives worthy of their calling in Christ. They were reminded that marrying in church does not make a marriage a Christian home because when Jesus is not in the lives of couples, anything goes in such marriages.
The Chair of the Board of Trustees of the fellowship, Rev. Dr. David Pofi, said that if you want a Christian home, you must imitate Christ and let Him regulate your home. He enjoined over 90 couples at the retreat not to live as unbelievers whose hearts are darkened in their understanding of God and are walloped in unrighteousness. Citing Ephesians 4:1-6, he said that Christians can no longer live according to the desires of their former lives full of impurity and greed.
As Christians who live a new life, couples must strive to be like God in love and truthfulness. He said they should shun anger, laziness, bitterness, and unwholesome words, adding that, “if you are looking for a Christian home, you will find it where Christians live in true righteousness.”
He enjoined couples to watch out for relationship killers such as falsehood, secrecy, anger, unforgiveness, laziness, and sinful desires if they are to grow together in marriage. Marriage is a relationship and when there is growth, there is laughter in the home, according to him.
The theme of this year’s retreat is “Growing Together in Christian Marriage.
