1) Compromise as it used here
means to make a shameful or disreputable concession. Substituting original for fake in other to have your way and satisfying your pleasure.
When you go against your marriage vows as a husband or as a wife that’s a compromise.
When you replace the love of your spouse with something else, that is also a compromise.
When you sleep with another man or woman that is not your wife or husband.
When as a result of worldly inducements you betray the trust of your partner even when the secret is not revealed, it is a compromise.
2) Comparison – Do not compare your family with another family. Two families cannot be same.
Your husband/wife is unique in his/her making. Don’t compare your family to others. The family you are comparing yourself with, you never know what their life is about, what they are passing through and the hidden battles they face.
Comparison is the thief of joy. Comparing yourself to others only makes your life difficult and brings you misery and pain.
Any good thing you see or admire in another family can be worked on in your own family but don’t put your family side by side with other family and begin to look at similarities and dissimilarities.
If you spend your days comparing yourself to other people’s achievements, you’ll never get anything accomplished in life.
3) Conformity – To act according to certain accepted standard in the society. Romans 12:2 “And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.” Understanding of biblical concept of marriage is different to the practice of the world. Your marriage should not conform to the practice of the world that contravene the Word of God.
Don’t operate your family based on the system of the world. Not all world standards are practicable in Christian homes.
Our Home must be based on the Word and will of God and not on what we see around us. Christian marriage ought to reflect the glory of God.
