The senior pastor of the Tema Community 3 Assemblies of God Church Rev. Daniels Ebo Abeka has advised couples and the youth, especially those looking forward to getting married not to borrow to fund their wedding.
Speaking on Plan B FM’s family, relationship, and lifestyle show dubbed NYANSAPO FIE, hosted by Rev. Dr. Michael Asenso, Rev. Abeka explained that marriage itself is a lot of work and adding the burden of paying a debt to it will only make matters worse for the couple.
He said “It’s not the best way to start your life. When will you repay the debts to go on with your lives and develop yourselves? What if children come into the picture too? The bills will keep increasing so it doesn’t make sense to start a life with debts. The marriage won’t last if it is built with debts.”
He stated that unfortunately, a lot of youth are making that mistake. “They want to please people and society so they do anything including taking loans to make this possible.
What they have to understand is that marriage is not a competition. It seems so now and they keep raising the expectation of others when it shouldn’t be the case,” he stated.
Rev. Roger Carl Parkins also a pastor of Charismatic Assemblies of God church also added that couples need to work within their terrain because marriage is work and demands a lot.
“It’s not the wedding that matters. The real marriage comes after the wedding and people need to know this and prepare for it. If you start your lives with debts, it brings a lot of discomfort and unhappiness into the marriage and people need to refrain from it,” he advised.
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